College Basketball

The NCAA was denied emergency relief by a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge Friday, leaving eligible a host of college athletes as the basketball season is about to begin until a panel of three judges can consider the governing body's request for relief. The 30 athletes involved, including Missouri basketball player Mark Mitchell and LSU's Skyy Clark, received a temporary injunction Oct. 16 to compete while the NCAA appealed a […]

College athletes are compensated, local judges are determining eligibility, the NCAA Tournament doors are widening. If we've learned anything about college sports in the last few years, nothing is sacred. Name, image and likeness went into effect in the early 2020s, allowing athletes to sign endorsement deals and use their platform to get paid or partner with third-party NIL collectives. Then, in June 2025, the House vs. NCAA settlement allowed […]

As Villanova and Notre Dame prepare to meet in the Eternal City Tip-Off Nov. 1 in Rome, Italy, both men's basketball programs are in peculiar spots. The Wildcats haven't won an NCAA Tournament game since their 2022 Final Four run. For the Irish, it's been almost 10 years, as their last deep March Madness run was a 2016 Sweet 16 appearance. The days of legendary head coaches Jay Wright and […]

The college basketball coaching carousel was active this offseason. Will Wade is back at LSU. Michael Malone is bringing NBA championship pedigree to a blue blood. The reigning national champion, Michigan, lost its coach to the pros. And several other top programs are putting their trust in former mid-major coaches. Those moves will have a major impact on the 2026-27 season. Here's a look at the coaching changes that could […]

The 2026-27 men's college basketball season will be kicked off overseas. Villanova and Notre Dame will face off in the Eternal City Tip-Off outside the Vatican in Rome, Italy, at 9:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 1. Many programs have embarked on European tours in recent offseasons. Countries such as England, Ireland and Germany have hosted regular-season matchups and tournaments, but this will be the first college basketball matchup of consequence […]

Michigan’s national title defense represents a second chance for new Wolverines coach Mike Boynton. Boynton coached Oklahoma State to a 119-109 record and one NCAA Tournament berth over seven seasons but got fired after a 12-20 finish in 2023-24. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach on Dusty May’s staff at Michigan. When May left to coach the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks after the Wolverines’ national championship season, […]

The Kansas Jayhawks have added All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn, who played four seasons at the Purdue Boilermakers before getting picked by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the NBA draft, filling their biggest perceived hole on the eve of the college basketball season. Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced his transfer Monday, hours before the release of the men’s preseason AP Top 25 poll. The 24-year-old Kaufman-Renn has […]

Florida starts the men's college basketball season ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 Read More​Latest College Basketball News & Videos from FOX Sports college-basketball ​

The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving the state’s universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in defiance of the organizations’s new eligibility rules. NCAA President Charlie Baker said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio, was an "extraordinary step" designed to prevent […]