NCAA Basketball NewsMonday, Apr 6, 2026

North Carolina star freshman Caleb Wilson will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his right thumb during Thursday's practice, the school announced Friday.

The 2026 champion is crowned. We're rolling right into ranking next season's best teams -- with a few new rules.

Michigan won their second national title by becoming the first team since 2009 to beat UConn in the Sweet 16 or later.

Veteran NBA head coach Michael Malone is headed to the college ranks for his next job. Malone is set to be the next head coach for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. Before working for ESPN this season, Malone had spent the last 12 seasons as an NBA head coach. He worked for the Sacramento Kings for two years, before spending 10 seasons with the Denver Nuggets. With the Nuggets, Malone won the 2023 NBA Finals. Overall, he led Denver to six consecutive playoff appearances before being...

In the year of the freshman, Dusty May rode a band of transfers and upperclassmen all the way to a national title.

James Nnaji, the 7-foot center and 2023 NBA draft pick whose signing drew criticism from coaches across college basketball last month, debuted Saturday, scoring five points with four fouls in Baylor's 69-63 loss to TCU in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

After putting up 45 points in a near-triple double Sunday, Cooper Flagg passed Kon Knueppel as the favorite for Rookie of the Year.

Dusty May is staying at Michigan, as the Wolverines' coach won't be entertaining talks for other jobs, like UNC basketball, according to reports.

Yaxel Lendeborg suffered a left MCL sprain and left ankle sprain during Michigan's win over Arizona in the Final Four on Saturday night. "I will be on that floor in that game," Lendeborg said of playing in Monday night's national title game against UConn. Lendeborg finished with 11 points in just 14 minutes as he also picked up two early fouls. Michigan trainer Chris Williams said that he was "very confident" that Lendeborg could play Monday and that the injury "presented" well. Lendeborg add...

Here are our most important players of Michigan and UConn's national championship matchup in 2026, ranked:

Who will cut down the nets in Indy? Here are the players who need to step up, potential fatal flaws and more.

Here's how every DI men's basketball national champion has done in its conference tournament since 1994.