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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Mark Byington |Ben McKee
247Sports released expanded college basketball transfer portal rankings on Thursday as the intensity in the portal picks up after the season concluded earlier this week. Maryland transfer point guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie is ranked as the No. 11 overall transfer this offseason in 247's updated player rankings. Gillespie signed with Tennessee on Monday after announcing his commitment last Friday.
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3 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Mark Byington |Aiden Rutman
Vanderbilt Men’s and Women’s Basketball both reached the NCAA Tournament in 2025. The men qualified for the first time since 2017, while the women appeared in the Big Dance for the second year in a row. The men went 20-12 in the regular season and earned a 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, drawing a matchup with the Saint Mary’s Gaels in the Round of 64.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Mark Byington |Carter Bahns
These coaches sparkled at new schools this season. Last offseason's coaching carousel was a whirlwind that featured a handful of big names, and the anticipation it built for the 2024-25 campaign was for good reason. Many of the splashiest hires paid off immediately for their new schools, and nowhere was that more apparent than at Michigan and Louisville, where Dusty May and Pat Kelsey pulled their programs out of the cellar and into the NCAA Tournament in short order.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Mark Byington |Carter Bahns
Last offseason's coaching carousel was a whirlwind that featured a handful of big names, and the anticipation it built for the 2024-25 campaign was for good reason. Many of the splashiest hires paid off immediately for their new schools, and nowhere was that more apparent than at Michigan and Louisville, where Dusty May and Pat Kelsey pulled their programs out of the cellar and into the NCAA Tournament in short order.
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3 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Mark Byington |Brendan Marks
Kevin Willard has agreed to become Villanova’s next head coach, leaving Maryland in need of a head coach after the men’s basketball program’s first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2016.It doesn’t help that on his way out the door, Willard laid bare all of Maryland’s infrastructural issues. Chief among those is the fact that the Terps are still one of the few high-major programs in the country without a dedicated practice facility.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Mark Byington |Brendan Marks
Kevin Willard has agreed to become Villanova's next head coach, leaving Maryland in need of a head coach after the men's basketball program's first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2016. It doesn't help that on his way out the door, Willard laid bare all of Maryland's infrastructural issues. Chief among those is the fact that the Terps are still one of the few high-major programs in the country without a dedicated practice facility.
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1 month ago | 
247sports.com | Mark Byington |Robbie Weinstein
Vanderbilt forward JaQualon "JQ" Roberts will enter the NCAA transfer portal, he announced Monday. The sophomore forward played sparingly for Vandy in 2024-25, averaging 1.0 points per game and 0.8 rebounds in 4.6 minutes over 21 appearances. A 3-star recruit in the 2023 class out of Bloomington (Ind.) North, Roberts committed to former Vandy coach Jerry Stackhouse over offers from Butler, Indiana, Iowa, Marquette, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and more.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Mark Byington |Aiden Rutman
How can one single result be so disappointing but so celebratory at the same time? I’d argue that in those mixed emotions lies the true beauty of college basketball. Vanderbilt may have lost its Round of 64 game against Saint Mary’s in heartbreaking fashion, but it won the 2024-25 season. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The media picked Vanderbilt to finish dead last in the SEC in 2024-25. According to them, a berth in the NIT would’ve been a good season.
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1 month ago | 
247sports.com | Mark Byington |Stephen Brooks
CLEVELAND – Scheduling will likely prevent AJ Hoggard from bumping into familiar faces in Michigan State gear at Rocket Arena. MSU's open practice on Thursday began three hours after Hoggard and his Vanderbilt squad left the court, and on Friday, the Commodores tip off against 7-seed Saint Mary's at 3:15 p.m., roughly seven hours before the Spartans get going against 15-seed Bryant.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Mark Byington |Aiden Rutman |Dylan Tovitz |Tristan Rutman
March is finally upon us, and Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball is dancing for the first time in eight years. Head coach Mark Byington has orchestrated a masterful turnaround in his first year at the helm of Vanderbilt’s basketball program, going 20-12 (8-10 SEC). Few people saw Byington’s success coming, and the Commodores were even picked to finish last in the SEC after a 9-23 (4-14) 2023-24 season.
