Every transfer portal cycle takes on a life of its own, but the 2025 edition is shaping up to be one of the most talent-rich we've ever seen. There are flat-out dudes at the top—program-changing players stepping into a landscape where high-level teams are spending more than ever to land proven stars.

Geno Auriemma will participate in his 24th Final Four as head coach of UConn, while UCLA is in its first-ever Women's Final Four. UCLA has been one of the great stories of the season behind star Lauren Betts, but this is UConn in the NCAA tournament.

Willard emphasized when the Terps were in Seattle that he loved coaching at Maryland, but he wanted the school to improve in NIL.

In the midst of an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run by the Maryland Terrapins, there was also off-the-court drama brewing after then-head coach Kevin Willard called out Maryland's lack of NIL funding. Maryland ultimately lost to Florida in the Sweet 16 and Willard bolted a few days later,

After the South Carolina women's basketball team survived a Sweet 16 scare against Maryland, Te-Hina Paopao said it "felt like a loss to us."

The exception is the 10-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks, but even they have a face college basketball fans know at the ... seven teams to the Sweet 16, a men's NCAA Tournament record) were able to advance. Maryland staved off No. 12 Colorado State by virtue ...

Maryland star guards Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice entered the transfer portal on Monday, a day after Kevin Willard accepted the vacant job at Villanova amid a cloud of conflict with power-brokers.

The team's season, which saw the first Sweet Sixteen game since 2016, ended with a loss to No. 1 Florida, 87-71.