Mocked as ‘mop boy,’ Daniel Sung turned a year of college basketball grunt work into a dream NBA internship, LinkedIn fame, and multiple startup offers at just 19.

When Coach Mark Pope built his 2025-26 Kentucky basketball roster, he made a 'team' and didn't just add as many star players as he could, like some programs do.

Kinney has been a longtime target for Pope and the Kentucky staff. He earned a UK scholarship offer last August while on an unofficial visit to Kentucky. Pope and UK assistant coaches Cody Fueger and Jason Hart conducted an in-home visit with Kinney in April and Kinney took an official visit to Kentucky in late June.

With college basketball's return a mere 101 days away, here are 101 nuggets, including the best offenses, defenses, cotenders (and pretenders), newcomers and way more.

There has been no shortage of elite players from Gonzaga over the past 25 years. From three-time All-American Drew Timme, to one-and-done superstars Chet Holmgr

"Yes, it is my 106th birthday," Loyola University's Sister Jean said in a message to students and staff. She has been the chaplain for the Ramblers men's basketball team since 1994. Now, 30 years later, she is still their number-one fan.

College basketball's 2025 signing class could pass for a United Nations summit. A year after 38 foreign players joined power-conference programs directly from overseas outfits, over 70 international prospects -- and perhaps even 80 or more -- are expected to be on their way to the high-major ranks once the final touches have been put on the game's 2025-26 rosters.

One of the top college basketball analytics websites is Bart Torvik, and it recently predicted who some of the leading scorers are going to be for the Kentucky Wildcats. Let's take a look at who Bart Torvik believes will be the top five scorers for this Kentucky team.

Deng Mayar, 22, had recently transferred to the University of Nebraska Omaha after two seasons with the University of North Dakota.

Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo is 70-years-old and the longest-tenured active men's college basketball coach among high major programs. He has seen some things since taking over the Michigan State program in 1995.