Sources: The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, with mid-May as the target. The 76-team tournaments begin next year. https://t.co/2ZGUjZR0uJ
NEWS: Unicaja Málaga's Artūras Butajevas has committed to Florida, Tadas Bulotas and Aaron Klevan of The Team told DraftExpress.
The 6'10, 19-year-old big man has been a dominant player for Lithuania's national teams at the FIBA level for years, making his ACB debut at 17.
Florida junior Thomas Haugh -- a projected potential lottery pick -- will return to the Gators next season, he tells me, @JeremyWoo and @jeffborzello. With the 2027 Player of the Year candidate back in the fold, Florida becomes the favorite to open next season at No. 1.
Florida's Alex Condon – the No. 30 prospect on ESPN's Top 100 – is returning to the Gators for his senior year, he tells me and @JeremyWoo. Condon will be a projected first-rounder in 2027 and among the top big men in college basketball.
Sources: Kentucky transfer Denzel Aberdeen has committed to Florida.
The 6-5 guard --- who was an integral part of the Gators' run to the 2025 national title --- averaged 13.5 PPG last season and will now be reunited with Todd Golden in Gainesville.
BREAKING: Five-Star Plus+ IOL Maxwell Hiller has Committed to Florida, he tells me for @Rivals The No. 1 IOL in the 2027 Class chose the Gators over Tennessee, Alabama, and Ohio State
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