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2026-27 CANES Men's Basketball Schedule

At Louisville, at Duke, at Carolina. And two in California. Thanks a lot, Tobacco Road Mafia.
 
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Ranking the 25 best players in college basketball eligibility limbo

Dozens of college basketball rosters are in wait-and-see mode. Here are some of the players with the most at stake.
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5. Aden Holloway, Alabama

In March, Holloway was removed from the team -- and the Alabama campus -- after an arrest on a felony drug charge. The details of the case suggested the third-team All-SEC guard would have a difficult path back to the Crimson Tide and college basketball. Over the summer, however, Holloway (16.8 PPG, 3.8 APG, 44% from beyond the arc) entered a pretrial diversion program after pleading guilty to a first-degree drug charge, which will give him a clean slate if he can stay out of trouble for a six-month stretch -- a period that will end just as Alabama starts official practices for next season. It's a second chance for the talented, 6-1 guard and potentially a major boost for Nate Oats' squad. -- Medcalf
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8. Seth Trimble, Louisville

Pat Kelsey's program spent millions to assemble a roster that looks like a serious ACC contender: Kansas transfer Flory Bidunga is one of the best defensive players in America; Oregon transfer Jackson Shelstad averaged 15.6 points last season before a hand injury ended his season; Obinna Ekezie Jr. is a five-star prospect. And Trimble, who averaged 14.0 points at North Carolina, is the veteran guard who would stabilize a Louisville squad chasing its first Final Four appearance in more than a decade. Trimble has joined the same lawsuit in Kentucky that cleared Mitchell to play a fifth season at Missouri. If it sticks, the Cardinals will have one of the top transfer classes and also one of the best available fifth-year standouts. -- Medcalf
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15. Denzel Aberdeen, Florida

Another potential boomerang transfer, Aberdeen was a reserve on Florida's title-winning team in 2024-25 but had a career season in 2025-26 after transferring to Kentucky. He started 35 games, averaged 13.5 points and 3.4 assists and shot better than 36% on 3-pointers. (He also averaged 17.0 points in three games against the Gators.) Aberdeen isn't part of any state lawsuits and hasn't received a waiver from the NCAA for a fifth year of eligibility, but if eligible, probably would lock up the preseason No. 1 ranking for Florida. -- Borzello
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cookies said:
Since we play Pitt twice this year, we won’t play em next year.
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It's possible that Miami doesn't play Pittsburgh next season, but that's not a rule.

2025-26 ACC Variable Partners (last season)

Boston College-Miami
California-Georgia Tech
Clemson-Pitt
Duke-Louisville
Florida State-SMU
North Carolina-Syracuse
NC State-Virginia
Notre Dame-Stanford
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest

2026-27 Team-by-Team Schedule (this season)

✅ Boston College does not play Miami
✅ California does not play Georgia Tech
❌ Clemson at Pitt 1/16
❌ Duke at Louisville 2/24
✅ Florida State does not play SMU
❌ North Carolina at Syracuse 1/23
❌ NC State at Virginia 3/6
❌ Stanford at Notre Dame 12/30
❌ Virginia Tech at Wake Forest 1/2
 
satsuma said:
It's possible that Miami doesn't play Pittsburgh next season, but that's not a rule.

2025-26 ACC Variable Partners (last season)

Boston College-Miami
California-Georgia Tech
Clemson-Pitt
Duke-Louisville
Florida State-SMU
North Carolina-Syracuse
NC State-Virginia
Notre Dame-Stanford
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest

2026-27 Team-by-Team Schedule (this season)

✅ Boston College does not play Miami
✅ California does not play Georgia Tech
❌ Clemson at Pitt 1/16
❌ Duke at Louisville 2/24
✅ Florida State does not play SMU
❌ North Carolina at Syracuse 1/23
❌ NC State at Virginia 3/6
❌ Stanford at Notre Dame 12/30
❌ Virginia Tech at Wake Forest 1/2
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TIL. Good looking out.
 
Fun fact: Jai’s brother JL3 was on the played for the pistons for a half a season while Mike Malone’s father was an assistant coach.
 
Da_Lucky_One said:


Will Dante have a breakout year? Adam thinks so!!!
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I think he was great for us as a sixth man last year, and when he started a few games he was pretty good as a true Freshman. I think he's a safe pick to be improved...not necessarily "break out"...but if he improves markedly over last year, he quickly becomes a pivotal piece of this year's squad.
 


The last year in Adidas uniforms. I have to wonder what the Fear of God edition uniforms will look like.
For the last time, until further notice.
 
Going into practice, who is in your 8 man rotation? (Count Reneau as playing for UM this season.

Who is just outside that rotation? And who might see little to no run?
 
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hotshot said:
Going into practice, who is in your 8 man rotation? (Count Reneau as playing for UM this season.

Who is just outside that rotation? And who might see little to no run?
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It's going to be more than an 8 man rotation to start the season.

Lewis
Allen
Henderson
Malik
Cyril

Goode (20+ min)
Dorn (~20 min)
Gaskins (18-20 min)
Miller (18-20 min)
Bland (~15 min)
Ryzov (~15 min)
 
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