“Win just one for the Gipper.” — Knute Rockne, Notre Dame“Mama called.” — Paul "Bear" Bryant, on coming home to Alabama“It's not the will to win that matters. Everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.” — Paul "Bear" Bryant“The band is out on the field!” — Joe Starkey, Cal vs. Stanford, 1982“Auburn's gonna win the football game!” — Rod Bramblett, the Kick Six, 2013“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” — Vince Lombardi

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Hoops Is Coming: Our Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25

Transfer portal winners, returning stars and the freshmen who will change the season.

By Keisha Morgan · Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 1 min read

Practice is underway, which means it is officially time to overreact. The portal reshaped a dozen rosters this spring, and the teams that landed experienced guards are the ones we trust most in November.

At the top, continuity wins. Our No. 1 team returns four starters and a coach who has made the second weekend of the tournament five years running.

The women's side is just as loaded, with a reigning national player of the year back for one more run and a challenger built around the best freshman class in the country.

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