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Priya Raman
Staff Writer · The Rulebook
Priya Raman is a staff writer at College Basketball Recruit. She reads the rule change and then writes what it does to a recruit.
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The fifth year is a courthouse sport
A nationwide fifth year lasted three weeks. Then a stay, a Kentucky transfer, and a BYU commit from a different courtroom. The pattern as of August 24, 2026.
NIL in college basketball, August 2026: the numbers, the rules, and what they mean for a recruit
One year into revenue sharing: the $20.5 million cap, 34,195 cleared NIL deals worth $355 million, a review threshold that moved twice, and what a recruit should take from it.
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