College Basketball

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Houston freshman Kingston Flemings scored 25 points, Emanuel Sharp had 23 and the 10th-ranked Cougars overcame an extended shooting slump in a 79-70 win at TCU on Wednesday night. The Cougars (18-2, 6-1 Big 12) trailed only once, by one point 2 1/2 minutes into the game, and began the second half with a 15-point …

The Iowa Hawkeyes (15-5, 5-4) showed grit coming back from a 10-0 deficit to build a 17-point second half lead. Yet they let their foot off the gas and the USC Trojans (15-6, 4-6) capitalized on it to get a 1-point lead inside of a minute. Two Bennett Stirtz free throws gave Iowa the lead with 4.6 remaining and they …

NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino was honored Wednesday night by St. John’s for reaching 900 wins as a Division I head coach. Moments before the 25th-ranked Red Storm tipped off against Butler, a tribute to Pitino featuring a montage of the Hall of Famer’s highlights played on the large video screens that hang from the roof at Madison Square …

We’ve got some news as it relates to Ohio State and the refurbished CBS Sports Classic. The Buckeyes have been a part of the made-for-television event since its inception in 2014. The other three teams that joined OSU through 2024 included bluebloods Kentucky, North Carolina, and UCLA. And while it feels like Ohio State is the odd team out in …

Luka Bogavac’s debut season at North Carolina has swung from promising to puzzling and back again, but the junior guard’s recent form off the bench has turned him into one of the Tar Heels’ most important contributors in ACC play. Since being moved out of the starting lineup, the Montenegrin guard has delivered some of his most consistent basketball. Over …

I plan these roundtables out a few days before they get posted so that the rest of the staff has time to get back to me. That means I sent this question out on Monday, prior to yesterday’s loss to IU and that these answers were returned to me before the loss to IU. Let’s keep that in mind. Here’s …

Today is a short one for everyone’s favorite college basketball conference. Tuesday’s jam-packed action of conference title contenders, a rivalry game and Michigan State’s close call on the road at Rutgers is in the rearview mirror. Wednesday’s slate could offer some excitement, but none of the teams playing today are in realistic title contention. That doesn’t mean they aren’t interesting! …

Where have you gone, Jim Boeheim? Syracuse turns its struggling basketball eyes to you originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Even some of Jim Boeheim’s harshest critics must be longing for the days of the 2-3 zone to return to Central New York. Advertisement The legendary Syracuse head basketball …

The Wisconsin Badgers aim for their 11th straight win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday, January 27th. Tip-off is at 8:00 PM on the Big Ten Network, and the Badgers are 8.5-point favorites. The Badgers enter this game motivated after collapsing in the second half to USC last Sunday, 73-71. Three-point shooting, an emphasis for Wisconsin’s offense, doomed the …

The CBS Sports Classic is adding another blue blood to its showcase event. CBS Sports announced on Wednesday, Jan. 28 that No. 14 Kansas has been added to its annual men’s college basketball showcase that features Ohio State, North Carolina and Kentucky. The Jayhawks will face the Buckeyes on Saturday, Dec. 19 at Madison Square Garden in the 2026-27 season, …

Wisconsin men’s basketball’s recent 73-71 loss to USC hurt in a way that its other five losses did not. The Jan. 25 loss to the Trojans counted as a Quad 2 loss on the Badgers’ NCAA tournament résumé, marking the first time UW fell in a non-Quad 1 game this season. Even with that setback, though, Wisconsin remains a projected …

Xavier wasn’t supposed to be able to hang with either of their last two opponents. Creighton had run them off their own home floor a month ago, and St. John’s is two games clear of anyone not named UConn in the Big East. Both teams figured to make short work of the Musketeers. The fact that Xavier was in both …

Looking to stay up late and catch some college hoops action? Look no further than Wednesday’s nightcap between the UCLA Bruins and Oregon Ducks, airing at 11:00 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.  The Bruins are finally streaking, winning four of their last five, and will look to avoid a letdown in Eugene against a hapless Ducks squad. Advertisement …

👋 GOOD MORNING – If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty solid chance the Arizona Cardinals, somehow, still don’t have a head coach. Sigh. How much longer is this going to go? But for now, we’ll press on, and take a look at one of the most inspiring teams in our state — the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats basketball program. …

Kentucky Basketball and its fans have seen more than enough struggles already for one season. Time and time again, the now 14-7 Wildcats come out flat and unprepared with a lack of energy to start games. Advertisement Preparation and effort are two things that everyone can control, regardless of talent level or NIL values. Yet Kentucky head coach Mark Pope …

For people who never saw him play, it would be hard to explain Duke’s Jason Williams. Built like a fireplug with a low center of gravity and also strong and explosive, Williams could do anything he wanted on the basketball court. Once against UCLA, he scored 17 straight points. And while he could be flakey at times and seem to …

No. 5 Nebraska (20-1, 9-1) remained on the road Tuesday night for its biggest showdown of the season at No. 2 Michigan (19-1, 9-1). After holding the lead for most of the night, the Huskers fell late to the Wolverines 75-72, suffering their first loss of the season. The Huskers held an 11-point lead partway through the first, scoring 50 points in …

BLOOMINGTON — Purdue basketball’s mid-season stumble continued Tuesday night, and it might have carried Big Ten championship contention along with it. The No. 12 Boilermakers’ urgency kicked in too late at Indiana. The Hoosiers’ 72-67 victory boosted the NCAA tournament hopes of a team starting to jell. Advertisement Purdue’s third straight loss symbolized a team trying to glue itself back …

If Tuesday night taught us anything, it’s that nothing comes easy in the Big Ten. Tom Izzo’s Michigan State had to go to overtime just to get past a Rutgers team that’s 9–12 on the season and sitting 14th in the Big Ten. And after the game, Izzo had no interest in sugarcoating the win. “They came at us in …

On Tuesday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide took the court for the first of two huge SEC games this week, doing so against the Missouri Tigers in Tuscaloosa. A game which Alabama dropped last season in Columbia, the Crimson Tide avenged that loss with an all-around big showing Tuesday night inside Coleman Coliseum, defeating the Tigers, 90-64. The Crimson Tide …

For about 20 minutes Tuesday night, San Jose State (6-15, 1-9 MW) looked like it was ready to drag Boise State (13-8, 5-5 MW) into a grinder. The Spartans traded punches, spaced the floor, and stayed afloat with timely shooting from the perimeter. But once the second-half arrived, so did the cold truth: Boise State was bigger, deeper, and far …

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Lamar Wilkerson had 19 points, Nick Dorn added 18 and Conor Enright scored five of his eight points in the final 71 seconds to help Indiana hold off No. 12 Purdue 72-67 on Tuesday night. Indiana won its second straight game and gave coach Darian DeVries the biggest win of his first season with the Hoosiers …

Indiana men’s basketball had played well for stretches this season, but, until tonight, lacked the quality win to show for it. The Hoosiers had suffered some bad losses, and let good wins slip away, making Tuesday night’s matchup with Purdue even weightier than the usual rivalry game. Darian DeVries had his group ready for the matchup out of the gate, …

The weeklong freakout about Vanderbilt’s three-game losing streak after starting the season 16-0 is officially over. After blowing out Mississippi State in Starkville over the weekend, the Vanderbilt Commodores came back to Memorial Gym and amidst Snowpocalypse easily handled Kentucky. This was a beatdown from start to finish, as the Commodores opened up a 7-0 lead early in the game …

The No. 17 Virginia Cavaliers overcame a 19-point first-half deficit in South Bend on Tuesday night to defeat Notre Dame 100-97 in double overtime. A pair of Devin Tillis free throws evened the score in the final seconds of regulation, while Sam Lewis’s game-tying three-pointer near the end of the first overtime saved the Cavaliers again. In double overtime, Lewis …