College Basketball

With four different Missouri Valley teams in action on Friday night, there were multiple ways the league could impress. UIC could look great in a win over Robert Morris (they did). Indiana State could spoil Chris Capko’s home debut (they did). Southern Illinois could get a road win at Kansas City (they did not). It was beyond even my wildest …

Patton Pinkins scored 19 points to help fuel another 90+ point game for the Ole Miss Rebels as it topped Central Arkansas on Friday, 92-60. The Rebels (2-0) have scored back to back 90-point plus games to open the season for the first time since the 2012-2013 season. While it has been less than challenging non-conference foes, there does seem …

No. 20 Maryland women’s basketball returns home to seek its first win of the season against George Mason at the XFINITY Center on Sunday. Maryland lost its first game of the season in an encouraging fashion against No. 1 South Carolina, 103-91, in Paris. Advertisement The Terps will try to get right in their home opener against a familiar opponent, …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team secured its second win of the season on Thursday night. Our own Brady Farkas offered up his takeaways from the Orange’s 53-point win over the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. Advertisement Nine different players scored for the Orange in the team’s second win of the season. While Gavin Doty led the …

Memphis returns to action on Saturday for its first home game of the season against VCU. Both teams enter the game after season-opening wins on Monday, and the Tigers enter the game with a 6-3 series advantage. Phil Martelli Jr.’s team enters the season with a ton of momentum, and they began the season with a 10-point win over Little …

Dior Johnson has been unstoppable in his first two games for the UCF Knights, torching defenses and posting video game numbers. Johnson has scored 69 points, 48 in Monday’s season opener against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and 21 against Yale on Friday. He’s averaging 34.5 points on 68.8/66.7/82.6 splits. Advertisement His production is elite even in a small sample. …

Kansas State Wildcats first-year coach Casey Alexander can now forget about his debut. The Wildcats got on the winning track Friday with an impressive 95-78 victory against Cal State Northridge at Bramlage Coliseum. Guard Brandon Rechsteiner led the way with 26 points, including six 3-pointers. He shot 8 of 17 from the field, which was enough to help the Wildcats …

In their second game of the season, Iowa delivered a dominant 91-47 win over Eastern Illinois (0-2) on Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to improve to 2-0. As a team, Iowa shot 63% from the field and 47% from 3-point range, with eight different Hawkeyes connecting on at least one 3-pointer. Advertisement Second-year guard Peyton McCollum led the Hawkeyes in …

After excelling in her first two games with No. 10 Iowa women’s basketball (2-0), first-year forward McKenna Woliczko met with the media following Iowa’s 80-39 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night. Woliczko poured in a game-high 22 points in the win over the Panthers, including 4 of 6 shooting from beyond the arc. The San Bruno, Calif., native put …

Every year in college basketball, a few players take a huge leap forward when they finally get their chance. Some go from coming off the bench to starting, while others simply get the extra playing time they need to show what they can really do. The 2026-27 season is full of guys like this. Most fans might not know their …

Despite getting over to a 2-0 start, most Syracuse Orange men’s basketball fans don’t expect to hear Syracuse’s name called in March. This upcoming week will likely tell us more about Syracuse’s chances in the 26-27 season. The Orange face the Indiana Hoosiers in Indianaolis on Monday night, then head to MSG to face Rick Pitino and the St. John’s …

New Mexico State, Northwestern State women’s basketball teams scored for the wrong team on the same day originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Never before in college basketball have a pair of teams scored on the wrong basket on the same day. That was until this week. Two players …

Both Tennessee and Kentucky are fresh off of a bye and ready for a showdown. Kentucky, sitting at 7-1 and No. 6 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, has danced out of trouble time and time again this season. Those late game heroics have the Wildcats firmly in play for the SEC Championship and their first appearance in the …

The 20th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide got off to another cold start, didn’t shoot the ball well, and still scored in triple figures, defeating Arkansas State by a score of 101-86 on Friday night in Coleman Coliseum. Bama improved to 2-0 on the season while the Red Wolves fell to 1-1. Alabama sophomore guard Amari Allen notched the fifth triple-double …

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Valparaiso walked into Mackey Arena on Friday night and stunned the college basketball world. The Beacons upended Purdue 83-80 in double overtime, handing the Boilermakers their second loss of the season. Rakim Chaney went off for Valpo, scoring 35 points and guiding his team to the upset win. The Beacons also got 17 points from Justus …

Game 2: Georgetown Hoyas (1-0) vs Maryland Terrapins (1-0)When: Saturday 7:30 PMWhere: Capital One ArenaTV: Peacock, NBC Sports YouTube Channel (Mike Corey and Nick Bahe) Radio: Bloomberg 99.1 (Rich Chvotkin), Sirius XM 964 (Georgetown) Series: Georgetown trails 38-30 overall but leads 17-14 at homeLast Meeting: Georgetown beat Maryland 70-60 last season on the road (Nov. 7, 2025)Streaks: Georgetown ended a …

In Friday’s ACC Action, Virginia popped Northeastern, 97-72, Miami clobbered Wagner, 83-57, Boston College handled UMass, 71-55, Georgia Tech got by Georgia Southern 95-83, NC State came back to beat ETSU, 77-63, UNC crushed Wofford, 109-70, Clemson overcame American, 82-73, Florida State smoked Troy, 91-68, and Stanford dismissed Oakland, 81-63. UNC fans were stressed out by close recent games against …

BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston College Eagles (2-0) men’s basketball team picked up a 71-55 win over the UMass Minutemen (1-1) in the Hall of Fame Series at TD Garden on Friday evening. UMass’ offense was hot from the get-go and jumped out to a 14-6 lead over Boston College with 14:14 to go in the first half. During the …

Following Kentucky’s 89-80 victory over James Madison on Friday night at Rupp Arena, head coach Mark Pope had plenty of praise for Zoom Diallo and the support he has received from Big Blue Nation. Diallo continued to build on his strong start to the regular season, finishing with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field, including 1-of-2 from beyond …

Matt Painter pinpointed exactly where his No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers lost the 83-80 double-overtime game against the unranked Valparaiso Beacons on Friday in West Lafayette. Justus McNair won the game for Valparaiso with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, but there was one moment when Purdue could have won. In his post-game conference, Painter revealed the painful moment came at the end of …

Where to watch Georgetown vs. Maryland basketball today: Channel, time, schedule, live stream for Saturday game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Georgetown and Maryland will meet in Washington, D.C. this weekend for a men’s college basketball non-conference matchup. Advertisement Georgetown is entering this season looking to build on …

Tennessee football opens a November to either remember or forget with a top-15 matchup against Kentucky on Nov. 7 at Neyland Stadium The Vols (6-2, 3-2 SEC) lost at South Carolina two weeks ago on a last-second field goal, earning a second SEC loss before the final month of the season. Advertisement Kentucky (7-1, 5-1) is also coming off of …

Through two games of the college basketball season, UCLA looks like one of the best teams in the country. They followed up a wire-to-wire win over Arizona with a complete domination over North Florida in a game that actually started out interesting in the first handful of minutes. North Florida actually hung with UCLA for quite a few minutes in …

In its second regular-season game of the year, the Kansas basketball team jumped out to an early lead over Middle Tennessee State in the first half and never looked back. The Jayhawks left the Allen Fieldhouse crowd entertained by the end of Friday night, steamrolling the Blue Raiders en route to an 89-45 victory. This marked the second time in …

The No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers suffered a shock 83-80 double-overtime defeat against Valparaiso on Friday night at Mackey Arena. Matt Painter’s Purdue suffered its second straight defeat after losing the season-opener to No. 15 Gonzaga. Despite entering the matchup as a 17.5-point favorite, Purdue couldn’t stop Valparaiso from pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the opening week of …