College Basketball

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As soon as he knew Georgia Tech point guard Naithan George had entered the transfer portal, JJ Starling sent a text to the Syracuse coaching staff. Starling felt George was the kind of player Syracuse was looking for to play point guard for the 2025-26 team. “Hey, we gotta go get him,” Starling texted the staff. Advertisement …

Jamichael Davis was asked if the upcoming Players Era Festival in Las Vegas is a chance for Rutgers basketball to erase Friday’s stunning 13-point home loss to Central Connecticut State. He knew better. Advertisement “You’re not erasing it,” the junior guard said. “One thing we can do is learn from it. We have to come to Vegas ready to play …

Wisconsin basketball suffered its first blemish of the 2025-26 season on Friday, as it fell 98-70 to No. 9 BYU. The Badgers were overmatched from the start. BYU led 45-33 at halftime, then cruised to the 28-point victory. Given the Cougars’ offense ranking No. 4 in KenPom, the Badgers were unlikely to win the game on the defensive end. Wisconsin’s …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points, Keaton Wagler had 19 and No. 8 Illinois beat Long Island 98-58 on Saturday. David Mirkovic had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Illini (5-1), who bounced back nicely after losing to No. 11 Alabama in Chicago on Wednesday night. Kylan Boswell added 11 points. Advertisement Illinois outrebounded Long Island 40-22. …

It’s a sign of progress for the UW-Milwaukee Panthers that their recent road trips have created tough nights for Texas Tech and Wichita State. But it’s also a sign of where their aspirations are set that the second of those games, a 75-58 loss at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita in which the Panthers led much of the night, was …

Arizona State women’s basketball won on an insane no-look buzzer beater that you have to see originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. You’ve never seen a buzzer beater like this before. Advertisement Certainly not one to actually win an entire basketball game. Arizona State was taking on UNLV in …

Purdue took the struggles and frustration from their slim victory against Memphis and came out looking every part of the number one team in the country. Texas Tech, a very well through of 15th ranked team in the country, led for only 1:03 and that includes the brief point just before the tidal wave that is Purdue came full force. …

NASSAU, Bahamas — Oscar Cluff had 15 points and 15 rebounds as No. 1 Purdue remained unbeaten with an 86-56 win over No. 15 Texas Tech on Friday night in the final of the Baha Mar Championship. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 12 points, Omer Mayer and Daniel Jacobsen each scored 11, and Fletcher Loyer, Braden Smith and CJ Cox had 10 …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points, Keaton Wagler had 19 and No. 8 Illinois beat Long Island 98-58 on Saturday. David Mirkovic had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Illini (5-1), who bounced back nicely after losing to No. 11 Alabama in Chicago on Wednesday night. Kylan Boswell added 11 points. Advertisement Illinois outrebounded Long Island …

The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team opened its Greenbrier Tip-Off with a win over a solid Northwestern team. It took them most of the first half to get settled in against a veteran Northwestern team, and the ‘Hoos had to survive an early second-half punch from the Wildcats. But Virginia pulled out the victory in the end, 83-78, to move …

Nebraska men’s basketball (6-0) faced down Kansas State (5-1) for the Hall of Fame Classic championship game on Friday night. In a nail-biting battle, the Huskers delivered the last-second victory 86-85 to clinch the championship. Sam Hoiberg shot the game-winner for Nebraska with seconds left, landing a free throw to break the 85-85 tie after the Wildcats took the lead …

The top 16 seeds join the party Sunday in the second round of the men’s soccer NCAA tournament. The top 16 teams got first-round byes, that includes defending champion Vermont. Vermont (14-0-5) opens its defense of the 2024 national title against Hofstra, while eight-time national champion Indiana hosts 10-time national champion Saint Louis. Advertisement Indiana soccer: He is one of …

Was this a good game? Xavier went toe to toe with the 33rd ranked team in the KenPom and led them very late. Was this a bad game? Xavier was an inexcusable 16-38 inside the arc to drop their season mark to 42%, one of the worst in the nation. Maybe it depends on what you were expecting. Let’s start …

With 9:28 left in the first half last night Texas Tech’s JT Toppin, a potential first round draft pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, scored on a tip-in to knot the score at 20-20. To that point, the Boilers an Red Raiders had played a pretty even game, as was expected for a game between a pair of top 15 …

Clemson entered the night looking for a lift after its loss at Georgetown, and Brad Brownell got exactly the response he hoped to see. The Tigers battled through two double digit holes and fought their way to a 70 to 67 win over West Virginia in the Charleston Classic semifinals on Friday. Clemson trailed by eight with a little more …

It was a rough finish for the ‘Cats in a game where they had the lead late Friday night. After Jayden Reid converted an and-one layup with eight minutes left to push the lead to 66-63, Northwestern made only one more field goal. The offense stalled, the pace slowed and the scoring dried up. NU ended with 78 points but …

The Michigan State Spartans continue to impress. Whether they’re taking down top-15 SEC teams or facing programs that endured a 27-game losing streak just over a year ago, Izzo’s Spartans simply show up to win. This time, it was the lowly Detroit Mercy Titans trying to stand in the way. With former Tom Izzo assistant Mike Montgomery now leading the …

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Purdue basketball’s Braden Smith tumbled and slid backwards on the floor, then leapt to his feet to pump his fist with a victorious road. The No. 1 Boilermakers were well on their way to an 86-56 evisceration of No. 15 Texas Tech in the Baha Mar Championship. Smith eagerly took that offensive foul a little over three minutes into …

In Friday’s ACC Action, Davidson beat Boston College 59-49, Louisville survived Cincinnati 74-64, Virginia got by Northwestern 83-78, Florida State blew out Georgia Southern 98-72, Clemson took care of West Virginia 70-67, SMU trashed Arkansas State 100-69, Wake Forest nipped Memphis, 69-68, Seattle surprised Stanford 77-69 and Cal beat up on Sacramento State, 91-67. Wake Forest had near misses against …

NASSAU, Bahamas — Purdue basketball’s Braden Smith tumbled and slid backwards on the floor, then leapt to his feet to pump his fist with a victorious road. The No. 1 Boilermakers were well on their way to an 86-56 evisceration of No. 15 Texas Tech in the Baha Mar Championship. Smith eagerly took that offensive foul a little over three minutes into the …

The post Coen Carr throws down thunderous dunk in Michigan State Spartans’ win over Detroit Mercy appeared first on ClutchPoints. Coen Carr wowed the home crowd with a vicious dunk highlight during the No. 17 Michigan State Spartans’ matchup against the Detroit Mercy Titans on Friday night. Advertisement Going into the game, the Spartans were off to a great start …

PHOENIX (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves had an eight-point lead with less than minute to go Friday night, talking a little smack to their opponents as a hard-fought, chippy game between Western Conference rivals came to a close. There was one problem: The Phoenix Suns weren’t done. Advertisement Backup guard Collin Gillespie hit the go-ahead jumper with 6.4 seconds left …

The Kansas State Wildcats, vying for a NABC Hall Of Fame Classic championship, made a furious comeback to overcome a lackluster first half, but ultimately fell short on a last-second play by the Nebraska Cornhuskers, dropping their first game of the season 86-85 in front of a packed house at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. K-State (5-1) came into …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pryce Sandfort scored 21 points and Reink Mast added 20 for Nebraska in an 86-85 victory over Kansas State on Friday night, winning the Hall of Fame Classic for the first time in program history. Nebraska (6-0) went on a 15-0 run in the first half to lead 19-7. Kansas State (5-1) clawed its way back …

#1 Purdue left little doubt that it was the best college basketball team in the Bahamas and the country after dismanting Texas Tech 86-56 to win another MTE tournament. The game started with both offenses firing on all cylinders. CJ Cox kept his hot streak going after scoring 19 the night prior by scoring 7 early points for Purdue, knocking …