College Basketball

The Big East tournament feels like a two-team race, which would make for a very entertaining championship game on Saturday night. Here’s everything you need to know entering the Big East tournament this weekend in New York. Advertisement Are we destined for UConn-St. John’s? Rick Pitino and St. John’s won the Big East regular-season title again, which seemed a bit …

Two words summed up Tom Izzo’s feelings: proud and defiant. The Michigan State basketball coach was pleased with the effort and intensity his team showed in once again giving Big Ten regular-season champion Michigan all it could handle, even though the third-ranked Wolverines pulled away for a 90-80 victory over the final 10 minutes of the regular-season finale Sunday, March …

Tom Izzo defends Jeremy Fears’ groin kick: ‘Stuff happens, you know’ originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo defended guard Jeremy Fears Jr. after he was assessed a technical foul for making contact with the groin of Michigan’s Elliot Cadeau during the Spartans’ 90-80 loss …

Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer didn’t want to look too far into the future on Sunday. Moments after his Longhorns beat the South Carolina Gamecocks in the SEC Tournament Championship in Greenville, South Carolina, he just wanted to enjoy the win. Advertisement But the Longhorns’ victory over the Gamecocks propelled them into the third No. 1 seed in USA …

Smiles, back slaps and high fives returned to the Marriott Center late Saturday night, as left-for-dead BYU rallied from a 13-point first half deficit to knock off No. 10 Texas Tech 82-76 in front of 18,104 anxious fans. It was just what the doctor ordered for the Cougars, who had lost their three previous games and were being doubted as …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gianna Kneepkens scored 19 points and Kiki Rice added 15 points and eight assists Sunday as No. 2 UCLA rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten Tournament crown. Rice was named the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player. Advertisement It’s the first time the Bruins (31-1) have captured back-to-back postseason conference titles, and …

It was a tough effort from the Spartans but their upset bid at rival Michigan came up short late in the second half. It was a tight game throughout but Michigan State’s offense dried up during a critical stretch in the second half, leading to a win for rival Michigan. The final score was 90-80 from the Crisler Center in …

NEW YORK (AP) — St. John’s forward Zuby Ejiofor was the only unanimous selection Sunday to an All-Big East first team that included an unprecedented three players from No. 4 UConn. Ejiofor propelled the 18th-ranked Red Storm (25-6, 18-2) to their second consecutive outright regular-season title, averaging 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and 1.8 blocks in league games. Advertisement …

Maryland men’s basketball gave Xfinity Center a show worth watching Sunday. With 40 seconds left, Diggy Coit had an open 3-pointer squared up down four points to No. 11 Illinois. He nailed it — but head coach Buzz Williams had already called timeout, and the whistle had blown the play dead. Advertisement After the players retook the court, Andre Mills …

It’s official: this team is built for March. The Wisconsin Badgers, without Nolan Winter, went into Mackey Arena and upset the 15th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers 97-93, avenging a 16-point loss earlier this season at the Kohl Center. It was Wisconsin’s third road victory over a ranked team this season. With the win, the Badgers complete the regular season with a 22-9 …

More teams are punching their tickets to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday as the major conference’s compete for championships. Other teams will be left sweating it out until Selection Sunday — wondering about their seedings, whether their bubbles burst or whether another team will slip up and provide them an opportunity. Here’s the teams who have claimed bids for the …

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Four teams remain in the 2026 Southern Conference Tournament. Although the season was a little disappointing considering the league’s drop in overall strength, the tournament has once again lived up to the hype in terms of excitement. Of the six games played thus far, five have been decided by 10 points or less, including three by five …

The ACC Basketball Tournament in Charlotte begins Tuesday, March 10th and concludes on Saturday, the day before Selection Sunday. For one-bid conferences like the Horizon League, teams like UW-Green Bay and Wright State are battling for their season with the league champion getting in and everyone else being done for the year. Those conferences, the conference tournament is in some …

San Diego State puts up offensive display as they clinch a second place conference finish heading into the conference tournament. “A Great College Basketball Game,” says Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher. Viejas was buzzing Friday night as the Aztecs hosted the UNLV Running Rebels. Another sellout of 12,414 fans packed the arena to see what would turn out to be a …

The 2026 ACC Tournament men’s college basketball bracket is set heading into conference tournament week as teams battle for March Madness spots. 15 teams are slated to compete in this season’s ACC Tournament as the NCAA Tournament closes in. The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils aim to continue their impressive conference form after finishing the regular season 17-1 during ACC play. …

DURHAM, N.C. — Caleb Wilson was right where he wanted to be in a sense, standing alongside his North Carolina teammates on the court before a rivalry loss at No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. But the star freshman and high-end NBA prospect can only watch now. Advertisement The 76-61 loss Saturday night to close the regular season came …

The Wisconsin Badgers capped off their 2025-26 Big Ten season with a monumental 97-93 win over No. 15 Purdue. John Blackwell led all scorers with 25 points, though it was Nick Boyd who received a ton of attention. Boyd’s conference campaign came to an end with 415 points, which put him just two shy of Michael Finley’s 417-point season from …

The Longhorns basketball men’s basketball team is slumping at the wrong time. Texas finished the regular season with an 88-85 overtime home loss to rival Oklahoma, a team theoretically farther down the NCAA Tournament picking order than UT. Texas have lost four of their last five games and fall to the No. 10 seed in the SEC postseason tournament later …

The UNC-Duke basketball rivalry is always a fun one to watch. Saturday’s rematch felt a little different, though. North Carolina trailed by just five points at halftime, but the Blue Devils overwhelmed them in the second half. The Tar Heels lost, 76-61 and will now look ahead to the ACC Tournament. Advertisement You may hear the excuses of, “UNC didn’t …

PROVO, Utah — Robert Wright III scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, rallying BYU to an 82-76 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday night. Wright made his first seven shots after halftime to help the Cougars (21-10, 9-9 Big 12) snap a three-game losing streak and beat a top-10 opponent at home for the …

A narrow win over a top-5 Nebraska team set up a huge test in East Lansing a few days later for the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines. That tone-setting takedown of the then-No. 7 Michigan State Spartans put the Wolverines in a strong position in the Big Ten Standings, and subsequent victories over Purdue, Illinois, and plenty of others has made …

In a game Kentucky really needed to win yesterday, the Wildcats came out flat and never led against the Florida Gators on Senior Day at Rupp Arena. A late surge wasn’t enough for Kentucky, as they fell 84-77 in a game that wasn’t really as close as the final score indicates. Advertisement Kentucky wraps up the regular season with a …

It’s fitting that the last game of the season is an in-state matchup between the Michigan State University men’s basketball team and the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines on Sunday, March 8. The eighth-ranked Spartans enter the game having won six of their last seven games, including a 91-87 win on Thursday, March 5, over Rutgers at the Breslin Center. U-M …

On Saturday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide concluded the regular season with a dominant 96-84 home win over the Auburn Tigers. A game in which Alabama never trailed, the Crimson Tide shot a combined 52% from the field, and used a big first half that included a 50-31 lead going into halftime to jump out to a sizable early lead. …

It may not mean anything for Michigan basketball in the final standings, but good luck finding anyone who feels that way. Whenever Michigan and Michigan State basketball meet, it’s always special, but when both teams are in the top-10, it’s the regular season finale and bragging rights are on the line, the environment at Crisler Center on Sunday, March 8 …