College Basketball

[ad_1] Duke basketball has the fourth-most victories in the history of men’s college hoops, trailing only Kentucky, Kansas and rival North Carolina. As the third-ranked Blue Devils (21-3, 13-1 ACC) continue their 120th season in program history, they enter Saturday’s game (4 p.m., ABC) against Stanford (16-9, 8-6) with the opportunity to remove the Cardinal from an exclusive club. Entering …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue basketball’s quest to challenge itself in the non-conference portion of its schedule came continued with its most recent addition. The Boilermakers scheduled a home-and-home series with Iowa State beginning next season. Purdue will host the Cyclones next season and travel to Ames, Iowa for the 2026-27 season. That game adds to a non-conference slate that …

[ad_1] It may be a frustrating season for the Arizona State men’s basketball team but the Sun Devils have not quit. They were shorthanded on the road against the No. 12 team in the country in Texas Tech and took the Red Raiders to double overtime before falling 111-106 in what was one of their best showings of the season. …

[ad_1] Kansas State basketball will take its six-game winning streak on the road Saturday for an 8 p.m. game against Brigham Young at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. The Wildcats (13-11, 7-6 Big 12) are coming off a 73-70 victory over No. 13-ranked Arizona on Tuesday, their fourth win against a ranked team during the streak. BYU (16-8, 7-6) …

[ad_1] Tennessee basketball is finishing off its home-and-home SEC opponents Saturday. The No. 4 Vols (20-5, 7-5 SEC) face Vanderbilt (17-7, 5-6) on Saturday (1 p.m. ET, SEC Network) at Food City Center. The Commodores are one of three conference opponents the Vols face twice during the 2024-25 season. They already played Florida and Kentucky twice. Tennessee lost 76-75 at Vanderbilt …

[ad_1] Xavier head coach Sean Miller must have felt like a prophet last month. Following Xavier’s 77-63 win over DePaul at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Miller warned that these are not the Blue Demons of old under first-year head coach Chris Holtmann. “DePaul is gonna beat somebody this year at home,” Miller said Jan. 11. Three days later, DePaul took …

[ad_1] ESPN is sending its college basketball A-team to Tuscaloosa for Saturday’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. The broadcast team of Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst) will have the TV call of Alabama-Auburn on ESPN. Jess Sims will report from the sidelines and handle in-game and halftime interviews with …

[ad_1] Xavier head coach Sean Miller must have felt like a prophet last month. Following Xavier’s 77-63 win over DePaul at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Miller warned that these are not the Blue Demons of old under first-year head coach Chris Holtmann. “DePaul is gonna beat somebody this year at home,” Miller said Jan. 11. Three days later, DePaul took …

[ad_1] Texas basketball (15-10, 4-8 SEC) dropped a third consecutive SEC game Tuesday with a 103-80 loss to No. 1 Alabama on its home court. The Longhorns now enter a critical contest Saturday against No. 18 Kentucky (17-7, 6-5) desperately needing a high-profile win to strengthen a case for the NCAA Tournament that seems to get weaker with each game. …

[ad_1] Four of the Atlantic 10’s top teams take the floor on Saturday for a men’s college basketball doubleheader on USA Network. Conference leader George Mason hosts Saint Joseph’s at 12:30 PM ET, with Duquesne and Dayton following at 2:30 PM ET. Read further to learn how to watch both matchups, plus more Atlantic 10 games this season on Peacock …

[ad_1] Michigan State men’s basketball has lost 3 of 4 games after starting the season 18-2. The Spartans are more than capable of turning things around, but they must do so against a brutal schedule. Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari discuss the latest with Spartan basketball and how they must rebound …

[ad_1] Alabama head coach Nate Oats, left, shakes hands with Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl. Both have helped revive the basketball programs at their traditionally football-obsessed schools. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) The epicenter of college basketball this weekend won’t be Storrs, Connecticut, Lawrence, Kansas, or somewhere on Tobacco Road. All eyes will be on a pigskin-obsessed state long synonymous with football. …

[ad_1] Alabama and Auburn have never played a rivalry game like this. Not in football and certainly not in basketball. Yet when the Crimson Tide and Tigers square off for the 171st edition of the “Iron Bowl of Basketball” Saturday at Coleman Coliseum, with ESPN’s “College GameDay” on hand, it will mark the first meeting between the two rivals as …

[ad_1] Grand Canyon’s men’s basketball team committed 22 turnovers for the second straight game. This time, the Lopes got clutch play from Tyon Grant-Foster to overcome the miscues and beat Tarleton State 64-60 in a crucial road win to keep them in the hunt for the regular season WAC title. GCU (18-6, 8-2) is a game behind first-place Utah Valley …

[ad_1] Sacred Heart at South Carolina — SECN+ Holy Cross at Auburn — SECN+ COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) St. Francis (PA) at Central Connecticut — NEC Front Row Holy Cross at Lehigh — ESPN+ La Salle at Rhode Island — ESPN+ Pennsylvania at Brown — ESPN+ Villanova at Providence — Fubo Sports US COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) La Salle at Rhode Island …

[ad_1] Stetson at Penn State — ESPN+ Lafayette at Southern Mississippi — ESPN+ Bucknell at Virginia Tech — ACCNX Lehigh at Oklahoma — SECN+ Villanova at Virginia — ESPN+ COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Miami at Pittsburgh — Fubo Sports US Saint Joseph’s at George Mason — Fubo Sports US Bucknell at Lafayette — NBCS Philadelphia, ESPN+, Fubo Sports US St. Francis …

[ad_1] Dontaie Allen, winner of the 2019 Kentucky Mr. Basketball award, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the NCAA on Jan. 31 in the Eastern District of Kentucky. The Allen v. NCAA lawsuit includes 33 current and former Division I men’s basketball and football players — seven with ties to the commonwealth. It argues that the NCAA …

[ad_1] After months full of talking about the hypothetical matchup, the time has now officially come for episode No. 1 of the 2024-25 “IBOB,” or the “Iron Bowl of Basketball,” between two of the nation’s premier college basketball programs, as well as in-state rivals, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. Taking a look at Auburn in particular however, most …

[ad_1] Riding a four-game winning streak, the Nebraska men’s basketball team played host to No. 25 Maryland on Thursday night. Though the Huskers brought momentum to the game with their winning streak, they failed to extend it, falling to the Terrapins 83-75. After trading blows early on, Maryland held the lead for the final 27 minutes of play and went …

[ad_1] When UCF and Colorado meet, one team will end their season-long losing streaks. The Knights have lost dropped five in a row, the fourth such streak under coach Johnny Dawkins, while the Buffaloes hold the fifth-longest losing streak in the nation at 13 consecutive games and remaining winless in conference play. It’s been a disappointing stretch for UCF (13-11, …

[ad_1] SEC basketball baptized another believer. Jay Bilas, ESPN’s erudite college hoops voice, abandoned his east coast allegiance and saluted the SEC’s fiefdom. “This is the most powerful basketball league, top to bottom, that there has ever been,” Bilas said Tuesday on the SEC Network. “I have never seen anything remotely like what we’re seeing in the Southeastern Conference this …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo took only a few seconds to point the finger for Michigan State basketball’s Tuesday night loss to Indiana directly at himself. The 30th-year Hall of Fame coach’s admission after practice Thursday was nothing new. Izzo has preached accountability with his players for years and thrust it onto himself as warranted. Rewatching the 11th-ranked Spartans’ …

[ad_1] Bruce Pearl has told the story so many times it’s practically legend now, memorialized over 17 years as one of the great scenes in the history of college basketball. For one day in February of 2008, the city of Memphis was the center of the sports universe: The No. 1, undefeated Memphis Tigers vs. the No. 2 Tennessee Volunteers. …

[ad_1] BOYS BASKETBALL Xavier 65, West De Pere 63 APPLETON – Luke Oelhafen’s 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds left proved to be the deciding points in the Hawks’ thrilling victory against Bay Conference leader West De Pere. The win moves the Hawks to a two-way tie atop the Bay Conference at 11-1 with the Phantoms with two games remaining in league …

[ad_1] Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. moves the ball against Illinois during the first half on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. • What: Michigan State at Illinois • When: 8 p.m. (ET) Saturday • Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois • TV/Radio: FOX/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 195 …