College Basketball

The Big East Conference announced the men’s regular season basketball league schedule Sept. 14, completing Xavier’s 2026-27 regular season slate. Xavier, which finished 16-18 overall and tied for last in the Big East (6-14) last year, opens league play on Saturday, Dec. 19 on the road against Marquette at Fiserv Forum. Advertisement Xavier’s Big East home opener is on Tuesday, …

UConn men’s basketball will begin the Big Eastportion of the 2026-27 schedule with two games before the start of the new year– a home game against Georgetown on Dec. 23 and a road game at Butler on New Year’sEve. The program announced the 20 conference games forthe upcoming season on Monday. UConn finished last season with a 34-6 recordand as …

The Marquette men’s basketball team knows its complete schedule for the 2026-27 season. The Big East released its slate of conference matchups on Sept. 14, with the Golden Eagles tipping off conference play against Xavier on Dec. 19 at Fiserv Forum. Advertisement MU had previously released its non-conference games. After that Big East opener, the Golden Eagles have back-to-back road …

Ittttt’s official. From U of L: University of Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey announced the addition of fifth-year LJ Wells to the 2026-27 roster. “Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn and I are friends and I have an unbelievable amount of respect for him as a coach,” said Kelsey on the addition. “He gushes about LJ in terms of his character, …

The entire 2026-27 schedule is officially here. The opponents aren’t a surprise in any way, as the Big East has a double-round-robin schedule. Some of the dates do jump out though: As Jon Rothstein recently reported, Villanova will play Connecticut at home on Super Bowl Sunday (also known as Valentine’s Day this year). That will be the second time that …

After five consecutive seasons of missing the NCAA Tournament, it’s clear that the star has fallen for the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program. New head coach Gerry McNamara is trying to get it back, but he has a tough road ahead of him. Advertisement Not only are the Orange being projected to miss the NCAA Tournament again in an expanded …

For a lot of Blue Devil fans, basketball started in 1980 when Duke hired Mike Krzyzewski. That’s not true, obviously. The late Al Featherston was a real historian of Duke Basketball, and basketball in Durham, too. He wrote a lot of wonderful pieces for us about both. One of the great, if brief, eras of Duke Basketball was that of …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen has joined a growing list of players suing the NCAA in hopes of gaining a fifth year of eligibility. Aberdeen’s attorney, Jesse Panuccio, filed the lawsuit Friday in Gainesville. His motion notes that more than 30 courts across the country have ruled that the NCAA’s “arbitrary decision” against student-athletes who began college …

Ahead of the 2026-27 season, two of the top basketball schools in the state of North Carolina (Duke and UNC) held scrimmages with some of their current players and alumni. When viewing photos, fans couldn’t help but notice how stacked Duke’s lineup was in comparison to that of their rivals, North Carolina. Pictured with the Tar Heels was 14-year veteran …

Every Kansas football fan in the country badly wanted a victory over Missouri in the Border Showdown this week. The Jayhawks haven’t won a rivalry game in a long time, and it certainly didn’t feel good to see the yellow kitty cats parading on the field after defeating Kansas by three possessions. But in reality, we have to be realistic …

Kansas’ defense showed flashes of being a strong unit during the first half against Missouri, but its second-half struggles played a major role in the Jayhawks’ 38-21 loss Friday night. Kansas entered halftime tied 14-14 after forcing Missouri into several difficult situations. The Jayhawks blocked two field goals in the first half, with one of those blocks turning into an …

Yes, the grapes are sour today. Yes, the emotions are still raw. If you’ve read me at all, you know how I feel about even playing this series. I hated it since five seconds after it was announced. It was a bad idea then, and it’s a bad idea now. Missouri won the game last night. That isn’t what this …

While the Kansas football team didn’t come out victorious against Missouri yesterday, defensive end Leroy Harris III was one of the Jayhawks’ few bright spots. He came up with several of the biggest plays of the night and was wreaking havoc in the backfield all game long. The Chattanooga transfer showcased his talent in his first year with the program, …

The Kentucky Wildcats were looking to make a statement and shock the college football world on Saturday when they faced the #12 Alabama Crimson Tide. Things looked good in the first half when Kentucky started out up 14-7, fueled by the defense’s incredible play. The Wildcats then took a 17-13 lead into halftime, but that was the last time they …

The Duke Blue Devils moved to 2-0 on the young season following a 31-27 upset win over the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday. With Illinois being the six-point favorite and the home team, the deck was stacked against Duke. However, a strong showing on both sides of the ball helped the Blue Devils earn the upset victory on the road. …

It’s officially Grind Week at Michigan State basketball. The annual event brings out Spartans past and present to unite in East Lansing as the current roster gets ready for the season. With Grind Week, we get a lot of footage and photos out of the gym, and one of those pictures showed something rather curious, and slightly alarming. In a …

Michigan State basketball is currently undergoing grind week, welcoming back a ton of stars from the past and integrating them with the current Spartan roster, and a couple of key recruits that are on visits to East Lansing. With all of the basketball team making their way to the football game against Eastern Michigan, a new piece of information has …

On Saturday afternoon, no. 15 BYU hosts Arizona to kickoff Big 12 play. The College GameDay crew cemented their predictions for BYU-Arizona. Most of the crew picked the Cougars to hold serve and beat the Wildcats. Desmond Howard: Arizona Advertisement Howard picked BYU to win the Big 12 last week. This week, Howard picked Arizona as his “SuperDog” to upset …

On Thursday, CBS Sports College Basketball Insider Jon Rothstein reported when the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team will take on St. John’s this season: A late January matchup at Madison Square Garden and an early March matchup in Connecticut. On Saturday, Rothstein struck again, saying that UConn will visit Big East rival Villanova on Feb. 14, 2027. Advertisement If that …

Lance Leipold has come under fire after the Kansas Jayhawks’ loss to rivals, the Missouri Tigers, on Friday. During their season opener against the LIU Sharks last week, they secured a dominating 51-6 victory. However, the Jayhawks struggled to find the same production against the Missouri Tigers. Despite an early lead, the offense fell short, giving coach Eliah Drinkwitz and …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen has joined a growing list of players suing the NCAA in hopes of gaining a fifth year of eligibility. Aberdeen’s attorney, Jesse Panuccio, filed the lawsuit Friday in Gainesville. His motion notes that more than 30 courts across the country have ruled that the NCAA’s “arbitrary decision” against student-athletes who began college …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has become one of the best recruiting head coaches in college basketball since he took over for the Blue Devils. Recently, Scheyer and his staff have picked up some steam in both the 2027 and 2028 recruiting classes. The guard position is a very interesting group to monitor for Duke in the 2027 recruiting …

Since taking over as Kansas’ head coach in 2021, Lance Leipold has done a lot of great things for the Jayhawks program. However, winning rivalry games has not been one of them. The sixth-year coach continued his struggles in such contests on Friday, falling 38-21 to Missouri in a disappointing loss. There were moments when it felt like KU had …

In 1988, Miami was still an independent, with Big East membership still three years away, and ACC membership 13 more off in the distance. However, Miami had actually dropped basketball in 1971, not reactivating the program until 1985. Bill Foster, who had been at Clemson, was chosen to rebuild the program. Advertisement Duke and Miami played in 1988-89, which turned …

The Louisville Basketball program has taken a last-minute addition to the 2026-27 roster in a verbal commitment from fifth-year Northern Kentucky University transfer forward LJ Wells. Wells is the namesake plaintiff in the Wells vs NCAA case in the fight to get Class of 2022 prospects eligible for a fifth year of eligibility. Thanks to a TRO (temporary restraining order) …