College Basketball

[ad_1] It was the second loss in Big Ten play for Michigan State, and a season-defining win for UCLA, as the Bruins took down the Spartans on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. After the game, UCLA head coach Mick Cronin talked about the win, and then had some very interesting comments on how relationship with Tom Izzo, who he spoke …

[ad_1] Nick Martinelli scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and his basket with 2.6 seconds left helped Northwestern hold off USC 77-75 on Tuesday night. Martinelli split a double team near the baseline and softly laid it in to give Northwestern (13-10, 4-8 Big Ten) the lead in the closing seconds. Out of a timeout, USC put the ball …

[ad_1] Following a week’s worth of rest since their Jan. 27 loss at Ohio State, Iowa basketball (13-9, 4-7 Big Ten) lost a highly competitive game vs. No. 7 Purdue (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten) by a score of 90-81 Tuesday night from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Despite entering the game without the services of leading-scorer Owen Freeman, the Hawkeyes shot 30-for-58 (51.7%) …

[ad_1] After Arizona State lost to Arizona on Saturday, social media slammed ASU basketball coach Bobby Hurley for his actions, with Sun Devils fans calling for him to be fired and Wildcats fans calling for him to receive a lifetime contract. But how do Arizona State basketball fans actually at an ASU game feel about Hurley, who came under fire …

[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — Indiana coach Mike Woodson questioned his team’s toughness after the Hoosiers dropped their fourth consecutive game, damaging their sagging postseason hopes. The Hoosiers fell behind 19-2 in the first 4½ minutes and never got the margin into single digits for the rest of a 76-64 loss at No. 21 Wisconsin on Tuesday. Woodson acknowledged after the …

[ad_1] AUBURN — Two months. Eight-plus weeks. Sixty-two days. One-thousand-four-hundred-eighty-eight hours. That’s nearly 90,000 minutes, and more than 5 million seconds. However it’s sliced, it’s the length of time since Auburn basketball has lost a game. Tuesday marked exactly two months since the Tigers’ latest defeat, which came by two possessions to No. 2 Duke, in Cameron Indoor Stadium, no …

[ad_1] The most iconic voice in college basketball broadcasting will once again be heard by millions of fans nationwide this weekend. For the first time in nearly two full years, Dick Vitale will call a game for ESPN when he serves as the analyst for No. 2 Duke’s matchup at No. 21 Clemson on Saturday night. The 85-year-old Vitale has …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — As some of college basketball’s coaching greats have stepped away from the ever evolving game, Tom Izzo has stayed put. He’s done everything one could do. A national championship, eight Final Fours, numerous conference titles while making Michigan State nationally relevant and becoming one of the most well-respected coaches in the country. He could walk away …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball (18-5, 8-4 Big Ten) added to its growing NCAA Tournament resume with a 76-64 win over Indiana on Tuesday. The Badgers led by as many as 23 points at 70-47 with 4:36 remaining. They took their foot off the pedal in those final minutes, allowing Indiana to trim the final margin to 12. Still, it is another …

[ad_1] It was another frustrating day for Michigan State basketball in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as the Spartans suffered their second straight loss, this time to the UCLA Bruins. After the game, MSU head coach Tom Izzo addressed the media, and recapped a game that he felt his team probably didn’t even deserve to win based on how they …

[ad_1] After Arizona State lost to Arizona on Saturday, social media slammed ASU basketball coach Bobby Hurley for his actions, with Sun Devils fans calling for him to be fired and Wildcats fans calling for him to receive a lifetime contract. But how do Arizona State basketball fans actually at an ASU game feel about Hurley, who came under fire …

[ad_1] Entering Tuesday’s game at Northwestern, most USC basketball fans had probably heard very little of Clark Slajchert. The Penn transfer had yet to play more than 16 minutes in a game, and he had scored just 29 points on the entire season for Eric Musselman. Against the Wildcats, however, that quickly changed. Slajchert had a career night in Evanston, …

[ad_1] Ten days ago, Kansas State’s basketball team was simply looking for a way, any way, to win a game. My, how things have changed. After hanging on for dear life to edge Arizona State, 71-70, Tuesday night at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona, the Wildcats’ focus now is not letting success go to their heads. Four victories in …

[ad_1] Michigan State basketball suffered their second straight Big Ten loss in four days on Tuesday night against UCLA. It felt eerily similar to Saturday’s loss against USC, also in Los Angeles, as the Spartans defense looked fierce but the offense failed to get anything going, ending in a frustrating loss for the Spartans and their fans. Below, we put …

[ad_1] The penultimate month of the college basketball season is finally here. Throughout the first two-thirds of the season, the SEC has shown superiority throughout, constantly claiming close to 50% of the top 10 selections in both the AP and Coaches Polls, while dominating the NET Ranking landscape with Quad 1 victories. A conference that once reigned supreme in football …

[ad_1] Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale has been away from broadcasting for nearly two years amid a battle with cancer in his vocal cords. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Legendary ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is returning to the mic on Saturday. Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is such a sensation that Vitale has to call one of his games. …

[ad_1] For a while Tuesday night, it looked as though USC men’s basketball was going to suffer an ugly loss at Northwestern in a game the Trojans were supposed to—and really needed to—win. With seven minutes remaining in the game, USC trailed 64-52. Even after they cut the deficit in half, the Trojans were still down by six with under …

[ad_1] Auburn basketball took care of business Tuesday by crushing Oklahoma, 98-70, in front of another sellout crowd at Neville Arena in Auburn. The No. 1 Tigers smashed Oklahoma in shooting by connecting on 52% of its field goal tries, compared to the Sooners’ 33%. Auburn also turned 15 Oklahoma turnovers into 22 points and blocked 11 shots. Offensively, Auburn …

[ad_1] UCLA coach Mick Cronin joked during a press conference last week that if he had Rick Pitino’s money, “I’d be on a private plane for Cabo right now.” Well, Rick Pitino has Rick Pitino’s money and he’s not on a plane to Cabo. On the contrary: He’s about to win the Big East in Year 2 at St. John’s. …

[ad_1] Indiana head coach Mike Woodson began his press conference after his team’s 76-64 loss to Wisconsin with a clear message. “Right now, we’re not tough,” Woodson began. “We’re just not a tough team right now. We’re not. Mentally, we’re not tough.” Related: Biggest takeaways from Wisconsin basketball’s win over Indiana The comments follow a game that saw Wisconsin get …

[ad_1] The 2024-2025 college basketball season has been anything but successful for the North Carolina Tar Heels, who entered a Preseason Top 25 team with National Championship aspirations. Instead, 23 games into its campaign, UNC is in great danger of missing the NCAA Tournament – for a second time in three years. North Carolina entered the Maui Invitational 3-1, with …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball improved to 18-5 (8-4 Big Ten) on the season with a 76-64 win over Indiana on Tuesday. The result moved the Badgers 12-1 at the friendly confines of the Kohl Center. While the team has dropped recent road games to conference contenders UCLA and Maryland, it continues to stabilize its momentum with decisive home victories. The Indiana …

[ad_1] CLEMSON — Clemson basketball received a reality check Tuesday night. The No. 21 Tigers were upset by Georgia Tech, losing 89-86 in three overtimes at Littlejohn Coliseum. It was the first ACC men’s basketball game to reach three overtimes since February 2020, according to the ACC Network. The trap-game loss snapped Clemson’s six-game win streak and denied it its best start in …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball cruised to a 76-64 win over Indiana on Tuesday night. The Badgers were in control throughout the contest. They built a 19-2 lead in the game’s early minutes, then held at least a double-digit advantage through the final buzzer. The final 12-point margin portrays a closer game than the reality, as Indiana tallied six points in the …

[ad_1] Michigan basketball will be back in action Wednesday when they host Oregon at Crisler Center for their first-ever Big Ten matchup. The Wolverines have won their last two games over Penn State and Rutgers, while the Ducks have dropped three straight games coming into their matchup with Michigan, including a humbling 78-52 loss to UCLA last Thursday. Here are …