College Basketball

Remember the last time a UNC win didn’t satisfy fans? If you guessed Monday night, after the Tar Heels’ closer-than-expected 87-77 victory against Syracuse, you are correct. Despite leading by 32 points halfway through the second half, North Carolina (18-4, 6-3 ACC) watched that lead dwindle down to six with a minute left. The Tar Heels took their foot off …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Joyce Edwards had 28 points and Tessa Johnson added 19 and tied a career high with five 3-pointers to help No. 3 South Carolina outlast Texas A&M 71-56 Monday night. South Carolina (22-2, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) led by as many as 16 points, but was clinging to a five-point lead when Edwards scored eight points …

INDIANAPOLIS — Pat Knight has resigned as the men’s basketball coach at Marian, a decision he says he made after athletic administration told him to fire an employee. “I quit today. They wanted me to fire a staff member, and I didn’t want to,” Knight told IndyStar Monday evening. “When the administration starts trying to tell you what to do, …

The Syracuse Orange (13-10, 4-6) looked like they were headed for an embarrassing performance but a late rally showed some fight as they drop a 87-77 decision to the #19 North Carolina Tar Heels (18-4, 6-3). Donnie Freeman led Syracuse with 23 points and 8 rebounds. Naithan George (15) and JJ Starling (13) were finally effective late in the game …

The North Carolina Tar Heels are hoping to close out their 2026 basketball recruiting class with a big splash. After landing a commitment from Maximo Adams back in November, North Carolina’s attention fully turned to five-star guard Dylan Mingo. He was on UNC’s campus for a visit in late 2025 and the Tar Heels are currently one of four finalists …

Why St. John’s basketball is a clear March Madness pretender appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Rick Pitino turned St. John’s around quickly. They won the Big East regular season and tournament for the first time since 1985-86, while making the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018-19. Pitino recently took his …

In fewer than two full seasons, Dusty May has transformed Michigan men’s basketball from a languishing afterthought into a national title favorite, with the No. 2 Wolverines sitting at 20-1 only about 22 months after May inherited an 8-24 team. In the process of doing that, he’s made at least one notable foe. Advertisement May and longtime Michigan State head …

After winning the Big Ten Tournament a year ago and making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, Michigan head coach Dusty May and his coaching staff completely reloaded the roster. The Wolverines prioritized top transfer portal players to supplement his highly-touted freshmen and returning players, hoping to put together enough talent for the present and the future. …

Tommy Lloyd projected that January would be a big month for Brayden Burries in terms of his growth and development, and he wasn’t wrong. The freshman has become Arizona’s go-to scorer, one who can also make big plays defensively, and he’s putting his name in the conversation for Big 12 Player of the Year. For now, though, he’ll have to …

The first firing of the 2026 women’s college basketball season has happened. Virginia Commonwealth University announced Beth O’Boyle’s dismissal on Monday. Rams assistant Kirk Crawford will serve as the interim coach for the remainder of the season. Advertisement “We want to thank Coach O’Boyle for her service to VCU and her dedication to our student-athletes. We will not renew her …

The Tennessee Volunteers took a two-week hiatus from the rankings in men’s college basketball. After a productive pair of weeks tallied wins over three potential NCAA Tournament teams, the Vols’ arrow is pointing back up again, and the voters took notice. Tennessee moved back into the AP Poll on Monday, albeit barely at No. 25. Tennessee fell out of the …

Following a victory over Ohio State on Jan. 31, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team has a week off before returning to action Saturday, Feb. 7, at Indiana. The break seemed like a great time to take the pulse of the team and collect questions from fans. Have a question about the 16-6 Badgers, who are 8-3 this season in the …

Florida basketball’s brutal home loss to the Auburn Tigers two weeks ago is well in the rearview mirror after a pair of superlative performances — a 47-point beatdown of the South Carolina Gamecocks on the road, followed by an epic victory in the O’Dome against the Alabama Crimson Tide. As a result of the Gators’ plus-70 margin of victory over …

The Michigan Wolverines faced a gauntlet of a schedule last week with two top-10 showdowns (vs. Nebraska, at Michigan State). It wasn’t perfect, but the Wolverines went 2-0 last week to remain at the top of the Big Ten standings as we now are in the month of February with more big games on the docket. Here are a couple …

What a difference a couple of weeks can make. NC State’s season felt completely up in the air after the baffling home loss to Georgia Tech, but the Wolfpack has since won four straight, including three on the road, to put itself in good shape as February gets underway. State is solidly in the NCAA tournament field as of today …

March Madness bracket predictions 1.0: Projecting the Field of 68 for 2026 NCAA Tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Florida won the national championship last season with an offense that ranked fifth in the nation at 84.8 points per game. Advertisement Three of the four No. 1 seeds …

North Carolina has spent most of ACC play searching for a defensive identity. The breakdowns have been obvious, but lately, so has the growth. UNC still ranks 16th in the conference in scoring defense (82.1 points allowed per game) and last in opponents’ 3-point field goal percentage (42.1 percent). On paper, that’s bad. Where the Tar Heels have started to …

It was a California road trip to forget for Jan Jensen and the Iowa women’s basketball team. On Thursday, the Hawkeyes lost to USC 81-69, a game where the final score doesn’t quite reflect how Iowa played. They returned to action on Sunday against No. 2 UCLA, and things didn’t go great. The Hawkeyes lost 88-65 to the Bruins, capping …

It was a decently eventful week of recruiting in the Big Ten with some concrete updates and other news that could materialize into something more substantial later. Let’s get into the week that was: Indiana lands a commitment Indiana landed a commitment from Trevor Manhertz, a 4-star small forward in the class of 2027 out of Christ School in Cary, …

North Carolina will take on the Syracuse Orange on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center. In their last outing, the Tar Heels beat Georgia Tech 91-75 behind an efficient offense, strong guard and frontcourt play, and its best free-throw shooting performance of the season. The Tar Heels improved to 17-4 overall and 5-3 in the ACC, turning …

The upset bug is alive in women’s college basketball, as 11 teams in my top 25 lost to lower-ranked or unranked opponents in the past week. Some of the losses are tinged with injury: Iowa played its first games after Taylor McCabe’s torn ACL, Princeton lost Madison St. Rose to a knee injury in its loss to Columbia, veteran starter …

Nebraska basketball lost to the Illinois Fighting Illini 78-69 in a packed house at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday morning. This was a game where Nebraska actually led at halftime, 39-33. However, Illinois stormed back and took control of the game in the second half, outscoring the Huskers 45-30, as the home team lost its second game in a row. …

Jerome Tang trends after Kansas State loss: ‘I’m not disappointed at all’ originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. “I’m not disappointed at all. Advertisement In the aftermath of a 95–61 blowout loss to No. 8 Iowa State, that was the sentence Jerome Tang chose to stand on as Kansas …

The Duke basketball staff encourages Maliq Brown to shoot wide-open threes when the looks come in the flow of the offense. And in the No. 4-ranked Blue Devils’ 72-58 road victory over the unranked Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday afternoon, the 6-foot-9, 225-pound senior power forward from Culpeper, Va., followed those instructions via his career-high four attempts beyond the arc, …

Let’s rewind back to mid-December, as the Illinois basketball team drops a home game to then-No. 23 Nebraska. The Illini dropped to 8-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten after that loss. At the time, it didn’t seem that Illinois was going to contend for one of the top seeds in the NCAA tournament. Advertisement That loss changed everything, …