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ClutchPoints’ Men’s College Basketball Power Rankings: Iowa State endures free fall down top 25 appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The men’s college basketball power rankings saw some major movement since last week, as multiple of the best teams in the nation lost two straight games. There are also some teams on impressive …

Going into the December 29th loss to St. John’s, Marquette was sitting at #56 in the NET. The loss knocked them to #66. Beating Villanova got Marquette back to #54. Losing to Seton Hall didn’t really affect anything in that regard, but losing to Georgetown in what BartTorvik.com’s Game Scores says is the worst performance of the entire season knocked …

With March looming, fans are already scouring bracket projections to see where their teams might land. That’s especially true in Chapel Hill, where North Carolina’s uneven ACC play has raised questions about Hubert Davis and the direction of the program. The Tar Heels are 14-4 overall but just 2-3 in league games and have dropped three of their last four. …

LOS ANGELES − Purdue basketball had to win two games to open the season without its leading returning scorer Trey Kaufman-Renn. Now the Boilermakers enter a pivotal Tuesday night road game with their current leading scorer listed on the Big Ten availability report. Advertisement Senior point guard Braden Smith is listed as questionable ahead of a 10 p.m. tipoff at …

The No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks look to build on their momentum as they head to Boulder for a clash against the Colorado Buffaloes tonight. The Jayhawks have been an ATS gold mine on first-half spreads, and my Kansas vs. Colorado predictions and college basketball picks expect that to continue. Advertisement Kansas vs Colorado prediction Kansas vs Colorado best bet: Kansas …

UVA basketball has not hosted ESPN’s College Gameday since 2019, the year Tony Bennett’s squad won the national title, and Saturday’s duel with North Carolina looked like a prime opportunity for the pregame show to make its return to Charlottesville in 2026. The Cavaliers are now in the top-15 of the AP poll, and just two weeks ago, UNC was …

Houston was the nation’s preseason No. 2 team, had a brief stint at No. 1 and took a tumble to No. 8 following its lone loss. The Cougars have kept winning since that three-point loss to Tennessee nearly two months ago, yet can’t seem to make up much ground in the AP Top 25. Advertisement Coming off dominating wins over …

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self did not accompany the Jayhawks to Boulder for their game at Colorado after being taken to a hospital in Lawrence, the school said. Kansas’ athletic department said in a statement that Self was feeling under the weather and went to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. Self felt better after receiving …

Alabama forward Amari Allen has officially been named as the SEC Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. Allen has played at an elite level throughout the entirety of the 2025-26 campaign. The 6’8″, 205 pound forward currently averages 11.7 points per game on 45.7% shooting, as Allen leads the Tide in rebounds with 7.8 per game …

The Texas Tech Red Raiders travel to Waco and hope to remain in the hunt for the Big 12 title with a win over the Baylor Bears. All eyes will be on Red Raiders forward JT Toppin, who is averaging better than 21 points and 11 boards on the season. Advertisement Read on for my Texas Tech vs Baylor predictions …

The Michigan Wolverines went 2-for-2 out west, winning games they were supposed to win in unmemorable fashions. Over the course of a 20-game conference season, the victories over Washington and Oregon may not jump to the top of the list, but recovering from the first loss of the year is a tricky landmine that the team did well to avoid. …

After a bit of a skid in Big Ten play, the Iowa Hawkeyes flexed their muscles under head coach Ben McCollum with a blistering performance on the road in a dominant win over the Indiana Hoosiers to bounce back and get back in the win column. The win moved Iowa to 13-5 overall with a 3-4 mark in Big Ten …

Crisler Arena will be rocking tonight as the Michigan Wolverines return home from a two-game road trip to host the Indiana Hoosiers in Big Ten action. The Wolverines defense is tough, and my Indiana vs. Michigan predictions expect the home team to bowl over the visitors. Advertisement Read on for my college basketball picks for Tuesday, January 20. Indiana vs …

Can this be a “get right” game for the Colorado State men’s basketball team? The Rams have lost three of their last four and five of their last seven games. They will look to get back into the win column against an Air Force squad struggling on the court and dealing with uncertainty off it due to an internal investigation …

Nebraska forward Braden Frager won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on Monday. The Lincoln native averaged 21.5 points over two games while shooting 59% from the field and 50% from three-point range. It’s the third time that Frager won the Freshman of the Week award this season. That’s the most by a Nebraska freshman since Bryce McGowens won …

Michigan basketball’s West Coast sweep was an interesting one. On the one hand, the Wolverines picked up two Big Ten wins on the road – a respectable result for any team. On the other hand, U-M clearly isn’t clicking as it once was. Michigan was unable to pull away from a Washington team in the bottom third of the league …

Kansas provides update on Bill Self’s condition following hospitalization originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was taken to a hospital Monday after feeling “under the weather” and did not travel with the team for Tuesday night’s game at Colorado. Advertisement Kansas said in …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs (19-1, 7-0 WCC) have moved up a spot in the AP Poll after the Iowa State Cyclones struggled in Big 12 Conference play. Gonzaga stands at No. 8 and received 1,103 total points from the voters. This comes after two in-state road victories in Pullman over the Washington State Cougars and in Seattle against the Seattle U …

The Marquette men’s basketball team returns to Fiserv Forum on Jan. 19 to face Providence after back-to-back losses on the road last week. One of the few positives recently for the Golden Eagles (6-13, 1-7 Big East) has been the improved play of sophomore forward Damarius Owens. Advertisement The Friars (9-9, 2-5) have the conference’s highest-scoring offense at 88.9 points per …

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger didn’t mince his words when asked for his opinion on UCF, which will be making the trip to Ames for a Jan. 20 game at Hilton Coliseum. “It’s coach (Johnny) Dawkins’ best team without a doubt; he’s done a great job putting the roster together,” Otzelberger said. Advertisement It’s more than just flattery or …

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Freshman guard Aubrey Galvan hit a late free throw and finished with 20 points as No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 7 Michigan 72-69 on Monday as part of a doubleheader played at the Prudential Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Galvan was 7 of 14 from the field and Mikayla Blakes and Justine Pissott, both …

The Marquette men’s basketball team returns to Fiserv Forum on Jan. 19 to face Providence after back-to-back losses on the road last week. One of the few positives recently for the Golden Eagles (6-13, 1-7 Big East) has been the improved play of sophomore forward Damarius Owens. Advertisement The Friars (9-9, 2-5) have the conference’s highest-scoring offense at 88.9 points …

The Michigan Wolverines survived two tough West Coast tests last week, defeating the Washington Huskies and the Oregon Ducks by 10 points in each game. Road tests in the Big Ten are never easy, and despite putting together numerous 40-point wins in the first half the season, January has been a tougher experience for head coach Dusty May and his …

Following wins over Marquette and Villanova in the last week, St. John’s is on the brink of returning to the top 25. The Red Storm received 64 votes in the Associated Press’s week 11 men’s basketball poll, tied with Wisconsin for the most among unranked teams. Notable poll voters like Jon Rothstein, Dick Vitale, Seth Davis, and Jeff Borzello were …

Fresh off an impressive 80-63 win Saturday at Washington, Michigan State will look to close out Oregon and return home at 17-2 overall and 7-1 in the Big Ten. Michigan State faced Oregon twice last year – once at the Breslin Center and again in the Big Ten tournament. MSU won both matchups but Oregon gave the Spartans some initial …