College Basketball

Fresh off a 91-88 win over the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines, the Wisconsin Badgers are hitting the road to face the Minnesota Gophers in a rivalry game on Tuesday. The Badgers finally got the marquee win they’d been searching for with their upset of the Wolverines, which is the biggest upset of the college basketball season so far, as their …

After climbing all the way up to a No. 6 seed and looking like there was a chance to keep ascending, the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team has seen a recent slide cost them some valuable wins and hurt their NCAA Tournament resume. After two straight Big Ten losses to Minnesota and Illinois, the Hawkeyes have little chance to catch …

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo still doesn’t know what to make of the Big Ten this season. After a wild couple of days, it appears as open as ever. as does the opportunity for Michigan State basketball to repeat as regular-season champion. Advertisement “I said in the middle of December, we’d know something. We kind of did. In the middle …

There are 15 more games in Maryland men’s basketball’s regular season. BartTorvik only favors the Terps in two of them: against Penn State and Rutgers. A season with single-digit wins is becoming increasingly possible, if not likely. Watching that caliber of basketball can be unenjoyable — even more so when it takes place late into the night. That’s the case …

The Colorado Buffaloes won three games in Big 12 Conference play a year ago, an extraordinarily down year for Tad Boyle’s Buffs. Through three games of conference play this season, the Buffs were two points away from matching their in-conference win total from a season ago. Behind stars Isaiah Johnson and Sebastian Rancik, Colorado has morphed into an offense machine …

After Iowa basketball (12-4, 2-3 Big Ten) had a tough week where it dropped consecutive close contests at Minnesota (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten), 70-67, and versus Illinois (13-3, 4-1 Big Ten), 75-69, the latest AP Top 25 poll was unkind to the Hawkeyes. Iowa found itself in big deficits during both games, trailing by 14 points midway through the second …

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo still doesn’t know what to make of the Big Ten this season. After a wild couple of days, it appears as open as ever. as does the opportunity for Michigan State basketball to repeat as regular-season champion. Advertisement “I said in the middle of December, we’d know something. We kind of did. In the middle …

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo still doesn’t know what to make of the Big Ten this season. After a wild couple of days, it appears as open as ever. as does the opportunity for Michigan State basketball to repeat as regular-season champion. Advertisement “I said in the middle of December, we’d know something. We kind of did. In the middle …

What channel is Michigan State vs. Indiana on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch Big Ten men’s basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Big Ten is stacked with talent this season, and on Tuesday, No. 12 Michigan State will travel to Bloomington to take on …

Northwestern’s 77-75 overtime defeat at Rutgers on Sunday was less a new chapter and more a grim highlight reel of the season’s most persistent failures. Despite leading for over 37 minutes and getting a heroic performance from Nick Martinelli, the Wildcats (8-8, 0-5 Big Ten) collapsed in the final minutes of regulation and faltered in overtime, dropping their fourth game …

Marquette Golden Eagles (6-11, 1-5 Big East) at St. John’s Red Storm (11-5, 4-1 Big East) Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026Time: 5:30pm CentralLocation: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Marquette Stats Leaders Points: Chase Ross, 15.5 ppgRebounds: Ben Gold, 6.4 rpgAssists: Nigel James, 4.0 apg Advertisement Marquette Injury Note: Sean Jones has missed the last three games with a foot …

Conference play has finally begun, and the Big 12 Conference looks as daunting as ever. The conference has the top two teams in the country, both of which have yet to drop a game. Not to mention that Houston is in the top 10, with BYU and Texas Tech falling just outside. Talk about death and difficult matchups week in …

Point guard Themus Fulks was the hero for the UCF Knights, sinking a go-ahead floater with 13 seconds left in the game to seal a 73-72 victory over Cincinnati Sunday at Addition Financial Arena. The Knights (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) picked up their second Big 12 win of the season, led by Riley Kugel, who was the top scorer with …

A pair of top-25 victories this week vaulted the Florida Gators back into the men’s college basketball AP Top 25, landing them at No. 19. A 92-77 win over the Georgia Bulldogs and a 91-67 triumph over the Tennessee Volunteers — both at home — was just what the doctor ordered for Todd Golden’s team after a tripping in their …

Michigan had its chance to overtake Arizona. Now, at least for the moment, that door seems closed. Here’s everything you missed in the 10th week of the regular season, and the latest Associated Press poll. Advertisement Michigan goes down, finally Just seven days ago, Michigan was a single point away from matching Arizona atop the college basketball world. Now, the …

Michigan State basketball will wrap up a three-game conference homestand in an intriguing matchup against Indiana on Tuesday night. The Spartans are looking to complete this three-game home stretch of conference gams with a perfect record, picking up wins over USC and Northwestern so far. Michigan State comes into this game with the Hoosiers with a 14-2 overall record and …

LEXINGTON —  Kentucky basketball point guard Jaland Lowe left Saturday’s win over Mississippi State because of a right shoulder injury and did not return. During a news conference Monday, UK coach Mark Pope said Lowe’s status going forward is uncertain. Advertisement “He was in some pain (Sunday). We’re doing consults,” Pope said. “I was hoping he was going to wake up …

There is a new team sitting atop the Big Ten men’s basketball standings after this past weekend. Nebraska is no longer on the rise, in the sense that the Huskers have been rising all season. They have simply arrived. With Michigan dropping a game to the Wisconsin Badgers and looking very beatable of late, things could run through Nebraska in …

There is a historic season brewing at Chaifetz Arena. In the second year of the Josh Schertz era in Saint Louis, the Billikens are 15-1 overall and have opened conference play a perfect 3-0, the program’s best start since 1993-94. A spot at 34th in KenPom’s rankings is Saint Louis’ highest position since early 2023-24, with the Billikens now quietly …

North Carolina has gone from one of the nation’s best perimeter defenses to one of the worst in college basketball. Entering its first ACC game last week, UNC had held opponents to 36.1% shooting from the field, which ranked fourth nationally and second in the league behind Duke. Foes were hitting just 28.0% from 3-point range, good for 13th in …

Coming off a frustrating road loss to Minnesota on Tuesday, No. 19 Iowa returned home to the friendly confines of Carver-Hawkeye Arena looking to get back on track. Instead, they ran into the buzzsaw that is No. 16 Illinois and never led in a 75-69 loss to the Fighting Illini. The Hawkeyes spent most of the afternoon trying to come …

No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball suffered its second loss of the season on Sunday, 89-76, to No. 19 Ohio State. For the first time this season, the Terps were clearly the inferior group, and a blown 15-point first-half lead will leave head coach Brenda Frese searching for answers. Advertisement Here are three takeaways from Sunday’s loss. The Okananwa effect Oluchi …

Otega Oweh is starting to look exactly like what he was billed as: The Preseason SEC Player of the Year for Kentucky Basketball. Over his last six games, Oweh has scored 20 or more points four times, becoming Kentucky’s most reliable offensive weapon. During that stretch, he posted 20 points in a win over St. John’s, 22 in a loss …

With the Kentucky Wildcats missing star big man Jayden Quaintance due to knee swelling, freshman Malachi Moreno knew his moment had arrived. He answered in a big way Saturday night inside Rupp Arena in a must-win game vs. the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Advertisement Moreno, a Georgetown, Kentucky native just 20 minutes from Lexington, turned in the best performance of his …

It took the first two weekends of ASUN play but one of Duval County’s members finally got a conference victory. Jacksonville University had a season-low five turnovers, hit 54 percent from the floor and held West Georgia to only five baskets in the second half in a 75-43 rout at Swisher Gym on Jan. 10. Advertisement JU (6-11, 1-3) broke a six-game losing streak, …