College Basketball

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike had 34 points and 11 rebounds to power No. 8 Gonzaga to an 89-77 victory over Santa Clara on Thursday night. Ike made 13 of 17 field goal attempts and went 7 for 8 on free throws as the Bulldogs (17-1, 5-0 West Coast Conference) shook off a sluggish first half and won their …

WEST LONG BRANCH — New Jersey native Andrew Ball came off the bench and scored a season-high 18 points with four rebounds, helping lift the host Monmouth University men’s basketball team to an 81-70 victory over William & Mary Thursday night. Ball is out of Shawnee High School in Burlington County – the same school where William & Mary coach …

Michigan State basketball was able to survive an upset scare in a game they simply couldn’t afford to lose. The Spartans overcame a poor opening half to comeback from their largest halftime deficit of the season and knockoff Northwestern on Thursday. The Spartans trailed by nearly 10 points at halftime, but outplayed the Wildcats in the second half to win …

The phone lines at ESPN Louisville are ringing off the hook, and the callers aren’t happy. For Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, a new season’s optimism has curdled into primetime fan fury after just two SEC games. After Kentucky lost at home to Missouri, which was not ranked, 73-68 on Wednesday, one Kentucky fan said on ESPN, “We can …

Hey ho, it’s me, BRT, writer of volleyball, football, and now, apparently, a tiny bit of basketball. This is a little less onerous than it usually would be as a Nebrasketball fan though, because this year… they are actually good? I’ve been following (I use the term somewhat loosely) Big Ten basketball for about 13 years (that is actually much …

Following a road loss at Vanderbilt on Wednesday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide return home this Saturday for a showdown with the Texas Longhorns in Tuscaloosa. Texas’ first trip to Coleman Coliseum since 1970, the Longhorns are a conference opponent that Alabama is not that familiar with in recent years, meeting only three times since 2016. The most recent of …

Texas A&M (12-3) pulled off one of the crazier comebacks we’ll witness all season after defeating Auburn 90-88 on the road, now sitting at 2-0 in the SEC heading into the weekend. However, this victory is now stained with controversy, at least according to the Auburn fan base, after a last-second 3-point attempt by KeShawn Murphy was waved off because …

Through 16 games, the Boise State Broncos have maintained their status quo on the defensive end of the floor. They have the No. 26-ranked defensive effciency with the nation’s second-highest defensive rebound rate (77.1). Advertisement While they don’t typically force a ton of turnovers, Leon Rice’s squads have typically been among the sound units defensively in the Mountain West. They …

Conference play is now in full swing across the country which means we’ve played a little more than two months of regular season men’s college basketball with a little more than two months still to go. With this being just about the exact halfway point of the regular season, it feels like the perfect time to hand out some midseason …

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson has deemed this season the “Year of the Freshman.” And for good reason. “Everybody has great freshmen,” Sampson recently told reporters. BYU has AJ Dybantsa and Kansas has Darryn Peterson, the potential first two picks in the NBA Draft. Duke has Cameron Boozer. Arkansas has Darius Acuff Jr. Advertisement On and on. Just don’t forget Houston’s …

Florida basketball forward Thomas Haugh was named to the Wooden Award midseason top 25 watch list, a milestone that reflects just how important he has become to the Florida Gators during the 2025-26 season. The honor places Haugh among the nation’s most impactful players and further cements his rise from reliable contributor to one of the SEC’s most complete forwards. …

Clemson basketball took down the 24th-ranked SMU Mustangs, 74-70, Wednesday night at Littlejohn Coliseum behind 17 points from senior RJ Godfrey, who made six of seven shots from the field. The win over SMU marked the second straight season Clemson (13-3) has started 3-0 in ACC play. A 17-4 first-half run staked the Tigers to a 34-25 halftime lead. In …

Center Motiejus Krivas scored a career high 25 points while guard Brayden Burries continued his torrid play, as Arizona beat Kansas State 101-76 on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at McKale Center. After collecting 17 points and 11 rebounds on Jan. 3 at Utah, Burries scored 28 points against K-State, tying the career-high he set on Dec. 13 against Alabama, while making …

The Big Ten basketball schedule restarted in earnest last week, and so shall our weekly power rankings. Right now this league features the No. 1 KenPom offense (Purdue), the No. 1 defense (Michigan) and the country’s most surprising still-undefeated team (Nebraska). Yet as the Wolverines’ white-knuckle 74-72 victory at Penn State last Tuesday showed, there are no guarantees on any …

WACO, Texas — Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey, the senior who grew up near campus in Ames, now is part of something that had never been done by the Cyclones. They have a 15-game winning streak to start the season. “I’ve been a Cyclone all my life. Just got on the court four years ago, though,” Lipsey said following …

The Big Ten only had two games on the docket, but both featured groups trying to make NCAA Tournament pushes. One of the matchups ended up being tighter than expected. Let’s take a look at what happened. Advertisement –No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers 81, Washington Huskies 73 While the Boilers entered this one as significant favorites, Washington was able to keep …

As we enter Atlantic Coast Conference play here in January, the North Carolina Tar Heels are 13-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play. Throughout the first 15 games, it’s clear that North Carolina’s two best players are likely in their frontcourt with Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. And now, one of them is earning some midseason recognition. Advertisement On Wednesday, …

After a home win to open SEC play this past Saturday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide traveled Wednesday to Nashville for their first conference road game of the season against the undefeated Vanderbilt Commodores. A Top 15 matchup per the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, this contest certainly delivered on the hype it garnered going in as …

It’s not very fun in Trojan basketball land right now. USC women’s and men’s basketball have each lost two games in a row. Women’s basketball was blown out by UCLA then blew a 17-point lead to Oregon. Men’s basketball was blown out by 30 points by Michigan and 29 points by Michigan State. Both ranked teams with aspirations of deep …

Pete Golding meet Steve Fisher: Ex-Michigan basketball coach took over for magical postseason run originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Because of Steve Fisher, the preposterous circumstance in which Ole Miss football coach Pete Golding finds himself cannot be described as unprecedented. Indeed, it is most unusual for a …

Well, last night was pretty brutal. Kentucky took an 8-point lead with about 4:30 left in the game, and looked like they might pull out the win in the SEC home opener against Missouri. Although they hadn’t played well, it looked like Kentucky might escape with a win, and a win is a win at the end of the day. …

EAST LANSING – Another quick turnaround awaits Michigan State basketball. Thankfully for Tom Izzo and his team, this time around doesn’t require any travel. But just three days after beating USC, the 13th-ranked Spartans get back to it at Breslin Center when they host Northwestern on Thursday, Jan. 8. Advertisement That 6:30 p.m. tipoff (BTN) comes not even a week …

UConn basketball’s Silas Demary Jr. posts historic stat line in epic comeback against Providence appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn basketball delivered one of its most memorable wins in recent memory behind junior guard Silas Demary Jr., completing a stunning comeback vs. the Providence Friars in a Big East showdown that showcased …

The 13th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide fell to 11th ranked Vanderbilt 96-90 on Wednesday night in Nashville. The Tide fell to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the SEC while the surprising Commodores improved to 15-0, 2-0 on the season. Alabama’s Aiden Sherrell was considered a game time decision after being injured in the Kentucky game on Saturday. The big man …

Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie lifted Stanford over Virginia Tech with a game-winning, step-back 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds left to give the Cardinal a 69-68 win at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Jan. 7. Okorie sized up his defender, Virginia Tech freshman Neoklis Avdalas of Greece, before getting into his sweet spot and rising up. Advertisement Okorie scored 31 points, …