College Basketball

[ad_1] As the calendar nears the end of January, ACC men’s basketball enters an uncomfortably familiar territory, with only one team, Duke, in the top 25 of the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and a lock to make the NCAA Tournament (though Louisville and Clemson are inching closer to that). Here’s where the ACC’s 18 programs stand: (These rankings …

[ad_1] SEC basketball is staking its dominance over the Big Ten in ways the league’s football teams must envy. Ken Pomeroy’s top 25 features eight teams from the SEC and seven from the Big Ten. However, Auburn (2), Florida (5), Tennessee (6) and Alabama (8) all show up before the first Big Ten teams, Illinois and Purdue at 9-10. Also, …

[ad_1] STORRS — During practice this week, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma said he pointed out to first-year transfer Kaitlyn Chen that she hadn’t hit a 3-pointer in the entire month of January. Chen, who graduated from Princeton last spring, sagely replied that there were more than a week of games still to play before the end of the …

[ad_1] FAYETTEVILLE — By any means necessary, Arkansas basketball had to come away from Wednesday’s home tilt against Georgia with a victory. The Razorbacks entered the night winless in the SEC, low on belief and dealing with the reality that starting point guard Boogie Fland could miss the rest of the season with a thumb injury. The message from the …

[ad_1] UNC Wilmington Seahawks (9-9, 3-2 CAA) at William & Mary Tribe (6-10, 3-2 CAA) Williamsburg, Virginia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: William & Mary faces UNC Wilmington after Bella Nascimento scored 24 points in William & Mary’s 74-66 victory over the Northeastern Huskies. The Tribe have gone 2-2 at home. William & Mary gives up 66.9 points to …

[ad_1] NEW YORK CITY − A season littered with “what-if?” moments continued for Xavier in Manhattan Wednesday night. The Musketeers let a 16-point second-half lead slip away against No. 20 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden before eventually falling 79-71 in overtime. It was a loss that followed a similar script. Xavier has proven it can go toe-to-toe with some …

[ad_1] FORT WORTH, Texas — Kansas big man Hunter Dickinson grabbed an offensive rebound and had the ball cradled into his body with both arms, with no intention of letting TCU take it away from him. Coach Bill Self wasn’t pleased with how that play ended for his preseason AP All-America center, who never gave in as Trazarien White tried …

[ad_1] NEW YORK CITY − A season littered with “what-if?” moments continued for Xavier in Manhattan Wednesday night. The Musketeers let a 16-point second-half lead slip away against No. 20 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden before eventually falling 79-71 in overtime. It was a loss that followed a similar script. Xavier has proven it can go toe-to-toe with some …

[ad_1] NEW YORK — In his second season on the job, Rick Pitino is at it again. This time, the Hall of Fame coach has St. John’s evoking the glory days in Queens decades ago. Riding the program’s best start in 39 years, the 20th-ranked Red Storm (17-3, 8-1 Big East) regained sole possession of first place in the Big …

[ad_1] Marist Red Foxes (13-3, 6-1 MAAC) at Niagara Purple Eagles (7-11, 2-5 MAAC) Lewiston, New York; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Foxes -3; over/under is 127 BOTTOM LINE: Niagara heads into the matchup against Marist after losing three straight games. The Purple Eagles are 5-2 in home games. Niagara gives up 70.1 points and has been …

[ad_1] Milwaukee Panthers (4-16, 1-8 Horizon) at Northern Kentucky Norse (6-14, 3-6 Horizon) Highland Heights, Kentucky; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky plays Milwaukee in a matchup of Horizon teams. The Norse have gone 3-5 in home games. Northern Kentucky ranks seventh in the Horizon with 8.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Halle Idowu averaging 2.2. The …

[ad_1] The symptoms are all too familiar. What Kansas State’s basketball team needs to find is solutions. Once again, the Wildcats were in position to pull an upset Wednesday, only to falter down the stretch in a 70-62 loss at Baylor. It was K-State’s sixth straight loss and 15th in a row on the road. This time, the Wildcats (7-11, …

[ad_1] New Hampshire Wildcats (8-11, 2-4 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (9-9, 2-3 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Thursday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire plays Bryant after Eva DeChent scored 29 points in New Hampshire’s 70-48 win against the NJIT Highlanders. The Bulldogs have gone 4-2 at home. Bryant is the America East leader with 9.6 offensive rebounds …

[ad_1] Wofford Terriers (11-5, 3-0 SoCon) at Mercer Bears (6-12, 1-2 SoCon) Macon, Georgia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wofford visits Mercer after Helen Matthews scored 24 points in Wofford’s 66-53 win against the Western Carolina Catamounts. The Bears have gone 4-5 at home. Mercer has a 2-11 record in games decided by 10 or more points. The Terriers …

[ad_1] Jan. 23—McHENRY — Garrett College pushed nationally-ranked Montgomery to the brink, but was outplayed down the stretch in a 103-100 loss on Wednesday. The Lakers (13-4, 5-4 NJCAA Region 20) battled for about 33 minutes, but the offense went cold at the worst time. “We came out and gave a great effort,” Garrett head coach Matt McCullough said. “Didn’t …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball fell to 15-4 on the season and 5-3 in Big Ten play with an 85-83 loss to UCLA on Tuesday. The result ensured a 1-1 split during its two-game Los Angeles road trip. While the narrow defeat ended the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak and paused their surge to the top of the conference standings, it did not …

[ad_1] University of Evansville men’s basketball will be without one of its top players for the immediate future. Illinois-Chicago defeated UE 78-67 on Wednesday at Ford Center for the Purple Aces’ fourth straight loss. The bigger concern is the availability of Cam Haffner moving forward. The junior guard left with 13:48 remaining in the first half with an apparent wrist …

[ad_1] Winners of three straight and five of their last six, the 25th-ranked Texas Tech basketball team is moving up the board for NCAA Tournament bracketologists across the country. The Red Raiders (14-4, 5-2) moved to 4-0 on the road for the first time in program history with an 81-71 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday. With that road success comes …

[ad_1] You learn a lot about a team when it has its back against the wall. And so, with the CAA leaders starting to slip away, and the memory of Saturday’s disheartening 23-point loss at Campbell lingering, Monmouth (5-14, 3-3 CAA) opens a late-week road trip against two of the league’s best Thursday (7 p.m.; FloCollege/Monmouth Digital Network), taking on …

[ad_1] EVANSTON, Ill. — Indiana basketball can produce joy and heartbreak for its fans in equal measure all in the span of 40 minutes. That Jekyll and Hyde persona was on full display at Welsh-Ryan Arena in a 79-70 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers held the Wildcats to 25 points in the first half — the Wildcats went nearly …

[ad_1] FAYETTEVILLE — Adou Thiero heard all of the criticism. Through five winless games in the SEC, Arkansas basketball had been called soft, unable to rebound, bad at shooting and not good enough to compete in the best conference in the country. Thiero and the entire Razorbacks’ roster had enough. The Hogs (12-7, 1-5 SEC) flipped two critical weaknesses — …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball is not even a third of the way through its 18-game SEC schedule. But barring a collapse in their next 13 regular-season games, the Wildcats and first-year coach Mark Pope won’t be sweating Selection Sunday. UK’s work to this point in the 2024-25 season would have it safely in the NCAA Tournament if the event started …

[ad_1] Turns out, the schedule is the only thing that can slow down Louisville basketball. Pat Kelsey’s 25th-ranked Cardinals (15-5, 8-1 ACC), having won nine in a row and back in the AP Top 25 for the first time in four years, enter an off weekend in prime position to end an NCAA Tournament drought dating back to 2019. But, …

[ad_1] For most college basketball teams, there are points in the season where you have to just hold on through a tough stretch, continue to work hard to become better, and hope for a positive result at the end of the challenge. The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have reached that precarious point in their 2024-25 season, and it’s anybody’s guess as …

[ad_1] UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis is sticking with his points of emphasis as it relates to the Tar Heels becoming the best version of themselves. “I say it every day. And actually, before the (Cal) game, I said, ‘I’m not wavering, I’m not moving.’ My message is consistent with them,” Davis said Jan. 15 after the Tar Heels’ 26-point …