College Basketball

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke basketball claimed the 2025-26 ACC regular season championship following its 93-64 dismantling over N.C. State on Monday night at the Lenovo Center. It marks the second-straight year the No. 1 Blue Devils (28-2, 16-1 ACC) and head coach Jon Scheyer have secured the league’s regular season title. Duke clinched a share of the title following its …

Duke’s Cameron Boozer looks like he fought Wolverine during NC State game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Cameron Boozer added a few “tiger stripes” to his resume Monday night. Advertisement The Duke freshman standout showed off visible scratch marks on his right arm during the second half of …

The Tennessee Volunteers wrap up the road portion of their regular season slate on Tuesday night against the South Carolina Gamecocks. While South Carolina is near the bottom of the SEC, the task will be tougher than they’d hope for the Volunteers. Per the school this evening, Tennessee will indeed be without their star Nate Ament for the game. It …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee freshman Nate Ament won’t play Tuesday at South Carolina because of a leg injury that knocked him out of the 23rd-ranked Volunteers’ loss to Alabama on Saturday. Ament’s right knee bent awkwardly after he became tangled in a scrum of players in the first half. Advertisement Tennessee officials said Monday the timetable for Ament’s return …

Mikel Brown Jr. played only 21 minutes of Louisville basketball’s loss at Clemson over the weekend after being downgraded from probable to a game-time decision — and giving up his spot in the starting lineup — due to a back injury. On Monday morning, Pat Kelsey said his star freshman point guard is a “little bit beat-up.” Will the projected …

With just two games remaining in the regular season, Clemson is eager to claim another quality victory before its postseason run begins. Clemson Tigers 21-8 (11-5) at North Carolina Tar Heels 23-6 (11-5)When: Tuesday, Mar 3, 7 PMWhere: Dean E. Smith Center – Chapel Hill, NCTV: ESPN Advertisement A Formidable Battleground With the crucial victory over Louisville on Saturday, Clemson …

Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026Tipoff: 10 p.m. (central)Location: Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California)TV/Online: Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on FS1 with Carlo Jiménez and Don MacLean on the call. It will also be available online on the FOX Sports and FOX Sports 1 apps. Advertisement Radio: Tuesday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith on …

‘It’s not close’: Mike Krzyzewski names best freshman in college basketball originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. With the NCAA Tournament right around the corner, college basketball fans across the country are about to see a wave of elite freshmen take center stage — and potentially go head-to-head. Advertisement …

While Penn State’s basketball team hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory, they very briefly shocked the college basketball world on Saturday. With two late Freddie Dillone free throws, the Nittany Lions squeaked out a Big Ten win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Bryce Jordan Center. It was certainly a game of many twists and turns for the Nittany Lions, …

Kentucky Basketball ended a three-game slide with a massive revenge win over South Carolina on Tuesday, then followed it up with a revenge beatdown of Vanderbilt on Saturday. It was maybe the most complete 40-minute game we have seen from the Cats all season against a Power Five team. Behind a career night from Collin Chandler and a dominant first …

Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the second straight week, extending its all-time record with the program’s 149th appearance in the top spot. The Blue Devils received 55 of 59 first-place votes in Monday’s poll following lopsided wins over Notre Dame and then-No. 11 Virginia last week. Advertisement No. 2 Arizona received four …

North Carolina moved up in the latest AP Top 25, but not by much. The Tar Heels climbed one spot from No. 18 to No. 17. The move comes one week after they went 2-0 with wins over then-No. 24 Louisville and Virginia Tech. Carolina sits at 23-6 overall and 11-5 in ACC play, good for fourth in the conference. …

Villanova loses starting forward Matt Hodge to devastating injury originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Villanova’s postseason hopes took a devastating turn just weeks before March Madness. Advertisement Wildcats starting forward Matt Hodge suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during Saturday night’s 89-57 loss to the St. …

Syracuse Orange Athletics is in the midst of substantial change with current Athletic Director John Wildhack set to retire in July, and new reporting suggests fans might know who the next leader of SUA could be announced as soon as next week. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports published a piece Monday on which men’s college basketball power conference jobs could …

“Matt is a tremendous person with an unbelievable work ethic,” said Kevin Willard via press release. “We know he will be back better than ever.” Hodge started all 29 games for the Wildcats this year, averaging 9.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game on 45.2% from the field and 36.8% from three-point range. The 6’8” forward from Belgium leads the …

The last time Florida basketball was ranked in the top five of the AP Top 25 Poll was in the preseason rankings back in mid-October, when it began its national title defense at No. 3. It took 17 weeks, but the Gators are now back among the elite as the schedule winds down. After running off nine straight victories, the …

Saturday night’s blowout of Villanova wasn’t enough to cancel out St. John’s’ putrid defeat to UConn during the week in the eyes of the AP poll voters. The Red Storm fell three spots to No. 18 in the final regular season AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. They also fell two spots to No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches …

Michigan basketball got another huge win last week, rebounding from the loss to Duke and the closer-than-expected call against Minnesota midweek. The Wolverines went on the road and beat a highly-ranked Illinois team, the first in 10 tries dating back several seasons. Yes, the Wolverines also lost LJ Cason for the year, but the question now that remains is where …

Tennessee (20-9, 10-6 SEC) enters its final week of the 2025-26 basketball season. The Vols will play two contests this week ahead of the SEC Tournament. South Carolina will host Tennessee on Tuesday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. Tipoff between the Vols and Gamecocks is slated for 6 p.m. EST. SEC Network will televise the matchup. Advertisement …

Although the Big Ten regular season is coming to a close, that does not mean this conference will not deliver any upsets. This past weekend was full of competitive games and a couple that ended in dramatic fashion. Northwestern got its feel-good moment of the season, and the worst team in the Big Ten, Penn State, also was able to …

It’s been a strange season to gauge for Villanova men’s college basketball. They boast plenty of signature wins, including tough road victories at Creighton, Marquette and Wisconsin. But despite a respectable resume and a 22-7 record, the Wildcats have been unable to get a sniff of the Top 25 rankings. Now in the final week of men’s college basketball regular …

Bruce Pearl names ‘dark horse’ team that could make a run in NCAA tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. We are now less than two weeks away from Selection Sunday, when the official 68-team NCAA Tournament field will be revealed. While the top seeds and potential Final Four …

March Madness bracket predictions 5.0: 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. Are we forgetting that Florida is the defending national champion? Advertisement The Gators have won nine straight games under coach Todd Golden heading into the final week of the …

On Friday, the Illini got a look at what an Elite Eight matchup would look like and came up depressingly short. Michigan played with an intensity and toughness that the Illini did not come close to matching and did not shoot well enough to overcome it. After being competitive in every other loss this year, Michigan put in perspective what …

Date 3/2 || Time 7:00 || Venue Lenovo Center || Video ESPN Hellooooo, March! Duke only has two regular season games left: Monday’s trip to Raleigh and Saturday’s home finale vs. UNC. There’s an interesting coincidence floating around now if you haven’t seen or heard about it. According to Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio, Triangle sports dudes, in 1991, 2010, …