College Basketball

The 2025-26 college basketball season has started off with a bang for some, with some teams like Michigan, Arizona, Iowa State and plenty more asserting themselves as national championship candidates. But not every team has had such a hot start, and there’s some real concern hovering around as conference play begins. Whether it was stumbling in a Feast Week tournament, …

The Big Ten only had two games on Tuesday night, but both were important steps for each respective unit in their NCAA Tournament pursuit. Both ended up winning. Let’s take a look at what happened. –Ohio State Buckeyes 89, Grambling State Tigers 63 The Buckeyes bounced back from last week’s loss to North Carolina pretty well, cruising past Grambling State …

What better Christmas present than a 48-point win over one of your in-state rivals? Thanks to a complete performance on Monday night, UNC closed the non-conference portion of its basketball schedule with a 99-51 obliteration of East Carolina. The Tar Heels’ (12-1) defense proved impenetrable, holding ECU (5-8) to an ice-cold, 26 percent (19-of-73) mark on field goals. North Carolina …

The Big Ten had four games on Monday, highlighted by a rivalry matchup between Illinois and Missouri in St. Louis. Washington also tried to bounce back from a recent setback. Let’s take a look at what happened. Advertisement –No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini 91, Missouri Tigers 48 For more than a week, Illinois has been stewing about its heartbreaking loss …

LAWRENCE — As Kansas basketball navigated its non-conference schedule without, for much of it, freshman guard Darryn Peterson, the team’s largely been led by three guys. That’s the group of senior guard Tre White, senior guard Melvin Council Jr. and sophomore forward Flory Bidunga. All three have started all of No. 17 KU’s 13 games to date and are averaging double-figures …

The Kentucky Wildcats defeated Bellarmine on Tuesday afternoon by a final score of 99-85. The Cats had one of their best offensive games of the season, coming in large part thanks to the efforts of Kam Williams. Known as a shooter, Williams was someone Kentucky desperately needed to get going, and he did just that inside Rupp Arena. His final …

Even though the undefeated Michigan Wolverines are considered one of the nation’s premier programs and a legitimate national championship contender, head coach Dusty May believes they can bump things up a notch. “We’re continuing to reinforce our pillars and daily habits, and work on getting better,” May told the media following Sunday’s win vs La Salle. “We’ve played well, but …

With the non-conference slate coming to a close in the coming weeks, it is time to start previewing conference play for Big Ten basketball. Several interesting matchups litter the two-and-a-half months of Big Ten regular-season conference play. We have sorted through the pile of games and have found 5 Big Ten men’s basketball can’t-miss conference games. We not only tried …

The Atlantic Coast Conference has been lackluster at best for most of the last five men’s basketball seasons. The league has not earned more than five NCAA Tournament bids since 2021 and has not produced more than two top-four seeds since 2019. For a conference that built its reputation on March dominance, that is a long slide. This season feels …

We’ve reached Christmas week for 2025, which usually means the college basketball world is a little bit quiet. For instance, by the time you’re reading this the UNC men will have played their sole game of the week against East Carolina on Monday evening, and the women won’t take the court this week. That being said, the season keeps on …

Wisconsin basketball added an important tally to the win column on Monday night, as it defeated Central Michigan 88-61. The Badgers’ frontcourt led the winning effort; forwards Nolan Winter and Austin Rapp combined for 36 points, 15 rebounds and three assists, while shooting a combined 13-of-19 from the field and 5-of-10 from 3. Veteran guard Nick Boyd also added 12 …

MADISON – For the eighth consecutive year, Wisconsin volleyball has finished as one of the top 10 teams in the country. The Badgers finished at No. 5 in the final AVCA coaches poll of the 2025 season, which was released on Dec. 22. Advertisement Wisconsin finished behind the three other Final Four teams – Texas A&M, Kentucky and Pittsburgh – …

The Kentucky Wildcats will take on the Bellarmine Knights on Tuesday afternoon in Lexington. Game time is set for 1:00 PM ET on SEC Network+. Kentucky is a massive 35.5-point favorite. The Cats are now 8-4 following their biggest win of the season over the St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday. While it hasn’t been the prettiest of seasons to …

Syracuse finally got things together so fans didn’t have to sweat the final minutes. Let’s get to takeaways from the 77-49 win over Stonehill. The “Level Five” Defensive Intensity is There Nearly every press conference with Coach Autry seems to begin with the same question: Did the team sustain its “Level Five” energy and intensity throughout the game? Advertisement Against …

The Wisconsin Badgers pulled off an 88-61 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas on Monday, getting back on track with a nice win, despite missing star John Blackwell, who was questionable with an injury and did not play. Wisconsin was in dire need of a win after consecutive losses to the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Villanova Wildcats. But, they also needed …

Welcome to the thread for Tuesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup versus Harvard. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of today’s game. If you haven’t already, check out our game preview here. You can follow updates of Tuesday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account (formerly Twitter) at @rumbleSBN or …

There are a pair of Big Ten games this afternoon on BTN, with Ohio State and UCLA to host mid-majors just two days before Christmas. Let’s take a look at the upcoming action. Grambling State at Ohio State Buckeyes Advertisement Ohio State wraps up their non-conference slate today against Grambling State. The Buckeyes have split their last six games, most …

BLOOMINGTON — Darian DeVries’ team entered a holiday break as needed as it was earned with a win Monday night that comfortably encapsulated the Indiana basketball season so far. For 20 minutes, against MAAC-contending Siena, the Hoosiers looked little short of outstanding. Even allowing for the gap in competitive quality. IU’s complementary basketball — defensive effort leading to easy offense, …

What channel is Seton Hall vs. Villanova on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch men’s college basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Villanova will meet Seton Hall at the Prudential Center on Tuesday night for its Big East opener. Advertisement After falling to Michigan on Dec. 9, …

For just the fifth time in program history the Arizona Wildcats are 12-0 to begin a season. Arizona defeated Bethune-Cookman 107-71 in the second half of a McKale Center double header featuring the Women’s basketball team earlier in the day. This is the first time the Wildcats have begun a season 12-0 since the 2014-15 season. Arizona now has seven …

MADISON – Wisconsin frequently displayed a warm, inviting fireplace graphic on the Kohl Center video board, complete with brick around the fireplace, stacks of firewood on each side and “staying warm with Wisconsin basketball” text. The play on the court was even more picturesque for much of the second half as the Badgers used a big run in the second …

It was another dominating performance for the now #5 ranked Purdue Boilermakers as they dismantled the Auburn Tigers 88-60 inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the Indy Classic. With five players scoring in double digits and Braden Smith adding in 14 assists, the Tiger defense was befuddled most of the night as the Boilers scored 1.704 points per possession in the first …

The Syracuse Orange (9-4) closed the non-conference portion of their schedule with an uninspiring home performance in a win over the Stonehill Seahawks (3-10). The final margin could have been a lot wider but the Orange shot a dismal 48% (14-29 ) from the foul line. Naithan George led the way with 22 points. JJ Starling had 20 points, Nate …

Indiana men’s basketball moved to 10-3 on the season with an up-and-down 81-60 win over Siena on Monday evening in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers build a substantial cushion with an outstanding performance in the first half before a lackluster showing in the second kept them from turning this into another 100-point outing. There’s some likes and dislikes coming …

Virginia basketball had no problem handling its business at home against American on Monday night, cruising to a 95-51 win to move to 11-1 on the year. Freshman Thijs De Ridder led the way with 27 points on 11-of-15 from the floor, while four other Cavaliers scored in double figures. The Cavaliers now have eight full days off before they …