College Basketball

In a marquee nonconference matchup at a neutral site, 21st-ranked Auburn (8-3) will clash Saturday with No. 6 Purdue (10-1) in Indianapolis on Peacock. For both teams, this will mark the second-to-last game before they begin scheduling exclusively within conference for the remainder of the regular season. Advertisement It’s been a week since their most recent games. The Boilermakers rolled …

LOS ANGELES — Is the Arizona State men’s basketball team a contender or a pretender? Or something in between. The Sun Devils have won the games they’re supposed to win, and even a few that one would consider a toss-up. They ventured into former Pac-12 territory for what looked to be a litmus test against one of the marquee brands …

A look at team free throw shooting shared here earlier this season revealed remarkable across-the-board efficiency, with virtually every ACC squad converting at least 70 percent of its foul shots for several years now. This proclivity included 17 of 18 league teams in 2025, the exception being 17-17 Georgia Tech at .687 on 627 free throws, 18.44 attempted per game. …

Gonzaga star Braden Huff’s insane start vs. Campbell puts him alone in last 20 years with Bulldogs appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs (11-1) made it look easy Wednesday night, cruising to a 98-70 win over the Campbell Fighting Camels (2-10) at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. …

After Marquette opened its Big East portion of the schedule against Georgetown on Wednesday, Dec. 17, it felt like a good time to look back at the Golden Eagles’ first 12 games and also look further ahead into conference play. Have a question about Marquette’s season, its schedule, opponents, players or coach Shaka Smart? Ask beat reporter Ben Steele, who …

With the December Big Ten games and most of the non-conference season in the books, it is a good time to re-evaluate preseason expectations and see where Illinois stacks up in the conference. Please note that these are not power rankings (if they were, UCLA and Oregon would be much lower and Nebraska much higher), but an estimation of where …

The crowd couldn’t believe what it had just witnessed. Donovan Dent’s crossover move left a helpless defender watching from behind as he accelerated toward the basket, fans unleashing audible admiration even before the UCLA point guard completed the play with a driving layup. Advertisement Poor Noah Meeusen and everyone else who tried to stop Dent. They were overmatched by the …

University of Colorado officials closed their basketball arena to the public Wednesday night because of weather-related hazards, forcing its men’s basketball team to play in an empty building during an 84-73 win Dec. 17 against Portland State. Colorado made the announcement before the game as wind gusts reached an estimated 96 mph near Boulder, whipping up debris, snapping trees and …

SAN DIEGO – During the week head coach Brian Dutcher likened San Diego State’s games with Air Force to ‘a trip to the dentist.’ After gritting their teeth through the first half, the Aztecs earned their lollipop with a 81-58 win over the Falcons on Wednesday night at Viejas Arena. BJ Davis scored 13 of his 19 points over a …

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – The USC Trojans defeated the UTSA Roadrunners, 97-70, at Galen Center on December 17, 2025 and The Sporting Tribune’s Amber Rodriguez was there to capture the following images. USC forward Ezra Ausar (2) dribbles during a Big Ten Conference college basketball game against the UTSA Roadrunners, Wednesday December 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Amber Rodriguez …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Duke Miles scored 22 points as No. 13 Vanderbilt weathered a second-half Memphis rally to remain undefeated with a 77-70 overtime win on Wednesday night. After the game was tied at 66-all in the extra period, Jalen Washington scored inside and Miles converted four straight free throws. Washington hit two free throws with 57 seconds left …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Madison Booker matched her career best with 28 points, and No. 2 Texas remained undefeated with a 96-38 victory over Northwestern State Wednesday night. Booker, a two-time Associated Press All-American and its current national player of the week, converted 12 of 17 shots from the field, including a pair of 3-point baskets, as Texas won its …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In a battle between the nation’s bottom two free-throw shooting teams, the inability to convert from the charity stripe was not the story on Wednesday. Syracuse shot a season high 75% from the line on Wednesday to help them to a 76-62 victory over the Mercyhurst Lakers, improving to 7-4 on the season and rebounding from the …

Game 11: Georgetown Hoyas (7-3) at Marquette Golden Eagles (5-6) When: Wednesday 8:30 PM Where: Fiserv Forum (Milwaukee) TV: FS1 (Connor Onion and Steve Smith) Radio: Team 980 AM (Rich Chvotkin), Sirius XM 383 (GU), 384 (MU) Series: Hoyas trail 14-25 and are 4-14 as the road team. Advertisement Streaks: Georgetown has lost 8 straight overall to Marquette (5 straight away). Net Rankings: Georgetown 121, Marquette 163 …

Michigan State basketball is considered a top 10 team nationally in an important rating system used for the NCAA Tournament. The latest update of the NET rankings was released on Wednesday, with the Spartans listed among the top 10 teams nationally. Michigan State came in at No. 10 in the updated NET rankings. Advertisement The NET rankings are one of …

Michigan State basketball picked up a convincing win over non-conference foe Toledo on Tuesday night. The Spartans made easy work of the Rockets, rolling to a 92-69 victory from the Breslin Center. Michigan State led by 30 at halftime and coasted to the easy win in the second half. Advertisement Four different Spartans reached double-figures in points, led by Jaxon …

As the semester winds down for students on Grounds, the Virginia Cavaliers are in their pre-holiday hiatus. While fans await the next men’s basketball tipoff on Saturday against Maryland, here is a rundown of this week’s Virginia sports news. Notable News Bennett To Be Inducted Into Virginia Sports Hall Of Fame – CBS 19 News (Richmond) Advertisement Last week, the …

The Syracuse Orange (6-4) look to bounce back from their disappointing loss to Hofstra when they host the Mercyhurst Lakers (4-7) tonight in the JMA Dome. The game tips at 7:00 and will be streaming on ACCNX. Here’s what we’re watching for tonight: Kevin: A sense of urgency In the three Q1 games I saw (missed Iowa State), I felt …

When picking a player of the game for a given matchup, you don’t automatically have to go with the leading scorer. Sometimes, it’s worth choosing the best all-around stat line, or picking someone who impacted the game in a specific facet that allowed the team to win the game. On other occasions, you kinda have to just pick the leading …

The North Carolina Tar Heels earned their 10th win of the 2025-26 college basketball season, beating East Tennessee State University on Tuesday night. The Buccaneers gave UNC a bit of a scare early on, keeping it close for the first 15 minutes. But then North Carolina turned it on. Advertisement The Tar Heels took a 38-30 lead into the break …

The UCLA Bruins look to make a push back into the rankings when they host the Arizona State Sun Devils at Pauley Pavilion in a Pac-12 throwback matchup tonight. It’s been a disappointing start to the year for the Bruins, and my Arizona State vs. UCLA predictions don’t expect things to get any better tonight. Advertisement Find out why in …

I warned readers before the game that this East Tennessee State team was not an opponent to be taken lightly, and for the first 18 minutes of action, they proved me right, forcing the Heels to play a down-tempo, back-and-forth game that featured 6 ties and 4 lead changes. Eventually, though, UNC imposed their will, sandwiching halftime within a 12-0 …

Clemson didn’t make it easy, but the Tigers did enough Tuesday night to take down South Carolina, 68-61, inside Littlejohn Coliseum, and the reaction afterward reflected exactly how the night felt. Ace Buckner was the clear storyline. With injuries thinning the backcourt, Buckner stepped into the moment and delivered the best performance of his Clemson career. His confidence on offense …

While the Iowa Hawkeyes went on the road last year and notched an NCAA Tournament win, the expectation for this program, which views itself among the nation’s elite, is to be a host site for the first two rounds of March Madness. The Hawkeyes are sitting at 10-1 on the young season with a tight loss to the Iowa State …

This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features national college basketball reporter Brendan Marks of The Athletic to discuss Louisville basketball as nonconference play ends (for all intents and purposes) and ACC competition cranks up. Marks discusses why he believes the Cardinals and Duke are in their own tier in the ACC and who could challenge them. He tells why he picked …