College Basketball

Iowa State basketball is one of seven undefeated men’s teams entering the week of Dec. 15. The Cyclones improved to 11-0 overall after a 66-62 win over Iowa in the Cy-Hawk game on Dec. 11, and they followed up with a 78-53 victory over Eastern Illinois on Dec. 14. Advertisement With finals week underway at Iowa State, the Cyclones have …

Iowa (9-2, 1-1 Big Ten) stayed just inside the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll rankings. The Hawkeyes are the nation’s No. 25 team, sliding two spots after last week’s action. Iowa earned 71 points from the voters. Michigan occupies the nation’s top spot for the second week in a row. Other Big Ten teams inside the rankings …

For the second week in a row, both the Michigan men’s and women’s basketball teams are in the top six, with both squads standing pat in a rather calm week of college hoops. The men are still ranked No. 2, right behind Arizona for the top spot. The Wildcats beat a good Alabama team for a semi-away game in Birmingham, …

No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 Michigan remained locked in place atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday while No. 15 Nebraska jumped to its highest Top 25 ranking in nearly 35 years. The Wildcats had 42 of 61 first-place votes to hold the top spot while the Wolverines received 15 to keep the teams at 1-2 …

Vanderbilt basketball moved up two spots to No. 12 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after a win over Central Arkansas. The win over the Bears on Dec. 13 came after more than a week without playing. Before that, the Commodores (10-0) had most recently defeated SMU in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Alabama and Illinois, which had previously been ahead of …

Indiana women’s basketball has lost a starter, as Valentyna Kadlecova has decided to return to her native Czech Republic to play professionally. Kadlecova, a 6-foot sophomore, appeared in 11 games, averaging 21.7 minutes and 5.4 points per game. She was benched out of the starting lineup in Thursday’s win over Louisiana-Monroe in favor of freshman and reigning Indiana Miss Basketball …

Things didn’t go Iowa’s way in the second half of a Cy-Hawk loss to Iowa State on Thursday. They had plenty of chances to win the game, but couldn’t quite execute enough down the stretch to pull the upset. Luckily for the Hawkeyes, they didn’t have to wait long to get back on track. A Sunday afternoon matchup with Western …

The Illinois women’s basketball team has extended their winning streak to eight games after a dominating performance against North Texas. It was the one-sided affair that we were all expecting, with head coach Shauna Green’s squad taking down the Mean Green by a score of 81-69. The Illini, once again, dictated the pace of the game from the opening tip …

The Syracuse Orange (6-4) entered this season with the pressure to get back into the NCAA Tournament. Saturday’s 70-69 home loss to Hofstra is going to make that task a lot harder for Adrian Autry’s squad. It’s too early to call this season over, but the margin for error the rest of the way is that much smaller now. Here …

Date: Tuesday, Dec 16Tip Time: 7:00 PMGame Location: Clemson, SC – Littlejohn ColiseumTV: ESPN2 Gauging Clemson So Far I predicted Clemson to finish 22-8 (12-6) and make the NCAA tournament. With the loss to BYU, Clemson is now one game behind my projected pace. Thankfully it is just one game, because on Saturday it was near catastrophe against Mercer. The Mercer Bears are …

UNC basketball is 10 games into its 31-game schedule in the regular season. Ranked No. 15 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll and No. 14 in the AP Top 25, the Tar Heels (9-1) are off to their best 10-game start since the 2017-18 season. Advertisement Here are 10 thoughts on the Tar Heels through 10 games in the …

For the first time in over a month, Florida A&M men’s basketball will play a home game. On Monday, Dec. 15, the Rattlers (1-5) host NCAA Division II opponent Albany State Golden Rams (2-5) in a non-conference game added to FAMU’s schedule. Advertisement FAMU will play on campus at the Al Lawson Center for the first time since losing its …

To the uninitiated, it may sound like Louisville basketball fans are booing Sananda Fru whenever the 6-foot-11 German does something impressive on the court. His mom thought that was the case the first time she heard the KFC Yum! Center shout his last name in unison, elongating the vowel, through her television back home in Berlin. “I was like, ‘Why …

The Virginia Tech Hokies improved to 10-2 on the season Sunday with an 82-53 win over the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks. The Hawks were competitive early, taking their first lead, 9-7, at the 15:32 mark of the first half. However, a layup from sophomore guard Ben Hammond two minutes later gave the Hokies an 11-10 lead that they would never …

The non-conference portion of the college basketball season is winding down, with just two weeks left before most teams shift into conference play to make a move towards March Madness. There are some statement games left to be played, including a massive slate on Saturday with plenty of marquee matchups, most of the work teams can do to enhance their …

What a night it was for the Ohio State basketball team in Cleveland Saturday night. What looked like a sure loss turned into one of the most exciting comebacks and last-second victories we’ve seen in a long, long time. It was enough to turn the most pessimistic Buckeye fan into a hopeful one, and we can all hope that it …

Well, that was a quite a way to come out of the week off—the Deacs were on fire from deep from the opening tip and used 17 3-pointers to blow out Queens 111-73. This was game was pretty much over at halftime, so this is going to be a pretty quick recap. The story of this game was Purdue transfer …

To look up and down and back and forth across the box score, and this surely must have been a Milwaukee Panthers win. Shots. Rebounds. Turnovers. Free throws. You name it, UWM led Indiana State across the box except two key lines: shooting percentage and total points. Advertisement With its top scorer out for the season, one of its hottest …

To look up and down and back and forth across the box score, and this surely must have been a Milwaukee Panthers win. Shots. Rebounds. Turnovers. Free throws. You name it, UWM led Indiana State across the box except two key lines: shooting percentage and total points. Advertisement With its top scorer out for the season, one of its hottest …

After opening at No. 7 in the preseason AP Top 25, Michigan has surged to a 10–0 start, winning seven straight games by double digits and emerging as the favorite in the latest March Madness and college basketball odds. Here’s a look at the latest National Championship odds, as a new college basketball season tipped off last month. Advertisement March …

The Monmouth men’s basketball team traveled to New England on Sunday, Dec. 14 where it lost to former conference foe Fairfield on a snowy afternoon. It was only a few years ago when a battle between the two teams would’ve been a league game. However, the Hawks (5-6) switched over from the MAAC to the CAA conference and have been …

BLOOMINGTON — Shay Ciezki has a “kill switch.” She’s an emotional player. She takes things personally. And as Indiana women’s basketball was fighting more than it should’ve for every point against Mid-American Conference opponent Eastern Michigan, she knew she needed to find a new gear to put the Hoosiers over the edge. Advertisement “I think, as an athlete, that just …

Michigan State basketball picked up an important win over Penn State on the road on Saturday afternoon. So what did Spartans head coach Tom Izzo have to say after surviving the upset scare of the conference win? Michigan State needed to rally late to survive an upset scare from the Nittany Lions, winning by the final score of 76-72 on …

The North Carolina Tar Heels moved to 9-1 after another home win, this time taking down USC Upstate in the Dean Dome on Saturday afternoon. While they let the Spartans hang around more than they wanted too, UNC eventually pulled away in the second half. A big reason why was the play of Caleb Wilson who scored 20 points and …

Favored by nearly 30 points on Saturday, the North Carolina Tar Heels faced a solid challenge in their return to the basketball court. UNC welcomed USC Upstate, a team that won just six games last season, to the Dean Dome for a 2 p.m. tip-off. North Carolina appeared to pull away early, starting its afternoon on a 7-0 run, only …