College Basketball

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson has deemed this season the “Year of the Freshman.” And for good reason. “Everybody has great freshmen,” Sampson recently told reporters. BYU has AJ Dybantsa and Kansas has Darryn Peterson, the potential first two picks in the NBA Draft. Duke has Cameron Boozer. Arkansas has Darius Acuff Jr. Advertisement On and on. Just don’t forget Houston’s …

Florida basketball forward Thomas Haugh was named to the Wooden Award midseason top 25 watch list, a milestone that reflects just how important he has become to the Florida Gators during the 2025-26 season. The honor places Haugh among the nation’s most impactful players and further cements his rise from reliable contributor to one of the SEC’s most complete forwards. …

Clemson basketball took down the 24th-ranked SMU Mustangs, 74-70, Wednesday night at Littlejohn Coliseum behind 17 points from senior RJ Godfrey, who made six of seven shots from the field. The win over SMU marked the second straight season Clemson (13-3) has started 3-0 in ACC play. A 17-4 first-half run staked the Tigers to a 34-25 halftime lead. In …

Center Motiejus Krivas scored a career high 25 points while guard Brayden Burries continued his torrid play, as Arizona beat Kansas State 101-76 on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at McKale Center. After collecting 17 points and 11 rebounds on Jan. 3 at Utah, Burries scored 28 points against K-State, tying the career-high he set on Dec. 13 against Alabama, while making …

The Big Ten basketball schedule restarted in earnest last week, and so shall our weekly power rankings. Right now this league features the No. 1 KenPom offense (Purdue), the No. 1 defense (Michigan) and the country’s most surprising still-undefeated team (Nebraska). Yet as the Wolverines’ white-knuckle 74-72 victory at Penn State last Tuesday showed, there are no guarantees on any …

WACO, Texas — Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey, the senior who grew up near campus in Ames, now is part of something that had never been done by the Cyclones. They have a 15-game winning streak to start the season. “I’ve been a Cyclone all my life. Just got on the court four years ago, though,” Lipsey said following …

The Big Ten only had two games on the docket, but both featured groups trying to make NCAA Tournament pushes. One of the matchups ended up being tighter than expected. Let’s take a look at what happened. Advertisement –No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers 81, Washington Huskies 73 While the Boilers entered this one as significant favorites, Washington was able to keep …

As we enter Atlantic Coast Conference play here in January, the North Carolina Tar Heels are 13-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play. Throughout the first 15 games, it’s clear that North Carolina’s two best players are likely in their frontcourt with Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. And now, one of them is earning some midseason recognition. Advertisement On Wednesday, …

After a home win to open SEC play this past Saturday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide traveled Wednesday to Nashville for their first conference road game of the season against the undefeated Vanderbilt Commodores. A Top 15 matchup per the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, this contest certainly delivered on the hype it garnered going in as …

It’s not very fun in Trojan basketball land right now. USC women’s and men’s basketball have each lost two games in a row. Women’s basketball was blown out by UCLA then blew a 17-point lead to Oregon. Men’s basketball was blown out by 30 points by Michigan and 29 points by Michigan State. Both ranked teams with aspirations of deep …

Pete Golding meet Steve Fisher: Ex-Michigan basketball coach took over for magical postseason run originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Because of Steve Fisher, the preposterous circumstance in which Ole Miss football coach Pete Golding finds himself cannot be described as unprecedented. Indeed, it is most unusual for a …

Well, last night was pretty brutal. Kentucky took an 8-point lead with about 4:30 left in the game, and looked like they might pull out the win in the SEC home opener against Missouri. Although they hadn’t played well, it looked like Kentucky might escape with a win, and a win is a win at the end of the day. …

EAST LANSING – Another quick turnaround awaits Michigan State basketball. Thankfully for Tom Izzo and his team, this time around doesn’t require any travel. But just three days after beating USC, the 13th-ranked Spartans get back to it at Breslin Center when they host Northwestern on Thursday, Jan. 8. Advertisement That 6:30 p.m. tipoff (BTN) comes not even a week …

UConn basketball’s Silas Demary Jr. posts historic stat line in epic comeback against Providence appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn basketball delivered one of its most memorable wins in recent memory behind junior guard Silas Demary Jr., completing a stunning comeback vs. the Providence Friars in a Big East showdown that showcased …

The 13th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide fell to 11th ranked Vanderbilt 96-90 on Wednesday night in Nashville. The Tide fell to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the SEC while the surprising Commodores improved to 15-0, 2-0 on the season. Alabama’s Aiden Sherrell was considered a game time decision after being injured in the Kentucky game on Saturday. The big man …

Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie lifted Stanford over Virginia Tech with a game-winning, step-back 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds left to give the Cardinal a 69-68 win at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Jan. 7. Okorie sized up his defender, Virginia Tech freshman Neoklis Avdalas of Greece, before getting into his sweet spot and rising up. Advertisement Okorie scored 31 points, …

The 13th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide fell to 11th ranked Vanderbilt 96-90 on Wednesday night in Nashville. The Tide fell to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the SEC while the surprising Commodores improved to 15-0, 2-0 on the season. Alabama’s Aiden Sherrell was considered a game time decision after being injured in the Kentucky game on Saturday. The big man …

WACO, Texas (AP) — Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey, the senior who grew up near campus in Ames, is now part of something that had never been done by the Cyclones. They have a 15-game winning streak to start the season. “I’ve been a Cyclone all my life. Just got on the court four years ago, though,” Lipsey said …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Braylon Mullins scored eight of his career-high 24 points in overtime and fourth-ranked UConn rallied past Providence 103-98 on Wednesday night for its 11th consecutive victory. Silas Demary Jr. had 23 points, 15 assists and five steals for the Huskies (15-1, 5-0 Big East), who trailed by 11 with under three minutes remaining in regulation. But they …

Certain games you can just feel that the opponent is overmatched. You can feel that no matter what they do they aren’t going to walk out of Mackey Arena victorious. This was one such game. Poor Washington. They came into Mackey Arena with numerous injuries and only dressed nine guys (and one of them, an IU transfer no less, had …

Kentucky basketball is playing its way off the NCAA Tournament bubble and into having a lot of free time in March. The Wildcats fell to Missouri 73-68 in Rupp Arena, dropping to 0-2 in SEC play and suddenly looking like a team that has to sit and sweat out their name being called on Selection Sunday. Similar to their home …

Down by five points heading into the second half, Maryland men’s basketball needed a spark to propel it over Indiana on its home court and secure its first Big Ten win. But the only spark in Xfinity Center Wednesday came from the away team bench. Advertisement Lamar Wilkerson’s second half showing demonstrated exactly why he’s the Hoosiers’ leading scorer this …

The Marquette men’s basketball team won’t be the favorites in many games for the rest of the season. One of them is against Xavier (9-6, 1-3 Big East) on Jan. 7 at Fiserv Forum. More: Everyone sees potential in Marquette’s Josh Clark. Can he unlock it? Advertisement Will this be that game that MU (5-10, 0-4) snaps a six-game losing …

On Monday night, the Michigan State Spartans took all their frustrations from a rough loss to Nebraska out on the visiting USC Trojans to the tune of a 29-point victory. On Thursday night, MSU will look to begin a new winning streak, and with no ranked opponents on the schedule until January 30, it seems likely that we can stockpile …

Mike Rhoades’ frustration grows after Penn State’s close loss to No. 2 Michigan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Penn State head coach Mike Rhoades did not try to hide his frustration after the Nittany Lions’ 74–72 loss to No. 2 Michigan on Tuesday night at the Bryce Jordan …