College Basketball

When: December 3 – 9:15 PM ET Where: Neville Arena, Auburn Alabama TV: ESPN Opponent: Auburn Tigers (SEC Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): Auburn 85-81 / Auburn 86-80 Advertisement Wolfpack Snapshot: Rankings: AP (orv), KP #30, BT #36 NET 40 (8th in ACC) – Q1 (0-1), Q2 (2-1), Q3 (1-0), Q4 (2-0) Wolfpack Season So Far: “…we don’t have the …

Syracuse Orange forward Donnie Freeman (lower body) will not play against Tennessee on Tuesday, a SU spokesperson revealed on Monday. Freeman missed all three games during the Players’ Era Festival in Las Vegas, where Syracuse went 0-3. In the Orange’s four games against mid-major foes before the Vegas trip, Freeman was averaging 17.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists. He …

As No. 25-ranked Iowa basketball(7-0) travels to East Lansing, Mich., for its Big Ten season-opener against No. 8 Michigan State (8-0) on Tuesday night from a raucous Breslin Center, legendary Spartans head coach Tom Izzo previewed the challenge of preparing for Ben McCollum and the new-look Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes certainly look much different since their last clash with the Spartans …

Last week was “Feast Week” across the country and Big Ten fans got treated to a litany of marquee matchups. While some teams like Michigan, Michigan State, and Iowa thrived, others like Oregon and Rutgers struggled. Of course, it all shook up these Rankings. So, let’s jump into this week’s Power Rankings. Advertisement #1 – Michigan Wolverines (+3) The Wolverines …

The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0) returned from Palm Springs victorious and the owners of some shaky real estate in the top 25, coming in 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They head to East Lansing, MI, a historical House of Horrors to face the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans who also sport a 7-0 record on the season. It’s their …

After a successful trip to Las Vegas, No. 9 Iowa State men’s basketball is back in Hilton Coliseum for a tune-up game against Alcorn State before heading on the road for a marquee matchup at Purdue. The Cyclones (7-0) went unbeaten at the Players Era Festival, picking up wins over St. John’s, Creighton and Syracuse. Advertisement As for Alcorn State …

Thanksgiving had several athletes on the sidelines this week but just like in college, “Feast Week” brings out the top basketball programs throughout the week. This week’s candidate pool for Athlete of the Week is filled with high-performing basketball players who saw the court at least once this holiday break. Dunnellon’s Kameron Wheeler is the only football nominee after much-needed …

EAST LANSING — Everything has built to a crescendo for the Big Ten opener for Michigan State basketball. Win over Arkansas? Check. Win over Kentucky? Check. Win over North Carolina? Check. And as the Spartans check in at No. 8 in this week’s USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, they welcome a resurgent No. 25 Iowa squad. under new coach Ben …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Most of Purdue men’s basketball’s veteran, tested roster has begun to run out of new experiences to cross off its to-do list. Win a Big Ten championship? Done that a couple of times. Go deep in the NCAA tournament? You might have heard about that Final Four run two years ago. Advertisement What regular-season experiences remain for …

What channel is Kentucky vs. UNC on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch SEC-ACC men’s basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Blue blood programs will collide when Kentucky and North Carolina hit the court at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night. Advertisement The Wildcats are still searching …

What channel is Kansas vs. UConn on today? 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. Kansas and UConn will meet on Tuesday night for a Big 12 vs. Big East clash. Advertisement After a loss to Duke on Nov. …

What channel is Duke vs. Florida on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch ACC-SEC men’s basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Who will stand tall when Duke and Florida face off in the latest ACC–SEC Challenge game? Advertisement Jon Scheyer’s fourth-ranked Blue Devils team has dominated …

The Kansas State Wildcats never showed up, and as a result dropped an absolutely excuseless stinker to the Bowling Green Falcons, 82-66. This recap is going to get all the effort the Wildcats (5-3) summed up against the visitors (6-2). Advertisement K-State never led. Bowling Green got out to a molasses-slow 7-2 lead, and the two teams more-or-less traded buckets …

Name: Valparaiso University Location: Valparaiso, Indiana So they just stole their name from the city, huh? Yep, and if we’re being honest, the city didn’t come up with the name on their own anyway. The city was founded in 1836 as Portersville and it was the county seat for Porter County. The change came in 1837, in honor of David …

Happy Holiday’s to all of those who celebrate! We have finally reached the one month mark of the 2025-26 Mountain West men’s basketball season! How do our power rankings shake out?! Let’s dive into it! Advertisement 1. Utah State No surprise here, as Utah State remains the only unbeaten Mountain West team after one month. They are also the only …

Indiana men’s basketball made its AP top-25 poll debut under head coach Darian DeVries last week, just sneaking into the rankings at No. 25 after a 5-0 start to the 2025-26 season that included a 100-77 neutral site win over Marquette. The Hoosiers rose further this week, sitting at No. 22 nationally sandwiched between a riser in No. 21 Kansas …

After the opening weekend of last season’s historically chalky NCAA tournament, the remaining teams all shared something in common. For the first time since the NCAA tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1975, every team that advanced to the round of 16 hailed from a power conference. Advertisement There were no giant-slaying underdogs for TV viewers to fall in love …

Like the College Football Playoff rankings, there’s only one rankings metric that actually matters when it comes to college basketball — NET rankings. Similar to the CFP rankings, the NET rankings correlate directly to a team’s postseason fate, as they’re the rankings used to seed the NCAA Tournament in March. Thus, it is crucial for a team to fare well …

The B1G had a great feast week, with three teams (Michigan, Iowa and USC) taking home titles in their respective Multi-Team Events (MTE) after Purdue won the Baha Mar Championship a week prior. Michigan State also had a great showing in an MTE without a formal bracket, capping off a good overall week in B1G basketball. Perhaps more importantly than …

Lamenting the death of the truly-enjoyable MTE. I hadn’t planned on much basketball coverage here for a couple reasons: for one, the internet is a dying place, and, for two, that’s exacerbating the steady death of Off Tackle Empire dot blogspot dot biz. Advertisement BUT! Looking over the (limited) options for basketball on this last snowy Saturday—one, Bellarmine at Northern …

Because Villanova men’s and women’s basketball both have a game on Monday (okay, and because Xavier MBB is in there, too), we’ve got to get this Big East What To Watch out to you early on Monday so you’re set to go for the week. Honestly, this is more fun when I have all day Monday to stretch out and …

It took Dusty May five seasons before he turned Florida Atlantic into a Final Four team. At Michigan, it may just take two. Over three days in Las Vegas, the Wolverines proved they are a national championship contender after a dominant showing in the Player’s Era Festival. Advertisement The showing came after Michigan had struggled in the first few weeks …

The first week of December could be very important for the ACC as it relates to March Madness. It’s time for the ACC/SEC Challenge, which put a stain on the historically-great league last season as the ACC lost 14 of 16 games in the event and went on to put just four teams in the NCAA Tournament. Advertisement The ACC …

The Big Ten picture began to thicken as November closed, with contenders and tournament hopefuls beginning to come into focus just as the bottom of the conference fell into a hole. We’ve got three established conference frontrunners now, with league play starting this week, plus perhaps seven to eight more teams with a legitimate shot at the NCAA tournament. After …

The drama over whether or not Marquette volleyball had done enough to earn an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament did not last very long on Sunday evening. The Golden Eagles were the 14th team announced in the bracket, setting them up with a first round match against #7 seed Western Kentucky. That match will be on Friday, December …