College Basketball

The weeklong freakout about Vanderbilt’s three-game losing streak after starting the season 16-0 is officially over. After blowing out Mississippi State in Starkville over the weekend, the Vanderbilt Commodores came back to Memorial Gym and amidst Snowpocalypse easily handled Kentucky. This was a beatdown from start to finish, as the Commodores opened up a 7-0 lead early in the game …

The No. 17 Virginia Cavaliers overcame a 19-point first-half deficit in South Bend on Tuesday night to defeat Notre Dame 100-97 in double overtime. A pair of Devin Tillis free throws evened the score in the final seconds of regulation, while Sam Lewis’s game-tying three-pointer near the end of the first overtime saved the Cavaliers again. In double overtime, Lewis …

Major college basketball’s longest winning streak in more than a decade ended at 24 games Tuesday night with No. 5 Nebraska’s 75-72 loss at No. 3 Michigan. “To beat Michigan, you have to play almost perfect and we had a lapse at the end,” Cornhuskers guard Sam Hoiberg said. Advertisement Nebraska did not score over the final 3:20, missing its …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Sarr had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six blocked shots, and the Washington Wizards snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 115-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. It was Washington’s first home victory over Portland since Jan. 16, 2017. Advertisement The Wizards led 112-106 when Shaedon Sharpe cut the lead in half …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Jeremy Fears scored 27 of his career-high 29 points in the second half and overtime, and No. 7 Michigan State outlasted Rutgers 88-79 on Tuesday night. Fears also had nine assists, including a pass to Divine Ugochukwu for the tying 3-pointer from the corner with 11 seconds left in regulation. Advertisement When the Spartans (19-2, 9-1 …

The Marquette men’s basketball team starts seeing Big East opponents for the second time this season when the Golden Eagles face Creighton on Jan. 27 at Fiserv Forum. MU (7-14, 2-8 Big East) lost to Bluejays (12-8, 6-3), 84-63, on Dec. 20 in Omaha, Nebraska. Advertisement More: Marquette’s Damarius Owens and Royce Parham are realizing talents Follow along for live …

Week 12’s college basketball action did not knock out any undefeated teams. The Arizona Wildcats, Nebraska Cornhuskers, and Miami-OH Redhawks went a perfect 5-0 and all reached the 20-0 mark. The last time any team reached 20-0 or better was Gonzaga in 2021, who started 30-0 before losing in the national championship game to the Baylor Bears. Now we have …

UConn basketball guard Braylon Mullins officially out for Providence game appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn will be without its starting guard for its Tuesday night Big East matchup against Providence. Freshman Braylon Mullins will miss his seventh game of the 2025-2026 college basketball season with a head injury. Advertisement Mullins is …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs boast the fifth-longest winning streak in college basketball, rattling off 14 straight after getting crushed by Michigan in the Players Era Championship back on Nov. 26. Gonzaga (21-1, 9-0) has managed to win the last three without leading scorers Braden Huff (knee) and Graham Ike (ankle), a monumental feat that is thanks to heroic …

Amid all their injuries, the Kentucky Wildcats have won five straight games. They have a grit to them, an “it” factor, and an athleticism that are all contributing to their winning streak. The best part is they haven’t peaked yet or played their best basketball. The Wildcats’ best basketball will be required this week with a two-game road trip that …

Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Tipoff Time: 8:30PM ET Location: Hope Coliseum — Morgantown, West Virginia Broadcast Information Channel: FS1 Streaming: Fox Sports (TV provider login required) Announcers: Jake Eisenberg and Nick Bahe Advertisement Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | SiriusXM Channel 390 and Streaming Channel 980 | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android) Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi (PBP), Brad Howe (analyst), David Kahn …

Freshman superstar AJ Dybantsa had the worst shooting night of his college career, maybe his entire basketball-playing career, in No. 13 BYU’s 86-83 loss to No. 1 Arizona on Monday night in front of more than 18,000 fans at the Marriott Center. After going a frosty 6 of 24 from the field and 1 of 8 from 3-point range, however, …

Typically we take a look at the stats following a game for our ‘By the Numbers’ series but moving forward we will start mixing in a preview that takes a look at some important numbers heading into each matchup the Boilers will have. This first installment will feature a big game for the Boilers as they hit the road to …

Texas Longhorns projected as last four in for NCAA Tournament originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. As of late January, the Texas Longhorns are experiencing a challenging season in the SEC. They currently sit in the middle of the conference standings with a record just above .500, as they …

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Jon Scheyer entered January seemingly grappling a bit with exactly how to bring out the best from his remade roster. He’s found answers as the fourth-ranked Blue Devils close the month in dominating fashion. Advertisement The Blue Devils are mauling teams with their frontline led by star freshman Cameron Boozer, both when it comes to …

Nebraska has done everything anyone could have asked through 20 games, an unbeaten start that includes wins at ninth-ranked Illinois and a thrilling home victory over seventh-ranked Michigan State. Now, there is a whole lot more being asked of the Cornhuskers. Advertisement They take their 24-game win streak dating to last season into a trip to No. 3 Michigan, the …

The Kentucky Wildcats begin a challenging stretch of SEC contests when they travel to Nashville tonight to face the Vanderbilt Commodores. Collin Chandler has been making key shots for the Wildcats during their five-game winning streak. I explain why we’re keying on him to make important plays again in my Kentucky vs Vanderbilt predictions and college basketball picks for Tuesday, …

Survive and advance. It’s never too early to start adopting the mantra. That’s what the Buckeyes did Monday night at home against Penn State, seeig an 18-point halftime lead become just a single point-lead midway through the second half. Led by John Mobley Jr.‘s 25 points and five threes, though, the Buckeyes regrouped and held off the Nittany Lions, 84-78, …

One of three teams still without a loss in college basketball, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will face their toughest test yet when they hit the road to battle the third-ranked Michigan Wolverines tonight. Michigan has just one loss on the season, and the books have it as a hefty 10.5-point home favorite. Advertisement My Nebraska vs Michigan predictions and college basketball …

USC men’s basketball and Iowa men’s basketball have had very similar seasons. Both squads have double digit wins (USC 15, Iowa 14) and only 5 losses, both largely dominated non conference play, both have some big wins, but both have struggled to beat ranked Big Ten teams. 3 of the Trojans’ 5 losses are against ranked Big Ten teams. 3 …

This past week was a weird one for upsets. We didn’t get any huge, unexpected upsets of top-tier teams. But we did have some small underdogs pull through on their opponent’s home floor, such as UNC beating Virginia, Texas Tech beating Houston, and Illinois beating Purdue. Let’s see what this week brings! Kentucky over Vanderbilt Jan 21, 2026; Lexington, Kentucky, …

UConn men’s basketball (19-1, 9-0) will look to keep things rolling in Big East play as the Huskies host Providence (9-11, 2-7) in Storrs on Tuesday night at Gampel Pavilion. The Friars rank No. 75 in KenPom, with the No. 27 offense in the country, No. 203 defense and rank 95th in the NET. The team has struggled heavily in …

As March Madness inches ever closer, we offer our latest attempt to project the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field. While four different conferences are still represented on the No.-1 seed line, the upper quadrant of the bracket skews heavily toward the Big Ten. For now the top regional seeds are unchanged from our previous installment of bracketology. Arizona has the …

It has been nearly five years since Michigan basketball found itself in this type of matchup. The No. 2 Wolverines (18-1, 8-1 Big Ten) host No. 5 Nebraska (20-0, 9-0) in a top-five showdown on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Crisler Center. The last time U-M participated in a top-five matchup was March 2, 2021, when No. 2 U-M fell to …

With college football season over and the Super Bowl only two weeks away, many of the country’s sports fans will adopt what has become a familiar routine over the years — digging into men’s college basketball and counting down the days to the start of the NCAA tournament. At least some of the excitement and joy from the madness of …