College Basketball

Kansas Jayhawks News The KC Star has the big takeaways from the men’s basketball win over Fordham last night Bill Self was impressed with Trey Kaufman-Renn last night, and had confirmed that TKR will eventually be starting Advertisement We already did one takeaways article for last night’s game but why not two? This one is from the UDK Links! AP …

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 13: Head coach Dennis Gates of the Missouri Tigers men's basketball addresses the media during the SEC Tipoff '26 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel on October 13, 2026 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) | Getty Images Missouri men’s basketball tips off tonight. Shortly we’ll be publishing our first real in-season piece with a …

Gonzaga finally solves Purdue as Davis Fogle delivers breakout opening-night performance originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Gonzaga had encountered Purdue five times in men’s college basketball history. The Bulldogs had lost every meeting. That streak finally ended Monday night. Advertisement No. 15 Gonzaga defeated Purdue 78-72 in Las …

Arizona’s 20-year opening-night streak ends despite 38-point performance against UCLA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Arizona entered the 2026-27 college basketball season ranked No. 5 nationally and carrying expectations of another deep NCAA Tournament run. The Wildcats immediately encountered adversity. Advertisement No. 22 UCLA defeated Arizona 84-75 Monday …

Maryland men’s basketball had a difficult time getting off the starting line in its season opener against Bucknell, ceding the lead on two occasions. But after launching a 21-5 run to close out the first half, the Terps never took their feet off the gas. Maryland overcame a sloppy start and took control in the second half of Monday night’s …

The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils may have started the 2026-27 men’s basketball season with a convincing 84-50 victory over Army on Monday night. However, their shooting woes raised concern among their fans. Duke struggled from beyond the arc, finishing 4-of-22 (18.2%) from the 3-point range against the Black Knights. The team missed all nine of its first-half attempts from …

Photo of Aiden Derkack. Photo courtesy of Rick Roshto RICK_ROSHTO Aiden Derkack and Amael L’Etang led the way for the University of Dayton men’s basketball team on Monday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Derkack finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds. L’Etang had 20 points and 11 boards for his ninth double-double in an 89-58 …

The University of Akron basketball teams opened their 2026-27 seasons Monday, Nov. 2, with the men winning and the women losing. Returnee Evan Mahaffey started and newcomer Kamrin Oriol entered as a reserve in Akron’s 75-61 men’s basketball win over host Louisiana in a Mid-American Conference-Sun Belt Challenge game in the Cajundome in Lafayette. Advertisement The eligibility of Mahaffey and …

We’ve talked a lot about the raw athleticism of Duke freshman Deron Rippey. We got a good look at it against Tennessee, when Rippey shot 9-12, and also got 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds, all in 21 minutes. But perhaps the most insane example of Rippey’s athleticism came against Army. We don’t remember who took the shot, but it …

LAS VEGAS — For all the talk about Purdue basketball’s offseason of change, let’s not forget which truths remain non-negotiable. The Boilermakers still need a reliable, efficient low-post scoring presence. Daniel Jacobsen showed one off Monday night against Gonzaga, tossing one hook shot after another over one of the country’s best frontcourts. Advertisement They also need potent, confident perimeter shooting …

After an offseason of high-profile coaching changes, record-setting NIL deals and endless eligibility chaos, college basketball is, at last, back. Twenty of the teams in the men’s AP Top 25 were in action on Monday night, including a pair of marquee games pitting ranked opponents against one-another.  Which teams pulled off opening night surprises? Which suffered ominous losses? Here are …

The Washington Huskies men’s basketball team’s starting five is announced before the team’s season-opening game vs. the Colgate Red Raiders on Nov. 2 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. | Teren Kowatsch/Roundtable Sports SEATTLE — A 20-point second half from sophomore forward Nikola Dzepina created the separation needed for the Washington Huskies men’s basketball team to take down the Colgate …

The Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team got off to a great start in the 2026-27 season, defeating the Abilene Christian Wildcats 94-59 at the CU Event Center. Jalin Holland finished with a career-high 18 points and six rebounds to lead the Buffs. After a tough first half, Colorado started to pull away after halftime and outscored ACU 58-25 on its …

At one point this offseason, Kevin Young claimed his new-look Cougars would be the “most prolific shooting team” he’d had thus far at BYU. Early on in Monday’s season opener against Ohio State, however, Young’s squad looked like anything but. Advertisement The first 10 minutes of the regular season saw BYU miss 10 of 13 field goal attempts, with seven …

Where to watch Kentucky basketball today: Channel, live stream, time, TV schedule for UK season opener vs. Manhattan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A college basketball blue-blood program, Kentucky will open its season at home with a matchup against Manhattan on Tuesday. Advertisement Entering a second season under …

Oklahoma Sooners suffers historically embarrassing upset loss in season opener appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Porter Moser and the Oklahoma Sooners started the 2026-27 season on the wrong track, suffering a historically bad 68-64 home loss to the East Texas A&M Lions on Monday night. Advertisement Moser has been a head coach …

It is a great time to be a Bruins fan. Their football team is sitting at No. 5 in the rankings. Their women’s basketball team are the reigning national champions. Now, their men’s basketball team has upset No. 5 Arizona to start their season. They took down the Wildcats 84-75 to cap off the Naismith Hall of Fame Showcase in …

LOS ANGELES – The 2026-2027 season for USC basketball is officially underway. It began with an emphatic 95-63 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers on Monday night at the Galen Center, providing the first glimpse of a revamped Trojans roster. Expectations have certainly been raised for the program this year after an offseason spent compiling some of the most notable transfer …

The No. 22 UCLA Bruins defeated the No. 5 Arizona Wildcats 84-75 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. to open the season on Monday. The Bruins will likely jump up the rankings as they appeared to more physical team in a matchup that looked more like a game during March than the season opener. UCLA head coach Mick …

For a mid-major team looking to bounce back from a miserable 2025-26 season, starting on the road against a ranked opponent with 7-footers in the middle was a tough ask. That’s what the Milwaukee Panthers did, though, on opening night of college basketball season Nov. 2 and they suffered the sort of fate one might expect, a 95-63 loss to …

Tounde Yessoufou playing for St. John’s Getty St. John’s started off on the right foot, picking up a season-opening 78-63 win over Monmouth on Monday night. The Red Storm are loaded with talent, more than capable of winning a third straight Big East title. It helps that they’re led by none other than head coach Rick Pitino. Advertisement Pitino made …

If last season taught us anything, the best way to kick start a run to the Final Four is to make an opening-month statement in Las Vegas. UCLA would like to make the claim this time around. The Bruins started the college basketball season with the most impressive outing of opening night, notching the first top five upset of the …

It’s a good thing Oregon Ducks men’s basketball coach Tony Stubblefield is already bald. Because if he wasn’t, this team would certainly cause him to lose some hair. This Ducks team has the ability to look so good in one moment and then, in the next moment, look like they’ve never played basketball in their lives. Fortunately, in the season …

Despite coach Mark Few having 11 newcomers, the No. 15 Gonzaga Bulldogs (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) looked like a group that has known each other for years in this neutral environment at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This team has only had a short time together with all the offseason mumbo-jumbo, yet they look already extremely comfortable with one …

After scoring just 16 points in the first 13 minutes, BYU’s offense woke up in a big way the rest of the game in a 94-83 win over Ohio State on the opening day of college basketball. BYU was down 37-34 at halftime and trailed by as much as 11, but BYU outscored the Buckeyes 60-46 in the second half. …