College Basketball

photo courtesy of UNM Athletics Game Preview – March 4, 2026 Game Details Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Venue: The Pit (University Arena) – Albuquerque, NM Radio: Lobo Radio Network (Rob Portnoy, Hunter Greene) Previous Meeting (2025–26 Season) The final stretch of the Mountain West season heats up Wednesday night as the New Mexico Lobos host the Colorado State Rams …

Two weeks ago, it wasn’t even a guarantee that John Mobley Jr. would be able to play against Purdue on Sunday. 21 points and two taped fingers later, the sophomore guard was the catalyst in helping the Ohio State Buckeyes snag its biggest win of the season. Advertisement The Buckeyes (18-11, 10-8) defeated the No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers (22-7, 12-6) …

The 2026 NCAA basketball tournament is just two weeks away. March Madness tips off with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio from March 17-18. From there, 68 teams will battle to reach the national championship game on April 6 in Indianapolis during the Final Four. Advertisement Conference tournaments are already in swing as teams look to qualify for March Madness. …

March is officially here, which means it’s only a matter of time before the madness ensues. With ACC Tournament seeding still in play, the UNC men’s basketball team is hoping for one final, successful week to close out its regular season. North Carolina (23-6, 11-5 ACC) hosts Clemson on Tuesday for Senior Night. The winner of this matchup earns sole …

No. 25 Tennessee (20-9, 10-6 SEC) has two basketball games remaining in the 2025-26 regular-season. The Vols have one home and one away contest remaining in regular-season play: at South Carolina and versus Vanderbilt. Advertisement The SEC Tournament will be contested March 11-15 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is scheduled for March 15, while …

Legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski retired from coaching in 2022, but he still has plenty of opinions on the current state of the game. Krzyzewski spoke out against NCAA tournament expansion Monday, calling the idea “a big mistake.” Krzyzewski’s expanded on those thoughts during an appearance on Jeff Goodman’s “The Field of 68: After Dark” show. When asked about …

It’s officially March, which means it’s time to crown champions. Conference tournaments tip off this week, with all four power conferences beginning play on Wednesday. The championship games are spaced out for optimum viewing on Sunday. Not only are titles and automatic bids on the line, but so, too, are seed lines and at-large candidacies. Here’s what we’re watching from …

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 Tipoff Time: 8:00PM ET Location: Bramlage Coliseum — Manhattan, Kansas Broadcast Information Channel: ESPN+ Streaming: ESPN app (with valid ESPN+ subscription) Announcers: Ben Boyle, Stan Weber, Sophie Smith and Hannah Whetstone Advertisement Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | SiriusXM Channel 382 and Streaming Channel 982 | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android) Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi and Brad …

BYU Basketball’s penultimate game of the regular season is Tuesday night at Cincinnati. The BYU Cougars dropped out of the AP Top 25 this past week after dropping their last two games, and three of the last four. BYU last played on Saturday at West Virginia, where they were bested by a final score of 79-71. The Cougars are 20-9 …

The final week of the Big Ten’s regular season is underway. Tonight, in Champaign, the Fighting Illini of Illinois (22-7, 13-5) look to get the train back on the tracks when they take the court against the Oregon Ducks (11-18, 4-14). After starting the season 20-3, Illinois has lost two in a row and four of six (three in overtime) …

How do you approach your March Madness bracket? Does history guide your pen? Are you haunted by ghosts of flops from years past? If so, you’re naturally wary of the Arizona Wildcats. They’re a persistent March fizzler. Advertisement Can Arizona win it all? Why these 11 teams could dominate March Madness Bracketology: March Madness projection has changes on bubble Never …

There’s hardly any margin for error on the road in the Big 12, but if there was any breathing room for Iowa State, Arizona made sure to take it away. The Wildcats imposed themselves throughout, with a suffocating defensive effort that kept the Cyclones clamped in their 73-57 loss to Arizona on March 2. Advertisement Tamin Lipsey paced the Cyclones …

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas basketball will close out its home slate against its fiercest rival. The No. 19 Razorbacks (21-8, 11-5 SEC) host Texas on Wednesday, March 4, looking to put a bow on what’s been an exceptional season inside Bud Walton Arena. The Hogs have only lost once in their home gym and they have impressive victories over a number …

Minutes after his team lost to Michigan last month, Purdue coach Matt Painter offered a mildly spicy prediction that almost could be interpreted as a national championship pick. “They ain’t losing four games,” Painter said of Michigan. Advertisement Maybe not, but days later, Michigan lost its second game to fellow frontrunner Duke and surrendered the No. 1 ranking. March Madness power …

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VILLANOVA, Pa. — Villanova starting forward Matt Hodge has a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. Hodge was hurt Saturday night during an 89-57 loss at then-No. 15 St. John’s, and Villanova announced Monday that further testing revealed the injury requires surgery. Advertisement The native of Belgium started 29 games in his …

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova starting forward Matt Hodge has a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. Hodge was hurt Saturday night during an 89-57 loss at then-No. 15 St. John’s, and Villanova announced Monday that further testing revealed the injury requires surgery. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The native of Belgium started 29 …

CINCINNATI — It figured when BYU’s basketball team lost star guard Richie Saunders to a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 14 that the already-thin Cougars would struggle to replace the senior’s production on the court. However, filling the leadership void in Saunders’ absence has proven to be just as difficult for coach Kevin Young, as the program that began the …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer sat at the microphone for top-ranked Duke’s postgame news conference, listening to his coach break down a win that secured the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Yet something else commanded attention as Jon Scheyer spoke: the pair of long, thick and inflamed scratches wrapped around the star freshman’s exposed right shoulder following Monday …

We were a little wary about the trip to Raleigh, because State is a tough place to play. And when Ven-Allen Lubin opened with a dunk and Darrion Williams hit a couple of early shots, it looked like it might be one of those nights. Didn’t last long. Advertisement Behind a great first offensive half from Dame Sarr, who racked …

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke basketball claimed the 2025-26 ACC regular season championship following its 93-64 dismantling over N.C. State on Monday night at the Lenovo Center. It marks the second-straight year the No. 1 Blue Devils (28-2, 16-1 ACC) and head coach Jon Scheyer have secured the league’s regular season title. Duke clinched a share of the title following its …

Duke’s Cameron Boozer looks like he fought Wolverine during NC State game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Cameron Boozer added a few “tiger stripes” to his resume Monday night. Advertisement The Duke freshman standout showed off visible scratch marks on his right arm during the second half of …

The Tennessee Volunteers wrap up the road portion of their regular season slate on Tuesday night against the South Carolina Gamecocks. While South Carolina is near the bottom of the SEC, the task will be tougher than they’d hope for the Volunteers. Per the school this evening, Tennessee will indeed be without their star Nate Ament for the game. It …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee freshman Nate Ament won’t play Tuesday at South Carolina because of a leg injury that knocked him out of the 23rd-ranked Volunteers’ loss to Alabama on Saturday. Ament’s right knee bent awkwardly after he became tangled in a scrum of players in the first half. Advertisement Tennessee officials said Monday the timetable for Ament’s return …

Mikel Brown Jr. played only 21 minutes of Louisville basketball’s loss at Clemson over the weekend after being downgraded from probable to a game-time decision — and giving up his spot in the starting lineup — due to a back injury. On Monday morning, Pat Kelsey said his star freshman point guard is a “little bit beat-up.” Will the projected …