College Basketball

Vanderbilt basketball has moved into the top 10 of the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after winning its SEC opener against South Carolina. The Commodores are ranked No. 10 in the latest poll, moving up one spot from No. 11. Advertisement Vanderbilt defeated South Carolina, 83-71, on the road in its conference opener despite being without Duke Miles and Frankie Collins. …

For the first time this season, Florida basketball finds itself outside of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25. The campaign began with high hopes as the Gators looked to defend their national title, but a brutal non-conference schedule combined with a transfer backcourt that has not lived up to its potential has the Orange and Blue reeling entering …

This is the first edition of Mountain West Basketball Team of the Week. Every week, I will be naming a team that performed the best throughout the week. This week, Nevada did a difficult thing and went on the road twice and came out with two victories. Advertisement For the final game of 2025, the Wolf Pack traveled to Fort …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kara Lawson stepped into the partially walled room underneath Syracuse’s JMA Wireless Dome bleachers, quickly scanning the oddity. Above her, Duke fans had cheered a fourth consecutive victory, 71-51, that afternoon of Dec. 28. Around her, team staff flurried about the locker room and hallway, rushing to get out of town before that night’s freezing rain preceded …

Conference play is officially here across the country, and the Horizon League featured an extremely entertaining first week of league games. The expected favorites have handled business for the most part, but Wright State has emerged as a bit of a surprise in the early goings. Here is a recap of the first official week of league action. Teams of …

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team will look to add another huge road Big Ten win to their past one when they head to Ann Arbor to face the #6 ranked Michigan Wolverines on Monday evening. Minnesota enters the game 1-1 in Big Ten action after blowing what should have been a home upset of then #7 Maryland at …

Another Quad 1 game. Another blowout loss. The Wisconsin Badgers collapsed in the second half, losing 89-73 to the Purdue Boilermakers in a game that didn’t feel as close as the final score. The Badgers jumped out to a 9-2 score but found themselves down 45-38 at halftime. The second half was an outright nightmare for Wisconsin, as the Badgers found …

Beckett Harrison recently proclaimed that Audi Crooks is championship-ready. Baylor head coach Nicki Collen agreed, and because of that understanding, her No. 22-ranked Bears took down Crooks’ No. 10-ranked Cyclones, 72—70, sending Iowa State to their first lost of the season. Advertisement After Crooks was cooking in her customary fashion in the first half, racking up 22 first-half points, Collen …

It’s never too early for some bracketology. After starting conference play 1-0, here’s where Alabama basketball stands on the road to March. In the latest breakdown by ESPN’s Joe Lunardi on January 3, the SEC is projected to have nine bids in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Advertisement Alabama (11-3, 1-0) is one of Lunardi’s two Final Four candidates. The other? …

LEXINGTON — Even before Andrija Jelavić arrived from overseas, Mark Pope made the expectations clear. “He’s a vet,” Pope said of the 6-foot-11 Croatian big man last July. “He’s been playing against grown men, so he should bring a lot. And I think he’s a really good young man who’s been dreaming about this opportunity for a long time. Advertisement “I …

Duke basketball closes out its two-game road stretch at Louisville on Tuesday, Jan. 6 in what will be a top-25 matchup from the KFC Yum! Center. The No. 5 Blue Devils (13-1, 2-0 ACC) will face No. 13 Louisville (11-3, 1-1 ACC) at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Blue Devils have won the last seven straight over the Cardinals, …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball faced tense moments down the stretch on Sunday night against Washington after leading by as many as 15 points in the second half. The Hoosiers (10-3, 1-1 Big Ten) closed out a 90-80 win by overcoming a poorly timed scoring drought down the stretch that allowed the Huskies (9-4, 1-1) to cut the lead to six points …

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga overcame early shooting trouble to beat Loyola Marymount 82-47 on Sunday night for its ninth consecutive victory. Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and Jalen Warley 12 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which was coming off an 80-72 overtime win over Seattle on Friday night, …

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga overcame early shooting trouble to beat Loyola Marymount 82-47 on Sunday night for its ninth consecutive victory. Mario Saint-Supery added 13 points and Jalen Warley 12 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 4-0 West Coast Conference), which was coming off an 80-72 overtime win over Seattle on Friday night, …

Indiana was favored by KenPom and Bart Torvik entering the game, but this had all the makings of a rough, weird home struggle for the Hoosiers. The team’s been off for nearly two weeks, Washington matches up generally well with Indiana, and most of the focus in Bloomington has been on the football team of late, for good reason. Advertisement …

Indiana men’s basketball came off a nearly two-week break looking like the hottest-shooting team in the country, with Tayton Conerway and Conor Enright combining to go 5-5 from 3-point range in the first four minutes of play. The Huskies were going shot-for-shot with the Hoosiers for much of that streak, though, and led for brief periods of the first half. …

Indiana men’s basketball moved to 2-1 in the Big Ten with a 90-80 win over Washington on Sunday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers had their share of issues, namely keeping the Huskies from scoring or drawing fouls on the perimeter, but ended up scoring enough points in the last four minutes to just win the game by …

Six days ago, Marquette women’s basketball lost their last game of 2025 maybe perhaps exclusively because they missed 14 layups in a seven point loss to St. John’s. They came up with an interesting preventative measure to that idea on Sunday afternoon at the McGuire Center against a Villanova team that came in at 5-0 in the Big East and …

Date: Monday, January 5th, 2026Tipoff: 5:31 p.m. (central)Location: Value City Arena (Columbus, Ohio) TV/Online: Monday’s game will be broadcast on FS1 with Brandon Gaudin and Steve Smith on the call. It will also be available online on the FOX Sports and FOX Sports 1 apps. Advertisement Radio: Monday’s game will be carried on the Huskers Radio Network with Kent Pavelka and Jeff Smith …

Purdue’s first game of 2026 turned into a dominant road victory at Wisconsin as the Boilers defeated the Badgers 89-73. With the victory, Braden Smith broke the B1G career assists record previously held by Cassius Winston for the last several years. Purdue moved to 3-0 in the early stages of the B1G race with a three game stretch against Washington, …

Bill Self hates what Kansas ‘screwed up’ in loss to UCF appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Kansas Jayhawks had their four-game win streak snapped following their 81-75 loss to UCF on Saturday, a game that was also saw the return of star freshman Darryn Peterson from injury. For Kansas head coach …

The UConn Huskies hosted a Marquette team that is one of the big disappoinments across the Big East, winning 73-57 in a wire-to-wire effort, led by 17 points from Solo Ball and double-digit games from Silas Demary Jr. (14 points, 3 assists) and Tarris Reed Jr. (13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks). Alex Karaban and Braylon Mullins had off nights, …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Raven Johnson had 17 points and Joyce Edwards scored seven of her 11 points in the fourth quarter as No. 3 South Carolina held on to win its 18th straight game over Florida 74-63 on Sunday. The Gamecocks (15-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) played a second consecutive game without injured second-leading scorer Ta’Niya Latson and her absence …

Indiana men’s basketball (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is set to take on Washington (9-4, 1-1 Big Ten) in its first game of the new year on Sunday night. The Hoosiers’ last outing was an 81-60 win over Siena at home. Indiana avoided any disastrous performances in the non-conference slate but didn’t pick up any notable wins with Marquette and Kansas …

Why Arkansas coach John Calipari is extra excited after taking down Tennessee appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Arkansas basketball team picked up a big SEC conference win over Tennessee Saturday. Arkansas took down the Volunteers by a 86-75 score. Following the game, Razorbacks head coach John Calipari opened up about his …