College Basketball

John Blackwell’s thrilling buzzer-beater to give the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team a 78-75 win at Minnesota evokes many recent memories of game-winning magic from the cardinal and white. Let’s go back in time and remember as many Wisconsin men’s buzzer-beaters as we can. Though they aren’t all “true” buzzer-beaters, we’ll put the cap at five seconds before a buzzer, …

While we have all been hyper-focused on football for the past several months, college basketball is in full swing and getting into the meat of conference play. Ohio State is 11-5 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play, but is coming off a loss to Washington this past Sunday. It’s shaping up to be another season where the Buckeyes are …

Major news involving the St. John’s men’s basketball staff dropped right before tip-off of Tuesday night’s game against Marquette. First reported by Newsday’s Roger Rubin, the St. John’s men’s basketball program has fired men’s basketball general manager Matt Abdelmassih. Athletic director Ed Kull confirmed Abdelmassih’s dismissal to Zach Braziller of the New York Post. Advertisement In Rubin’s original report, the …

Villanova (14-3) just keeps winning on the road, moving to 5-1 in true away games this year (with the only loss coming at Michigan). The win similarly makes the Wildcats 5-1 in conference play thus far. It was the best bench performance of the season for Villanova, getting 32 combined points from Devin Askew, Malachi Palmer and Braden Pierce. The …

Things are beginning to level out. For the past few weeks Purdue has been slightly behind a few other schools in the pursuit for a No. 1 seed. With Michigan and Iowa State getting their first losses that gap has narrowed. UConn has also had a few narrow escapes of late, making the top 10 very compact. Currently, the top …

How to Watch (and bet) Date: Wednesday, 1/14/26 Tip-Off Time: 7:30 pm PT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR Location: Seattle, Washington Betting Line: Washington Huskies +12 Advertisement Michigan Wolverines 2025-26 Statistics: Record: 14-1 (4-1) Points For per Game: 94.6 (2nd) Points Against per Game: 68.5 (48th) Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 125.4 (7th) Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: 89.4 (1st) Strength of Schedule: 4th …

BYU Basketball is back at the Marriott Center late Wednesday night to take on the TCU Horned Frogs. The BYU Cougars traveled up the road to Salt Lake City to play the University of Utah in its last game on Saturday night. BYU edged out the rival Utes by a score of 89-84. That win brought BYU to 15-1 overall …

#5 Purdue 15-1 (5-0) will host Iowa 12-4 (2-3) on Wednesday night. Purdue is off to a clean start in the Big Ten. Ben McCollum’s first year at Iowa has hit a recent speed bump after a hot start to the season. Iowa has lost its last two games, dropping a game at Minnesota and then at home against Illinois. …

For the first time in this season, Michigan basketball will enter a game coming off a loss. The Wolverines played well offensively the last time out against Wisconsin, but surprisingly it was their No. 1 defense that couldn’t come up with stops against the Badgers. Advertisement Michigan allowed 54 second-half points including a 3-point barrage in what ended as a …

Texas A&M (13-4, 3-1 SEC) dropped its first game in SEC play on Tuesday night against No. 24 Tennessee after holding a lead for nearly the entire game before the final five minutes, as missed free throws, costly turnovers, and poor execution didn’t cost the Aggies in regulation, but served as their collapse in double overtime, losing 87-82. Tennessee is …

OMAHA, Neb. — Austin Swartz scored 33 points, including seven in the overtime, and Creighton took down Georgetown 86-83 on Tuesday night. Swartz shot 12 for 16, including 8 for 12 from beyond the arc for the Bluejays (11-7, 5-2 Big East Conference). Josh Dix scored 15 points, going 6 of 12 (2 for 7 from 3-point range). Nik Graves …

NEWARK, N.J. — Tarris Reed Jr. scored 21 points and Silas Demary Jr. made four free throws in the last 29 seconds as No. 3 UConn extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 69-64 win over No. 25 Seton Hall on Tuesday night. The Huskies nearly squandered an 18-point lead — 42-24 — with 17:20 left to play. …

Baylor Bears earn first conference win of season over Oklahoma State originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Baylor men’s basketball team finally found its rhythm in conference play Tuesday night, using a blistering first half to power past Oklahoma State 94-79 at Gallagher-Iba Arena for its first Big 12 …

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas finally showed what it could do with a healthy Darryn Peterson and a regular rotation Tuesday night. The timing couldn’t have been worse for second-ranked Iowa State. After falling from the AP Top 25 following a second loss in their first three Big 12 games, the Jayhawks roared away from the stunned Cyclones the moment …

Your Georgetown Hoyas traveled out to Omaha to visit the Creighton Bluejays tonight, falling in overtime in maddening fashion, 86-83. Malik Mack led with 17 points and 4 assists, while Julius Halaifonua was right on his heels with 16 points and 6 boards. KJ Lewis’ scoring came alive in the second half to drop 14 points accompanying 6 rebounds/3 assists/2 …

The AP Poll’s week 10 top-25 released Monday, Jan. 12 has Auburn basketball outside once again. The Tigers are coming off a home victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks 95-73. Auburn last week only saw three votes, this week there is an increase of 11. The AP Poll has the Tigers with 14 votes behind Saint Louis (92), Kansas (60), Iowa …

Louisville Cardinals (12-4, 2-2) vs. Virginia Cavaliers (14-2, 3-1) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ESPN2 Announcers: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) and Cory Alexander (analysis) Advertisement Favorite: Louisville by 3.5 Series: Virginia leads, 24-7 Last Meeting: Louisville won 81-67 on Jan. 18, 2025 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville G Adrian Wooley (6-4, 200, So.) G Isaac McKneely (6-4, 195, Sr.) …

After upsetting the top of the preseason order in the SEC in its opening week of league play, Missouri basketball came back down to Earth with a road loss to Ole Miss on Saturday night. Back on its home floor after back-to-back road games, Mizzou gets a chance to bolster its NCAA Tournament case with a midweek game against another …

Let’s get into it. 250ish words on each game below. Thursday, Jan. 8 UMBC 69, Maine 62 -TJ Biel is unbelievable. He’s a sure-fire All-Conference player. There isn’t a single other solid offensive option for the Black Bears, yet he simply willed the team into a competitive performance. He scored 27 of Maine’s 62 points, grabbed 10 of the team’s …

Quick, where does Xavier sit in the Big East table? You know they’ve won twice, hilariously going to Georgetown and winning and then knocking off Providence. You also probably know they’ve been battered by Creighton and UConn and lost a really dumb one to Marquette. Toss in a DePaul loss and you’ve got them at 2-4. Where does that put …

Fresh off a 91-88 win over the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines, the Wisconsin Badgers are hitting the road to face the Minnesota Gophers in a rivalry game on Tuesday. The Badgers finally got the marquee win they’d been searching for with their upset of the Wolverines, which is the biggest upset of the college basketball season so far, as their …

After climbing all the way up to a No. 6 seed and looking like there was a chance to keep ascending, the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team has seen a recent slide cost them some valuable wins and hurt their NCAA Tournament resume. After two straight Big Ten losses to Minnesota and Illinois, the Hawkeyes have little chance to catch …

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo still doesn’t know what to make of the Big Ten this season. After a wild couple of days, it appears as open as ever. as does the opportunity for Michigan State basketball to repeat as regular-season champion. Advertisement “I said in the middle of December, we’d know something. We kind of did. In the middle …

There are 15 more games in Maryland men’s basketball’s regular season. BartTorvik only favors the Terps in two of them: against Penn State and Rutgers. A season with single-digit wins is becoming increasingly possible, if not likely. Watching that caliber of basketball can be unenjoyable — even more so when it takes place late into the night. That’s the case …

The Colorado Buffaloes won three games in Big 12 Conference play a year ago, an extraordinarily down year for Tad Boyle’s Buffs. Through three games of conference play this season, the Buffs were two points away from matching their in-conference win total from a season ago. Behind stars Isaiah Johnson and Sebastian Rancik, Colorado has morphed into an offense machine …