College Basketball

As the Syracuse Orange limp towards the ACC Tournament, the hopes of getting back to the NCAA Tournament are down to winning the ACC’s auto-bid. Year 3 of the Adrian Autry is coming to a disappointing end and a look at the numbers shows that this year’s team has improved in some areas, while stepping back in others. Here’s a …

The NCAA Tournament bubble chatter surrounding Auburn basketball faded slightly following the Tigers’ win over Kentucky last Saturday. However, it returned just as quickly as it left. Auburn basketball fell on the road to Oklahoma on Tuesday, 91-79, to drop to 15-13 overall and 6-9 in SEC play. Although the game was a Quad 1 opportunity for Auburn, the loss …

Cameron Boozer is getting overlooked — but he shouldn’t be originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. All season, the freshman talk has centered on Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa. Advertisement Peterson’s big shots at Kansas. Even how much time Peterson has missed. Dybantsa scoring 30 a night against ranked …

Indiana is a football school. It’s not even a question. On the same day IU football sold out season tickets in just hours, the men’s basketball team — once the school’s golden goose — lost to Northwestern for the sixth straight time, while Assembly Hall’s balcony seating remained empty. Advertisement Over the past 20 years, Indiana fans have banked far …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Wisconsin Badgers are working the late shift when they visit the Oregon Ducks in an 11 p.m. ET tipoff tonight. Advertisement The Badgers are battling for a Top 4 spot in the Big Ten ahead of the postseason while the Ducks are …

Get ready for a late night, Badger fans! The Wisconsin Badgers travel out to the West Coast to take on the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena on February 25th. Tip-off is at 10:00 PM on the Big Ten Network, and the Badgers are 4.5-point favorites. Advertisement The Badgers earned a major victory last Sunday, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 84-71. …

In a performance that shocked the college basketball world late Tuesday night, the UCF Knights led wire-to-wire and led by as much as 36, defeating the #19 BYU Cougars 97-84 at the Marriott Center in Provo. With the win, UCF improved to 20-7 overall and 9-6 in the Big 12 on the season. The victory also marked the third time …

The North Carolina Tar Heels secured another impressive ranked win on Monday night, holding off Louisville’s late charge for a 77-74 victory. UNC (22-6, 10-5 ACC) built its lead up to 16, shooting over 60 percent from the field at one point. North Carolina finished its night 54 percent overall, while its defense – despite a late near-collapse – kept the …

On Tuesday night, the USC men’s basketball team dropped the first Crosstown Showdown of the season, falling 81-62 to rival UCLA in Westwood. With the loss, the Trojans dropped to 18-10 on the season and 7-10 in Big Ten play. What did we learn from the game? Here are a few key takeaways: Advertisement First half: No offense In the …

No Caleb Wilson, no problem. In one of their most complete performances on the basketball court this season, the North Carolina Tar Heels downed Louisville, 77-74, in a battle of ranked ACC squads. UNC (22-6, 10-5), up 16 at one point, watched its lead dwindle down to two points late. Defense came through once again, this time on the final …

UCLA men’s basketball flat-out outplayed USC in Tuesday night’s 81-62 win. The archrivals met for the first of their two Big Ten clashes on Feb. 24 in what was a crucial game for two teams on the bubble in USA TODAY Sports’ latest Bracketology. The two have been on opposite trajectories as of late, with the Bruins entering Tuesday fresh …

EAST LANSING – Add Braden Smith to the list of opponents to whom Tom Izzo isn’t waiting to give their flowers. Even though the Michigan State basketball coach can’t wait to be done facing the talented Purdue point guard and reigning Big Ten Player of the Year. Advertisement “I’ll pull for him when I’m done playing him,” Izzo said Monday, …

After grabbing two huge ranked wins over teams from the state of Tennessee in less than a week, Dennis Gates still believes his team is early on its timeline of reaching its potential. Considering the fact that the Tigers have found unexpected ways to continue to improve and solidify their NCAA Tournament resume, there’s validity to his claim. The Tigers’ …

As his USC team slid further off the NCAA tournament bubble, falling flat against its fiercest rival, frustrated coach Eric Musselman couldn’t help but lament what might have been. If the Trojans had Rodney Rice, maybe things would have gone differently in his second season. Advertisement “I haven’t really talked about it in a long time,” Musselman said. “But we’ve …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have one final home game in the 2025-26 college basketball season, set for Wednesday night against the Portland Pilots. Gonzaga (27-2, 15-1) lost a stunner in Portland back on Feb. 4, 87-80, in what is unquestionably the worst loss of the season – and arguably the worst of coach Few’s career. The Zags rebounded …

A year ago at this time, Rick Pitino called Zuby Ejiofor his most valuable player, RJ Luis Jr. his most outstanding player and Kadary Richmond his most clutch player. The St. John’s coach was asked for a similar breakdown Tuesday. Advertisement Access the St. John’s beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with …

Scoring an upset win over No. 6 Iowa State this past weekend bought BYU a great deal of goodwill. But just three days later, it’s all gone. The No. 19-ranked Cougars fell 97-84 Tuesday night at home to UCF, and in doing so lost much more than just a basketball game — they squandered all of their existing momentum, along …

SOUTH BEND — This is what you get. When a university pours all its time and effort and finances into your football program, this is what you get. When you refuse to rely on the transfer portal to inject some immediate and needed athleticism and ability into your basketball roster, this is what you get. Advertisement When the best you can do from said transfer portal are recent additions from basketball factories Lehigh and Monmouth, Northern Arizona and Madonna University, this is …

The No. 11 Virginia Cavaliers rolled past NC State, 90-51, in Charlottesville in an emphatic performance on both ends of the floor in their second game on the newly named Tony Bennett Court. The Cavaliers set the tone early with defense, honoring their old coach by holding the Wolfpack to just 19 first-half points (the first “Tony” on the new court) …

Tennessee’s red-hot February came to a crashing halt very late on Tuesday night in Columbia, Missouri. The Vols lost 73-69 to snap a four-game winning streak with wins in eight of their last nine. Ja’Kobi Gillespie led Tennessee with 19 points and six assists. Nate Ament added 17 despite a tough shooting night (5-14). Felix Okpara had a strong game …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 24 points and 13 rebounds as No. 1 Duke beat Notre Dame 100-56 on Tuesday night, handing the Irish their worst home loss since 1898. Duke (26-2, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), playing its first game this season as No. 1, coming off win over then-No. 1 Michigan on Saturday, ended Notre Dame’s …

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jaden Bradley scored 25 points, Brayden Burries had 24 and No. 2 Arizona outlasted Baylor 87-80 on Tuesday night, giving the Wildcats a two-game lead in the Big 12 standings with three to play in the regular season. The Wildcats erased a 10-point deficit early in the second half, then had to withstand a back-and-forth finish. …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 24 points and 13 rebounds as No. 1 Duke beat Notre Dame 100-56 on Tuesday night, handing the Irish their worst home loss since 1898. Duke (26-2, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), playing its first game this season as No. 1, coming off win over then-No. 1 Michigan on Saturday, ended Notre Dame’s …

Indiana men’s basketball lost a game it needed to win tonight, and it did so in horrifying fashion, as all of the team’s worst tendencies cost it a winnable game and potentially an NCAA Tournament berth. Cold shooting, being out-rebounded, fading in the second half, and the lack of interior offense are all familiar themes to this season, usually keeping …

Every night is a battle in the Southeastern Conference, and tonight was no different when Kentucky Basketball took the floor against the South Carolina Gamecocks. While Kentucky was expected to win, South Carolina didn’t go down without a fight. The two traded blows from the first tip until late in the second half when the Wildcats managed to pull away …