College Basketball

[ad_1] Fordham Rams (6-5) vs. Bryant Bulldogs (6-6) Uncasville, Connecticut; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Fordham and Bryant square off at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Bulldogs are 6-6 in non-conference play. Bryant is the leader in the America East with 14.3 fast break points. The Rams are 6-5 in non-conference play. Fordham is 2-3 when it …

[ad_1] Murray State Racers (6-2, 1-0 MVC) at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (6-3) Bowling Green, Kentucky; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Murray State takes on Western Kentucky after Jacobi Wood scored 23 points in Murray State’s 73-53 win against the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. The Hilltoppers are 5-1 in home games. Western Kentucky is second in the CUSA scoring 80.7 …

[ad_1] Steve Lutz had an appropriate response when he scanned OSU’s Big 12 schedule for the first time. “Holy smokes,” Lutz thought. Of course, the former Western Kentucky coach knew what he signed up for in taking the Oklahoma State job, but seeing a three-game stretch of at Kansas, vs. Iowa State, at Baylor — which the Cowboys will face in …

[ad_1] CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Elijah Saunders scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, when Jacob Cofie scored all 12 of his points, and Virginia closed the game on a 25-4 run to beat Bethune-Cookman 59-41 on Thursday night. Bethune-Cookman scored 12 of the opening 15 points of the game after Virginia started 1 of 15 from …

[ad_1] CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nolan Dorsey had 19 points in Campbell’s 86-58 win against The Citadel on Thursday night. Dorsey also had five assists for the Fighting Camels (5-5). Caleb Zurliene scored 14 points, shooting 5 for 7, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc. Terren Frank shot 4 of 9 from the field and 4 for 4 …

[ad_1] BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ben Hammond came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points on a perfect shooting night and Virginia Tech beat North Carolina A&T 95-67 Thursday night to snap a six-game losing streak. The 95 points were the most for the Hokies since scoring 98 against Wofford on Nov. 19, 2023. Hammond was 6 of …

[ad_1] IOWA CITY − The Cy-Hawk men’s basketball rivalry has seen lopsided games in recent years. Thursday’s edition was the closest it had been in seven years, making for an exciting and satisfying victory for Iowa State players as they defeated Iowa, 89-80. This was Iowa State’s first victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2014. It was the first time the …

[ad_1] Dick Vitale said he’s cancer-free after his fourth bout with the disease in just over three years. The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst announced Thursday on social media that he got the news after a morning scan. “SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF …

[ad_1] Should there be a reading on the Richter scale Saturday afternoon in the Clifton/Corryville area, it can be written off as the tip-off of the 92nd Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. A capacity crowd of 12,012 is expected at Fifth Third Arena as the Cincinnati Bearcats, No. 22 in the Associated Press and No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches …

[ad_1] A fast start from Texas basketball in its 91-67 win over New Mexico State Thursday at Moody Center did more than quickly douse any upset hopes by the visiting Aggies. It also provided a quick salve for the sting that still lingered from Sunday’s home loss to Connecticut. Texas sleepwalked through the first half of that disheartening 76-65 to …

[ad_1] Curtis Jones dropped a game-high 23 points to lead Iowa State past Iowa on Thursday night. (AP/Charlie Neibergall) IOWA CITY, Iowa — Curtis Jones knows how good the group around him truly is, even if most of the attention at the top of the college basketball world is largely elsewhere. The last six minutes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday …

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arthur Kaluma scored 12 of his 18 points in the first half when Texas took a big lead and the Longhorns went on to beat New Mexico State 91-67 on Thursday night. Tramon Mark added 14 points and Jordan Pope and Ze’rik Onyema had 10 each for Texas (8-2), which shot 59%. Freshman guard Tre …

[ad_1] June 11, 1999: UC and Xavier basketball coaches Bob Huggins, right, and Skip Prosser shared the time before the Reds battled the Indians at Cinergy Field as they chatted in the blue seats near home plate. Ask columnist Jason Williams anything − sports or non-sports – and he’ll pick some of your questions and comments from his inbox and …

[ad_1] Dec. 12—Gonzaga has a love-hate relationship with the 3-point line. The eighth-ranked Zags were on target early with their top two 3-point shooting percentages (41.9 vs. Baylor and 45.5 vs. UMass Lowell) in the first three games. The last month has been rough. In the Zags’ last six games, they’ve made just 29.8%, dropping their overall percentage to 33.7%. …

[ad_1] The Drake men’s basketball team beat St. Ambrose 90-35 on Thursday at the Knapp Center in a non-conference game. Tavion Banks led the Bulldogs (9-0) with 15 points. Cam Manyawu and Nate Ferguson added 14 apiece. Bennett Stirtz filled up the box score for Drake with 10 points, seven assists and two rebounds. Daniel Abreu also was in double …

[ad_1] IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Curtis Jones scored 23 points, Joshua Jefferson added 19 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Iowa 89-80 on Thursday night. Iowa State (8-1) snapped a four-game road losing streak in the series. Nate Heise made a layup with 3:05 left to give the Cyclones a …

[ad_1] It looks like Iowa (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten) has some good injury news ahead of tonight’s Cy-Hawk Series battle against No. 3 Iowa State (7-1). Neither sophomore forward Seydou Traore or freshman forward Cooper Koch were listed for Iowa as out or questionable on the mandated Big Ten availability report prior to Thursday night’s contest against the Cyclones. Traore …

[ad_1] Darlinstone Dubar is progressing with basketball activities but remains in concussion protocol as Tennessee basketball prepares for another big nonconference game. The No. 1 Vols (9-0) face Illinois (7-2) on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET, FOX) at State Farm Arena in Champaign, Illinois. The senior guard did not play in UT’s 75-62 win against Miami in New York on Tuesday. …

[ad_1] AJ Dybantsa, the nation’s No. 1 basketball recruit, is presented at halftime of the BYU and Fresno State game at the Marriott Center in Provo on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News This article was first published in the Cougar Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each week. The scene …

[ad_1] The No. 18 UConn men’s basketball team looks to gain ground in the AP rankings in their game against Gonzaga Saturday. The game against presents a great opportunity for UConn, as Gonzaga was ranked eighth in the latest AP rankings. After falling to No. 25 in the rankings, the UConn men defeated No. 15 Baylor on Dec. 4 by …

[ad_1] Penny Hardaway rubbed his chin and leaned forward, then prefaced his response to a reporter’s question on Thursday by saying he was exercising caution. The question: How much of a defining stretch will the next four games be for his Memphis basketball team? The Tigers (7-2) are gearing up to face No. 16 Clemson (9-1) Saturday (10 a.m., ESPN2) …

[ad_1] Penn State men’s basketball has slowly but surely crept into the national spotlight with a resurgent second season under Mike Rhoades. And if Joe Lunardi is any indication, the Nittany Lions are playing their way into a national tournament berth. In the latest edition of ESPN’s Bracketology, where Lunardi projects which teams will make the upcoming NCAA Tournament, Penn …

[ad_1] (Photo by ALTAN GOCHER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images) AJ Dybantsa decided to play college basketball at BYU, but before that, he considered various other schools including North Carolina. Picture this scenario that Dybantsa experienced: You are the top basketball recruit in the nation and while meeting with the program, the university opts to weirdly invoke the success of their …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — VICE TV is expanding its footprint with several new original sports series, including two that will document the seasons for a couple of famous college basketball coaches. VICE announced on Thursday that it will air six-episode series on St. John’s coach Rick Pitino and Arkansas coach John Calipari starting in February and leading into the …

[ad_1] Arizona guard Caleb Love, shown leaping in the air while guarding UCLA’s Sebastian Mack last season, is the Wildcats’ sole returning player. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Long each other’s biggest basketball rival in the Pac-12, UCLA and Arizona will meet again Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as newly estranged. It will be a nonconference game. …