College Basketball

The Villanova Wildcats had an incredible opportunity in front of them on Sunday. They were in Rome, Italy, to play their first game of the college basketball season against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. With some talented new faces in the lineup — particularly preseason leading scorer Devin Royal, a transfer from Ohio State — things looked like they could …

No special prayers from Pope Leo XIV could help Villanova men’s basketball leave Rome with a victory on Sunday. Playing in the shadow of the Vatican, Villanova — of which Pope Leo XIV is an alum — watched its advantage slowly slip away in the closing minutes against Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish erased the deficit late and handed Villanova …

College basketball is officially back, and there is no better way to celebrate the beginning of a new season than the excitement of the 24 hour basketball marathon. After months of waiting, fans finally get to see their favorite teams return to the court, new players make their debuts and championship contenders begin their journey toward March Madness. The opening …

Arizona and UCLA open in Las Vegas with a rivalry that needs no warmup originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The season is only beginning, but Arizona and UCLA will already share a stage that feels bigger than an ordinary opener. The teams meet Monday at T-Mobile Arena in …

Gonzaga and Purdue turn a season opener into a test of their shared history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A season opener is supposed to be about the possibilities of a new team. Gonzaga and Purdue will have an extra layer to consider Monday: the Boilermakers have beaten …

When: Monday November 2 – 7:30 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ACC Network Extra Opponent: Campbell Camels (CAA – Coastal Athletic Assoc.) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 90-70 / NC State 95-69 Advertisement Excerpts from Coach Gainey’s Friday press conference About coming home to Raleigh to become the Wolfpack’s head coach “I felt like I …

With men’s basketball tipping off in just one day I wanted to get the staff on record with what they thought of this upcoming season. There’s been a lot of change in the roster with Purdue losing 4 starters to graduation in the offseason. So, what does that mean for this team? Here’s what I asked the staff and their …

ROME — Brady Koehler scored key baskets down the stretch and Notre Dame made a late comeback after trailing for most of the second half to beat Villanova 74-70 in the college basketball season opener in Rome on Sunday. Villanova standout Tyler Perkins fouled out with 16.3 seconds to go. He led the Wildcats with 18 points. Advertisement The event …

Villanova starts the season with a bad loss, dropping this one 74-72 to Notre Dame. The Wildcats had countless chances to put the game out of reach, but repeated turnovers, bad possessions and missed free throws let the Fighting Irish hang around. In the end, Elijah Crawford’s mid-range pullup went around and out, leading to two more Notre Dame free …

Notre Dame overcame a six-point deficit in the final four minutes to beat Villanova 74-70 to officially begin the 2026-27 men’s college basketball season. The two Catholic universities met in the Eternal City Tip-Off in Rome in honor of Chicago-born and Villanova alum Pope Leo XIV. Villanova controlled most of the game, but the Irish scored five straight points to …

College basketball is coming off an offseason unlike any other. Between the ongoing saga of the high school class of 2022 playing out in courtrooms across the country and the continued lobbying in Congress for the passage of the Protect College Sports Act — it’s really the give-power-back-to-the-NCAA and take-it-away-from-players bill — it was a mess all summer and into …

For the first time in over seven months, the Kansas basketball team will finally partake in a regular season game tomorrow against the Fordham Rams. Jayhawk fans have already gotten their fare share of KU basketball in recent weeks during the preseason, but there will actually be games that count starting this week. Unfortunately, this contest won’t be broadcast on …

ROME (AP) — They’ve been blessed by the pope. And now it’s finally time for some hoops. The Villanova and Notre Dame men’s and women’s teams are meeting in a doubleheader in Rome on Sunday to open the college basketball season. Advertisement The event, dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off, was created to honor the first American pope. Chicago-born Pope Leo …

Kansas men’s basketball continues to receive plenty of attention heading into the 2026-27 season, and two Jayhawks are earning recognition among the conference’s best players. Ariel Peterman recently released his top 10 players in the Big 12, with freshman Tyran Stokes and transfer forward Trey Kaufman-Renn representing Kansas on the list. Stokes came in at No. 2, while Kaufman-Renn landed …

Indiana basketball opens its 2026-27 regular season Monday night when the Hoosiers welcome Eastern Illinois to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The matchup marks the beginning of Darian DeVries’ second season at the helm of the Hoosiers, with a revamped Indiana roster looking to build on an encouraging three-game preseason that saw the Hoosiers win each of their exhibition …

Arizona’s run to the Final Four included a long list of tremendous performances, but one that might not have gotten as much attention was the win over UCLA in mid-November. The Wildcats trailed by 10 early, only to take a 3-point lead at halftime, then fell behind by eight with just over seven minutes to go and rallied for the …

Much of the magic March Madness churns out every year comes from pitting small schools with names and players few people have heard of against the Dukes and North Carolinas of the world at a time when everyone seems to be watching. What makes it even better is that, sometimes, those teams win. Advertisement But the NCAA Tournament’s most darling …

Indiana men’s basketball’s frontcourt rebuild has been the biggest (literally and figuratively) focus of the Hoosiers’ offseason, but the backcourt issues were pretty glaring as well in 2025-26. The Hoosier guards just weren’t dynamic enough to hang in Big Ten play and, try as they might, both sides of the court sagged as a result. Indiana was determined to fix …

Maryland men’s basketball’s 2026-27 campaign kicks off in College Park Monday against Bucknell. The second year of the Buzz Williams era begins with heightened expectations after the disappointments of the first year. The program is coming off its worst season since 1941, and returning stars and incoming players will look to make that 2025-26 squad a distant memory by the …

Clemson basketball season is here. How do we define success? What are likely outcomes? We dig into it all here as we near the season opener on Monday, November 2. Past 3 Seasons: The past three years have been relatively strong in the scope of Clemson basketball history. Oliver Purnell was the last Tigers coach to reach the tournament three …

The college basketball season will tip off soon, marking the start of a new era. Bobby Hurley is out after 11 years leading the men’s basketball program, while longtime Saint Mary’s coach and Valley resident Randy Bennett is taking over. The Sun Devils have struggled since moving to the Big 12 two years ago, going just 30-36 overall and 11-27 …

The college basketball season will tip off soon, and Molly Miller will enter Year 2 at Arizona State. The Sun Devils made a big leap in Miller’s first season, securing 24 wins and reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019. Now, the program has elevated expectations. Advertisement ASU was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12’s …

Purdue men’s basketball already had a vision of the defensive force it wanted to be in 2026-27 before it went to Hartford on Tuesday. UConn did not thwart those expectations. It merely reminded the Boilermakers what achieving that vision will take. Gonzaga, Monday’s season-opening opponent at the Hall of Fame Opening Night in Las Vegas, steps up as the first …

No. 24 Purdue basketball wastes no time taking on a powerhouse, starting the 2026-27 season against No. 12 Gonzaga in Las Vegas. The Boilermakers got humbled in their exhibition finale against UConn. C.J. Cox, Caden Pierce, Omer Mayer, Daniel Jacobsen and Gicarri Harris started Purdue’s exhibitions. Braden Huff, Xaivian Lee and Massamba Diop highlight the Zags’ roster. Advertisement Here’s what …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will play their first official game as members of the Pac-12 on Monday, when they take on the Purdue Boilermakers in Las Vegas as part of the Hall of Fame Series. The game is part of a double-header at T-Mobile Arena, which also features Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats taking on Mick Cronin …