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Where to watch Duke vs. Michigan State basketball today: Channel, time, schedule, live stream for Champions Classic originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A top-ranked men’s basketball showdown will take place in Chicago this week as No. 2 Duke and No. 5 Michigan State clash at the Champions Classic. …

Indiana (3-0) knocked off Syracuse (2-1) for its first marquee win of the 2026-27 campaign. It was a back-and-forth battle, and it certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Hoosiers hit enough clutch shots and came up with enough timely stops to escape Indianapolis with the win. Here are our player grades from the victory (to be eligible, players must have logged …

Northwestern men’s basketball (3-0, 0-0 B1G) defeated Boston University (2-1, 0-0 Patriot) Monday night, 72-55, to keep its season perfect through three games. A concussion protocol kept Jack Karasinski out for the second straight game, but some tenacious defense and transition play were enough to keep the Wildcats afloat, despite some second-half lulls. Advertisement The Wildcats’ key players were Jake …

The Huskies defeated Mississippi Valley State at home on Monday, setting a record in the midst of a 77-64 win. The record in question was team 3 pointers attempted, last set with 37 attempted in a 2015 game against Oakland. Tonight they surpassed that mark early in the second half. They ended up tying the record for team 3 pointers …

It was the late football coach Dennis Green who uttered the now-iconic phrase after his team’s opponent 20 years ago this fall. “They are who we thought they were,” Green said that night. Advertisement It wouldn’t be surprising if Wagner head coach Dwan McMillan said the same words after the No. 4 UConn Huskies routed his team 83-41 on Monday …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue men’s basketball’s season-opening losing skid ended Monday with a 76-59 victory over Illinois State at Mackey Arena. Daniel Jacobsen scored 20 points and Antione West Jr. added 17 in his first career start. Jack Benter also started and chipped in 14 points while keying a game-changing second-half surge. Advertisement Here are three things that stood out …

Purdue came into this game looking to avoid their first 0-3 start since the 1950-1951 season. A season in which they finished 8-14 and 4-10 in conference play. Standing in their way was an Illinois State team from The Valley. Purdue changes up the starting lineup as you would expect with Antione West Jr. and Jack Benter being slotted in …

The Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 3-0 on the young season Monday night by destroying Oakland 109-68 in Coleman Coliseum. Bama shot 63% from the field, and 52% from three. The Tide made 14 out of 15 two point attempts. The Golden Grizzlies fell to 0-4. The Grizzles reside in Michigan, not in California. Aden Holloway made his season debut …

Texas A&M men’s basketball continued its impressive start to the 2026-27 season Monday night, defeating Louisiana-Monroe 108-67 at Reed Arena behind another explosive offensive performance and relentless defensive pressure. The Aggies (3-0) surpassed 100 points for the second consecutive game, led by PJ Haggerty’s 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Jordan Pope added 19 points, while Tyshawn Archie contributed 12 points …

PHILADELPHIA – The Seton Hall basketball did more than win a game Monday night against a decent Charlotte team. The Pirates found a point guard. Junior Mihailo Petrovic came off the bench to spark an offense that had been stagnant through the season’s early going. The transfer from Illinois pushed all the right buttons as the Hall prevailed 68-62 before …

Another day, another dominant non-conference win for the LSU basketball team as the Tigers (3-0) very nearly doubled up Louisiana Tech 90-50 Monday night inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU trailed for all of 10 seconds of game time, and led by as many as 55 points. After getting 10 on the floor in Friday night’s win over Texas …

After trailing for most of the second half, the Gophers scrambled to come back and Bobby Durkin hit a deep three in the final seconds to beat the Cincinnati Bearcats 63-61 and remain undefeated. Kyan Evans did most of the work throughout the game, scoring 26 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and five assists. But it was Isaac Asuma, advancing the …

BYU continues its four-game homestand Tuesday night when Queens comes to the Marriott Center in what could be a high-scoring affair. The Cougs are averaging 101 points per game through two games, and Queens has scored 96+ in two of its three games while allowing at least 95 in all three. The game tips off at 7pm MT on ESPN+. …

Indiana men’s basketball eked out an 83-80 win over Syracuse on Monday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to move to 3-0 on the season. My condolences to any Hoosier fans hoping for a relatively stress-free evening. Neither team built a lead in this one and it stayed competitive for all 40 minutes. The Hoosiers struggled scoring consistently on offense …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Matas Vokietaitis had 26 points and nine rebounds to help No. 7 Texas beat Grambling State 93-62 on Monday night. Vokietaitis, a 7-foot junior, shot 8 for 12 from the field and made 10 of 12 free throws in 23 minutes. He leads the Longhorns (3-0) in scoring at 21.3 points per game. Advertisement Joe Sterling …

Indiana men’s basketball pulled off an 83-80 win over Syracuse on Monday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Wins are far, far better than losses but there were more than a few discouraging signs from the Hoosiers’ first real outing against a high-major opponent. Indiana dominated North Carolina in this same building in exhibition play not long ago at all. …

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Malik Reneau scored 16 points, Shelton Henderson added 14 and No. 17 Miami beat North Florida 89-51 on Monday night. Caleb Gaskins finished with 12 points while Robert Miller III and Somto Cyril each had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Hurricanes, who have won two straight after a season-opening loss against top ranked …

INDIANAPOLIS — A back-and-forth early season nonconference battle fell the way of Indiana on Monday night, in an 83-80 victory for Darian DeVries’ team. Here are three observations at the final horn, from Gainbridge Fieldhouse: 1 / 10 Indiana basketball game vs Syracuse tonight: Hoosiers look to go 3-0 vs Orange Indiana Hoosiers center Samet Yigitoglu (21) goes in for …

The Nevada Wolf Pack men’s basketball team and Saint Mary’s Gaels played a thriller in the Lake Tahoe Classic Sunday in Nevada. The Wolf Pack, of course, is playing in longtime head coach Steve Alford’s swan song season, and the Gaels have entered the post-Randy-Bennett Era, now led by Mickey McConnell, were locked in an early season classic that bled …

The Ohio State men’s basketball team returned to their home court on Monday night, three days after dispatching in-state foe Youngstown State, 89-65, for their first win of the new season. The Buckeyes’ tangoed with Marshall for the third time ever, with the last game against the Thundering Herd coming back on November 25, 2016. That game was during Thad …

LAWRENCE, KANSAS – OCTOBER 25: Melvin Council Jr. #14 of the Kansas Jayhawks looks to pass while being guarded by Dame Sarr #7 of the Duke Blue Devils during the first half of an exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse on October 25, 2026 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images) LAWRENCE, KANSAS – NOVEMBER 02: Leroy Blyden Jr. #2 …

Purdue men’s basketball is not off to the start we were all hoping for but tonight they get another chance to notch that first win of the season. Purdue faces the Illinois State Redbirds out of the Missouri Valley Conference. Way back in 2009 I actually went to a game at their arena. It was pretty nice. My seats weren’t …

Four different teams received a first-place vote in our preseason Other Top 25 poll. That all changed one week into the season as Saint Louis is now the unanimous No. 1. The Billikens won both of their games last week to open the season. They routed Lehigh 92-67 last Monday and then established supremacy in the state with a 90-84 …

Kansas Basketball just suffered a major blow in the backcourt. Melvin Council Jr. suffered a broken foot in practice on Monday. He will undergo surgery to repair the injury and is expected to make a full recovery. Advertisement “Melvin broke the fifth metatarsal in his foot during Monday’s practice and will have surgery in the next couple of days,” Kansas …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mid-Major fans and fans across the country. Yeesh. One week down. No letting up, but as week two of college hoops starts we can’t stop thinking about the happenings of week one. Advertisement Bethesda played three times in …