College Basketball

Indiana men’s basketball moved to 10-3 on the season with an up-and-down 81-60 win over Siena on Monday evening in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers build a substantial cushion with an outstanding performance in the first half before a lackluster showing in the second kept them from turning this into another 100-point outing. There’s some likes and dislikes coming …

Virginia basketball had no problem handling its business at home against American on Monday night, cruising to a 95-51 win to move to 11-1 on the year. Freshman Thijs De Ridder led the way with 27 points on 11-of-15 from the floor, while four other Cavaliers scored in double figures. The Cavaliers now have eight full days off before they …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana eased its way past Siena and into an earned holiday break Monday, with a respectable-if-forgettable 81-60 win. Here’s what I liked and disliked, and what the Hoosiers’ win means. Advertisement What I liked in IU basketball’s win vs Siena Lamar Wilkerson stays hot. Another 23 points for the player emerging as Indiana’s most important, as the new …

NEW YORK — For the first time this season, St. John’s is unranked. The Red Storm fell out of the AP Top 25 two days after Saturday’s 78-66 loss to Kentucky dropped them to 7-4. St. John’s opened the season ranked No. 5 but has failed to live up to the lofty expectations thus far. Advertisement The Johnnies are 0-3 …

Tonight, Kansas hosts Davidson in a rematch of the 2008 Elite Eight game the Jayhawks barely won. The bad news is Darryn Peterson will, once again, not be available for KU. The good news is Steph Curry ain’t walking through that door. Time: 7pm Jayhawk Time Advertisement TV/streaming: ESPN+ Line: Kansas -16.5 Davidson: The Basics While Kansas enters this game …

Georgetown suspends Ed Cooley for hitting a child with a water bottle originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Georgetown Hoyas suspended head coach Ed Cooley for Monday night’s game against Coppin State after throwing a water bottle into the stands following Saturday’s loss to Xavier. Advertisement The punishment stems …

Oregon and Gonzaga, two basketball programs you’d think would meet much more often considering their relatively close location to each other, played in Portland Sunday afternoon. It was Oregon’s sixth quad one game of the season, and we’re not even into January yet.  Gonzaga defeated the Ducks 91-82. In those six quad one games, Oregon does not have a victory. …

HOW TO WATCH THE ‘HOOS: Location: Charlottesville, VADate: December 22, 2025Time: 6:00 PM ETChannel: ACC NetworkSpread: UVA -26.5 The Virginia Cavaliers close out non-conference play (well, before the game against Ohio State on February 14th) on Monday evening against American. Advertisement The ‘Hoos tip off on ACC Network at 6:00 p.m. ET. You can watch that on any TV provider …

Tennessee moved up in the latest AP Poll, but not much. The Volunteers, coming off of a blowout win in Knoxville against Louisville, moved from No. 20 to No. 19 this week. The Volunteers snapped a three-game skid after dropping games to Kansas, Illinois and Syracuse. Tennessee won its second straight game on Sunday afternoon against Gardner-Webb to improve to …

The No. 23 Virginia Cavaliers wrap up their home non-conference slate on Monday night as the American Eagles come to John Paul Jones Arena. Last time out, the ’Hoos struggled early on against a feisty Maryland squad, which played well above its quadrant-four classification in the NET rankings. The Terrapins’ swarming defense had Virginia flustered early on, but behind a …

Villanova Wildcats (9-2) at Seton Hall Pirates (11-1) Where: Prudential Center (Newark, NJ) When: Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 7:00 PM Betting Line: TBD How to Watch: Peacock How to Listen: Villanova Sports Radio Network Advertisement Net Rankings: Villanova 29, Seton Hall 36 KenPom: Villanova 28, Seton Hall 43 Torvik: Villanova 37, Seton Hall 43 About Seton Hall: The Pirates have …

The Wisconsin Badgers return to the Kohl Center to take on the Central Michigan Chippewas. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM on the Big Ten Network, and the Badgers are 30.5-point favorites. The Badgers dropped a tough one last Friday in Milwaukee, falling to the Villanova Wildcats 76-66 in overtime. Wisconsin found themselves down 15 in the second half before mounting …

Michigan stretched its lead a bit over Arizona in this week’s voting for the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll, and a previously unbeaten team taking its first loss shuffled the top five. The Wolverines received 20 of 31 first-place votes and are 10 poll points ahead of the Wildcats. Arizona claimed all 11 of the remaining top votes, …

In the 132nd matchup between the longtime conferences opponents, Seton Hall will welcome Villanova to the Prudential Center in a Tuesday night matchup on Peacock. It’s the Big East opener for Villanova (9-2), whose losses came to No. 2 Michigan and No. 10 BYU. The Wildcats are coming off a 76-66 overtime victory over Wisconsin. Advertisement Seton Hall (1-0 Big …

When | 7:00 p.m. CT Where | Enterprise Center; St. Louis, Mo. TV | Fox Sports 1 Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops Kenpom prediction | Illinois -7 ESPN win probability | 31.0% chance The Starters Mizzou G: Anthony Robinson II (JR, 10.8 PPG) Advertisement G: Annor Boateng (SO, 5.4 PPG) F: Jacob Crews (GR, 14.8 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 18.2 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips, Jr. (SR, 8.2 PPG) …

The annual Braggin’ Rights game awaits the Illinois basketball team on Monday night. Missouri is always a thorn in the side of the Illini, no matter who is playing in the game. This is a tightly contested rivalry, and the fact that we meet in St. Louis always brings more buzz to the matchup. Advertisement While the Tigers are 10-2 …

For the Syracuse Orange, the dust is finally settled on all of their out of conference games, and fans certainly have to feel great about how the team is performing so far. Just over a week from now, Syracuse will enter the ACC portion of its 2025-26 schedule with all but one loss. Early on, the Orange have quietly emerged …

In Sunday’s ACC Action, Vanderbilt took care of Wake Forest 98-67, Pitt pounded Penn State 80-46, NC State beat up on Ole Miss 76-62, SMU sent Central Arkansas home 99-82, Purdue Fort Wayne shocked Notre Dame 72-69, Clemson clipped Cincinnati 68-65, Miami beat North Florida 105-67 and Cal clobbered Columbia 74-56. Remember Tyler Nickel? He only lasted one year with …

Wow. There’s no other word to describe Saturday’s thrilling ending to UNC-Ohio State basketball. The Buckeyes led by one in the final seconds, only for North Carolina to respond with more clutch antics. Seth Trimble lost the basketball driving inside, but lucky for him, Henri Veesaar was right there. Veesaar dunked home the loose basketball, capping off the Tar Heels’ …

Through Dec. 20, Sam Houston was one of two Conference USA teams ranked above New Mexico State in both the NCAA Net rankings and the KenPom rankings. Sunday, Dec. 21, was a chance for the Aggies to make a statement, and that’s what they did. NM State (7-3, 1-0 Conference USA) opened conference play with an 87-78 win over the …

Kentucky Basketball may have just found its stride following a 78-66 victory over No. 22 St. John’s on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic. While the team’s success is incredibly reliant on the health of both Jaland Lowe (shoulder) and Jayden Quaintance (knee), the Wildcats had both on the floor for a majority of Saturday’s game, and that version of …

Here’s something I haven’t said much in 2025: Pay attention to the Big 12. What a fun week for the conference as it moves up the pecking order ahead of the ACC. The Big 12 delivered the regular-season game of the year over the weekend between Kansas and Iowa State, as Mackenzie Hare’s buzzer-beating heroics put the cherry on top …

Saturday was an important day for Iowa basketball head coach Ben McCollum. He returned to Des Moines, Iowa, where just nine months prior, he had led the Drake Bulldogs to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. This time around, he swapped the blue tie for a Hawkeye gold one and led his 9-2 Hawkeyes onto the court at the …

What Matt Painter changed on defense to take Tahaad Pettiford away appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Purdue Boilermakers’ current win streak hit three games this weekend following the team’s 88-60 win against the Auburn Tigers at the Indy Classic. One of the key factors in Purdue’s win was the team’s defense …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Berke Buyuktuncel had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for a triple-double and No. 15 Nebraska overcame first-half shooting woes to beat North Dakota 78-55 on Sunday night. At 12-0, Nebraska is off to the best start in school history. Braden Frager came off the bench to lead the Huskers with 17 points. Sam Hoiberg …