College Basketball

The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Villanova Wildcats on Friday, coming off a nine-day break after a 90-60 blowout loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers last week. Wisconsin has seen some ups and downs this season, losing by over 25 points twice, while also having some major scoring bursts. They’ve had problems on both sides of the ball. Advertisement Offensively, …

Maryland men’s basketball gave No. 2 Michigan all it could muster Saturday night. But an in-game injury and ejection, coupled with two rotation pieces being ruled out prior to tip, hurt the Terps’ chances. Maryland ultimately fell to the Wolverines, 101-83. Now, after a week’s worth of rest, the Terps will face another ranked opponent — this time away from …

STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State women’s basketball team wrapped up non-conference play with an 11-2 record and will go into Big 12 action on the fringe of the top 25. Now, the Big 12 schedule awaits, beginning at Cincinnati at 1 p.m. Sunday. Advertisement Overall, OSU’s league schedule includes four games against the league’s three top teams — TCU, Iowa …

Seton Hall (10-1) at Providence College (7-5) The Pirates will engage in their first Big East game of the season when they meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the AMP. The Friars had three straight victories, including back-to-back victories over in-state rivals Rhode Island (90-71) and Brown (86-79), before they traveled to Indianapolis and lost, 113-110, at Butler on Saturday, …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball spent its pre-Christmas stretch last season learning some hard truths about its standing on the national stage. On the semi-neutral-at-best court of Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Texas A&M dominated the boards in a four-point victory. A week later, on another semi-neutral court in Birmingham, Alabama, No. 2 Auburn ripped the Boilermakers apart in a victory less competitive …

Hornets’ LaMelo Ball dazzles against Hawks in return originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball returned to action on Thursday night and led the Hornets to a 133-126 win against the Atlanta Hawks. Advertisement Ball, who missed the past three games due to a left …

This is a very important year for LSU Tigers head coach Matt McMahon, as it could be his last year to make significant progress with the Men’s Basketball team, or else new athletic director Verge Ausberry could look to go in a different direction. The Tigers have yet to be ranked in the Top-25 during his tenure and have not …

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jeremiah Wilkinson tied his career high with 26 points and No. 25 Georgia beat Western Carolina 112-82 on Thursday night in the Bulldogs’ first game after moving into the AP Top 25. Georgia (10-1), which leads the nation in scoring at 98.3 points per game, topped 100 points for the fifth time in 11 games. Advertisement …

• What: Michigan State vs. Oakland • When: Noon, Saturday • Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit • TV/Radio: Big Ten Network/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 195 Advertisement • Records/Rankings: MSU is 10-1 and ranked No. 9 in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Coaches poll, No. 10 in the NET rankings used by …

It’s a weird week of Big Ten hoops. A few teams still have high-major games left to play while others are dashing for the cupcake buffet, their resume-building opportunities firmly in the rearview mirror. As we go further into the holiday season, there’s more and more days without basketball at all. Advertisement Thursday was one such day. Luckily for the …

What better way to renew a rivalry than to play a college basketball game at a place that’s never hosted one before? That’s how Penn State basketball and Pitt, after not playing each other since 2017, will add another chapter on Dec. 21, when the teams tip off inside the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa., the first time the multi-purpose …

Injuries have been a major factor for the 19th-ranked Texas Tech basketball team so far this season. It will remain the case for the rest of the way. Grant McCasland provided an injury update to center Luke Bamgboye, the VCU transfer who left Tuesday’s game against Northern Colorado with an apparent leg injury. Bamgboye stayed down on the court holding …

The Big Ten had three games on Wednesday, highlighted by two matchups in Los Angeles. Fortunately, the league went on to sweep all three. Let’s take a look at what happened. –UCLA Bruins 90, Arizona State Sun Devils 77 After last weekend’s loss to Gonzaga, Bruin fans were hoping UCLA could get back on track against an old foe in …

Olivier Rioux is in the record books again. The 7-foot-9 Florida redshirt freshman became the tallest player to ever score in a college basketball game when he tallied his first two career points Wednesday in a 102-61 win over Saint Francis. Advertisement Rioux dunked with 42 seconds left and the crowd at the Stephen O. Connell Center erupted. “We were …

Timberwolves news: Chris Finch’s ‘horrendous’ 3-word message after brutal loss to Grizzlies appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Minnesota Timberwolves lost 116-110 to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Amidst all that, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was frustrated during the home loss and expressed it after the game, according to Timberwolves beat writer …

Filter asked this question back in 2002. Where Do We Go From Here? was a minor hit for them and like a lot of early 2000s prog/alt rock sort of tried to make some deeper points without really coalescing into something more meaningful. That is sort of where it seems like Xavier is right now. This team had been putting …

In a marquee nonconference matchup at a neutral site, 21st-ranked Auburn (8-3) will clash Saturday with No. 6 Purdue (10-1) in Indianapolis on Peacock. For both teams, this will mark the second-to-last game before they begin scheduling exclusively within conference for the remainder of the regular season. Advertisement It’s been a week since their most recent games. The Boilermakers rolled …

LOS ANGELES — Is the Arizona State men’s basketball team a contender or a pretender? Or something in between. The Sun Devils have won the games they’re supposed to win, and even a few that one would consider a toss-up. They ventured into former Pac-12 territory for what looked to be a litmus test against one of the marquee brands …

A look at team free throw shooting shared here earlier this season revealed remarkable across-the-board efficiency, with virtually every ACC squad converting at least 70 percent of its foul shots for several years now. This proclivity included 17 of 18 league teams in 2025, the exception being 17-17 Georgia Tech at .687 on 627 free throws, 18.44 attempted per game. …

Gonzaga star Braden Huff’s insane start vs. Campbell puts him alone in last 20 years with Bulldogs appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 7 Gonzaga Bulldogs (11-1) made it look easy Wednesday night, cruising to a 98-70 win over the Campbell Fighting Camels (2-10) at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. …

After Marquette opened its Big East portion of the schedule against Georgetown on Wednesday, Dec. 17, it felt like a good time to look back at the Golden Eagles’ first 12 games and also look further ahead into conference play. Have a question about Marquette’s season, its schedule, opponents, players or coach Shaka Smart? Ask beat reporter Ben Steele, who …

With the December Big Ten games and most of the non-conference season in the books, it is a good time to re-evaluate preseason expectations and see where Illinois stacks up in the conference. Please note that these are not power rankings (if they were, UCLA and Oregon would be much lower and Nebraska much higher), but an estimation of where …

The crowd couldn’t believe what it had just witnessed. Donovan Dent’s crossover move left a helpless defender watching from behind as he accelerated toward the basket, fans unleashing audible admiration even before the UCLA point guard completed the play with a driving layup. Advertisement Poor Noah Meeusen and everyone else who tried to stop Dent. They were overmatched by the …

University of Colorado officials closed their basketball arena to the public Wednesday night because of weather-related hazards, forcing its men’s basketball team to play in an empty building during an 84-73 win Dec. 17 against Portland State. Colorado made the announcement before the game as wind gusts reached an estimated 96 mph near Boulder, whipping up debris, snapping trees and …

SAN DIEGO – During the week head coach Brian Dutcher likened San Diego State’s games with Air Force to ‘a trip to the dentist.’ After gritting their teeth through the first half, the Aztecs earned their lollipop with a 81-58 win over the Falcons on Wednesday night at Viejas Arena. BJ Davis scored 13 of his 19 points over a …