College Basketball

The non-conference portion of the college basketball season is winding down, with just two weeks left before most teams shift into conference play to make a move towards March Madness. There are some statement games left to be played, including a massive slate on Saturday with plenty of marquee matchups, most of the work teams can do to enhance their …

What a night it was for the Ohio State basketball team in Cleveland Saturday night. What looked like a sure loss turned into one of the most exciting comebacks and last-second victories we’ve seen in a long, long time. It was enough to turn the most pessimistic Buckeye fan into a hopeful one, and we can all hope that it …

Well, that was a quite a way to come out of the week off—the Deacs were on fire from deep from the opening tip and used 17 3-pointers to blow out Queens 111-73. This was game was pretty much over at halftime, so this is going to be a pretty quick recap. The story of this game was Purdue transfer …

To look up and down and back and forth across the box score, and this surely must have been a Milwaukee Panthers win. Shots. Rebounds. Turnovers. Free throws. You name it, UWM led Indiana State across the box except two key lines: shooting percentage and total points. Advertisement With its top scorer out for the season, one of its hottest …

To look up and down and back and forth across the box score, and this surely must have been a Milwaukee Panthers win. Shots. Rebounds. Turnovers. Free throws. You name it, UWM led Indiana State across the box except two key lines: shooting percentage and total points. Advertisement With its top scorer out for the season, one of its hottest …

After opening at No. 7 in the preseason AP Top 25, Michigan has surged to a 10–0 start, winning seven straight games by double digits and emerging as the favorite in the latest March Madness and college basketball odds. Here’s a look at the latest National Championship odds, as a new college basketball season tipped off last month. Advertisement March …

The Monmouth men’s basketball team traveled to New England on Sunday, Dec. 14 where it lost to former conference foe Fairfield on a snowy afternoon. It was only a few years ago when a battle between the two teams would’ve been a league game. However, the Hawks (5-6) switched over from the MAAC to the CAA conference and have been …

BLOOMINGTON — Shay Ciezki has a “kill switch.” She’s an emotional player. She takes things personally. And as Indiana women’s basketball was fighting more than it should’ve for every point against Mid-American Conference opponent Eastern Michigan, she knew she needed to find a new gear to put the Hoosiers over the edge. Advertisement “I think, as an athlete, that just …

Michigan State basketball picked up an important win over Penn State on the road on Saturday afternoon. So what did Spartans head coach Tom Izzo have to say after surviving the upset scare of the conference win? Michigan State needed to rally late to survive an upset scare from the Nittany Lions, winning by the final score of 76-72 on …

The North Carolina Tar Heels moved to 9-1 after another home win, this time taking down USC Upstate in the Dean Dome on Saturday afternoon. While they let the Spartans hang around more than they wanted too, UNC eventually pulled away in the second half. A big reason why was the play of Caleb Wilson who scored 20 points and …

Favored by nearly 30 points on Saturday, the North Carolina Tar Heels faced a solid challenge in their return to the basketball court. UNC welcomed USC Upstate, a team that won just six games last season, to the Dean Dome for a 2 p.m. tip-off. North Carolina appeared to pull away early, starting its afternoon on a 7-0 run, only …

Clemson needed a late push to steady itself on Saturday afternoon, but the Tigers found just enough down the stretch to slip past Mercer, 70–63, at Littlejohn Coliseum. After trailing for much of the second half, Clemson closed the game on a decisive 15–5 run to move to 8–3 overall. The win also marked the Tigers’ sixth straight at home, …

LEXINGTON, Ind. — From the first day with Indiana basketball this season, it was very clear that Lamar Wilkerson was going to be a key part of the Hoosiers’ offense. When the 6-foot-6 senior guard is on the floor and humming, we’ve seen great things. He averaged 22 points in Indiana’s first three games, and set an Assembly Hall record …

It is always interesting to see how a team responds after taking a week off for exams. North Carolina came out and played ugly in what ended up being an 18-point victory that was closer than the final score reflected. South Carolina Upstate got the game down to 68-60 with just a little over 4 minutes to go in the …

In Saturday’s ACC Action, Louisville hammered Memphis 99-73, UNC beat South Carolina Upstate 80-62, UMass thrashed Florida State 103-95, Miami took care of UL Monroe 104-79, Notre Dame aced the Evansville test 82-58, Clemson got by Mercer 70-63, Hofstra punked Syracuse 70-69, Villanova dismissed Pitt 79-61, Cal took out Northwestern State 79-70, Stanford slipped by San Jose State 86-82 and …

Syracuse Orange’s basketball season might be trending toward disaster with inexplicable Hofstra loss originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. There’s no excuse. Advertisement Even if Hofstra is a quality mid-major opponent, the Syracuse Orange have no business losing in the friendly confines of their home Dome to them. None. …

Maryland men’s basketball opened its Big Ten slate in catastrophic fashion. It lost 83-64 to Iowa and hit just 17 field goals all game. It needed a rebound, and it got one Saturday. Despite the Terps losing 101-83, they gave the Maryland faithful a reason to return to Xfinity Center in droves with how they fought. Maryland didn’t cower whatsoever …

Saturday was full of reasons for Kentucky Wildcats fans to celebrate, starting with Kentucky Volleyball’s triumphant sweep of Creighton in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals. Craig Skinner’s No. 1 seed Wildcats took down No. 3 seed Creighton, 3-0, in what was a fun afternoon at Historic Memorial Coliseum. Advertisement Kentucky has lost just one set in NCAA Tournament play and will …

No. 22 Nebraska men’s basketball (11-0, 2-0) faced its biggest test of the season on Saturday afternoon, taking on No. 13 Illinois on the road. Despite the hostile environment, the Huskers pulled off the win, taking down the Fighting Illini 83-80. Jamarques Lawrence landed the game-winning shot, sinking just his second three-pointer of the game to hand Nebraska its historic …

The Kentucky Wildcats picked up a much-needed win Saturday night as they knocked off the Indiana Hoosiers, 72-60. There are several factors we could point to that sealed the win for the Cats, but the biggest came on the defensive side of the ball. Specifically, locking down guard Lamar Wilkerson. Advertisement Finishing the night with 15 points on 5-11 shooting, …

LEXINGTON — After Adolph Rupp, Rick Pitino might be the best coach in Kentucky basketball’s rich history. Or it could be John Calipari. Pitino’s winning percentage (81.4) is second only to Rupp (82.2). But Calipari, who stayed nearly twice as many seasons (15) as Pitino (eight) at UK, leads his coaching rival in total victories (410 to 219) as well as …

They tried going back to the zone defense. They tried moving Tyler Bilodeau back to center. Nothing the UCLA Bruins did to combat their lack of rim protection worked for more than a couple of possessions at a time. Advertisement And so a coach known for defense had to watch his team get bludgeoned inside once again while giving up …

SEATTLE (AP) — Graham had 25 points and five assists and No. 8 Gonzaga beat No. 25 UCLA 82-72 on Saturday night to improve to 9-1. Ike scored 15 points in the first half, highlighted by a tomahawk dunk with 8:02 remaining that gave Gonzaga a 23-19 advantage. The Bulldogs took their first lead shortly before Ike’s dunk on a …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 28 points, 20 of those coming during a 14-minute second-half flurry, and No. 1 Arizona roared back from its first halftime deficit of the season to beat No. 12 Alabama 96-75. The Wildcats (9-0) trailed by two points at halftime before seizing command with a 14-1 run, highlighted by Burries making three consecutive …

Based on his pedigree coming in to college, it was presumed by many that Brayden Burries would step on the court and just dominate. Kind of like how Koa Peat did in his first collegiate game and most since. Not everything happens instantaneously. And some things, like Burries’ breakthrough performance on Saturday night, are worth waiting for. Advertisement The freshman …