College Basketball

In a season marked by inconsistency, developing rotations, and high expectations, Kentucky basketball now faces another defining moment. The Wildcats enter Saturday night’s matchup against the Indiana Hoosiers at Rupp Arena with a 6–4 record, coming off a dominant 103–67 win over NC Central on Tuesday. While the victory restored confidence and allowed Kentucky to showcase its depth, the Wildcats …

The Big Ten had two games on Wednesday night and both had significant NCAA Tournament implications. Purdue hosted Minnesota and Wisconsin traveled to face Nebraska. Let’s take a look at what happened. –No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers 90, Wisconsin Badgers 60 This one looked pretty even heading into tip. While Nebraska had gotten off to a great start, Wisconsin had an …

The Red Storm’s Senior Day matchup against the heavyweight Huskies is getting the top-billing venue it deserves. St. John’s announced they will host UConn for a home game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, March 1, the first time the women’s basketball team plays a standalone game at the World’s Most Famous Arena. Tip-off for the matchup is scheduled for …

The North Carolina Tar Heels will host USC Upstate on Saturday afternoon as they return to the court following a little bit of a break. After beating Georgetown on Sunday afternoon, North Carolina continues on with the non-conference schedule here in December. And this is a game North Carolina should win handidly. Advertisement The Tar Heels scheduled this game between …

Roster continuity year-to-year across college athletics is becoming more extinct by the second. In the landscape that is the Mountain West, most programs are “stepping stones” for power programs, given the influx of NIL. What they lose, however, they must replace. Advertisement Heading into the 2025-26 season, Colorado State returned less than 10 percent of its minutes from a year …

Losing four of its last five and sitting at 5-4 overall, Northwestern men’s basketball finds itself at a crossroads. A preseason “on the bubble” squad for the NCAA Tournament, NU was expected to be a middle-of-the-pack conference team that made noise in the Big Ten on its way to earning a bid to the tournament. Northwestern has dropped three close …

Last season at this time we thought things were going badly. They were, really, Xavier only had two Q2 wins, had been pummeled by Michigan and blown a great chance at TCU. Thankfully, the Big East slate was ahead. It was replete with chances to add big wins, stack Q1 and Q2 games, and play their way in. That happened. …

Alabama basketball will walk into its match up against a top-ranked Arizona team less injury bitten than it was for UTSA last weekend. Per a report from Jon Rothstein on Thursday, Dec. 11, Florida State transfer forward Taylor Bol Bowen and Tarleton State transfer forward Keitenn Bristow will be available to face the Wildcats. Advertisement After starting for the entirety …

The Iowa Hawkeyes head to Ames to take on the No. 4-ranked Iowa State Cyclones in NCAA basketball action tonight. Early money has come in on the visitors, with the Hawkeyes shifting from +12.5 to +10.5, but my Iowa vs. Iowa State predictions are going against the line movement. Advertisement Here are my best free college basketball picks for the …

Wisconsin basketball’s standing took a significant hit on Wednesday night, as it fell 90-60 to the No. 23-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. The 30-point defeat narrowly edged the team’s recent 28-point loss to No. 9 BYU as arguably the worst of the Greg Gard era. On one hand, the Cornhuskers are now 9-0 to start the year and are quickly ascending in …

Trailing only by three at the half, Minnesota was blown out in the final 20 minutes, losing to #6 Purdue 85-57 in West Lafayette. Jalen Crocker-Johnson and Langston Reynolds combined for 17 points in the first half and the Gophers were keeping things close with the Boilermakers trailing just 32-35 on the road. But Purdue opened the 2nd half with …

With an entire week to celebrate its hard-fought victory over Cincinnati in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout, Xavier will try to end the non-conference portion of the regular season on a high note against Missouri State Dec. 12. If you rewind to a month ago, it would’ve been difficult to find any Xavier fan or basketball prognosticator to predict that …

Remember when I said I expected the Wisconsin Badgers to give a better effort against Nebraska than against BYU? You can throw that out the window. In the worst loss of Greg Gard’s tenure, the Badgers fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 90-60 in a game where Wisconsin was outfought from the first half onward. It was a combination of poor …

The Boilers started off slow in their B1G home opener but looked more like itself in the second half as they started on a 21-0 run. That would inevitably turn into a 48-19 start to the second half when Head Coach Matt Painter put his walk-ons in the game with 2:04 remaining. Purdue was a blistering 1.846 points per possession …

Photo Courtesy of UNM Atletics Lobos Earn First Top-25 Road Victory Since 2023 Mountain West Connection – Postgame ReportBy Roger A. Holien Preview RICHMOND, Va. – In what may stand as one of the signature victories of the Eric Olen era, New Mexico traveled across the country and stunned VCU 81–78 on Wednesday night inside the always-hostile Siegel Center. Advertisement …

As you’re reading this, it’s Thursday morning, December 11th, 2025. This week is Finals Week at Marquette University, and with Wednesday’s exams in the books, we’re officially past the halfway point. If you’re familiar with the traffic around campus at the end of fall semester, you know that today is the first big day of students packing up and exiting …

Wisconsin basketball suffered the most lopsided loss of the Greg Gard era on Wednesday night, as it fell 90-60 to the No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska owned nearly every meaningful statistical category, shooting 54% from the field to Wisconsin’s 34%, making 37% of its 3-point looks to Wisconsin’s 22%, out-rebounding the Badgers 38-32, recording 20 assists to Wisconsin’s 14 and, …

In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Notre Dame beat Iowa 80-65, NC State throttled Liberty 85-45 and Boston College fell to UMass, 76-74. This was the first game Notre Dame played without star guard Markus Burton, who was injured against TCU last time out, and who now faces ankle surgery and, possibly, a redshirt season. Advertisement The Irish did okay without him, …

FIRST HALF ANALYSIS: This game started out with a fairly decent pace. The Badgers took a slight lead early, helped by having 4 assists on their first 5 field goals. Nebraska started off 4-8, meaning this game could have been high scoring. Nebraska took the lead at the under 12 timeout, courtesy of 2 3-pointers by Braden Frager. Both teams …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin and Matt Able each scored 13 points to help N.C. State rout Liberty 85-45 on Wednesday night. N.C. State moves to 7-3 and 6-0 at home, and hosts No. 19 Kansas on Saturday. Advertisement The Wolfpack had a 16-point advantage midway through the first half and led 45-19 at the break. Lubin scored six …

The Wisconsin Badgers are back in action on Wednesday night, fresh off a two-win week last week, as they take on the red-hot No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road. Wisconsin had a nice 85-73 win over the Northwestern Wildcats to kick off Big Ten play last Wednesday, getting off to a hot start at home in a game that …

If the season ended today, Joe Lunardi of ESPN would have the Spartans as a top three seed in the NCAA Tournament. We are still months away from the NCAA Tournament, but it’s never too early to take a peek at how the field of 68 is shaping up. As he does every week, Lunardi has released an updated batch …

PEORIA — A former San Francisco Dons player was named by the NCAA on Wednesday in allegations he provided information on his statistics for upcoming games to help a player on another team make prop bets last season, according to an ESPN story. Dons starting guard Marcus Williams, who started 31 games last season, including one against the Bradley Braves, …

On Wednesday evening, the BC men’s basketball team renews a local rivalry when they face off against UMass in Springfield. Although it’s a low bar these days, the two teams are competing for bragging rights as the best team in the Commonwealth this year. Who: Massachusetts Minutemen (6-3) vs. Boston College Eagles (5-5) Advertisement Where: MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA When: …

To say that things are going well for the Michigan men’s basketball team to start the 2025-26 season would be a massive understatement. The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines are coming off a 89-61 win over Villanova, a game in which U-M dominated, wire-to-wire, which is becoming the norm. Michigan has now won six games in a row by 25 points …