College Basketball

There are no bye weeks in college basketball, but Arizona has had the closest thing to it. The Wildcats haven’t played since lasts month, technically, with the win Jan. 31 at ASU setting the school record for best start to a season, and when they tip off Saturday at home against Oklahoma State it will be after six days off. …

Tennessee basketball is still evaluating the status of Felix Okpara and Amaree Abram for its next game. The starting center and reserve guard are still day-to-day as the Vols (16-6, 6-3 SEC) gear up for Kentucky (16-7, 7-3) at Rupp Arena on Feb. 7 (8:30 ET, ESPN). Advertisement Okpara has missed the Vols’ last two games with a left calf …

North Carolina will take on Duke in another clash between the two blue blood programs on Saturday at the Dean Dome. North Carolina (18-4, 6-3 ACC), ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25, is looking to get a big win in front of its home crowd to stay in the race for an ACC regular-season title and improve its …

Tonight’s game at Madison Square Garden between the Red Storm of St. John’s and the UConn Huskies is without question the biggest game of the season in the Big East. From the site to the coaches to the game’s top players, this one has all the ingredients to be a Big East classic. The Huskies have won 18 in a …

When the Duke Blue Devils arrive in Chapel Hill in the early afternoon on Saturday, the program will be without a loss to an ACC opponent for 364 days. Since a 77-71 loss at Clemson on February 8, 2025, Duke has won 20 straight games. Two of those 20 were against the Tar Heels. In the 266th meeting between these …

One is random. Two is a coincidence. Three is a trend. So what does that make four? A pretty talented quartet. Motiejus Krivas has been named to the midseason watch list for the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award, given to college basketball’s top center. He joins teammates Jaden Bradley (Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year), Brayden Burries (Jerry West Shooting …

Kentucky basketball ran Oklahoma out of Rupp Arena on Wednesday night, 94-78. The game was never really close and several Wildcats played extremely well — including former Oklahoma State big man Brandon Garrison. The second-year Wildcat and third-year player had by far his best game of the season, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds — with five of those …

The Clemson Tigers picked up one of their most impressive wins of the season Wednesday night at Stanford. Nick Davidson had 16 points, including a pair of go-ahead free throws with 23 seconds left, and seven rebounds as the Tigers (19-4 overall, 9-1 ACC) defeated the Cardinal, 66-64. It was Clemson’s 12th win in its last 13 games. It was …

Maryland women’s basketball’s road trip got off to an ideal start when it upset Michigan State on the road, ending a four-game losing streak. The Terps will try and turn that into a winning streak in Lincoln when they visit Nebraska on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip at 2 p.m. EST and be broadcast on Big Ten Plus. Advertisement …

Anthony Roy was just to the left of the corner of the Oklahoma State logo at center court when he caught the pass. He let the shot fly. It rattled around the rim and through the net. And he continued to make shot after shot. Each one leading to more of a celebration, both for Roy and his teammates and …

The is madness almost upon us. It’s never too early to start thinking of March Madness as conference play intensifies. The Florida Gators (16-6, 7-2 SEC) men’s basketball team is getting to the crux of their conference schedule as they eye a bid to the NCAA tournament. Advertisement Will they be able to improve their position this week? Or will …

Brad Underwood reveals 4-word rule No. 5 Illinois MBB says ‘100 times a day’ in win streak originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. March Madness is right around the corner and the No. 5 Illinois Fighting Illini are right in the thick of the national title championship conversation. Advertisement …

A relatively pedestrian Wednesday slate of games across college basketball was turned on its head by a handful of big-time upsets, none more shocking than Gonzaga’s road loss to Portland, which snapped a 15-game winning streak and can be argued to be the worst loss of Mark Few’s career. Gonzaga came out flat at the Chiles Center, going down 15-5 …

Michigan basketball is chasing history this season. There’s a ways to go, but Thursday, Feb. 5, brought something never achieved before in the program’s 110 seasons. The No. 2 Wolverines pounded Penn State, 110-69, at Crisler Center to improve to 21-1 – the best 22-game start in U-M history. Doing so also nudged Michigan back into a tie atop the …

BIRMINGHAM, AL – Hasan Abdul Hakim has been out for Memphis basketball for more than a week. The senior forward missed his third straight game Feb. 5 with what Tigers (10-11, 5-4 American Conference) coach Penny Hardaway called an unspecified illness. Advertisement Prior to tip-off at UAB, Hardaway told Dave Woloshin, the team’s radio play-by-play broadcaster, Abdul Hakim (6.2 points …

North Carolina will have the tough task of guarding one of college basketball’s best players in Cameron Boozer. At 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, Boozer has been a force for Duke this season. He is the favorite to win the ACC Player of the Year award and is projected to be a top-five pick as a power forward. He is averaging …

Charles Bediako has a new and notable adversary in his ongoing fight to retain his college eligibility and continue to compete for the Alabama men’s basketball team. In an NCAA affidavit filed on Thursday, Feb. 5 in Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Circuit Court, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey asked the court to side with the NCAA’s eligibility rules and rule against Bediako. …

The Big Ten race got a shake-up this week, as Michigan State absorbed body blows at the expense of a direct and in-state rival. Purdue stabilized itself, while Illinois surged to the front of the conference title picture as well. We’re starting to gain some clarity on the bubble both good (Indiana, UCLA, USC) and bad (Ohio State). Advertisement Let’s …

Kevin Willard is not wasting time with one of the top players in the Class of 2028. On Tuesday, five-star sophomore Mason Collins announced that he received an offer from Villanova. Collins was in attendance on Wednesday night as the Wildcats completed a season sweep against Seton Hall. Advertisement Villanova is now Collins’ third official offer. He received his first …

On Saturday night, every college basketball fan’s eyes should be glued to their televisions. UNC-Duke basketball, the greatest rivalry in all of sports, will tip-off from Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels (18-4, 6-3 ACC) host their archrival, ACC-leading Blue Devils (21-1, 10-0 ACC) for a 6:30 p.m. tip, inside what will be a packed Dean Dome. Carolina Blue will take …

Indiana men’s basketball did itself a pair of huge favors last week, with a home win over Purdue followed by a road win at UCLA, the first Quad 1 wins of the season for the Hoosiers. There was a chance for a third Tuesday night at USC, but the loss means that Indiana is stuck with just those two wins …

In recent years, the Northwestern-Illinois rivalry has been described as contentious. Both teams have split their season series the past three years, and NU fans vividly remember the ‘Cats memorable triumph over the Fighting Illini last season at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Northwestern’s demoralizing 84-44 road loss to No. 5 Illinois not only broke that trend by stamping Illinois’s season sweep of …

It was just three years but the era following Jay Wright’s retirement felt like an eternity. Now, Villanova is on its way back up under Kevin Willard and fans should be excited about this version of the Wildcats. VU Hoops is also excited to welcome new contributor Greg Patuto to the team to cover a new-look Nova squad that has …

How do you measure success as a conference? Is it bids to the NCAA tournament? If so, the Big East has long been the standard for sending nearly half of the conference. In the 2022 and 2024 seasons it did that. If you prefer to measure by the metrics, the Big East was the second best conference in the nation …

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A BYU sports team was the target of a derogatory chant in an opponent’s venue for at least the fourth time in a year, and the Big 12 again announced that the conference is looking into the matter. Kevin Young, coach of the 16th-ranked Cougars men’s basketball team, said after a 99-92 loss at Oklahoma State …