College Basketball

What channel is UConn vs. Florida on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch men’s college basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. This year’s Jimmy V Classic, which honors legendary college basketball coach Jim Valvano, will feature a matchup between the last two national champions. No. 5 …

What channel is Ohio State vs. Illinois on? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch men’s college basketball game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Two Big Ten rivals will clash when Ohio State hosts Illinois on Tuesday night. Advertisement The Buckeyes have gotten off to a hot start …

Brandt Dolce of The Champaign Room rejoins me to recap Illinois’ men’s basketball win over Tennessee in Nashville (3:42), discuss Brad Underwood’s offensive template (23:02) and the challenging schedule ahead (34:21), and preview this week’s Big Ten matchups versus Ohio State (41:11) and Nebraska (48:39). We also break women’s basketball’s dominant win against Indiana (61:09), the Illini’s “magic number” (64:35), …

CHAMPAIGN — Ben Humrichous had a quiet, relatively unremarkable stat line in Saturday night’s win over Tennessee, ending the night with a meager two points, five rebounds and an assist. But at least one of his rebounds came in the middle of the second half and was instrumental in kick-starting a run for Illinois as time began to swirl away …

The UNC basketball team is right back where it belongs: in the win column. After losing a tough game to Michigan State on Thanksgiving Day, the Tar Heels responded with consecutive victories against Kentucky and Georgetown. As North Carolina gets closer to ACC play later this month, one thing becomes increasingly clear: this 2025-26 roster can contend for a championship. …

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How much has the BYU men’s basketball program changed, and how far has it moved forward, since Kevin Young replaced Mark Pope in 2024? Tuesday’s nonconference game in the Jimmy V Classic at New York City’s Madison Square Garden for the No. 10 Cougars against the ACC’s Clemson Tigers (4:30 p.m. MST, ESPN) provides a clear answer to that question. …

After four straight losses – the last three of which weren’t particularly close – Kansas State needed a slumpbuster and the schedule delivered Monday night. Mississippi Valley State was picked to finish last in the SWAC again after winning just three games last season and has just one win this season, against the Mississippi University for Women (yes, they have a …

MANHATTAN — If you want to snap a four-game losing streak, all you have to do is schedule Mississippi Valley State. Kansas State found that out with its 108-49 win over the Delta Devils on Monday, Dec. 8, at Bramlage Coliseum. MVSU entered the game ranked as the worst Division I basketball team in the nation, according to multiple metric …

Ah, finally, a week with no Monday games so we can relax a little bit. In fact, it’s a big week of relaxing in the Big East. It’s Finals Week at Marquette and apparently across a lot of the rest of the conference as well. There are just four men’s basketball games before 6pm Central time on Friday this week, …

BYU has its final big test of the non-conference season they travel to New York City to play Clemson at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. The Tigers look like a potential tournament team and would be another quality win for BYU as they look to have a strong non-conference resume come March. Clemson has some BYU and …

Clemson basketball faced its toughest test of the 2025-26 schedule, and came within striking distance of a victory. The Tigers fell in a 90-84 loss to the 12th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the ACC/SEC Challenge, but the loss was not without its promise. For starters, Clemson (7-2) erased a 19-point deficit to claw ahead of Nate Oats’ high-scoring team in …

After the dismantling of Kentucky in Nashville, Tennessee, Gonzaga has jumped up three spots in the Associated Press Poll at No. 8. The Zags received 1,054 total points. In the NET rankings, coach Mark Few’s group ranks No. 4 amongst all college basketball programs. The Bulldogs are 2-1 in Quad 1 opportunities, 1-0 in Quad 2. Advertisement Gonzaga stands at …

Star Alabama guard Labaron Philon Jr. has officially been named as the SEC player of the week for the third time this season. Philon has been nothing short of elite throughout the first nine games of play. The talented sophomore is currently averaging 21.4 points per game while shooting an impressive 56.6% from the field, as Philon has continued to …

LAFAYETTE — This edition of the Ivy Tech Journal & Courier Male and Female Athletes of the Week for Dec. 2-6 focuses on the IU Health Hoops Classic and wrestling meets across the state of Indiana. But which among these athletes will earn the admiration from readers? Advertisement Here are the Ivy Tech Lafayette area Athletes of the Week nominees. …

The Wisconsin Badgers took a major step forward last week. After a somewhat disappointing start to the 2025-26 season, headlined by a blowout loss to BYU and a Thanksgiving tournament defeat at the hands of TCU, the team notched decisive wins over Northwestern and Marquette over the last seven days. The Northwestern win, first, saw backcourt starters John Blackwell and …

The Wisconsin Badgers still sit outside the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll despite a strong week of results. The Badgers handled both Northwestern and Marquette decisively, righting their trajectory after a pair of recent disappointing results in nonconference play. Despite that strong form, headlined by 28 points per game from John Blackwell, the team is still just in …

The opening week of conference play in the Horizon League has officially passed (more on that here). The teams expected to be competing for the title looked good for the most part, and Detroit Mercy, for the week, emerged from the teams expected to be near the bottom of the conference and is tied atop the standings with Youngstown State. …

Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend. Purdue, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1, slid to sixth following its 81-58 …

The latest edition of the AP Top 25 Poll is out and the news is not so great for Florida basketball fans. Last week, the Gators came two points short of upsetting the Duke Blue Devils on their own court in Durham, but instead took a one-point loss. It was a very winnable game in the final minute after coming …

USC men’s basketball’s most recent game against Washington produced a result that the Trojans likely want to quickly forget about. Quincy Pondexter, Desmond Claude and Wesley Yates III returned to Los Angeles and beat USC 84-76 at Galen Center after the Trojans had an 18-point lead in the first half. Claude and Yates III combined for 38 points, Hannes Steinbach …

The past 24 hours or so we have seen an incredible rarity. Purdue, which had never been the No. 1 twam in the AP Poll for men’s basketball until just a few years ago, was at No. 1. Indiana, which had never before reached No. 1 in football and often had not been ranked at all, was No. 1 in …

Big Ten conference play is officially in full swing, but that doesn’t mean that only intra-conference games were played this week. Many teams played important non-conference games as well with some mixed results. With larger sample sizes for all the metrics at the NCAA Tournament Committee’s disposal, it’s time to break down the bracket once again. Michigan – No. 1 …

Auburn basketball escaped its challenging week with a 1-1 record by taking down NC State at home before losing to No. 3 Arizona on the road by 29 points. Keyshawn Hall and Kevin Overton powered the Tigers to a 10-point win over NC State last Wednesday, which helped the SEC earn another series victory in the ACC/SEC Challenge. Overton posted …

Xavier beat UC in the Crosstown Shootout on Friday. This is becoming so routine as to barely qualify as news, but I figured you’d want to remember it. That win was big for the fanbase, the city, and the program. It was an awesome game and will forever be remembered for Tre Carroll’s frenetic circuit of the Cintas in the …