College Basketball

Illinois, for the second time in three games, faced a top-5 opponent away from State Farm Center and walked out a winner, The Illini worked the inside-out game and hit the boards hard in the first half on Sunday in Lincoln. Nebraska, to its credit, started out hitting three-pointers like it was throwing paper into a wastebasket, hitting four of …

In Tuesday’s ACC Action, Virginia dismissed Pitt 67-47 and NC State slipped by SMU 84-83. And that was one of the best endings of this ACC basketball season. SMU led for most of the game but the Pack caught up and passed the Mustangs with 10:57 to play. State built an 11 point lead but SMU wasn’t ready to roll …

The Iowa Hawkeyes, are sitting at 16-5 & 6-4 in conference play after a convincing win at Oregon. Though the Ducks were down their two leading scorers, the Hawks played a solid game wire-to-wire, trailing just 1:39. Ben McCollum has done something through 3 games out west, where we have seen other Hawkeye outfits struggle. Football is 0-2 in their …

If you’re going to get ejected, you might as well get your money’s worth. That’s exactly what Chris Beard did on Tuesday night in Knoxville. With his team seeing the game slip away late in the second half, Beard decided to tell the refs exactly what he thought about a growing free throw deficit. Tennessee ended up taking 34 free …

The Arizona Wildcats play host to the Kansas State Wildcats, hoping to snap a 6-game losing streak. It’s the longest skid for the UA (10-11, 1-9 Big 12) since dropping the final seven games of the 2017-18 season. Kansas State (12-11, 5-5) is making its first visit to Tucson, having won at ASU on Sunday. Advertisement Arizona will again be …

EAST LANSING — One month into 2026, and one month from March Madness, Michigan State basketball finds itself in a familiar situation. February Fluctuation. Coming off last week’s frustrating home loss to No. 2 Michigan, the No. 10 Spartans head to Minnesota on Wednesday, Feb. 4 (7 p.m., Big Ten Network), with one thing in mind. Advertisement “Just moving on,” …

LOS ANGELES — Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries isn’t in a hurry to make another change to the starting lineup. The Hoosiers (15-8, 6-6 Big Ten) welcomed back Tayton Conerway to the floor in a 81-75 loss to USC on Tuesday night, but he came off the bench with Nick Dorn remaining in the starting five. Advertisement Dorn is likely to …

NC State basketball HC Will Wade fires back at doubters after toppling SMU appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. NC State basketball answered its critics Tuesday night with a defining road statement, using resilience and execution to reshape the narrative surrounding its season. Advertisement The Wolfpack defeated the SMU Mustangs 84–83 at Moody …

LOS ANGELES — In just his fifth collegiate game, freshman Alijah Arenas scored a career-high 29 points and Kam Woods scored 18 points and USC held off Indiana 81-75 on Tuesday night in a frenzied finish. Arenas, who entered with 30 points scored this season, shot 9 of 23 — including 3 of 9 from 3-point range — and made …

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The USC Trojans men’s basketball team defeated the Indiana Hoosiers, 81-75, at Galen Center on February 3rd, 2026 and the Sporting Tribune’s Paige Creason was there to capture the following TST Images. USC Trojans forward Ezra Ausar (2) reacts during the men’s college basketball game against the Indiana Hoosiers, Tuesday February 3rd, 2026 at Galen Center …

After USC leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara went down early in the second half with what appeared to be a knee injury, freshman Alijah Arenas knew what he needed to do. When Trojan starters Ezra Ausar and Jacob Cofie fouled out late in the second half, nothing changed. USC’s game against Indiana (15-8, 6-6 Big Ten) Tuesday night at the Galen …

BOYS BASKETBALL De Pere 88, Ashwaubenon 66 DE PERE – Will Krueger hit eight 3-pointers en route to a 37-point night as the Redbirds pulled away in the second half in Fox River Classic Conference action. Advertisement Also scoring in double figures for De Pere were Silas Cohen with 17 points, Jack Bookter with 12 and Javon Miller with 11. …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nate Ament scored 26 of his 28 points in the second half to lead No. 25 Tennessee to its fourth consecutive victory Tuesday night with an 84-66 win over Mississippi. The Volunteers (16-6, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) led 67-51 with 6:15 left when Rebels guard AJ Storr had the ball stripped from him and was called for …

UConn men’s basketball’s “Pitino Week” kicked off in thunderous fashion Tuesday, as the Huskies dominated Xavier, 92-60, posting its largest margin of victory in a conference game this season and a season sweep of Richard Pitino’s squad. The Huskies stretch their win streak to 18 games and remain perfect thus far in Big East play. The last time these two …

Iowa basketball star Bennett Stirtz was unstoppable on Sunday. In the Hawkeyes 84-66 win over the Oregon Ducks, Stirtz poured in 32 points on an incredibly efficient 12-15 shooting from the field. He added seven assists and two steals, while ot committing a single turnover all night despite playing 38 minutes. His effort in that game was a big reason …

The greatest rivalry in sports is nearly here. On Saturday, February 7 at 6:30 p.m. ET in front of a national audience, UNC and Duke will play Round One of the Tobacco Road Rivalry. The visiting Blue Devils (20-1, 9-0 ACC) are conference favorites, but North Carolina (18-4, 6-3 ACC) is making a rapid ascension up the standings. The Tar …

No. 16 BYU (17-4, 5-3) vs. Oklahoma State (15-6, 3-5) Tip: Wednesday, 7 p.m. MST Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma Streaming: foxsports.com/live Radio: 102.7 FM/1160 AM/Sirius XM 143 Series: BYU leads, 6-4 (most recent meeting: 2025) The trends For BYU: 17-4 on the season, No. 15 in KenPom, averaging 86.4 points scored and 71.8 points allowed per game Most recent game: 90-82 loss at No. …

Michigan State basketball is known for having one of the best home-court advantages in college basketball. However, Spartan fans can attest that they can, at times, start slow in first halves, as we saw in their last game against Michigan, only to come back in the second half and put the opponent away. Former Iowa big man Luka Garza, who …

As of Sunday, the calendar has now flipped to February. We are inching towards crunch time on the 2025-26 college basketball season. You know things are starting to heat up when the first UNC-Duke men’s game comes on the calendar, as it will this week. As we continue to get closer to March and the madness that comes with it, …

SOUTH BEND — Meatloaf, the late singer and not the late supper, was OK with it.  Notre Dame basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry was not.  Coming clear of the January 21 loss at North Carolina, Shrewsberry leaned against a wall in the bowels of the Smith Center and leaned into a different kind of future practice plan. For the Irish to be better on the …

At the midway point of SEC play, the Texas Longhorns are firmly on the NCAA Tournament bubble as the last team in the field of Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology after opening a winnable stretch of games with Saturday’s 10-point victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman prior to hosting the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Moody Center on Tuesday. Next Saturday, …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We are in the final stretch of the conference season with just 9 games remaining for the Boilermakers so I’ve got …

Arkansas basketball’s NCAA Tournament résumé remains a mixed bag as the calendar turns to February. National experts still believe the No. 21 Razorbacks (16-6, 6-3 SEC) are nearly a lock to participate in this year’s March Madness, but time is running out on the Hogs’ chances of elevating into one of the tournament’s top seeds. Advertisement Arkansas is coming off …

The game before the first Duke game has not been kind to North Carolina of late. In it’s past six contests before the Duke game leading up to the game against Syracuse, the Tar Heels were 1-5 with the one win being an overtime road win against Louisville. The five losses were mostly to not great teams including Pittsburgh (twice), …

Auburn basketball’s rivalry with Alabama has flourished into one of the nation’s most intense in recent years. However, the next chapter of the “Iron Bowl of Basketball” will feature a storyline this rivalry has not experienced in several years. Neither Auburn nor Alabama is ranked in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll ahead of Saturday’s matchup in Neville Arena, marking …