College Basketball

One week of the college basketball season has been played, and the Horizon League delivered. From a 3 a.m. thriller to freshman breakouts, to offensive explosions and overtime thrillers, the league has had it all. Hoping for more in week two, here are the games I’m monitoring for the next seven days. Green Bay at Northern Iowa Tuesday, Nov. 10, …

The 2026-27 men’s college basketball season has two clear favorites, but the title race is still wide open. Florida entered as the preseason No. 1 in the AP poll, driven to avenge last year’s early tournament exit. Duke is right behind them at No. 2, though analytics models like KenPom and betting sportsbooks actually give the Blue Devils a slight …

Indiana men’s basketball sees its first high major opponent of the 2026-27 season, squaring off with Syracuse in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, an scenario KenPom dubs a “semi-home” game for the Hoosiers. Indiana has not beat the Orange since Keith Smart’s jumper sealed Indiana’s last national championship in basketball. Syracuse has won six straight between the two, including upsetting the 2012-13 Hoosiers …

Date 11/10 || Time 7:00 || Venue Cameron Indoor Stadium || Video ESPN Duke travels to Chicago on Tuesday to take on Tom Izzo’s always tough Michigan State Spartans in this year’s Champions Classic. Advertisement Michigan State is currently ranked #6, while the Blue Devils are #2, but rankings this early are basically meaningless. What’s not meaningless? Michigan State’s culture …

UConn men’s basketball passed the first real test of the season on Friday night with a convincing win over No. 16 Michigan in Boston. Now the Huskies need to keep that momentum rolling against Wagner as they welcome the Seahawks to the newly-named M&T Bank Center at Gampel Pavilion for UConn’s on-campus home opener. The Huskies rolled past Michigan thanks …

Purdue men’s basketball is not off to the start that they were hoping for. Given that they played the 15th ranked team in game one I am sure that the worst case scenario most people saw was a 1-1 start heading into tonight’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds. Unfortunately, we all watched what happened against Valparaiso and now Purdue …

This story was going to be a continuation of last week’s story with how poorly Thursday went for the Metro. The conference went 3-6 in the home games of the America East-Metro Challenge, setting itself up for a tough mountain to climb on Sunday. But to the league’s credit, they climbed that mountain. The Metro won a bunch of close …

University of Kentucky sports fans are heading into a monster week of action with the men’s basketball team and football team each playing one of their better rivals. On Tuesday, the No. 23 Wildcats will face the No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks in the State Farm Champions Classic. Advertisement As a Sea of Blue takes over “Catlanta” on Tuesday, the premier …

Neither Kentucky nor Florida will feel good coming into this one. Kentucky dropped a stinker in Knoxville, losing 34-6, while Florida got whipped by Oklahoma in The Swamp, 23-7. But they’ll both have to get over it quickly; the SEC comes at you fast. Florida will travel up to Kentucky for a November night game; the last time that happened …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs used a dominant second half to roll into a 41 point win over New Mexico State on Saturday afternoon, with five Zags in double figures including three who scored 20+ points. Despite the eye-popping margin of victory, Gonzaga was only up by five at halftime and relied heavily on the starting lineup, especially with …

Illinois basketball is back in action on Tuesday night in a great ranked matchup. The Illini are coming off back-to-back games of scoring over 100 points. It has been an impressive offensive display, but we are now taking on a big boy of the college basketball world. Advertisement Brad Underwood is once again going to be without a couple of …

Tennessee basketball hosts another mid-major opponent and will look to continue sharpening up ahead of marquee games on the non-conference schedule. The No. 9 Vols (1-0) play Radford (0-2) at Food City Center on Nov. 9 (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+), fresh off a strong second half and blowout win in the season opener against Wofford. Advertisement Tennessee answered some …

Duke Blue Devils On SI approached Duke basketball junior center Patrick Ngongba’s locker first following the No. 2-ranked Blue Devils’ 113-52 home win over the unranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Thursday night. At that point, it must have been obvious to the 6-foot-11, 250-pound Virginia native that he was attracting the most attention from the media, whether he liked it …

The Colorado Buffaloes traveled to San Diego, California, on Saturday to take on the San Diego State Aztecs in the inaugural Bill Walton Classic. This was all but a road game for the Buffs, as it took place in Pechanga Arena, which sits just a few miles west of the Aztecs’ campus. So although it was technically a neutral-site contest, …

Nebraska men’s basketball (2-0) flew out to the East Coast to take on Providence (1-1) in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off. In a low-scoring battle, the Huskers fended off the Friars for a 67-58 win. Nebraska outscored Providence in both halves and leaned on its defense to win, despite scoring below 70. The Huskers shot 22-of-49 from the floor, …

The addition of Trey Kaufman-Renn feels like it might be the most impactful of the offseason for Kansas basketball. Although he’s only been practicing with the team for under a month, TKR is quickly developing a rapport with the rest of the squad. During KU’s second game of the year against Middle Tennessee State, Kaufman-Renn moved to the starting lineup …

PHILADELPHIA – The Pitt Panthers faced their first real test of the season, but came out victorious over their most-played opponent. Pitt defeated rival Penn State 82-76 at The Palestra on Nov. 8, earning an important victory in “The Cathedral of College Basketball.” Advertisement It was the second straight season for the Panthers (3-0) with a win over the Nittany …

Facing by far its stiffest competition of the young season, the Cal men’s basketball team suffered its first defeat with an 86-68 setback to 10th-ranked Houston at the Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic at Stateline, Nevada on Sunday evening. The Bears never led against a Houston team that has won at least 30 games for five consecutive seasons and has advanced …

It took a high-scoring battle, but the USC Trojans can exhale. They came out on top in a 93-86 victory against the Wichita State Shockers on Sunday night at the Tahoe Blue Event Center, improving to 2-0 on the young season. An electric performance out of the backcourt from Rodney Rice and Alijah Arenas led the way, with the duo …

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 20 points and had eight assists, Joseph Tugler added 16 points and four blocked shots and No. 10 Houston beat California 86-68 on Sunday night in the inaugural Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic. Delrecco Gillespie added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars (2-0), who shot 52% from the field and outscored …

The Red Storm’s offense was night and day from their season opener to Sunday’s matchup against Iona. St. John’s gave no quarter and played in a collective flow for all forty minutes, polishing off a 104-65 clotheslining of the Gaels in their first Madison Square Garden game of the young season. St. John’s produced an offensive performance that was equal …

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Rodney Rice had 32 points and nine assists, Alijah Arenas added 30 points and No. 21 Southern California beat hot-shooting Wichita State 93-86 on Sunday night in the inaugural Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic. The Trojans (2-0) prevailed despite making just two 3-pointers, relying on their stars, free-throw shooting and a decisive advantage in turnovers. Advertisement Michael …

Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball off to a good start to the 2026-27 season. The Illini are 2-0 and looking to notch a top-25 win against Texas Tech. While there have only been good feelings about what Illinois has done on the court this season, the good feelings have spread out in other ways, too. Advertisement On Friday night, Valparaiso …

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – The USC Trojans defeated the Utah State Aggies, 118-40, at Galen Center on Sunday November 08, 2026 and The Sporting Tribune’s Amber Rodriguez was there to capture the following images. USC guard JuJu Watkins (12) calls for the ball during a Big Ten college basketball game against the Utah State Aggies, Sunday November 8, 2026 in …

The St. John’s Red Storm were able to cruise to a victory on Sunday against Iona in what ended up being a blowout win. Coming off a win in their opener against Monmouth, the Red Storm looked like an improved team against Iona in their second game of the season. Like in their first game, St. John’s jumped Iona and …