College Basketball

The Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team was prepared to look a lot different during the 2026-27 season than it did when the 2025-26 campaign came to a close. Iowa State was preparing for life after their Big 3 of Tamin Lipsey, Joshua Jefferson and Milan Momcilovic. Lipsey and Jefferson were beginning their NBA careers, while Momcilovic withdrew from the …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – When it comes to the roster Arkansas coach John Calipari has assembled, there is no doubt from anyone that he has the talent to put a dangerous team on the court. What he does have are some questions about how they get there because even though there’s talent, this is a team full of new faces and …

After starting the season 1-2, Kansas football has an important two weeks to regroup and make adjustments before returning to the field against Middle Tennessee on Oct. 3. The Jayhawks have shown flashes during the first three games, but their 24-17 loss to Arizona State in London exposed several areas that need to improve. With a bye week ahead, head …

The Michigan State 2026-27 basketball schedule has officially dropped, and it is a doozy. Tom Izzo held nothing back when it came to scheduling a gauntlet for his team, but that is nothing out of the norm for Izzo. The Spartans consistently play a challenging non-conference schedule to prepare for the bigger task at hand: the Big Ten schedule. Advertisement …

Lady Vols basketball is heading to Fort Myers, Florida, for Thanksgiving weekend this season, completing its nonconference schedule for the 2026-27 season. Florida Gulf Coast, Creighton and Houston are also in the field for the Coconut Hoops Tournament, which will be played at Alico Arena on FGCU’s campus. Tennessee will open the tournament against FGCU on Nov. 27 at 6:30 …

Last season changed the expectations around Illinois basketball. For the first time in 21 years, the Illini reached the Final Four. They won 28 games, established themselves as one of the best teams in the country and came within two wins of a national championship. Advertisement Now comes the difficult part: doing it again. What makes this Illinois team so …

On Monday, the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program announced the resumption of a former Big East rivalry: They’ll play Rutgers on Feb. 6, 2027 at the Barclays Center. We have known about the meeting for a while now, but we did not know about the date, which is very interesting. The contest will happen right in the middle of Atlantic …

From underdog story to homegrown hope: Yaxel Lendeborg’s journey to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Eyes, attention and major expectations will be cast upon Yaxel Lendeborg throughout his rookie year.  Advertisement Lendeborg, taken No. 11 in the 2026 NBA Draft, is the Warriors’ highest pick since selecting Jonathan Kuminga seventh overall in 2021, and the highest yet …

We are counting down the days to the start of the college basketball season. If you’re reading this on the day it was published, we have 47 days to the official start of College Basketball, and 36 days until we can see the team in action against K-State (presuming it’s televised). Advertisement The Full Non-Conference Schedule: October 29th — at …

With the Syracuse Football season starting to turn the wrong way, let’s take a look at some more ACC opponents in the college basketball world. If you missed the first part of this series, go read it if you would like to see the changes made by: Boston College, California, Clemson, and Duke. Now let’s go over four more rosters …

Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats may have two of the best returning players in all of college basketball on the roster, but for the most part, everyone else is a newcomer to Tucson. Arizona rebuilt a roster that lost Koa Peat, Brayden Burries, and Jaden Bradley to the NBA by surrounding center Mo Krivas and forward Ivan Kharchenkov with …

Basketball season is a little under a month and a half away, and Wake Forest hosted their official Media Day on Monday, which also happened to be the first day of official practice. We spoke with Coach Steve Forbes and the players and watched practice. The Deacs roster is mostly comprised of newcomers, so it was very interesting to see …

The Duke basketball program will enter the 2026-27 college hoops season as one of the favorites to cut down the nets in April 2027. Over head coach Jon Scheyer’s four years at the helm for the Blue Devils, he has brought the team to the NCAA Tournament in all four years, including two Elite Eight appearances and a Final Four …

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The Syracuse Orange football team suffered its second loss of the season last Thursday and around these parts that can only mean one thing: it’s time to answer the clarion call from our editorial staff and start writing basketball stories immediately. That brings Syracuse basketball to the forefront as the program ushers in its ninth head coach of all-time to …

With practices getting underway for the St. John’s Red Storm, that means the season is right around the corner. For a team coming off a great season, expectations will be high. Entering year four of the Rick Pitino era, St. John’s could have their most talented roster year. Even though they have won back-to-back Big East titles and reached the …

The Big Ten basketball schedule was released Wednesday of last week, meaning the Illini’s schedule is now set for the 2026-27 season. The conference will once again play a 20-game schedule, with every team facing each opponent at least once. Illinois will play every team once and face Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin twice. It will be another challenging slate for …

As we look at Duke’s roster entering next season, there’s a lot to like on both sides of the basketball. This is a Duke team with a real opportunity to be the best team in America, or so many are saying. I’d still like to believe that until Florida shows it isn’t the best team in the country, we should …

The St. John’s Red Storm has returned to the national spotlight under head coach Rick Pitino in the last few years. After missing the NCAA tournament in his first season at the helm, St. John’s has participated in March Madness two years in a row. In 2025, they were a No. 2 seed but lost in the Round of 32. …

Mizzou basketball has earned the commitment of 2027 four-star forward Cameron Barnes, per Eric Bossi of 247sports. Barnes joins Scottie Adkinson – who committed to the program ahead of the 2025-26 season – as the first two members of Missouri’s 2027 recruiting class. He’s ranked the No. 111 player in the nation, No. 22 power forward in the nation and …

Once again, Virginia will not be playing in the typical 12 p.m. slot. For their first ACC road game Oct. 3 at Florida State, the Cavaliers have a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on either ESPN2 or ACC Network. Virginia has been in primetime often, starting games at 3:30, 7 and 7:30. Two of those games were nationally televised (NC State and …

The Duke Blue Devils received a schedule update ahead of the 2026-27 season, as their game with Florida (December 1) will now start at 9:30 PM EST. The game will also be televised nationally on ESPN as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. This game marks a difficult stretch in Duke’s schedule, with a matchup in Las Vegas against the UConn …

We’re just under a couple weeks away from our first look at the UNC men’s basketball team in game action. First up, an October 9 preseason clash with the USC Trojans in Tournament Town. North Carolina has another fairly challenging non-conference schedule, starting with a November 13 home date vs. Georgia. West Virginia (Nov. 27), Arkansas (December 1), Butler (Dec. …

The Big 12 went mostly as expected in Week 3, with just a few scores going against the grain. One surprise was West Virginia taking down a ranked Virginia team on the road. Elsewhere, many were shocked by Colorado’s embarrassing loss in Evanston to Northwestern and Cincinnati nearly fell at home to Miami (OH). Arizona, TCU, Oklahoma State, Utah, and …

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