College Basketball

Last Time Out Iowa State made an impressive non-conference statement, beating Mississippi State 96-80 in Sioux Falls last Monday. Tamin Lipsey had a career high 25 points with 6 assists and 3 steals. Joshua Jefferson chipped in 18 points. Blake Buchanan had an great all around showing with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 blocks. The 96 points …

The Big Ten had another great week of action, with a plethora of marquee matchups across the league. Some of the biggest involved the top half of the conference as well, including Illinois, Michigan, and Purdue. Of course, all those games also shook up these rankings as well. So, let’s jump into this week’s Power Rankings. Advertisement #1 – Illinois …

Kentucky basketball is headed into week three of its regular season and traveling to New York City for a matchup against Tom Izzo and Michigan State in Tuesday’s State Farm Champions Classic. The Wildcats opened as 5.5-point favorites over the Spartans with ESPN’s Basketball Power Index giving them a 77.9% chance to win. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Kentucky is coming off …

JACKSONVILLE – It was expected that Florida basketball’s frontcourt would be one of the best in the country. That expectation was on full display in Florida’s 82-68 win over Miami on Sunday, Nov. 16, despite the No. 10 Gators being without three of their key big men in the final five minutes in the victory. Advertisement Both Alex Condon and …

When: Monday November 17 – 7:00 PM Where: Lenovo Center TV: ACC Network Opponent: Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 84-74 / NC State 86-78 Advertisement Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Player Notes: Terrance Arceneaux was held out of the UNCG game, he is still nursing an Achilles injury. He has only played 18 minutes …

No. 2 Purdue rolls past Akron with Matt Painter picking up milestone win originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. No. 2 Purdue rolled past Akron 97-79 on Sunday night, delivering head coach Matt Painter his 500th career victory. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Painter is currently in his 20th year with …

Purdue came into this game riding a high after taking down #8 Alabama on the road. They watched earlier today as #1 usurping Houston struggled to take down future Purdue opponent Auburn. Maybe that was a nice reminder to take nothing for granted as Purdue will next head to the Bahamas. This had all the makings of a classic trap …

Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries addressed the media following his team’s narrow 69-61 win over Incarnate Word on Sunday night at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers, who hadn’t scored less than 90 points before Sunday and shot the ball as well as anyone in the country, struggled mightily from deep. Indiana made just 20.8% of its attempts from long …

Indiana men’s basketball escaped an upset attempt from Incarnate Word in a 69-61 win on Sunday night at Assembly Hall. It wasn’t a pretty basketball game and was the first time we’ve seen the Hoosiers struggle under Darian DeVries. Much of that can be attributed to the fact that Indiana’s 3s just weren’t going down, but there were enough defensive …

For the first time in Darian Devries’ very brief tenure as Indiana head coach, his team was tested for forty minutes today. The Hoosiers passed the test, though, surviving an upset scare to beat Incarnate Word 69-61 to move to 4-0 on the season . Signs of the offensive struggle that was to come were there early for Indiana. After …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings scored 22 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 18 points and nine rebounds and top-ranked Houston held on for a 73-72 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Sunday. In a matchup of Final Four teams from last season, the Cougars (4-0) led throughout the second half, building multiple eight-point margins. Auburn (3-1) …

The Deacs picked up win number 3 today after blowing out UMass Lowell by 34 points. This is going to be a pretty quick recap, because this game was not close at all. Wake started the game a little sluggish, which is to be expected in a Sunday afternoon game. The River Hawks hung around for a good part of …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball will be without a frontcourt depth piece for Sunday’s game against Akron, and possibly longer. Forward Liam Murphy is listed as out on the Big Ten injury report. Per a team source, Murphy is dealing with a shoulder injury to his shooting shoulder (right) and could miss multiple games. It is not the same shoulder …

5-0 Start Not exactly an unexpected start for the Twister Sisters as they started the year with St. Thomas, Southern, Sacred Heart, Valparaiso, and Norfolk State, but it’s how the Cyclones have gone about this start that has everyone excited. There was maybe some question as to how this team and this offense would account for the loss of Emily …

PHILADELPHIA – “Shooting Turnovers” is a term that La Salle head coach Darris Nichols uses to describe poor shot selection that although won’t make it on the stat sheet, counts just as much as the turnovers that do. The Explorers logged 15 turnovers in Saturday’s 83-69 loss to Penn State at Xfinity Mobile Arena, but it was the early “shooting …

We are four games in now and can start to get a sense of this Duke team’s parameters. So let’s take a look at a few things as Kansas looms next week. First, Duke’s defense is already imposing. So far, Duke is giving up just 58.75 ppg. Texas had 60, Western Carolina 54, Army 59 and Indiana State 62. Advertisement …

Nebraska men’s basketball (4-0) faced its first big challenge of the season on Saturday night, taking on the Oklahoma Sooners (2-2). After entering the locker room down by seven, the Huskers stormed back in the second half, taking down the Sooners 105-99. Both teams shot well in all areas, combining for 67 made baskets, 29 three-pointers, and 41 successful free …

Teams making just 33.3% of their shots at halftime usually face an uphill climb in the second half. Yet New Mexico State was not only still in the game, it was tied. In fact, the Aggies led for most of the first half against New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 15, at home. That was because of defense. Advertisement As is …

BOSTON — Win or lose, Saturday night’s wild game between No. 3 UConn and No. 7 BYU at TD Garden in Boston was always going to be the AJ Dybantsa Game. Without him, the game wouldn’t have been scheduled. The teams wouldn’t have met unless it was in the NCAA Tournament next spring. And the Cougars never would have run …

With an almost entirely new group alongside a brand new coach in Alex Jensen, this season is bound to be a learning process, especially in the early going, for the University of Utah basketball team. For the Runnin’ Utes, who improved to 4-0 with an 85-79 victory over Sam Houston Saturday at the Huntsman Center, the night’s lesson was “How …

No. 3 UConn holds off No. 7 BYU 86-84 in Boston originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tarris Reed Jr., Alex Karaban and Silas Demary Jr. scored 21 points each as No. 3 UConn held off No. 7 BYU 86-84 on Saturday night in Boston. Demary had a game-sealing …

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Hopkins and Joson Sanon scored 15 points apiece, and No. 13 St. John’s pulled away early in the second half for a 93-60 victory over William & Mary on Saturday night. Hopkins and Sanon combined to make 11 of 23 shots for the Red Storm (2-1), who dropped eight spots in this week’s AP Top …

PHILADELPHIA — Freshman Kiyan Anthony scored 18 points, Donnie Freeman and Naithan George each added 13 points, and Syracuse went on the road for the first time this season to earn an 80-50 victory over Drexel on Saturday. Syracuse (3-0) entered holding opponents to a combined 90 points in the opening two games — its fewest allowed to begin a …

One of the core tenets of what head coach Shaka Smart is doing with his Marquette men’s basketball teams is getting 32 deflections in a game. Another core tenet is getting eight kills — coming up with a defensive stop three times in a row on eight different occasions — in a game. Marquette finished their 89-82 loss to Maryland …

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The United States Mint of Philadelphia officially halted minting pennies this week, and in the second half of the Syracuse-Drexel game the Orange defense stopped Drexel from dropping dimes. After a tightly contested first half, Syracuse dug in defensively and pulled away to win 80-50 inside Xfinity Mobile Arena. Syracuse senior guard JJ Starling did not play …