College Basketball

The Tennessee Volunteers hosted their first of two exhibitions in the month of October on Thursday, as they played against the Xavier Musketeers in Knoxville. While the Vols were expected to win this game, that wasn’t the end result. In fact, the Vols lost to the Musketeers. The final score of the contest was 86-68 in favor of Xavier. Advertisement …

BLACKSBURG – For each of the last four seasons, Virginia Tech men’s basketball has found itself on the outside looking in when it comes to cracking the then-68-team field for March Madness. This year marks the eighth under head coach Mike Young, who hopes his squad will have better luck weathering injuries than it did in 2025-26. “Let’s hope we …

Deron Rippey Jr. has already exhibited some winning ways in a Duke basketball jersey. After all, it was the 6-foot-3, 185-pound freshman guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., who drained the 3-pointer to seal Team White’s 29-24 victory over Team Blue in the Blue-White scrimmage at Countdown to Craziness two weeks ago. That clutch effort aligns with the self-assessment he provided in …

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – MARCH 22: Denzel Aberdeen #1 of the Kentucky Wildcats shoots the ball against the Iowa State Cyclones during the second half in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Enterprise Center on March 22, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Getty TAMPA, FLORIDA – MARCH 22: Alex Condon …

The Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 2-0 in exhibition games after defeating Ole Miss 92-84 on Thursday night. The game was played in Birmingham’s iconic Boutwell Auditorium. Bama defeated Furman last Thursday and will wrap up their warm up games by playing Auburn next Thursday in Legacy Arena in Birmingham. The Tide ran out to big leads multiple times, but …

Tom Izzo spent more than an hour talking to the media on Thursday about everything and anything. He’s the kind of man who, after the blood, sweat and tears he’s put in over the years, commands the utmost respect with every word. Advertisement Even non-basketball fans can listen to the Michigan State coach of more than 30 years and walk …

Tennessee basketball was slow getting out of the gates to start the 2026-27 season. In their first exhibition game, the Vols suffered an ugly 86-70 loss to Xavier at Food City Center on Oct. 15. Tennessee coach Rick Barnes was disappointed with the poor defense and rebounding. Luckily for the Vols, this loss doesn’t count. Advertisement “I’d rather get exposed …

Gonzaga men’s basketball has prided itself on its frontcourt over the past decade. From towering giants like Przemek Karnowski to fluid, athletic bigs like Jonathan Williams, Zach Collins, Killian Tillie, and Brandon Clarke to game-breaking scorers and playmakers like Domantas Sabonis, Drew Timme, Chet Holmgren, and Graham Ike, Zags fans have been blessed to see a myriad of bigs operate …

Luke Almodovar during three-point shooting contest at Zoo Hoops Memphis is just a week away from its first exhibition game of the season ahead of the 2026-27 season. With the season right around the corner, it’s time to look at where the Tigers’ non-conference opponents rank in various preseason rankings. Advertisement Bart Torvik, EvanMiya and KenPom are three analytical websites …

College basketball roster-building discussions are dominated by how well each program is equipped to compete relative to the top of its conference. What staffs around the country will say, though, is that finances aren’t the only thing that matters. They believe that finding value in unique places and developing players hasn’t gone out of style. Advertisement As a result, Basket …

The Big 12 Men’s Basketball preseason poll was released on Thursday, and the Kansas Jayhawks find themselves projected to be among the Big 12’s best this season. KU was picked to finish third in this year’s preseason poll, as voted on by the 16 Big 12 head coaches. Arizona was picked to finish first and Houston was picked to finish …

In the eyes of Big 12 coaches, the Oklahoma State Cowboys didn’t do enough to be considered even among the top eight teams in the league going into the season. The Big 12 Conference released the men’s basketball preseason poll and preseason all-Big 12 teams on Thursday, and unlike the Cowgirls – who were picked to win the conference and …

There’s hype around some of the top freshmen entering this college basketball season, but it doesn’t feel like as much hype as we’ve seen around guys like Cooper Flagg, Zion Williamson, Darryn Peterson, and other big-time recruits over the past few years. As for Duke, we can expect it to have some of the best freshmen in the country year …

Instead of a unit that has been nurtured and developed for two or three years, Tennessee has an all-star team with an immense capacity to put points on the board. This will be a new challenge for Rick Barnes. Advertisement With three years of evidence to use as a plan for this season, it was determined that defense — and …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − Xavier men’s basketball won’t be able to add its exhibition win over Tennessee to its official win-loss record, but the Musketeers could take something nearly as valuable into the start of the regular season. Xavier proved they could win on the road against an elite opponent with an 86-70 victory over the Volunteers at Food City Center. …

UCF Knights men’s basketball added a free exhibition game against Division II Rollins College next Sunday, making their lone home appearance before the regular season. UCF will host Rollins at 4 p.m. at Addition Financial Arena. It’s the 42nd matchup between the two programs, and the Knights lead 25-16 in the all-time series. Advertisement Both teams last met in 2006. …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas coach John Calipari has a virtually brand new team once again with just two players returning from last year’s roster, so he’s kind of learning on the fly a bit. That’s one of the more unique things about college athletics these days is bringing in transfers while blending them together with Calipari’s approach of recruiting of …

The Kansas Jayhawks are entering the 2026-27 college basketball season with high expectations after being selected third in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll. The ranking places Kansas among the conference’s top contenders as head coach Bill Self prepares his team for another challenging season. According to Kansas Athletics, the Jayhawks received 186 points in the poll, which was voted …

We get our first chance to see BYU Basketball in action Friday night when the Cougs host Nebraska in the Marriott Center at 7pm MT. The game is on ESPN+. This is the return game of last year’s exhibition in Lincoln, which the Huskers won 90-89. 5-Star Wing AJ Williams will be in attendance. BYU won a closed scrimmage last …

EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo spent Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Detroit, reminiscing about his Michigan State basketball squad’s run to the last Final Four there, in 2009, and dreaming about getting back there again in April. A day later and 88 miles to the northwest, the Hall of Fame coach sought to remind his players – and MSU fans – …

St. John’s Basketball faces growing expectations each season under Rick Pitino. But now the Red Storm must replace their top scorer for the third straight preseason. Plus find someone who can handle the dirty work too the way Zuby Ejiofor did. Already, Pitino didn’t sound too pleased with Ejiofor’s potential replacement there. Advertisement St. John’s rolled to the relatively easy …

ASHWAUBENON – Wisconsin men’s basketball will be playing in the state’s third-largest city for the first time in nearly 13 years, albeit in an unofficial capacity. The Badgers will face Doug Gottlieb’s UW-Green Bay team in an Oct. 15 preseason exhibition at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon. Advertisement It is the second of three exhibitions for the Badgers, who defeated …

Tyran Stokes is expected to be one of the top players in the nation this season. The five-star freshman received another major accolade before the season begins. Stokes has been named Preseason First Team All-America by CBS Sports. Advertisement The group of voters selected Stokes to have a monster freshman year before he heads to the NBA, where he is …

Position Sports announced it will honor UCLA Bruins Legend and Hall of Famer Bill Walton on Monday, Nov. 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The tribute, for which Position Sports partnered with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, will take place before former conference rivals Arizona and UCLA meet in the TNT Sports Hall of Fame Series in Las …

Tennessee basketball is playing its first exhibition game on Thursday ahead of the 2026-27 season. The Vols are hosting Xavier at Food City Center. Tennessee has nine incoming transfers on its 2026-27 basketball roster: guard Tyler Lundblade, guard Jalen Haralson, guard Juke Harris, guard Terrence Hill Jr., guard Dai Dai Ames, center Miles Rubin, forward Christian Fermin, forward Braedan Lue …