College Basketball

[ad_1] Clemson extended its impressive ACC winning streak to seven games with a 78-69 victory over Boston College on Wednesday, maintaining its No. 22 position in the NET rankings. Jaeden Zackery led the Tigers with a game-high 21 points in his return to Chestnut Hill after transferring from BC. Head coach Brad Brownell praised Zackery’s consistency, highlighting how his play …

[ad_1] Indiana State Sycamores (14-17, 8-12 MVC) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (13-18, 8-12 MVC) St. Louis; Thursday, 1 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Salukis -1; over/under is 156.5 BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois takes on Indiana State in the MVC Tournament. The Salukis are 8-12 against MVC opponents and 5-6 in non-conference play. Southern Illinois gives up 74.3 points to opponents …

[ad_1] No. 22 Texas A&M (21-9, 10-7 SEC) entered the week with a lot of work to earn as high as a 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament, but after defeating No. 1 Auburn 83-72 on Tuesday night, the Aggies are just a win vs. LSU on the road to earning said 3-seed, and entering next week’ SEC Tournament likely as …

[ad_1] ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ali Dibba led Southern Illinois with 30 points and Davion Sykes made a game-winning layup with 4.1 seconds remaining as the Salukis took down Indiana State 86-85 on Thursday in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Southern Illinois (14-18) advances to play top-seeded Drake in the quarterfinals on Friday. Dibba also contributed nine rebounds for the …

[ad_1] Duke men’s basketball has added a marquee neutral site game to its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season. And it comes at the start of the holiday season. The Blue Devils will travel to Chicago for Thanksgiving for a nationally televised primetime game at the United Center in the 2025 CBS Sports Thanksgiving Classic against John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks. …

[ad_1] Kansas State snapped Iowa State basketball’s 29-game winning streak at Hilton Coliseum back in February, and now the Cyclones will have an opportunity to spoil the Wildcats’ senior night in Saturday’s rematch. The Wildcats upset the Cyclones, 80-61, on Feb. 1. It was their first road win of the season. They’ll meet again at Bramlage Coliseum in the regular-season …

[ad_1] Michigan basketball’s Danny Wolf is on a shortlist for some hardware. On Thursday, Wolf, a 7-foot, 250-pound junior transfer from Yale in his first season with the Wolverines was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year. The other finalists are Auburn’s Johni Broome, Villanova’s Eric Dixon, UAB’s Yaxel …

[ad_1] Sometimes the Big Ten power rankings and the actual standings diverge, and sometimes wins and losses don’t lie. Back on Feb. 11, MIchigan State lost at home to Indiana for its third loss in four games. It could have been the beginning of a rough close to the season. Its next five games came against teams in the top …

[ad_1] BYU guard Dallin Hall (30) celebrates in front of Iowa State guard Nate Heise, right, after a dunk during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Ames, Iowa. | Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press Soon after the 23rd-ranked BYU Cougars men’s basketball team upset the 10th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones 88-85 in double overtime …

[ad_1] In just two days, an ACC men’s basketball regular-season champion will be crowned, with archrival North Carolina the only thing standing between Duke and a title. While Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils remain on top, what does the rest of the conference look like? Here’s a look at where the ACC’s 18 programs stand heading into their regular-season …

[ad_1] Miami men’s basketball has found its next head coach, and did so by poaching one of its conference foe’s coaching staffs. On Thursday, the Hurricanes officially announced the hiring of Duke associate head coach Jai Lucas to be their next head coach. It was first reported on Wednesday by several outlets, including CBS Sports and ESPN, that Lucas agreed …

[ad_1] KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Serena Sundell scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half to help No. 20 Kansas State beat UCF 80-65 on Thursday in the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas State (26-6) equaled its win total from last season, with the 52 wins tied for the third-most over a two-season span in program history. The …

[ad_1] Dayton Flyers (21-9, 11-6 A-10) at VCU Rams (25-5, 15-2 A-10) Richmond, Virginia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: VCU plays Dayton after Max Shulga scored 22 points in VCU’s 71-62 win against the Duquesne Dukes. The Rams are 15-0 on their home court. VCU leads the A-10 averaging 78.0 points and is shooting 45.1%. The Flyers are 11-6 …

[ad_1] The debate over expanding the NCAA men’s basketball tournament isn’t really a debate. It’s just a math equation. While the consensus in college sports is that expansion from 68 teams to 72 or 76 is inevitable – largely because the commissioners of the SEC and Big Ten want it – NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt has …

[ad_1] STORRS — The ball was kicked out to Alex Karaban, and resolute, shot-ready, he threw it in. No bricks, no rattling in and out, no turnovers or meltdowns. Not now, not on March 5. Karaban and the Gampel Pavilion crowd exulted in the moment, a massive release of pent-up tension. It didn’t blow the roof off, thankfully, as there …

[ad_1] As Kansas State’s basketball team searched desperately for ways to score, David N’Guessan wasn’t overly concerned. After all, the Wildcats’ defense was buying them all kinds of time. “We talked about that before the game,” N’Guessan said during an ESPN postgame interview after the Wildcats shook off a sluggish start Wednesday to claim a gritty 54-49 road victory over …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Kerr Kriisa’s season is officially over. During a news conference Thursday, Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope said Kriisa, a fifth-year guard who hasn’t played since Dec. 7 because of a foot injury, won’t take the court for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign. “We’re past the window now where he could actually get back,” Pope said. “It’s …

[ad_1] North Carolina’s NCAA Tournament chances could come down to Saturday’s season finale against rival Duke in the Dean Dome. Despite six-straight wins, the Tar Heels are still on the bubble heading into this weekend. They are playing some of their best basketball of the season at the moment and are battling for a double-bye in the ACC Tournament. A …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team has just one more game in the regular season to polish its NCAA Tournament profile. The 20th-ranked Golden Eagles (22-8, 13-6 Big East) close against St. John’s on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. The Red Storm (26-4, 17-2) is No. 23 in the NET rankings, which gives MU a chance at a Quad 1 victory …

[ad_1] As March Madness approaches, Brad Brownell and the Clemson men’s basketball team are no longer a sleeper team. The past few seasons, the Tigers have performed as one of the top programs in the country. After a long stretch of solid but not great basketball from the program, Brownell has found his groove, and the Tigers are now consistently …

[ad_1] Rick Barnes had no problem with Tennessee basketball’s offense Wednesday. The rest? Yeah, the Vols coach had a problem with just about everything else. Tennessee gave up 3-point plays, executed poorly defensively, played at half-speed and didn’t compete on the interior. “That’s a recipe for losing — and that’s what we did,” Barnes said. The No. 4 Vols flopped …

[ad_1] CLEMSON — With one game remaining, Clemson basketball has an outside chance to be the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament. The No. 11 Tigers (25-5, 17-2 ACC) are tied for second in the ACC standings with No. 13 Louisville (24-6, 17-2). Both are one game behind first-place No. 2 Duke (27-3, 18-1). Clemson has secured one of the four double byes …

[ad_1] Clemson battled through defensive struggles on Wednesday but locked in when it mattered most, holding Boston College scoreless in the final 5:32 to secure a 78-69 road win. Jaeden Zackery, returning to Chestnut Hill after transferring from BC, led the Tigers with 21 points, just shy of his career-high. Viktor Lakhin added a double-double with 11 points and 13 …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball (23-7, 13-6 Big Ten) received a significant boost from one of its stars in its 74-67 win over Minnesota (15-15, 7-12 Big Ten) on Wednesday. Four days after finishing with a 16-point, six-rebound output in the Badgers’ 71-62 loss to Michigan State on Sunday, sophomore scoring machine John Blackwell dropped his second career double-double against the Golden …

[ad_1] Tad Boyle is a frustrated and dejected man at this point of the season. Colorado is not reintroducing itself too kindly in its return to the Big 12 Conference, heading into the regular-season finale with a 2-17 record. The Buffs’ problems continued on Wednesday night in United Supermarkets Arena. Down starting point guard and leading scorer Julian Hammond III, …