College Basketball

[ad_1] The University of Akron men’s basketball team continued its impressive season with a rare win at Toledo on Tuesday night. How rare? Akron topped Toledo 96-87 to record its first win at Toledo since Jan. 23, 2013. For perspective, it was John Groce’s first win at Toledo as Akron’s coach. Former Akron coach Keith Dambrot guided the Zips to …

[ad_1] Selection Sunday, which paves the way for the 2025 March Madness tournament, is less than a month away. This 68-team field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unveiled on the show. The tournament will kick off with the first four games in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 18. The first and second rounds will be hosted in …

[ad_1] It all comes down to this. Michigan basketball (22-7, 14-4 Big Ten) is one game off the Big Ten lead with two games to play and wouldn’t you know it, the No. 3 team in the league, Maryland, is coming to town Wednesday. That’s before the season-ending road matchup vs. the top team in the conference, playing at Michigan …

[ad_1] PEORIA — The Bradley Braves had a trio of senior starters and a freshman earn places among those who earned 2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference league honors Wednesday. Braves guard Duke Deen, guard Zek Montgomery and forward Darius Hannah all earned recognition. Deen won a place on the All-MVC First Team, while Hannah landed on the All-MVC Second Team and …

[ad_1] The St. Norbert College men’s basketball team had the best defense in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference this season. It’s not a surprise the Green Knights would take pride in it. After all, they are led by longtime coach Gary Grzesk, a four-time defensive team MVP during his playing days at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and — as …

[ad_1] UNC basketball welcomes Duke to Chapel Hill on Saturday evening for the latest edition of college basketball’s greatest rivalry at the Smith Center. The Tar Heels (20-11, 13-6 ACC) need a win against the second-ranked Blue Devils (27-3, 18-1) to increase their chances of making the NCAA Tournament. Duke has clinched at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship, but a …

[ad_1] John Calipari said he wanted to “burn the tape” after Arkansas basketball’s 72-53 loss to South Carolina Saturday. The desire for fire may have been extreme, but it turns out the metaphor didn’t carry an ounce of exaggeration. The Razorbacks (18-12, 7-10 SEC) bounced back Tuesday with a 90-77 win at Vanderbilt. After the game, Calipari confirmed he had …

[ad_1] Kansas State basketball will play its final regular-season road game at 6 p.m. Wednesday against Cincinnati at Fifth Third Arena. The Wildcats (14-15, 8-10 Big 12) are going for a series sweep of Cincinnati (17-12, 7-11) after opening Big 12 play with a 70-67 victory over the Bearcats Dec. 30 in Manhattan. K-State is coming off a 65-56 victory …

[ad_1] Clemson basketball begins the final week of the regular season with plenty to play for, starting with Wednesday’s game at Boston College. The 11th-ranked Tigers (24-5, 16-2) are two wins away from entering the ACC Tournament as a top-10 team (No. 10 Iowa State lost on Tuesday) and can still claim the 1-seed with two wins, a Duke loss …

[ad_1] As someone too often in a constant rush to get from here to there, I appreciate John Wooden’s wise words to his UCLA teams: “Be quick but don’t hurry.” The legendary coach wanted his players to get from point A to B with a sense of urgency, but not desperation; to move swiftly while still under control. That could …

[ad_1] AMES – All the different forms of Iowa State basketball that we had seen throughout this season, to date, appeared at one point or another throughout 50 minutes of action on Tuesday night. The No. 10-ranked Cyclones had their senior night spoiled in a double-overtime game against 23rd-ranked BYU. They overcame a 21-point deficit but ultimately lost, 88-85, to …

[ad_1] The Marquette men’s basketball team has a lot to play for in the final week of the regular season. The 20th-ranked Golden Eagles (22-7, 13-5 Big East) are still jockeying for position in the conference tournament next week and could finish as high as second or as low as fifth. And with two Quad 1 opportunities against Connecticut and …

[ad_1] Selection Sunday, which paves the way for the 2025 March Madness tournament, is less than a month away. This 68-team field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be unveiled on the show. The tournament will kick off with the first four games in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 18. The first and second rounds will be hosted in …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING – When Tom Izzo last stepped to the Breslin Center podium, beating Wisconsin meant everything for Michigan State basketball. Then Michigan lost at home to Illinois a few hours later. Suddenly, Sunday’s celebration had new meaning. The Spartans now need just one win to clinch his record-tying 11th Big Ten title. By the time No. 7 MSU …

[ad_1] EUGENE, Ore. — If Indiana basketball ends up on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble, the final two minutes of a 73-64 loss to Oregon will loom large in the Hoosiers’ minds. Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad hit a 3-pointer from nearly 30-feet out to beat the shot clock with 1:30 to go in the game. The Hoosiers …

[ad_1] AMES – There’s a type of optical illusion called an ‘ambiguous image.’ It’s when a single image can be interpreted differently depending on how you view it. There are famous examples in art you’ve probably run across. Like a picture that looks like a duck if you peer at it one way, but a rabbit if you shift your …

[ad_1] Oregon made only one 3-pointer in the second half Tuesday night against Indiana. It couldn’t have come at a better time. With the shot clock about to run out, Jackson Shelstad unleased a 25-foot attempt that swished through the net to give the Ducks a 66-64 lead with 1:28 to play. Oregon guard TJ Bamba celebrates as the game …

[ad_1] DePaul (11-18 overall, 2-16 in Big East) at Providence College (12-17 overall, 6-12 in Big East) DePaul is coming off a 75-65 loss to Creighton on Wednesday night in Omaha, Neb. It was the Bluejays’ 22nd consecutive win over the Blue Demons. Isaiah Rivera collected 18 points and eight rebounds and CJ Gunn had 14 points for the Blue …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING – When Tom Izzo last stepped to the Breslin Center podium, beating Wisconsin meant everything for Michigan State basketball. Then Michigan lost at home to Illinois a few hours later. Suddenly, Sunday’s celebration had new meaning. The Spartans now need just one win to clinch his record-tying 11th Big Ten title. By the time No. 7 MSU …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING – When Tom Izzo last stepped to the Breslin Center podium, beating Wisconsin meant everything for Michigan State basketball. Then Michigan lost at home to Illinois a few hours later. Suddenly, Sunday’s celebration had new meaning. The Spartans now need just one win to clinch his record-tying 11th Big Ten title. By the time No. 7 MSU …

[ad_1] It got rather weird for Auburn basketball on Tuesday evening in College Station, Texas, going up against what’s become a standard matchup with Texas A&M. Under Buzz Williams, the Aggies were 5-2 against Auburn coming into the contest, which the 22nd-ranked Aggies would eventually win, toppling the top-ranked Tigers 83-72. “We just got physically punched in the mouth,” Auburn …

[ad_1] The C.L. Brown Show Podcast This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Courier Journal reporters Brooks Holton and Ryan Black to discuss how the Louisville and Kentucky men’s basketball teams are prepared for the postseason. Holton tells why this could be the best showing ever for U of L in the ACC Tournament — considering the Cards have never advanced …

[ad_1] Missouri basketball coach Dennis Gates believes in a 14-bid Southeastern Conference. Not for the first time this season, Gates petitioned for the selection committee to not just break the Big East Conference’s record of 11 dancing teams in a single NCAA Tournament, but to shatter that number when the field is announced Sunday, March 16. Fourteen is an immediately …

[ad_1] If athletic director Scott Dolson was looking for advice on who to pick as the next Indiana basketball coach, could he trust an icon of IU’s rival? Revered college basketball analyst Robbie Hummel, who starred at Purdue and said he loved playing at Assembly Hall, travels across and beyond the Big Ten’s footprint to call games. So he knows …

[ad_1] USA TODAY Sports released their recent forecast of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field of 68, and they have the Nebraska Cornhuskers as one of the first four teams out of March Madness. The Huskers are joined in the first four out by the Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, and the North Carolina Tar Heels. If Nebraska earns an NCAA …