College Basketball

For all of the talk – and there has been plenty – about Nebraska having not played a tough opponent yet, the other team at Memorial Stadium on Saturday has played a schedule mostly full of cupcakes. Yeah, those guys – the 5-0 Indiana Hoosiers. Advertisement Indiana’s early schedule looks a little better with Northwestern’s sudden emergence. But Indiana was …

The BYU football program will be back in action on Friday night against Iowa State. If the Cougars take care of business against the Cyclones, it will setup a top 10 matchup against Notre Dame the following week in LaVell Edwards Stadium. Outside of BYU-Iowa State, there are multiple national games that will impact BYU in week six. The 10 …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Razorbacks will begin preparation for what’s being touted as one of those special years. Third-year coach John Calipari has assembled a roster predominantly made up of freshmen, a couple of transfers and returning fan-favorite Billy Richmond III and the expectations are sky-high. Advertisement Seven months after Darius Acuff blossomed into a superstar with his heroics, …

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama basketball had a plethora of players showcase what the 2026-27 Crimson Tide is about during Thursday night’s 111-93 preseason home victory over Furman. Alabama signed six players to its freshman class and three of them faced the Paladins. The first-year trio of Tarris Bouie, Cole Cloer and Qayden Samuels each played for over half of the …

Tommy Lloyd has long relied on contacts made during his time as an assistant coach at Gonzaga, a strategy that has paid off for his Arizona Wildcats. Sounds like another Zag connection is in the works, with a report that Kevin Pangos – a former All-American guard who played at Gonzaga from 2011-2015 – will join Lloyd’s staff as an …

As the Illinois basketball program enters the 2026-27 campaign, there is a ton of hype. The Illini are coming off a Final Four run just months ago, and now we are going to be a top five team in the country to start the season. Advertisement Most of the tip-off times and television schedule were released earlier this week. What …

UCLA became home to one of the most intriguing players in college basketball this offseason. Nikola Kusturica is a 17-year-old Serbian superstar who joins the Bruins as a freshman with an absurd amount of talent and potential. Head coach Mick Cronin called Kusturica “One of the best players in the world in his class” during an interview at the Big …

Duke has one of the more interesting rosters in college basketball next season compared to what it typically has. As we’ve talked about in the past, especially before the transfer portal era, Duke was typically a young team with a boatload of talented freshmen. Not that it’s the wrong decision to do something like that still, but in this era …

Illinois coach Brad Underwood joined a long list of living Big Ten legends at Media Day on Oct. 7 and 8 in Rosemont, Illinois, discussing his team’s chances at a national championship among other topics. Underwood joined the Fighting Illini in March 2017 and has led his program to three Big Ten championships including one regular season title and two …

The Duke Blue Devils looked fantastic across the board in their first action of the 2026-27 college basketball season. Duke kicked off the year with a dominant 102-62 victory over Belmont in a scrimmage at Cameron Indoor Stadium. After all the hype and expectations around this team throughout the offseason, it impressed in its first in-game action. Advertisement Considering this …

Looking at UCLA’s slate of games on their full schedule this season, and particularly their non-conference matchups, the Bruins may have their hands full to begin the season. With several tough matchups on the horizon, there is one aspect in these games that will potentially favor UCLA. Advertisement Many Tough Games Stay on West Coast Mar 22, 2026; Philadelphia, PA, …

Minnesota doesn’t begin its 2026-27 regular season until Nov. 2, but October will still be a very busy month. That started Thursday when head coach Niko Medved, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson and Isaac Asuma made the trip to Rosemont, Ill., for the Big Ten’s annual “Media Days” event. Medved’s most interesting comments might’ve been about a player who wasn’t even there. Every …

Sometimes it can seem like women’s college basketball is predictable. UConn is always good. So is South Carolina. But in recent seasons, we’ve seen new powers emerge. LSU after it hired Kim Mulkey. Michigan after one elite recruiting class. Iowa after Caitlin Clark. Who are some of the teams set to make huge leaps this season? These five programs seem …

BYU Football is back home in Provo on Friday night and will face the Iowa State Cyclones. BYU is a perfect 4-0 on the season while Iowa State is 3-2. Both the Cyclones and BYU Cougars hail from the Big 12 Conference, where BYU is 2-0 and Iowa State is 1-1. BYU most recently played on Saturday Oct. 3 at …

“I’m not saying I won’t go to the transfer portal. I won’t do this or that. But the way we’ve made it to me is detrimental to the kids, maybe in the long run,” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said. Izzo was speaking to the Big Ten Network on Thursday during the Big Ten’s Men’s Basketball Media Day, where …

Duke’s 40-point exhibition victory reveals unexpected new scoring threat originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Duke basketball fans expected to see plenty of talent when the Blue Devils opened their preseason Thursday night.They probably didn’t expect two players to share the scoring lead in such impressive fashion. Sophomore Dame …

Friday night marks the unofficial start of UNC basketball season. At 7 p.m., North Carolina will face the USC Trojans in a preseason clash from Greensboro, better known amongst ACC basketball fans as tournament town. USC, entering Year Three of the Eric Musselman era, marks the first of a 3-game preseason slate for the Tar Heels. UNC will go nine …

Coaches say the darnedest things. In an era when paying players and other previously forbidden stratagems are openly countenanced in college basketball, well-traveled Cuonzo Martin, with tongue presumably planted firmly in cheek, suggested a strategy this past summer to “create an atmosphere” at Missouri State. To boost the school’s negligible student attendance at Springfield’s Great Southern Bank Arena, the coach …

Deron Rippey Jr. was one of the top-rated point guard prospects in the 2026 recruiting class. However, unlike many 5-star high school recruits, Rippey probably will not be handed the keys to the offense right away, putting him in a very interesting position. Advertisement Rippey will join one of the deepest backcourts in college basketball, alongside Cayden Boozer, Caleb Foster, …

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has left a legacy in Lawrence and in college basketball that will never be undone. He’s brought the Kansas program multiple Big 12 Conference and Big 12 Tournament championships, two national titles, and memories that will last a lifetime in the minds of KU basketball fans everywhere. Advertisement At this point, all he can do …

The Arizona Wildcats have had three players selected in three of the last seven NBA drafts, a remarkable feat that could be duplicated once again in 2027. And while the 2020, 2022, and 2026 drafts all had at least one Arizona player go in the second round, experts believe the Wildcats could have three players taken in the first round, …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs embark on a new adventure in the Pac-12 in 2026-27, ending a spectacular 46-year run in the West Coast Conference. The move to the reborn Pac-12 creates unfamiliar territory for Gonzaga: new opponents, new road trips, a new number of conference games, a new week and new venue for the conference tournament, and so …

With the emergence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), college athletes are looking for ways to maximize their careers. This is especially true for people who do not have options for the top professional leagues but are still valuable to college programs. It is hard to blame these college athletes because they can continue to play the sport they love …

The Iowa State Cyclones have had a whirlwind of an offseason in preparation for the 2026-27 men’s college basketball season. There was a lot of turnover on the roster, with multiple key rotation players from their Sweet 16 team not returning. Joshua Jefferson is in the NBA, Milan Momcilovic transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats, Nate Heise exhausted his eligibility, and …

Chances are, at least in the early stages of the 2026-27 Duke basketball campaign, freshman guard Bryson Howard will come off the bench. The player ahead of him in what figures to be a deep rotation will likely be sophomore wing Dame Sarr, who started 30 of the 38 games he played for a 2025-26 squad that finished 35-3 overall, …