College Basketball

[ad_1] The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team may have played their way out of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Mired in a three-game losing streak and winners of just one in the last seven games, UT’s bubble may have finally burst. The losing streak includes a bad loss to South Carolina, who were 0-13 in the SEC before the upset. Right …

[ad_1] Wisconsin transfer guard A.J. Storr played just five minutes during Kansas’ hard-fought loss to No. 3 Houston on Monday. Storr’s five minutes included just two points, both from the free throw line, one field goal attempt and two turnovers. The Wisconsin transfer’s lack of playing time against Houston continues a recent trend, as he’s played just 18 combined minutes …

[ad_1] What’s materializing with Lipscomb basketball feels right. Feels like it’s time. The Bisons are due. Lennie Acuff is due. A 35-year coaching veteran, Acuff has won more than 600 games, and few outside the hoops industry know about him. Because he’s done it at smaller schools, the bulk at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Sustaining one of the …

[ad_1] Arizona State (13-16, 4-14) at No. 24 Arizona (19-10, 13-5) Time/Site: 9 p.m., Tuesday, McKale Center, Tucson. TV: ESPN. Radio: ESPN 620 AM (KTAR). About the matchup: This will be the second meeting of the season between the rivals. Arizona prevailed 81-72 in Tempe a month ago. Caleb Love had 27 points in that game while the since-dismissed B.J. …

[ad_1] Even with a 5-game winning streak that has them on the outside looking in of an NCAA Tournament spot, the North Carolina Tar Heels still have plenty to prove for a shot at extending their season – by at least a week. That continues on Tuesday, March 4, with a 7 p.m. tip-off against Virginia Tech in Cassell Coliseum. …

[ad_1] The North Carolina Tar Heels enter the final week of the regular season with two games left, and they really need to win out to help their NCAA Tournament chances. The Tar Heels are on the bubble going into the week and first up is a road game at Virginia Tech on Tuesday. North Carolina brings a five-game win …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten) fell to No. 10 overall in Joe Lunardi’s ESPN bracketology on Monday. The update follows the Badgers’ road loss to the Michigan State Spartans (24-5, 15-3 Big Ten) on Sunday. Wisconsin remained afloat for roughly 36 minutes before a bevy of turnovers and key missed three-point attempts essentially sealed a Michigan State victory. …

[ad_1] As Selection Sunday inches closer, NCAA men’s basketball tournament watchers tend to focus on two areas of the bracket. Those are the top, where the battle for No. 1 regional seeds could come down to the final days of conference tournaments, and the so-called bubble, where at-large candidates are running out of opportunities to improve their resumes. Our latest …

[ad_1] By this point, there was the pressure of expectations and their own reputation. Through its dominance, the Dutchess Community College men’s basketball had earned the hype and answered any questions about its place within the conference. So, in a season that has been a runaway success, failure here would’ve been tantamount to fumbling at the goal line. In their …

[ad_1] The stakes are high, and a recent trend looms large. No. 19/15-ranked Missouri basketball will face Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Wednesday in another road game against an NCAA Tournament bubble team. The previous two ended in narrow losses. Mizzou (20-8, 10-6 SEC) dropped road games to Arkansas and Vanderbilt in overtime in the past 10 days, giving both much-needed …

[ad_1] Alabama basketball walked away 1-1 last week, but the Crimson Tide still got a much-needed confidence boost in national metrics rankings with No. 5 Florida and No. 1 Auburn coming up. Defensive ratings jumped for No. 8 Alabama (23-6, 12-4 SEC) after the returning Final Four squad gave up just 73 points to Mississippi State and 79 to Tennessee. …

[ad_1] Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Tony Garica (@RealTonyGarcia) and Andrew Birkle (Andrew_Birkle) • Editor: Robin Chan. • Email: [email protected] Subscribe and leave us a five-star rating and review on your podcast app to help us grow the audience! On this episode: Plain and simple, Michigan basketball is not playing its best with just two games left in the season. The Wolverines have flashed some of the …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE − Brandon Brantley was infatuated with a prospective frontcourt of Caleb Furst and Trey Kaufman-Renn. At the time, the two were the best high school players in Indiana and both were Purdue basketball bound to be mentored by Brantley, the Boilermakers’ big man coaching guru. It took nearly three-and-a-half seasons and a unique series of circumstances, but …

[ad_1] Rutgers men’s basketball has virtually locked up a spot in the Big Ten Tournament, but tonight the Scarlet Knights will have a chance to erase any lingering doubt. Steve Pikiell’s team will play No. 20 Purdue at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana in its penultimate regular-season game hoping to punch its ticket to Indianapolis. Rutgers, coming off a …

[ad_1] Missouri State basketball has experienced plenty of heartbreak in the Missouri Valley Conference as it heads into its final Arch Madness appearance before joining Conference USA next season. The program has undergone many close calls since joining the league in 1990. That includes several critical losses that extended their current NCAA Tournament drought, which will reach 26 years without …

[ad_1] Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (10-21, 3-15 Sun Belt) vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (10-21, 5-13 Sun Belt) Pensacola, Florida; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -2.5; over/under is 141.5 BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss faces Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Tournament. The Golden Eagles’ record in Sun Belt games is 5-13, and their record is 5-8 in …

[ad_1] It was a frighteningly familiar tale for UCLA. From fully locked in and comfortably ahead to being on the verge of collapse. What had been a 14-point lead over Northwestern with a little more than two minutes left Monday night was down to one with 21 seconds to go after Bruins forward Tyler Bilodeau was triple-teamed and called for …

[ad_1] BALTIMORE (AP) — Evan Johnson scored 17 points to lead Maryland Eastern Shore to a 72-59 victory over Coppin State on Monday night. Johnson shot 4 of 10 from the field, including 3 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line for the Hawks (6-23, 2-11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Cardell Bailey shot 5 for …

[ad_1] HOUSTON, Tex. – Kansas didn’t have enough away to come away with a road win against No. 3 Houston, who will win the Big 12 for the second consecutive season. The Jayhawks were plagued by 20 turnovers. Houston also had 17 offensive rebounds, and attempted 27 more shots than Kansas. Mizzou OL Armand Membou runs 4.91 40-yard dash; displays …

[ad_1] For the third time this season and the fourth meeting in a row, Jacksonville University proved to be green Kryptonite for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels. Junior guard Robert McCray V scored 16 of his team-high 26 points in the second half, junior center Stephon Payne III returned from an ankle injury to provide an emotional lift off the bench with …

[ad_1] LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Zaire Hayes scored 20 points as Texas Southern beat Alcorn State 75-59 on Monday night. Hayes shot 7 for 11, including 5 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Tigers (14-16, 11-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Kolby Granger scored 13 points while going 5 of 11 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and added eight …

[ad_1] DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Cooper Flagg had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in possibly his final home game, helping No. 2 Duke beat Wake Forest 93-60 on Monday night to clinch at least a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Fellow rookie Kon Knueppel added 17 points for the Blue Devils (27-3, 18-1), who …

[ad_1] If there was a sequence in the loss to No. 3 Houston that encapsulated the Kansas basketball season, it came with about four minutes left in the second half. The Jayhawks, on the road, had recently cut the Cougars’ lead to 57-54 on a bucket from Hunter Dickinson and gotten the ball back after a defensive stop. But on …

[ad_1] DENTON, Texas (AP) — Atin Wright had 21 points to help North Texas hold on for a 68-66 victory over Wichita State on Monday night, upping its win streak to six. Wright shot 7 for 13 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Mean Green (22-6, 13-3 American Athletic Conference). …

[ad_1] DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke was minutes away from completing a perfect record on its famed home court with a Senior Night rout of Wake Forest. That’s when the buzzer sounded for freshman phenom Cooper Flagg, who checked out — possibly for the final time at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “One more year! One more year!” Duke’s “Cameron Crazies” chanted …