College Basketball

The Gator Nation awaits the return of Florida basketball with bated breath amidst high expectations for the coming season. Locked and loaded with one of the most talented rosters in the country, the Orange and Blue is primed for a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, and hopefully, a second national title in three years. But before the regular season …

Over the past year or so, recruiting has been pretty quiet when it comes to the women’s Illinois basketball program. Illinois is looking to hit a home run for the class of 2027, and on Tuesday, we moved one step closer to landing a big-time four-star recruit. Advertisement Talia Goodman of On3.com reported that Charis Rainey has cut her top …

The 2026-27 college basketball season tips off in less than a month. And it would be fair to say some fan bases – hey, we aren’t pointing fingers, Illini fans – are counting down the days. Illinois, widely viewed as a top-five preseason team and a national title contender, is entering the campaign with astronomically high expectations. One accomplishment very …

The Kansas Jayhawks have completely revamped their 2026-27 roster in the past few weeks, unexpectedly adding a pair of key starters from last year’s team thanks to individual lawsuits against the NCAA. Unless Tre White or Melvin Council Jr. have their injunctions reversed in the coming weeks, they will be members of this squad. Before that duo of players returned, …

The last time Xavier men’s basketball opened a season with an exhibition win over the Dayton Flyers, the Musketeers ended up making the NCAA Tournament after posting a losing record the year prior. The same stars have aligned this year as Xavier, coming off a 15-18 season to open the Richard Pitino era, began the 2026-27 campaign with an 82-76 …

One metric has released its preseason rankings for the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team heading into the upcoming year. Syracuse will open the 2026-27 season ranked No. 65 overall and 13th in the ACC, according to Bart Torvik. Advertisement The metric has the Orange with top-75 marks on both ends of the court. That includes No. 61 on offense and …

Indiana went from a team trying to prove itself to a team being asked to prove it can stay on top. That shift is behind the new challenge facing head coach Curt Cignetti. According to Barstool analyst Brandon Walker, the defending national champions should change the way they schedule their non-conference games. “Curt Cignetti loves to be boisterous… and he …

The 2026-27 college basketball season is right around the corner, so let’s dive into the Marquette men’s basketball roster and take a look at what to expect from each player this season. Going forward in these Player Previews, we’ll be going in this order: The two freshmen going in alphabetical order by last name then doing the same for the …

2025-26 Season Recap: 21-12 record, 10-10 in conference play Finished in 4th place in the Big East Lost to St. John’s in the Big East Tournament (Quarterfinals) Head Coach: Shaheen Holloway for his fifth season at the helm. Departing players: The whole roster, minus Trey Parker (and potentially Elijah Fisher). Below are some notables. Adam Clark – Ole Miss (12.7 …

With many seniors looking for an additional year of eligibility through pending court processes, one former Wisconsin Badgers player is looking to jump in the mix: guard Andrew Rohde. Rohde, a senior in 2025-26, came to Wisconsin after one year at St. Thomas and two years at Virginia, initially hailing from Brookfield, Wisconsin. The guard averaged 5.7 points, 2.9 assists, …

We are less than a month away from the start of the college basketball season, and the Orange now know when and where nearly all of their games will be televised. The ACC has officially announced its game times and TV designations, giving us a much clearer picture of what the 2026-27 season will look like for Syracuse. And yes, …

DALLAS – SMU basketball is no longer just trying to prove it belongs in the ACC. The Mustangs are starting to look like a program the networks expect people to watch. That became clear with the release of the 2026-27 television schedule, which includes 25 nationally televised regular-season games and every ACC matchup on a major network platform. Advertisement MORE: …

The 2026 college football season is now in full swing. But believe it or not, college basketball season is less than a month away! Last week, the Big Ten announced its preseason honors for the 2026-2027 men’s basketball season. One of the 11 players included on the Preseason All-Big Ten team was USC’s Rodney Rice. Advertisement Rice appeared in six …

In 1986, Mike Krzyzewski led Duke to the Finał Four for the first time. The Blue Devils entered the tournament at 32-2 and a breath of fresh air for the national media (in retrospect, it’s hard to think of Duke as the likable new kid on the block). Duke was the #1 seed in the East and was expected do …

After a long offseason, the 2026 Big Ten Basketball Media Days have returned to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, where Iowa basketball head coach Ben McCollum and two fellow Hawkeyes players are scheduled to speak at the podium. In his first season at the helm of the Hawkeyes, Ben McCollum led Iowa to a 24-13 overall …

The University of Dayton men’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a double-digit deficit in its exhibition game against Xavier on Wednesday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Advertisement Dayton trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half. They cut the deficit to one in the second half. Still, they fell short against Xavier, 82-76, …

A new group of Utah basketball players got its first taste of facing someone else Wednesday night, as the Runnin’ Utes opened exhibition play with a 79-69 win over UNLV in Las Vegas. Here are three takeaways from Utah’s victory at the Thomas & Mack Center. Advertisement “The exhibition games are great for us because you get to play against …

ROSEMONT, Ill. — On one side of town is a defending national champion that reloaded like a rich kid with his parent’s credit card at Erewhon. On the other side is a team that might feature even more talent, including the most electrifying basketball player in Los Angeles. Advertisement The real winner in the renewal of a rivalry that’s ready …

LAS VEGAS — Chemistry can be a complicated thing. Especially in this Wild West age of college athletics where roster turnover is fueled by NIL funding, the transfer portal and coaches coming and going. Josh Pastner says he was a pretty good chemistry student in high school. But with his second year as UNLV’s head men’s basketball coach underway, he …

Each week throughout the college football regular season, SyracuseRoundtable will bring you the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) power rankings. The rankings will help give a clearer picture as to how the top teams in the conference stack up against one another. In December, the top two teams will compete in Charlotte, N.C., not for just the conference title, but a …

Lisa Fortier and the Gonzaga women’s basketball program are heading into the new-look Pac-12 with nearly the exact same roster as last season, a rare display of continuity in the NIL and transfer portal era. With 11 returners from a team that went 18-5 in the final 23 games last season, Gonzaga is well-equipped to finish atop the Pac-12 in …

With the 2026-27 college basketball season just around the corner, Oregon Ducks men’s basketball coach Dana Altman has announced his retirement after 16 seasons with the program. In his 16 seasons with the Ducks, Altman posted a 382-182 overall record, and among his greatest accomplishments with Oregon were leading the program to the 2017 Final Four and several Pac-12 championships. …

The reaction that Ryan Day had when Jeremiah Smith committed to Ohio State is similar to that Jai Lucas had when he knew star forward Shelton Henderson was returning for his sophomore season at Miami. After finishing his freshman season on the All-ACC Freshman team and finishing top three in the country with one of the best field-goal percentages in …

Dana Altman’s greatest achievement before he retired? Lifting Creighton out of the mud in the ’90s originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Dana Altman has announced his retirement. Advertisement To much of the world, he was Oregon coach Dana Altman. To me, he will always be Creighton coach Dana …

One of the Spartans’ top non-conference games now has a tip time finalized. Michigan State men’s basketball’s marquee road non-conference game at Tennessee will be a late tip on a weeknight. The Spartans announced on Wednesday that their game against the Volunteers on November 17 will tipoff at 9 p.m. ET. Advertisement The game will be televised on ESPN2. Michigan …