College Basketball

The annual Braggin’ Rights game awaits the Illinois basketball team on Monday night. Missouri is always a thorn in the side of the Illini, no matter who is playing in the game. This is a tightly contested rivalry, and the fact that we meet in St. Louis always brings more buzz to the matchup. Advertisement While the Tigers are 10-2 …

For the Syracuse Orange, the dust is finally settled on all of their out of conference games, and fans certainly have to feel great about how the team is performing so far. Just over a week from now, Syracuse will enter the ACC portion of its 2025-26 schedule with all but one loss. Early on, the Orange have quietly emerged …

In Sunday’s ACC Action, Vanderbilt took care of Wake Forest 98-67, Pitt pounded Penn State 80-46, NC State beat up on Ole Miss 76-62, SMU sent Central Arkansas home 99-82, Purdue Fort Wayne shocked Notre Dame 72-69, Clemson clipped Cincinnati 68-65, Miami beat North Florida 105-67 and Cal clobbered Columbia 74-56. Remember Tyler Nickel? He only lasted one year with …

Wow. There’s no other word to describe Saturday’s thrilling ending to UNC-Ohio State basketball. The Buckeyes led by one in the final seconds, only for North Carolina to respond with more clutch antics. Seth Trimble lost the basketball driving inside, but lucky for him, Henri Veesaar was right there. Veesaar dunked home the loose basketball, capping off the Tar Heels’ …

Through Dec. 20, Sam Houston was one of two Conference USA teams ranked above New Mexico State in both the NCAA Net rankings and the KenPom rankings. Sunday, Dec. 21, was a chance for the Aggies to make a statement, and that’s what they did. NM State (7-3, 1-0 Conference USA) opened conference play with an 87-78 win over the …

Kentucky Basketball may have just found its stride following a 78-66 victory over No. 22 St. John’s on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic. While the team’s success is incredibly reliant on the health of both Jaland Lowe (shoulder) and Jayden Quaintance (knee), the Wildcats had both on the floor for a majority of Saturday’s game, and that version of …

Here’s something I haven’t said much in 2025: Pay attention to the Big 12. What a fun week for the conference as it moves up the pecking order ahead of the ACC. The Big 12 delivered the regular-season game of the year over the weekend between Kansas and Iowa State, as Mackenzie Hare’s buzzer-beating heroics put the cherry on top …

Saturday was an important day for Iowa basketball head coach Ben McCollum. He returned to Des Moines, Iowa, where just nine months prior, he had led the Drake Bulldogs to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. This time around, he swapped the blue tie for a Hawkeye gold one and led his 9-2 Hawkeyes onto the court at the …

What Matt Painter changed on defense to take Tahaad Pettiford away appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Purdue Boilermakers’ current win streak hit three games this weekend following the team’s 88-60 win against the Auburn Tigers at the Indy Classic. One of the key factors in Purdue’s win was the team’s defense …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Berke Buyuktuncel had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for a triple-double and No. 15 Nebraska overcame first-half shooting woes to beat North Dakota 78-55 on Sunday night. At 12-0, Nebraska is off to the best start in school history. Braden Frager came off the bench to lead the Huskers with 17 points. Sam Hoiberg …

Michigan State women’s basketball is spending the days leading into the holiday break in Cherokee, North Carolina, participating in the Cherokee Invitational. In the first game of the event, the Spartans dominated. Taking on Indiana State, Michigan State earned a very convincing 115-66 victory over the Sycamores. The Spartans shot an unbelievable 53.4% from the field including 44.1% on 15 …

Clemson Gets to 10-3 Ahead of ACC Play The Tiger fans gathered in the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville held their collective breaths as Cincy’s Day Day Thomas’s fading 3 pointer bounced away, securing a 68-65 victory for Clemson. This game certainly felt like an easy Sunday afternoon at the park during a dominant first half where the Tigers …

Gonzaga survives Oregon in gritty Northwest Elite Showdown originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Gonzaga earned a hard-fought 91–82 victory over Oregon on Saturday night in Portland, surviving a physical and competitive battle against a Ducks team that proved far tougher than its record suggested. While Oregon entered the …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Braeden Smith scored 21 points, Braden Huff had 20 points and No. 7 Gonzaga beat Oregon 91-82 on Sunday at Moda Center. Graham Ike added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (12-1). Steele Venters scored 14 points, and Tyon Grant-Foster had 10. Advertisement Nate Bittle had 28 points and nine rebounds for Oregon (6-6). …

Despite a sloppy start, UConn men’s basketball moved to 2-0 in the Big East with a convincing road win over DePaul in Chicago. While the Huskies (12-1, 2-0 Big East) looked out of sorts in the first half without star guard Solo Ball, they snapped out of it just in time to cruise to a comfortable 72-54 win. Ball was …

LOS ANGELES — At one point last week, the USC Trojans were in the midst of not playing their final non-conference game scheduled for Sunday against Brown University following a tragic shooting that took place at Brown’s campus, which led to the two programs mutually agreeing to cancel their matchup. Many schools were contacted by USC’s athletic department, including a …

Clemson nearly relived a familiar nightmare on Sunday afternoon, but this time the Tigers found a way to finish. Behind clutch free throws from Dillon Hunter in the closing seconds, Clemson survived a furious rally to escape with a 68–65 win over Cincinnati at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, closing nonconference play with a third straight victory. Advertisement Hunter delivered when …

WASHINGTON — Georgetown men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley was suspended by the school on Sunday for one game after throwing a water bottle into the stands at the end of a loss to Xavier the night before. “I met with Coach Cooley today to discuss the incident which occurred after last night’s game against Xavier. I expressed that his conduct …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Xaivian Lee scored 19 points, Thomas Haugh added 17 and No. 23 Florida pulled away late to beat Colgate 90-60 on Sunday and extend its home-winning streak against nonconference opponents to 18. The Gators (8-4) won their third in a row since dropping back-to-back games to Duke and UConn. Rueben Chinyelu finished with 16 points and …

Behind a program-record 19 three-point shots, six of them from high-scorer Jordan Burks, the UCF Knights dispatched the FGCU Eagles 102-80 on Saturday afternoon. Themus Fulks added 21 points and five assists, and Jamichael Stillwell recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds — his fifth double-double of the season. UCF extended its best start in the Johnny Dawkins Era to 10-1. …

Saturday night, Duke lost its first game of the year. The loss came on a neutral site, by one point, to a Top 20 Texas Tech squad with a pre-season All American (JT Toppin) and a dynamic young point guard (Christian Anderson) who may himself challenge for similarly lofty accolades. Despite that star power, the Red Raiders still needed some …

Another big opportunity, another down-to-the-wire showdown and another narrow loss. That’s become the theme of the 2025-26 Northwestern men’s basketball season of late. The Wildcats have now played five games that were decided by fewer than six points — all against Power Conference opponents, with four of those games being losses. Their 61-58 loss to Butler in Indianapolis’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse …

Tennessee is finally off of their non-conference gauntlet run today, staying in town for a Sunday matchup against Gardner-Webb. It’s the second season in a row that the two schools have faced each other. The Volunteers are coming off of a much-needed win over Louisville on Tuesday. It was a game where Tennessee finally looked like themselves again after three …

When Utah State woke up for their game against the CSU Rams Saturday morning, they must have gotten confused, thinking that they were about to play the other Colorado-based MWC team: Air Force. Otherwise, I have no rational explanation for the absolute thrashing that took place at the Spectrum. In a much-hyped matchup between the Mountain West’s top two teams, …

The Big Ten had a litany of games on Saturday, highlighted by a handful of marquee matchups for the league. The biggest was in Indianapolis, as Purdue and Auburn tangled. Let’s take a look at what happened. Advertisement –No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers 88, No. 21 Auburn Tigers 60 The Boilers were favored heading into this one, but the team even …