College Basketball

With an entire week to celebrate its hard-fought victory over Cincinnati in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout, Xavier will try to end the non-conference portion of the regular season on a high note against Missouri State Dec. 12. If you rewind to a month ago, it would’ve been difficult to find any Xavier fan or basketball prognosticator to predict that …

Remember when I said I expected the Wisconsin Badgers to give a better effort against Nebraska than against BYU? You can throw that out the window. In the worst loss of Greg Gard’s tenure, the Badgers fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 90-60 in a game where Wisconsin was outfought from the first half onward. It was a combination of poor …

The Boilers started off slow in their B1G home opener but looked more like itself in the second half as they started on a 21-0 run. That would inevitably turn into a 48-19 start to the second half when Head Coach Matt Painter put his walk-ons in the game with 2:04 remaining. Purdue was a blistering 1.846 points per possession …

Photo Courtesy of UNM Atletics Lobos Earn First Top-25 Road Victory Since 2023 Mountain West Connection – Postgame ReportBy Roger A. Holien Preview RICHMOND, Va. – In what may stand as one of the signature victories of the Eric Olen era, New Mexico traveled across the country and stunned VCU 81–78 on Wednesday night inside the always-hostile Siegel Center. Advertisement …

As you’re reading this, it’s Thursday morning, December 11th, 2025. This week is Finals Week at Marquette University, and with Wednesday’s exams in the books, we’re officially past the halfway point. If you’re familiar with the traffic around campus at the end of fall semester, you know that today is the first big day of students packing up and exiting …

Wisconsin basketball suffered the most lopsided loss of the Greg Gard era on Wednesday night, as it fell 90-60 to the No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska owned nearly every meaningful statistical category, shooting 54% from the field to Wisconsin’s 34%, making 37% of its 3-point looks to Wisconsin’s 22%, out-rebounding the Badgers 38-32, recording 20 assists to Wisconsin’s 14 and, …

In Wednesday’s ACC Action, Notre Dame beat Iowa 80-65, NC State throttled Liberty 85-45 and Boston College fell to UMass, 76-74. This was the first game Notre Dame played without star guard Markus Burton, who was injured against TCU last time out, and who now faces ankle surgery and, possibly, a redshirt season. Advertisement The Irish did okay without him, …

FIRST HALF ANALYSIS: This game started out with a fairly decent pace. The Badgers took a slight lead early, helped by having 4 assists on their first 5 field goals. Nebraska started off 4-8, meaning this game could have been high scoring. Nebraska took the lead at the under 12 timeout, courtesy of 2 3-pointers by Braden Frager. Both teams …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin and Matt Able each scored 13 points to help N.C. State rout Liberty 85-45 on Wednesday night. N.C. State moves to 7-3 and 6-0 at home, and hosts No. 19 Kansas on Saturday. Advertisement The Wolfpack had a 16-point advantage midway through the first half and led 45-19 at the break. Lubin scored six …

The Wisconsin Badgers are back in action on Wednesday night, fresh off a two-win week last week, as they take on the red-hot No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road. Wisconsin had a nice 85-73 win over the Northwestern Wildcats to kick off Big Ten play last Wednesday, getting off to a hot start at home in a game that …

If the season ended today, Joe Lunardi of ESPN would have the Spartans as a top three seed in the NCAA Tournament. We are still months away from the NCAA Tournament, but it’s never too early to take a peek at how the field of 68 is shaping up. As he does every week, Lunardi has released an updated batch …

PEORIA — A former San Francisco Dons player was named by the NCAA on Wednesday in allegations he provided information on his statistics for upcoming games to help a player on another team make prop bets last season, according to an ESPN story. Dons starting guard Marcus Williams, who started 31 games last season, including one against the Bradley Braves, …

On Wednesday evening, the BC men’s basketball team renews a local rivalry when they face off against UMass in Springfield. Although it’s a low bar these days, the two teams are competing for bragging rights as the best team in the Commonwealth this year. Who: Massachusetts Minutemen (6-3) vs. Boston College Eagles (5-5) Advertisement Where: MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA When: …

To say that things are going well for the Michigan men’s basketball team to start the 2025-26 season would be a massive understatement. The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines are coming off a 89-61 win over Villanova, a game in which U-M dominated, wire-to-wire, which is becoming the norm. Michigan has now won six games in a row by 25 points …

The Wisconsin Badgers will seek their first Quad 1 win of the season when they face the 23rd-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln on Wednesday. Tip-off is at 8:00 P.M. CT on the Big Ten Network, with the Badgers favored by 1.5 points. Wisconsin enters this matchup after a decisive 96-76 win over Marquette in the I-94 rivalry, their largest margin …

For the first 20 minutes inside Madison Square Garden, Clemson looked like a group ready to control the entire night. A crisp offense, active defense and a 21-point cushion had the Tigers firmly in command against No. 10 BYU, but everything that worked early disappeared after the break. Clemson’s offense went nearly silent to open the second half, producing only …

On a Jimmy V. Classic night that was supposed to be defined by the UConn vs. Florida game that tipped off second, BYU freshman star AJ Dybantsa delivered a performance that stands out as perhaps the greatest individual effort in the 30-year history of the event. Playing inside Madison Square Garden for what is certain to be the first of …

Entering the 2025-26 college basketball season, to say that most, if not all, of the attention surrounding the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball roster was on point guard Bennett Stirtz could still be understating it. The transfer from Drake, who came to Iowa with his head coach Ben McCollum, has flashed brilliance throughout his collegiate career and brought quite a bit …

Fans of Syracuse Orange women’s basketball are receiving some good news for just how well the team has played so far this season. ESPN’s latest bracketology update currently has the Orange as a “Last Four In” team, according to ESPN’s latest bracketology update, which was released on Tuesday. Syracuse were on the outside looking in to the March Madness conversation …

The North Carolina Tar Heels are off to a hot start this season, opening up 8-1 as they wrap up non-conference play in December. This entire offseason was shaped around rebuilding this roster and getting back to the Carolina-style that we have been used to. So far, through nine games, one college basketball analyst believes this is a ‘vintage’ North …

Michigan State basketball is part of a select group of 12 teams that history suggests can win the national championship this season. The last 21 national championship winning teams have all been ranked inside the top 12 of the Associated Press (AP) poll during week six of the college basketball season. Michigan State is ranked No. 9 in this week’s …

While the Beaver Valley high school basketball season just getting underway, with section play commencing for a handful of classifications, the college basketball season is in full swing, entering its second month of the 2025-26 season, with programs entering conference play in the coming weeks. There is a lot of great local talent that has gone on to play Division …

BYU’s AJ Dybantsa makes bold No. 1 pick statement after huge 2nd half vs. Clemson appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. BYU Cougars freshman phenom AJ Dybantsa delivered the kind of performance that reminds everyone why he entered college basketball as one of the most hyped prospects in years. The No. 1 recruit …

Illinois’ Brad Underwood only has 2 words to sum up Keaton Wagler’s breakout game appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Brad Underwood has tuned Illinois basketball into an NCAA Tournament fixture, and a destination for NBA Draft prospects. He guided the program to its first Elite Eight appearance in almost 20 years back …

BYU’s AJ Dybantsa made basketball history only ever done by Steph Curry originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. BYU trailed by 21 points at the half on Tuesday night to Clemson. Advertisement That’s when AJ Dybantsa took over. The highly touted freshman was the best player in the building …