College Basketball

ESPN is increasing the output of Inside the NBA dates and adding more of them to early-season docket, the network announced Thursday. Last season, ESPN began licensing the iconic studio show—featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith—from TNT Sports in exchange for a package of Big 12 football and basketball games after Warner Bros. Discovery lost its …

The Big East’s coaches don’t believe a Red Storm three-peat is coming. The league’s coaches ranked St. John’s second in the conference’s preseason poll ahead of Tuesday’s Media Day festivities. The Johnnies only received two first-place votes, while the Huskies earned eight. Marquette finished fourth, behind Villanova, and still earned one first-place vote from Rick Pitino, who lauded the Golden …

Tom Izzo is back at it again, adding another major piece to Michigan State’s impressive 2027 recruiting class. Just a couple of weeks after landing another highly touted recruit in guard Antonio Pemberton, Izzo and the Spartans are back in the headlines with another splash on the recruiting trail. Advertisement This time, it’s 4-star center Jaydn Jenkins committing to East …

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn was picked to win the Big East by the league’s coaches on Thursday with defending champion St. John’s the second choice. The Huskies, who made their third national championship game appearance in the last four seasons, are led by preseason Big East Player of the Year selection Silas Demary Jr. Demary averaged 10.1 points, 5.9 …

Big East coaches continue to see Marquette women’s basketball player Halle Vice as one of the top players in the conference. In the annual preseason poll released Oct. 1, the 6-foot-1 wing was named to the all-Big East first team for the second consecutive season. Advertisement Vice led the conference in rebounding last season, pulling down 8.9 boards per game. …

The Big East coaches think the Marquette men’s basketball team will have a bounce-back season. The Golden Eagles were predicted to finish fourth in the 11-team league in the annual preseason poll released Oct. 1. Advertisement MU also received one first-place vote after finishing 7-13 last season and tied for seventh. Coaches can’t vote for their own teams. Connecticut was …

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn was picked to win the Big East by the league’s coaches on Thursday with defending champion St. John’s the second choice. The Huskies, who made their third national championship game appearance in the last four seasons, are led by preseason Big East Player of the Year selection Silas Demary Jr. Demary averaged 10.1 points, 5.9 …

*This is a developing story* Preseason Poll All-Big East Teams First Team: Braylon Mullins – Connecticut Tounde Yessoufou – St. John’s Nigel James Jr. – Marquette Tyler Perkins – Villanova Second Team: Na’Jai Hines – Connecticut Devin Royal – Villanova Royce Parham – Marquette Third Team: Oswin Erhunmwunse – Creighton Layden Blocker – DePaul Jovan Milicevic – Xavier Jackson McAndrew …

UConn men’s basketball was picked to be the No. 1 team in the Big East this season, as the Huskies were the top team in the 2026-27 Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll to kick off Big East Media Day. Dan Hurley and the Huskies received eight of 10 possible first-place votes, while St. John’s received two votes and Marquette received …

The ramp-up to the college basketball season is officially underway, with conferences across the country beginning to hold their annual media days. The latest is the Big East Conference, which gets “talking season” underway in New York City on Thursday. With that came the release of the preseason coaches’ poll, which brought little to no surprise about who was predicted …

Despite his recent cancer diagnosis, Steve Pikiell’s Rutgers Scarlet Knights are preparing for his 11th season in Piscataway. His teams have always proven to be hard-nosed and tough, just like the fight Pikiell is going through himself. While Pikiell’s health and well-being are important, the Knights have to focus on the season. That’s where Rutgers can lean on its experience, …

The last time the Xavier Musketeers were in New York City, they were sputtering toward the end of the program’s second losing season in 30 years. Xavier pulled out a win in the Big East Tournament over Marquette, then got crushed by No. 2 UConn by 25 points in the quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden. Advertisement That loss ended Xavier’s …

The 2026 college football season is now in full swing. But believe it or not, college basketball season is just a month away! Recently, the Big Ten announced its conference schedule for the 2026-2027 men’s basketball season. USC’s Big Ten opener will be on December 2 at Galen Center against Washington. Advertisement After that, however, the Trojans’ next five conference …

Michigan State basketball has another big-time commitment. Four-star center Jaydn Jenkins announced via social media that he had committed to MSU on Wednesday evening. He’s the second commitment in the Spartans’ 2027 recruiting class in as many weeks, joining five-star point guard Antonio Pemberton. Advertisement Timeline of Jenkins’ Recruitment Four-star center Jaydn Jenkins on his official visit to Michigan State. …

The 2026-27 Duke basketball roster includes 13 scholarship players. Almost all of them would probably earn considerable playing time for just about any other program in the country this season. However, as fifth-year Blue Devil head coach Jon Scheyer noted to David Shumate during this season’s first episode of Fast Break with Jon Scheyer on Tuesday night, there’s simply no …

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Basketball program welcomed a big-time recruit on a surprise visit this weekend, and it could signal good fortune for the program’s future. Five-star 2027 point guard Reese Alston took a surprise trip down to Lexington this past weekend, conducting an official visit with Kentucky Basketball. This comes as a pleasant surprise to Big Blue Nation, …

College basketball is almost here, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have finally released their full 2026-27 schedule. The Zags will play every Pac-12 Conference member twice in their 16-game double round-robin conference slate and generally follow a Wednesday/Saturday or Thursday/Sunday format during each week. Here are the notable conference matchups to make note of: Advertisement Jan. 6 – at Washington State …

Big Ten basketball media days will be held in Chicago during the second week of October, and on Wednesday, the conference released a list of which players will represent each school. Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler will be joined by junior guard John Mobley Jr. and sophomore forward Amare Bynum at the podium to speak to the media and …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs finally have a complete schedule for the 2026-27 college basketball season, with just three days until Kraziness in the Kennel. On Wednesday, the Pac-12 released its conference schedule, which begins Jan. 6 and ends March 6, ahead of the conference tournament. With that reveal, Gonzaga also published its finalized non-conference slate, with an added …

How do we know the college basketball season is just around the corner? Big Ten Media Days are just one week away. The Purdue men’s and women’s basketball teams are headed to Rosemont, Ill. next week, the first sign that tipoff has almost arrived. The women’s basketball teams will be featured on Wednesday, Oct. 7 and the men’s squads will …

Tom Izzo glowed over continuing to produce home-grown talent. A few hours later on Wednesday, Sept. 30, the Hall of Fame coach landed another piece to Michigan State basketball’s future roster when four-star center Jaydn Jenkins became the second commitment for the Spartans’ 2027 class. Advertisement Jenkins picked MSU over finalists Ohio State, Georgetown, Xavier and North Carolina State. The …

Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo doesn’t have a problem with limitations placed on coach movement and buyouts. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Izzo said if administrators want to enforce that, then he will support the move. “That’s all fair,” Izzo said, per Connor Earegood of Detroit News. “I still have a buyout. 32 years, I might be the …

On Wednesday, the American Conference released conference schedules for the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball season. Every team knew the opponents they would play in conference, but it was unclear until Wednesday when the Tigers would be playing those opponents. Penny Hardaway’s team will start conference play on Wednesday, December 30 at FedExForum against East Carolina before heading to Tampa …

Tom Izzo glowed over continuing to produce home-grown talent. A few hours later on Wednesday, Sept. 30, the Hall of Fame coach landed another piece to Michigan State basketball’s future roster when four-star center Jaydn Jenkins became the second commitment for the Spartans’ 2027 class. Advertisement Jenkins picked MSU over finalists Ohio State, Georgetown, Xavier and North Carolina State. The …

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats are set to take on the Kansas Jayhawks early in the non-conference slate this season. The third game of the season for Pope and the Wildcats will be on November 10th in Chicago, where the Wildcats will take on Bill Self’s Jayhawks. These two programs already faced off this offseason as Pope and Self …