College Basketball

It’s high school basketball time in Kentucky. The 2025-26 Kentucky high school basketball season is here, and this is your one-stop shop for a sneak peek at what lies ahead for Louisville-area hoops. Advertisement We have coverage aplenty — from team previews to players to watch and much more — to get you prepped for the first day of the season on Monday. Our …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Labaron Philon scored 20 points, Aden Holloway added 17 points and a career-high 10 assists and No. 8 Alabama beat Maryland 105-72 on Wednesday night in a consolation game of the Players Era Championship Tournament. It was the second emphatic win for the Crimson Tide (5-2) following a 10-point loss to Gonzaga on Monday. On Tuesday, …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg had 20 points and 11 rebounds as No. 7 Michigan routed No. 12 Gonzaga 101-61 on Wednesday night to win the Players Era Championship. Trey McKenney added 17 points for the impressive Wolverines (7-0), who dominated every one of their opponents in the event. They won their three games by a combined 110 points, …

No. 7 Michigan will exit the 2025 Players Era Festival with a big check and plenty of reason to think they’re much more than the seventh-best team in the country. The Wolverines wrapped up a dominant showing in Las Vegas with a 101-61 win over No. 12 Gonzaga, earning the $1 million NIL prize that made the tournament the most …

Dusty May has another Championship under his belt. After winning the Big Ten title during his first season with the Michigan Wolverines basketball program, he and his team are bringing home another significant Championship, this time from Las Vegas, Nevada. Advertisement The No. 7 Wolverines won their third straight game in as many nights on Wednesday, defeating the No. 12 …

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Kaylene Smikle scored 22 points, Yarden Garzon added 17 and No. 7 Maryland held off No. 16 Kentucky 74-66 in a matchup of unbeaten teams at the Discover Puerto Rico Classic on Wednesday night. The Terrapins (8-0) build a 20-point lead midway through the third quarter before Kentucky (7-1) rallied. Tonie Morgan scored 12 points …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tahaad Pettiford scored 27 points and No. 21 Auburn defeated No. 14 St. John’s 85-74 on Wednesday in the consolation round of the Players Era Championship. After falling behind by 11 points, Auburn (6-2) outscored St. John’s 55-35 in the second half — including a 30-13 run over the final nine minutes. Pettiford scored 16 points …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mevlin Council Jr. and Elmarko Jackson each scored 17 points and Kansas defeated previously unbeaten No. 17 Tennessee 81-76 in the third-place game of the Players Era Championship on Wednesday night. Tre White added 14 points for Kansas (6-2) before fouling out and Florey Bidunga scored 13. Advertisement Nata Ament led Tennessee (7-1) with 20 points. …

After a relatively easy seven-game home slate, No. 7 Maryland women’s basketball needed to be tested in its first Top-25 matchup of the season. The Terps weren’t phased. Maryland hit the ground running and got out to a lead that it never gave up, defeating No. 16 Kentucky, 74-66, in Puerto Rico. Advertisement The Terps relied on playing small ball …

LAS VEGAS — No. 3 UCLA Bruins were defeated 76-65 by No. 4 Texas in college basketball game during Players Era Tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 and The Sporting Tribune’s Kalin Sipes were there to capture the following TST Images. Texas guard Bryanna Preston (1) attempts to block a shot from UCLA Kiki Rice during second half of college …

A junior college basketball player has died following an injury sustained during a game in Texas on Saturday. Ethan Dietz, 20, attended Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma, and suffered a head injury while playing for the Cowboys against Grayson College in Denison. Advertisement The 6ft 8in (2.03m) forward was transported to a local hospital in Texas and his school …

LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII — Offense was clicking on all cylinders Wednesday afternoon for the USC Trojans Men’s basketball squad, and it happened to be at the right time as they had a date against the Arizona State Sun Devils for the Maui Invitational Championship. The Trojans traveled to the Island of Maui with one goal in mind, and they achieved …

Last Study Hall I did mention this Q4 games were starting to wear me out. So watching this game isn’t particularly something I was looking forward to. While Houston and Tennessee were battling it out in Las Vegas in a terrific battle of titans, I flipped away as the SEC Network+ was broadcasting the Tigers takings on 349th ranked South …

Hurricanes Get Second Crack Against A Ranked Opponent On Thanksgiving Day The Miami Hurricanes men’s hoops team is off to a fantastic start. The team under first-year head coach Jai Lucas has won five of its first six contests. Their one defeat came at the hands of the defending national champion Florida Gators in Jacksonville, who were ranked 10th. Advertisement …

No. 9 BYU (4-1) vs. Miami (5-1) Tip: Thursday, 3 p.m. MDT Venue: State Farm Field House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex, Kissimmee, Florida Streaming: espn.com/live Radio: 102.7 FM/1160 AM/Sirius XM 143 Series: Tied 2-2 (most recent meeting: 1989) The trends For BYU: 4-1 on the season, No. 11 in KenPom, averaging 87.2 points scored and 68.6 points allowed per game. For Miami: 5-1 on …

Nebraska women’s basketball (7-0) competed against Virginia (5-2) in the Emerald Coast Classic championship game on Tuesday night. Despite a fourth-quarter surge from the Cavaliers, the Huskers took the win 91-82. Nebraska commanded the game in the middle two quarters after opening up the first with an 18-16 lead. The Huskers entered halftime up 42-33, then the fourth with a …

Thanksgiving is only a few days away, which means it’s officially Feast Week and fans got to enjoy a litany of great games on Tuesday as a result. Some of the biggest matchups involved teams like Iowa, Michigan, and USC. Let’s take a look at what happened. Advertisement –USC Trojans 70, Seton Hall Musketeers 81 For the second day in …

The NCAA women’s volleyball tournament begins Dec. 4 and Selection Sunday is Nov. 30. Nebraska has been head and shoulders above the field this season, but teams like Kentucky, Pittsburgh and Texas may have something to say before a Cornhuskers coronation. Advertisement Here are the latest AVCA Top 25 rankings and updated NCAA RPI rankings ahead of Sunday’s selection show …

For the first time since 2016, the North Carolina Tar Heels are 6-0 to start the season. Critical in last night’s win was junior Henri Veesaar. In his expanded role this season as a starter for Carolina, the seven-footer posted career highs in points and rebounds. Advertisement In the opening game for the Fort Myers Tip-Off, Veesaar and Caleb Wilson …

The Oregon Ducks took on the San Diego State Aztecs on Tuesday night as part of the Player’s Era Championship, looking to bounce back after being handed their first loss of the season by the Auburn Tigers on Monday night. This one started off well for the Ducks with Jackson Shelstad nailing his first four shots from deep, and both …

No. 16 Tennessee (7-0) will play Kansas (5-2) Wednesday in the Players Era Men’s Championship. Tipoff between the Vols and Jayhawks is slated for 7 p.m. EST at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. TNT will televise the contest and can also be streamed on HBO Max. Advertisement Wednesday will mark the ninth time Tennessee will play Kansas …

A season after winning the championship game of the inaugural Players Era Festival, Oregon has struggled to be competitive this week in Las Vegas. The Ducks arrived at the tournament undefeated but lost for the second straight night as San Diego State took advantage of Oregon’s lackluster defensive performance to win 97-80, Nov. 24, inside Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay …

The Colorado State men’s basketball team is down in the Bahamas for a work week over Thanksgiving. The Rams are competing in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. CSU’s first-round game is Nov. 26 against Virginia Tech. Advertisement Here’s a look at everything to know about the game against Virginia Tech: What time does Colorado State vs Virginia Tech basketball start? …

The 8th ranked Crimson Tide bounced back from their disappointing loss to Gonzaga to bounce the UNLV Rebels by a score of 115-76. The Tide had six players in double digits in running the home standing UNLV out of the gym. Bama improved to 4-2 while the Rebels fell to 3-4 in the young season. Alabama will play Maryland on …

Iowa might be onto something, considering what the Hawkeyes got from Cooper Koch and Bennett Stirtz on Tuesday. Koch, the freshman who was granted a medical redshirt after only playing 10 games last season, had his best game in an Iowa uniform to help the Hawkeyes to a 74-69 win over Ole Miss as part of the Acrisure Series, a …