College Basketball

After a 2-0 week in Orlando, BYU returns to Utah to face Cal Baptist in the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The game tips off at 7pm MT on ESPN+. Cal Baptist is a sneaky good team and took their first loss of the season Monday to Colorado after a 7-0 start. NET rankings will fluctuate as we get …

Head to Peacock this Thursday night for an exciting slate of women’s college basketball. The excitement tips off at 7:00 PM ET when the Villanova Wildcats visit the Georgetown Hoyas. Then at 9:00 PM, the Marquette Golden Eagles take on the DePaul Blue Demons. See below for additional information on how you can watch both games and follow all of …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange basketball program earned its first ranked win of the season by defeating No. 13 Tennessee by a final score of 62-60 Tuesday night. It was the first win over a ranked opponent in the non-conference since the Orange beat No. 16 Ohio State in November 2018. It was the first win over a ranked …

After No. 25 Iowa’s 71-52 loss at No. 8 Michigan State in their Big Ten opener, head coach Ben McCollum discussed his rotation decisions against the Spartans on Tuesday night from East Lansing, Mich. Despite excelling on the defensive side of the court through their first seven games of the season, Iowa ran into an efficient, patient, and disciplined Michigan …

Fresh off winning the Acrisure Series last week, Iowa basketball hit the road for a tough Big Ten opener against Michigan State. Playing the eighth-ranked Spartans in East Lansing was going to tell the world a lot about this iteration of the Hawkeyes in their first year under Ben McCollum. The Breslin Center is one of the most difficult road …

The Virginia Cavaliers are in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday for their toughest test of the season thus far, a true road game against Sean Miller and the Texas Longhorns as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Ryan Odom’s ’Hoos last took the court on Friday night in Charlottesville, bouncing back from their first loss of the season and taking care of …

MANHATTAN — A frustrated Jerome Tang called out his players’ effort and toughness after their embarrassing loss to Bowling Green, sounding the alarm eight games into the Kansas State basketball season. The Wildcats won their first five games and have now lost their last three, with difficult matchups on the horizon. There is a real possibility that the Wildcats could …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Gicarri Harris let his hand hang in the air a bit on the follow-through, Purdue basketball’s sophomore guard finally feeling the surge for the first time this season. Late in the first half of the No. 1 Boilermakers’ 81-65 victory at Rutgers, his 3-pointer provided the final flourish on a fast break. The season’s first few weeks …

LEXINGTON, Ky. — There was no fear, no hesitation, no thought of failure in front of more than 20,000 rabid fans inside Rupp Arena. When the moments arrived, UNC basketball freshman Derek Dixon snatched them and sent a sea of blue — Big Blue Nation — to the exits in the final seconds. Over the course of 53 seconds in …

This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features ESPN senior college basketball reporter Myron Medcalf to talk Louisville basketball’s first road trip of the season at Arkansas and what Kentucky basketball needs to do to get rolling. Medcalf tells why he doesn’t yet have the Cardinals listed among his Final Four/national title contenders. He explains why UofL coach Pat Kelsey has nothing …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Gicarri Harris let his hand hang in the air a bit on the follow-through, Purdue basketball’s sophomore guard finally feeling the surge for the first time this season. Late in the first half of the No. 1 Boilermakers’ 81-65 victory at Rutgers, his 3-pointer provided the final flourish on a fast break. The season’s first few weeks …

EUGENE, Ore (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 25 points and Jacob Cofie added 17 as No. 24 USC defeated Oregon 82-77 on Tuesday night in a Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. USC, which entered the AP Top 25 on Monday for the first time in more than two years, improved to 8-0 to continue its best start since …

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — UConn fans had been eagerly anticipating the day Braylon Mullins could truly step onto the court for them. The five-star freshman rewarded their patience when the Huskies needed it most. Advertisement Mullins hit a trio of 3-pointers and scored 17 points, blocked a layup by Kansas guard Jamari McDowell in the closing seconds, then sealed fifth-ranked …

LEXINGTON — There’s no such thing as a “learning how to win” statistic. It’s empirical. An intangible quality. Some teams intrinsically possess this trait — finding a path to victory in spite of struggles. To this point, early in its 2025-26 season, Kentucky basketball hadn’t proven it could do that. Advertisement UK had beaten five opponents (Nicholls, Valparaiso, Eastern Illinois, Loyola …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter’s ability to keep a nucleus together for four years helped the Boilermakers grow into the nation’s No. 1 team and a national championship favorite. Painter, though, is under no pretense that’s an easy thing to pull off. When asked about Rutgers playing six freshmen against Purdue on Tuesday, he agreed the youth …

“It was the basis of my career,” Michael Jordan said. Michal Jordan’s love of the game was the focus of the latest “MJ: Insights to Excellence” conversation with Mike Tirico, which aired Tuesday as part of NBC’s coverage of the 2025-26 NBA season. Jordan talked about how his passion for the game was the foundation for everything. It was that …

Pharrel Payne is an unstoppable force against low-major teams. The center averaged 21.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in 29 minutes per game against Coppin State and Alcorn State, the two he’d played against entering Tuesday. But the senior saved his best for Wagner, the final low-major opponent of his career. On a night where Maryland men’s basketball was a shell …

Syracuse (5-3) defeated No. 13 Tennessee (7-2), 62-60, Tuesday in the ACC/SEC Challenge at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York. Tennessee suffered its second consecutive loss after finishing in fourth place in the Players Era Championship. The Vols lost to Kansas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Advertisement The Orange led Tennessee, 32-30, at halftime. Jaylen Carey, a Vanderbilt transfer, scored …

Tennessee’s big win over Houston feels like forever ago. Syracuse shut down No. 13 Tennessee in the second half on Tuesday night and held on in the final seconds to pick up a huge 62-60 upset win. The victory, part of the ACC-SEC Challenge, is easily the Orange’s biggest of the season. It also snapped a three-game losing skid, and …

Colorado basketball is off to arguably its best start in program history, sitting at 8-0 before a pivotal road matchup against Colorado State this upcoming Saturday. The Buffaloes have three solid wins against San Francisco, Washington, and, most recently, Cal Baptist. Other wins have come against lower-ranked competition. Advertisement Colorado’s offense has propelled them to a stellar start, averaging over 90 …

I’m not a “fire them all” type of writer or sports fan. I have family in the college coaching profession, and they’ve been fired…multiple times, it’s never fun. In fact, K-State fired my uncle (along with everyone else on the Stan Parrish staff) in 1988, ending their stay in Manhattan. Hell, the one thing a decade of coaching at the …

Kentucky basketball (5-2) will face off against the North Carolina Tar Heels (6-1) Tuesday night in a high-stakes matchup at Rupp Arena, looking to prove themselves after two disappointing losses to Louisville and Michigan State. The Wildcats have shown flashes of brilliance but have struggled in their biggest games, leaving fans and analysts questioning their consistency. Kentucky will likely be …

J.P. Estrella is out for Tennessee basketball at Syracuse with a right ankle injury, UT announced prior to the Dec. 2 game. The sophomore forward sustained the injury in Tennessee’s 81-76 loss to Kansas on Nov. 26 in the Players Era Festival. Advertisement Estrella is averaging 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game. The No. 13 Vols …

J.P. Estrella is out for Tennessee basketball at Syracuse with a right ankle injury, UT announced prior to the Dec. 2 game. The sophomore forward sustained the injury in Tennessee’s 81-76 loss to Kansas on Nov. 26 in the Players Era Festival. Advertisement Estrella is averaging 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game. The No. 13 Vols …

On Monday night at the CU Events Center, two undefeated teams battled it out in what looked like an NCAA tournament game. The Buffaloes fended off a 7-0 Cal Baptist to win 78-70 and move to 8-0 in the young season. It became the first time in 76 years (since 1949-50) to start the season with eight straight wins. Advertisement …