College Basketball

Quite frankly, it felt a little strange, if not disrespectful, that Michigan State basketball started the year ranked as low as they were in both the Coaches and AP Top-25 polls. While I’m sure Tom Izzo was happy to have more bulletin board material to motivate his team, starting at the bottom of the Top-25 was weird for a team …

Kansas Jayhawks freshman Darryn Peterson is widely projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. But his health has slowed his start. Peterson is a truly special guard who projects as one of the best one-and-done initiators and floor general among all backcourt prospects in many years. However, due to a hamstring injury, the 18-year-old has …

Her No. 6-ranked Wolverines fell short of completing a comeback that would have knocked off the defending champions. She also wasn’t named MVP of the game. But Michigan sophomore Syla Swords delivered the show-stopping performance of the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season on Friday night. 29 points, highlighted by eight 3s, nine rebounds and three assists from the sprightly Swords …

Purdue basketball headed to the Bahamas to play a pair of games. We knew Purdue would play Memphis and we assumed that Purdue would play Texas Tech. We thought one of the games would be easier than the other. We were right. It just turns out we were wrong about which game was going to be which. Ryan and I …

In a season that has already taken several sharp turns, Kentucky basketball sits at 4–2 and continues to search for consistency, identity, and reliability heading into Wednesday night’s matchup with Tennessee Tech. After being outplayed in both marquee opportunities, at Louisville inside the KFC Yum! Center and against Michigan State in the Champions Classic in New York City, the Wildcats …

Feast Week is shaping up to be interesting around Big Ten Country this season. For teams participating in MTE’s, Purdue made a pretty big statement in the Bahamas while others are gearing up for other tournaments like the Players Era Festival. For others, the past week contained some less than ideal results. Advertisement Let’s go through them. Winners Purdue played …

Ines Debroise’s free throws with six seconds remaining sealed the deal. Even if Zam Jones hadn’t misfired on a prayer of a 3-pointer, the result seemed inevitable. Rhode Island marched into Raleigh’s Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday afternoon and left with an upset victory over No. 16 N.C. State, 68-63. It marked the first time ever that the Rams had beaten …

Vanderbilt plays in the Battle 4 Atlantis this week, typically one of the greatest early-season college basketball tournaments, except that this year the field features Western Kentucky, VCU, South Florida, Colorado State, Virginia Tech, Wichita State, and Saint Mary’s: quality basketball teams, but hardly the big brand names that you normally associate with this event. The Maui Invitational, which normally …

No. 2 recruit Bruce Branch III to reclassify to 2026 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 2 college basketball prospect in the 2027 recruiting class announced Saturday that he will reclassify to 2026. Bruce Branch III is accelerating his path to the NBA. Advertisement The original 2027 …

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer’s 26 points and 12 rebounds led No. 5 Duke to another lopsided victory in a 93-56 romp past Howard on Sunday. Patrick Ngongba II added 16 points on 8-for-9 shooting and Isaiah Evans had 11 points for Duke (7-0). Advertisement The hot-shooting Blue Devils were shooting above 70% from the field 30 minutes into …

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Silas Demary Jr. had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists to lead No. 3 UConn to a 72-49 win over Bryant on Sunday night. Demary completed the triple-double with an assist on a Reibe dunk with 3:01 left. He came out of the game with 2:25 remaining and received an enthusiastic greeting from his teammates. Advertisement …

The Wildcats held onto a narrow lead late off of heroics from Arrinten Page and Nick Martinelli, as Northwestern (5-1, 0-0 B1G) held on for a 79-77 win over South Carolina (4-2, 0-0 SEC). After securing a 24-22 lead at the 7:23 mark in the first half, the ‘Cats would never go down again through the rest of the game. …

CHARLESTON, S.C. − Xavier men’s basketball will leave South Carolina a better team than when they arrived, even if its record remained just one game over .500. Following a heartbreaking, last-second loss to Georgia in the opening round of the Charleston Classic, Xavier ended the multi-team event (MTE) with another bounce-back effort, beating West Virginia, 78-68, in the third-place game …

The Clemson Tigers (6-1) defeated the Georgia Bulldogs (6-1) by a final score of 97-94 in thrilling overtime fashion to become champions of the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic – Palmetto Bracket and capped off a statement weekend for the Brad Brownell led squad. This is the third Charleston Classic championship in the five years that the Tigers have participated, most …

The Clemson Tigers outlasted the Georgia Bulldogs in overtime for their biggest nonconference win of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season Sunday. Coach Brad Brownell’s Tigers defeated Georgia, 97-94, in the championship game of the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic at TD Arena. Clemson improved to 6-1 overall behind 18 points from Middle Tennessee transfer guard Jestin Porter and 16 from …

Indiana men’s soccer hoped to add to its decorated trophy case over the next few weeks, but its short postseason stint ended Sunday. The No. 6 seed Hoosiers were upset 1-0 by Saint Louis in the second round of the NCAA tournament. IU (12-5-1) had previously beaten the Billikens (11-2-7) at Bill Armstrong Stadium by the same result Sept. 3. …

Bruce Branch III, a former high school teammate of Koa Peat and one of the top prep basketball players in the nation, announced on Saturday he’s reclassifying to the 2026 class. Branch, who until now was the top prospect in the 2027 class, told 247Sports he will graduate this spring and be eligible to play college basketball in the fall. …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As soon as he knew Georgia Tech point guard Naithan George had entered the transfer portal, JJ Starling sent a text to the Syracuse coaching staff. Starling felt George was the kind of player Syracuse was looking for to play point guard for the 2025-26 team. “Hey, we gotta go get him,” Starling texted the staff. Advertisement …

Jamichael Davis was asked if the upcoming Players Era Festival in Las Vegas is a chance for Rutgers basketball to erase Friday’s stunning 13-point home loss to Central Connecticut State. He knew better. Advertisement “You’re not erasing it,” the junior guard said. “One thing we can do is learn from it. We have to come to Vegas ready to play …

Wisconsin basketball suffered its first blemish of the 2025-26 season on Friday, as it fell 98-70 to No. 9 BYU. The Badgers were overmatched from the start. BYU led 45-33 at halftime, then cruised to the 28-point victory. Given the Cougars’ offense ranking No. 4 in KenPom, the Badgers were unlikely to win the game on the defensive end. Wisconsin’s …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points, Keaton Wagler had 19 and No. 8 Illinois beat Long Island 98-58 on Saturday. David Mirkovic had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Illini (5-1), who bounced back nicely after losing to No. 11 Alabama in Chicago on Wednesday night. Kylan Boswell added 11 points. Advertisement Illinois outrebounded Long Island 40-22. …

It’s a sign of progress for the UW-Milwaukee Panthers that their recent road trips have created tough nights for Texas Tech and Wichita State. But it’s also a sign of where their aspirations are set that the second of those games, a 75-58 loss at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita in which the Panthers led much of the night, was …

Arizona State women’s basketball won on an insane no-look buzzer beater that you have to see originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. You’ve never seen a buzzer beater like this before. Advertisement Certainly not one to actually win an entire basketball game. Arizona State was taking on UNLV in …

Purdue took the struggles and frustration from their slim victory against Memphis and came out looking every part of the number one team in the country. Texas Tech, a very well through of 15th ranked team in the country, led for only 1:03 and that includes the brief point just before the tidal wave that is Purdue came full force. …

NASSAU, Bahamas — Oscar Cluff had 15 points and 15 rebounds as No. 1 Purdue remained unbeaten with an 86-56 win over No. 15 Texas Tech on Friday night in the final of the Baha Mar Championship. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 12 points, Omer Mayer and Daniel Jacobsen each scored 11, and Fletcher Loyer, Braden Smith and CJ Cox had 10 …