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The Kentucky Wildcats claimed their first win against a ranked opponent this season Tuesday night, and they did it in scary fashion, defeating No. 8 Miami Hurricanes in the ACC/SEC Challenge to the tune of a 95-73 victory in Lexington. The last time Kentucky basketball won by at least that many points against a top-10 […]

The USC basketball team has played six games so far this season, and it’s been an up and down ride. The Trojans have looked impressive in dominant wins over Kansas State and Seton Hall, but they also lost at home to UC Irvine and in a heartbreaker against Oklahoma. USC is currently 4-2. This is […]

The college basketball season is now in full swing and the UCLA basketball team is off to a 4-2 start. The Bruins have looked pretty good to start the year, and their two losses are against two of the nation’s best teams, and they were both very close games. UCLA lost to Marquette and Gonzaga […]

The train has gone off of the rails for Arkansas basketball over the last week and a half. Getting things back on track won’t be easy in the Razorbacks’ next game, either. Arkansas is set to take on Duke basketball, the seventh-ranked team in the country. In this article, we will explain everything you need […]

LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese’s recent Instagram activity has fueled fan speculation over her potential return to the court, following a two-week absence from the defending national champion Tigers. Reese, an All-American forward, last played in LSU’s 109-79 win against Kent State on November 14, wherein she was benched during the second half. Since […]

The Clemson Tigers take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Clemson Alabama prediction and pick. Find how to watch Clemson Alabama. The Alabama Crimson Tide were a No. 1 seed last season in the NCAA Tournament. They weren’t able to make the program’s first Final Four. They […]

The NC State Wolfpack take on the Ole Miss Rebels. Check out our college basketball odds series for our NC State Ole Miss prediction and pick. Find how to watch NC State Ole Miss. North Carolina State has one loss and Ole Miss is unbeaten, but Ole Miss has played a moderately less challenging schedule […]

The No. 20 Tennessee Lady Vols are currently navigating a challenging phase as star forward Rickea Jackson remains sidelined due to a lower leg injury. Head coach Kellie Harper has not provided a specific timeline for Jackson’s return, emphasizing the unpredictable nature of her recovery. Jackson, a crucial figure in the Tennessee women’s basketball lineup, […]

A Top 25 matchup that will surely entertain will be on the docket this evening as the #8 Miami Hurricanes tip-off with the #12 Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series where our Miami-Kentucky prediction and pick will be made. Entering play with a flawless 5-0 record, the Hurricanes were able to snag an […]

Arkansas basketball will be without a key piece when they face No. 7 ranked Duke on Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena. Standout guard Tramon Mark, who transferred from Houston in the offseason, won’t play. Mark suffered a scary back injury in the Battle 4 Atlantis and has yet to practice. Via Jon Rothstein: “Source: […]

The LSU Tigers take on the Syracuse Orange. Check out our college basketball odds series for our LSU Syracuse prediction and pick. Find how to watch LSU Syracuse. For nearly 50 years, one man guided the Syracuse men’s basketball program. Since 1976, Jim Boeheim patrolled the bench for Syracuse, making the Orange one of the […]

The Mississippi State Bulldogs take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Mississippi State Georgia Tech prediction and pick. Find how to watch Mississippi State Georgia Tech. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are beginning a new era this season. Damon Stoudamire, the excellent college basketball player at […]

The USC Trojans became the latest NCAA basketball program to express interest in four-star recruit Nikolas Khamenia. Khamenia has become one of the hottest commodities in college hoops. The Trojans joined a long list of Division I programs, headlined by the Gonzaga Bulldogs to hand an offer to the Harvard Westlake junior. The other programs […]

Former Tennessee Volunteer legend and current Florida A&M Rattlers head coach Bridgette Gordon gets her first win of her current tenure as the Rattlers defeat the Jacksonville Dolphins, 59-54. After playing juggernauts like the Universities of Florida, Tennessee, and California, Florida A&M moves to 1-4 on the season with the victory, while Jacksonville falls to […]

With a close 60-56 victory over the St. John’s Red Storm, the Jackson State Lady Tigers improve to an impressive 5-1 record. They return from the Discover Puerto Rico Classic with a 2-1 record, having suffered their first loss of the year to the University of Central Florida, 63-54. Though no conference games have been […]

Indiana basketball is off to an impressive 5-1 start to begin the 2023-24 campaign and has now won two straight games after beating Louisville and Harvard. Their only loss so far came to the defending national champion UConn Huskies, who won March Madness earlier in the year in dominant fashion. That defeat was a 77-57 […]

The UCLA Bruins absorbed yet another loss in the 2023-24 college basketball season on Wednesday, as they fell prey to the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the consolation round of the Allstate Maui Invitational in Honolulu, 69-65. Freshman center Aday Mara started at the center slot for UCLA basketball in the game, but he lasted just three […]

It’s been over twenty years since Carlos Boozer put on a Duke basketball jersey and took the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but fans of the Blue Devils are hoping and praying that not one, but two more Boozer’s will soon be stepping onto Coach K Court. Cameron Boozer and Cayden Boozer are the twin […]

The expectation coming into the season was that the UConn Huskies would take a step back from last year. After all, following the Huskies 5th National Championship since 1999, three starters and two key bench contributors departed the program. But if the first few weeks of the college basketball season have taught us anything, it’s […]

North Carolina and Tennessee are two of the best college basketball programs in the nation, but last week didn’t treat them well. A couple of losses to other prestigious programs caused both schools to fall in the newest AP Poll, which makes their next matchup all the more important. Tennessee will face North Carolina on […]

The Utah Utes take on the Saint Mary’s Gaels. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Utah Saint Mary’s prediction and pick. Find how to watch Utah Saint Mary’s. The Saint Mary’s Gaels were predicted by some college basketball analysts — not unanimously, but certainly in some corners of the industry and its […]

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma faces a challenging season as injuries have forced the team to reinvent itself. The Huskies, who had a promising start with a full roster including star players like Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd, now find themselves in a position of uncertainty. At the beginning of the 2023-24 season, UConn’s […]

The New Hampshire Wildcats take on the UConn Huskies. Check out our college basketball odds series for our New Hampshire UConn prediction and pick. Find how to watch New Hampshire UConn. The UConn Huskies haven’t yet started the Big East portion of their season, but they certainly look the part of a team which will […]

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies take on the Xavier Musketeers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Oakland Xavier prediction and pick. Find how to watch Oakland Xavier. The Xavier Musketeers have been a fascinating team to watch in the early stages of this college basketball season. You can make a case that Xavier […]

The USC women’s basketball team, spearheaded by the remarkable freshman JuJu Watkins, has achieved its highest position in the AP Top 25 in nearly three decades. The Trojans, currently ranked sixth after the AP released the Week Four polls on Monday, have reached this milestone for the first time since the 1994 season, when they […]

In the world of collegiate sports, injuries are an inevitable part of the journey. For Azzi Fudd, a standout guard for the UConn women’s basketball team, this reality hit hard. After sustaining an ACL and meniscal tear, Fudd’s resilience is bolstered by an unwavering support system: her family. During a practice session on Nov. 14, […]

In a crucial rematch at the Women’s Gulf Coast Showcase on Sunday, the No. 5-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes avenged their earlier season loss to No. 16 Kansas State with a 77-70 victory. The star of the night was none other than Hawkeyes’ sensation Caitlin Clark, who notched her 40th career game scoring at least 30 points. […]

Welcome, friends, to the fourth edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints, and please, allow me to potentially be the first to say Happy Holidays! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Not only is Christmas right around the corner, but my goodness, what a time it is to be a sports fan! […]

There must be something about the end of November. It was nearly six years ago to the day when the Alabama Crimson Tide had to play the final ten minutes of their game against Minnesota with only three players because of an insane run of injuries and ejections, and despite the two man disadvantage, the […]

The NC State women’s basketball team, ranked No. 10, secured a notable 78-60 victory over the No. 3-ranked Colorado on Saturday. The victory marked the second significant win for the Wolfpack against a top-3 team this month, following their win over UConn on Nov. 12. NC State quickly established dominance in the game, leading 22-6 […]

The University of Iowa women’s basketball team, led by guard Caitlin Clark, delivered an impressive performance in the Gulf Coast Showcase semifinal, handily defeating Florida Gulf Coast with a final score of 100-62. This victory not only advanced the Hawkeyes to the title game but also set the stage for a highly-anticipated rematch against No. […]

Kentucky basketball has cruised through lesser competition in the early part of the college basketball season, but they fell in the one game against a high-quality team when they faced Kansas. It forced the Wildcats to fall to 16th in the polls, but now they will have a chance to prove that they can beat […]

The South Carolina women’s basketball team set a new record for their program by allowing the fewest points in a game during their 101-19 win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday. The No. 1 ranked Gamecocks, now 5-0, quickly took control of the game after a brief initial deficit, outscoring the Devilettes 40-0 in the […]

The LSU women’s basketball team, led by standout transfer Aneesah Morrow, clinched a hard-fought 76-73 victory over Virginia in the Tigers’ final match at the Cayman Islands Classic on Saturday. Morrow, a formidable transfer from DePaul, stayed on the court for the entire 40 minutes, contributing 37 points, 16 rebounds and two assists.  The Tigers’ […]

A player on the West Virginia University men’s basketball team has had enough with the NCAA after the organization denied his waiver and appeal to play this season. WVU guard RaeQuan Battle expressed his frustrations with the NCAA in a statement on Saturday, per Sports Illustrated. “The NCAA has failed me, my family, my community, […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks under head coach Dawn Staley have become a national powerhouse. While the team may have lost several key players to the WNBA from last year’s team, Staley’s group of returners and transfers have not missed a beat. They are currently ranked the No. 1 team in the country and are undefeated behind […]

The Arkansas Razorbacks came into this week’s Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament with a record of 3-1. After beating Stanford in the first round of their tournament bracket, they dropped two straight games against Memphis and UNC. But it was what happened near the end against UNC that had everyone holding their breaths. Arkansas guard Tramon […]

On Friday afternoon, 23rd-ranked USC basketball dropped to 4-2 on the young 2023-24 college basketball season with a narrow 72-70 loss against the Oklahoma Sooners. This game was tightly contested throughout, with USC taking a narrow 39-36 lead into halftime of the game, but ultimately, Oklahoma was able to do just enough down the stretch […]

While trying to lead Arkansas basketball back against North Carolina in the Battle 4 Atlantis consolation game, Tramon Mark suffered a scary fall and was stretchered off the court, according to insider Jeff Goodman. “Arkansas coach Eric Musselman told reporters that Tramon Mark suffered a back injury on the hard fall at the end of […]