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Hampton University guard Jordan Nesbitt, the men’s basketball team’s leading scorer last season, will continue to miss time due to eligibility issues. Nesbitt’s absence adds another chapter to the school’s ongoing situation with student-athlete eligibility concerns. Hampton’s athletic director Anthony Henderson spoke to the Virginia Pilot about the situation. “He’ll be back soon,” Henderson said. […]

The Albany Great Danes take on the Seton Hall Pirates. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Albany Seton Hall prediction and pick. Find how to watch Albany Seton Hall. The Seton Hall Pirates are trying to build something special under coach Shaheen Holloway, but it’s going to take some time. The Pirates […]

No. 5 overall recruit and shooting guard Tre Johnson from Link Academy went on The Pat McAfee Show to announce his commitment to the Texas basketball program to play for Rodney Terry. The moment Tre Johnson made it official with @texasmbb on the @PatMcAfeeShow #hookem pic.twitter.com/n1RkkwJ2Lr — Inside Texas (@InsideTexas) November 15, 2023 This is […]

The Campbell Camels take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Campbell Virginia Tech prediction and pick. Find how to watch Campbell Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech Hokies have not started the season the way they hoped they would. They suffered a 79-77 loss to the South Carolina […]

The USC basketball team came into the season ranked #21 in the preseason AP Poll because of their star-studded freshman class, and after starting the season with a dominant win against Kansas State, things looked good for the Trojans. They followed up that win with an easy victory against Cal State Bakersfield, but things took […]

The Gavitt Tipoff Games start Wednesday night when Georgetown visits Piscataway, New Jersey, to face Rutgers. The Gavitt Tipoff Games pits teams from the Big East against teams from the Big Ten. It is time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Georgetown-Rutgers prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Georgetown is 1-1 under new head […]

The USC basketball team came into the season with a lot of hype and they looked very impressive in their season opener against Kansas State, a team that went to the Elite 8 last season. The Trojans followed that up with a win against Cal State Bakersfield to improve to 2-0, and they jumped up […]

In the annual Battle of the Bay, the Hampton Pirates could not complete the late game comeback against the Norfolk State Spartans. Hampton’s men’s basketball team drops to 1-2 after the game. Within a week, the team has lost games to their biggest rivals in Norfolk State and Howard. One the other hand, the Spartans […]

It is time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Stony Brook-Nebraska prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Nebraska can have its best start in five years with a win over Stony Brook on home court tonight. The Cornhuskers are 3-0 and are coming off a 64-50 win over Rider on Monday. A win will […]

The Prairie View A&M Panthers escape with their second victory of the year with a 79-74 win over the Abilene Christian Wildcats. The Panthers were powered by two 20+ point performances, though one came from an unexpected source. With the victory, PVAMU moves to 2-2 on the year. The entire game was a high scoring, […]

Marquette basketball passed its first test of the season Tuesday night, prevailing over 23rd-ranked Illinois in a 71-64 road victory. Marquette, the No. 4 team in the country, improved to 3-0 thanks to a 24-point performance from reigning Big East Player of the Year Tyler Kolek. Kolek’s status for the game was in question after […]

The Norfolk State Spartans’ women’s basketball team blew the doors off of the Radford Highlander’s with a convincing 70-46 victory on Nov. 12. The Spartans traveled to Radford to earn their third win of the season while giving their opponent’s their first loss. Norfolk State currently sits at 3-0 with just one more game until […]

After a shocking defeat at the hands of the Colorado Buffaloes a week ago, Angel Reese and the LSU Tigers cruised past the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes for their second win over 50 points of the season. The defending NCAA National Champions crushed Queens (NC) 112-55, and they most recently routed MVSU by 62 points. […]

The Illinois basketball team has consistently been a contender in the Big Ten in recent seasons, but they haven’t been able to capitalize in the NCAA Tournament. The Fighting Illini are hoping to change those fortunes this season, and they have another good team. Illinois came into the season ranked #25, and after two wins […]

The No. 1 Kansas basketball program came out with a big 89-84 comeback victory over No. 17 Kentucky on Tuesday in the Champions Classic, and Hunter Dickinson had one of the best games of his career with 27 points and 21 rebounds, making an early statement that Purdue’s Zach Edey will have competition for the […]

In the LSU women’s basketball game against Kent State on Nov. 14, 2023, head coach Kim Mulkey made a surprising decision by not playing star forward Angel Reese in the second half, despite her being in the starting lineup. The No. 7 Tigers, with a record of 3-1, faced off against the Golden Flashes and […]

Welcome to the spotlight Hunter Dickinson. The Kansas basketball superstar thrust his name into the National Player of the Year conversation following a signature 27-point, 21-rebound game against Kentucky, an 89-84 win for the No. 1 ranked Jayhawks. Dickinson is off to a monster start with Kansas, averaging 22 points and 12 rebounds per game […]

The Rice Owls will head to the Lone Star State to face the Texas Longhorns in college basketball action. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make a Rice-Texas prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. Rice lost 89-76 to Harvard in their last game. Unfortunately, they struggled off the bat, […]

It’s a familiar sight for Michigan State basketball fans, but the Spartans have lost to the Duke Blue Devils. After the result Tuesday night, 74-65, Michigan State have fallen 4-15 against Duke. More specifically, since head coach Tom Izzo has been the Spartans head coach, he’s 3-14 when facing the Blue Devils. Izzo spoke after […]

Duke’s basketball program beat Michigan State Tuesday night on the back of freshman guard Caleb Foster who scored a team-high 18 points off the bench. Head coach Jon Scheyer opened up about the performance of Foster and how he “won” the contest for the Blue Devils according to Sports Illustrated. “What Caleb did tonight, he […]

The Kentucky Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday night, as Kentucky basketball simply got outclassed by Hunter Dickinson and the Kansas Jayhawks in a Champions Classic game at United Center, 89-84. Kentucky head coach John Calipari was left to rue the late-game stumbles of his squad but still expressed his admiration for […]

The Kansas basketball team came into this season with national championship aspirations, and they look the part so far. The Jayhawks are currently 3-0 and ranked #1 in the country, and they had their first big test of the season on Tuesday night. Kentucky basketball and Kansas once again participated in the Champions Classic, and […]

The Kansas basketball team came into the season ranked #1 in the country, and they have lived up to the hype so far. The Jayhawks are always one of the top teams in college basketball, and it’s looking like that isn’t going to change this season. Kansas had their first big test of the season […]

Howard University player Seth Towns has been cleared by the NCAA to have his 8th season of eligibility, per a report by Jeff Goodman of The Messenger. Howard’s Seth Towns has been cleared by the NCAA, Coach Kenny Blakeney told @TheMessenger. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) November 14, 2023 Seth Towns began his career in 2016 […]

The Michigan State basketball team came into this season with sky-high expectations, but they have gotten off to a shaky start in the first week of the season. The Spartans brought back a lot of talent from last year’s Sweet 16 team, but they have not met expectations so far. Michigan State was ranked #4 […]

No. 9 Duke basketball edged No. 18 Michigan State basketball 74-65 in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night, bouncing back from a tough home loss Friday against Arizona to pick up a quality win. Freshman guard Caleb Foster led Duke basketball off the bench, scoring 16 of 18 his points in the second half, and […]

Josh Smith, a 13-year NBA veteran, asserted his belief in HBCU hoops at the NBA Player Association’s HBCU Top 50 Camp over the summer. Smith gave a quick interview to Mason Smith, a writer for the Pocono Record and graduate of Alabama State University. Although the interview took place months ago, the contents of Smith’s […]

It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago when we were all watching UConn win the national championship last April, but the new college basketball season is somehow already here. It was the Huskies that were victorious last season, but this season, the favorite to win it all at the end of the year […]

The Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Creighton Bluejays. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Iowa Creighton prediction and pick. Find how to watch Iowa Creighton. The Iowa Hawkeyes and Creighton Bluejays are both 2-0 on the season. Both teams have played and won two cupcake games against dramatically inferior opponents. This game […]

As the 2023-2024 college basketball season heats up, three notable players are emerging as early favorites for the prestigious John R. Wooden Award. Caitlin Clark from Iowa, Paige Bueckers of UConn, and Angel Reese from LSU have topped the preseason list of candidates for the honor, as reported by Alexa Philippou of ESPN. The award […]

The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kansas Kentucky prediction and pick. Find how to watch Kansas Kentucky. This is the nightcap of the Champions Classic in Chicago. The game is listed on your TV guide as a 9:30 p.m. Eastern time start, but as […]

For the UConn women’s basketball team, the extraordinary has become the ordinary. The Huskies, under the guidance of coach Geno Auriemma, have cemented their legacy with a record-breaking 566th consecutive week in the AP’s Top 25 women’s basketball poll. This remarkable feat surpasses the previous record held by Tennessee. Since the streak’s inception in the […]

The Marquette Golden Eagles take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Marquette Illinois prediction and pick. Find how to watch Marquette Illinois. This is one of the better early-season matchups in college basketball, pitting two teams in the top 25. Marquette, though, is ranked in the top […]

The Duke Blue Devils take on the Michigan State Spartans. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Duke Michigan State prediction and pick. Find how to watch Duke Michigan State. The Duke Blue Devils and Michigan State Spartans are two traditional basketball powers, two schools which annually expect to be very good if […]

LSU’s true freshman guard Mikaylah Williams reached a new career milestone, scoring an impressive 42 points in the Tigers’ 109-79 win over Kent State on Tuesday. The standout performance by Williams, who completed her All-American prep career at Bossier City Parkway just a year ago, was a highlight of Tuesday’s game at the Pete Maravich […]

Following a challenging 92-81 loss to NC State on Nov. 12, UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers opened up about the Huskies’ performance and her leadership role in a post-game media session. The No. 2-ranked UConn Huskies, still reeling from a stunning defeat, saw Bueckers, in her second game back from a year-long hiatus due […]

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari is getting another slam dunk on the recruiting trail. Kentucky landed another five star recruit Tuesday after power forward Jayden Quaintance verbally committed to the Wildcats, per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. CAL’S LATEST BLUE CHIP PROSPECT Quaintance is giving the Wildcats the fourth ESPN 100 prospect in their […]

In the world of women’s college basketball, few freshmen have made an immediate impact like USC’s JuJu Watkins. Her latest performance, a stunning 35-point game against Le Moyne on Nov. 13, not only solidified her as a rising star but also left her reflecting on an already impressive start to her collegiate career. Watkins, who […]

USC women’s basketball star JuJu Watkins has already started to cement her legacy as one of the more exciting players in the sport. Even as a freshman, she’s been on a ridiculous pace in terms of the country and her school as through three games, she’s joined the company of school great Lisa Leslie according […]