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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 […]

Some premier Black Friday college hoops will be on tap for your enjoyment as the Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. Join us for our college basketball odds series where our Alabama-Duke prediction and pick will be revealed for all to see. Entering play with the 17th-overall ranking in all of college football, […]

The No. 19 Tennessee women’s basketball team suffered a 71-57 defeat to the No. 21 Indiana Hoosiers on Thursday, marking the Lady Vols’ worst performance of the season. The absence of star player Rickea Jackson was a notable factor, but Coach Kellie Harper pointed out other areas of concern following the game. The Lady Vols, […]

An investigation will be open after Cal basketball forward Fardaws Aimaq was called a “terrorist” after the team lost to the UTEP Miners Tuesday according to ESPN. Aimaq was seen climbing into the stands to confront the fan who made the insensitive remarks towards him per a video by the X (formerly known as Twitter) […]

In the gym of Cayman International School, a serious tone prevailed as UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma addressed his injury-stricken team. The No. 6 ranked Huskies, grappling with a spate of injuries, find themselves preparing to face No. 2 UCLA in the Cayman Island Classic with only 10 players. The team’s struggles have been […]

LSU women’s basketball star player Angel Reese has not been seen with the No. 7  Tigers at the Cayman Islands Classic basketball tournament during Thanksgiving week. Observations noted the absence of the 2022-23 All-America forward as the team, including players, coaches and support personnel, arrived in George Town, Grand Cayman on Wednesday, the Associated Press […]

In a postgame interview following Stanford’s 96-64 rout of Indiana on Nov. 12, senior All-American Cameron Brink reflected on a season that is quickly becoming a testament to resilience and transformation. Brink, who notched 20 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks in the early-season victory, highlights the team’s developing identity this season. “We came out […]

Battle 4 Atlantis is in full swing and the exciting rivalry between North Carolina and Villanova happened in the Bahamas. Hubert Davis had a lot of expectations for his Tar Heels before they faced the Wildcats but one man stopped it all. He goes by the name of Eric Dixon and he completely demolished the […]

Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry just got new company in an extremely exclusive NCAA basketball statistical club, per OptaSTATS. “Over the last 25 years, two Division I players have had 35+ points and 5+ steals in a road or neutral-site victory over an AP Top 25 team. One was Stephen Curry in […]

Boogie Ellis and the USC Trojans collected their second win in a row and fourth overall in the 2023-24 college basketball season on Thanksgiving Day, as they took down the Seton Hall Pirates in San Diego, 71-63. Ellis, a USC basketball senior, was not thoroughly satisfied with the win, though, as the Pirates were able […]

Last season was a tough year for the Villanova Wildcats. It was Kyle Neptune’s first year as head coach after the retirement of legendary head coach Jay Wright. Villanova finished with a record of 17-17 and 10-10 in Big East Conference play. The team missed the NCAA tournament for the first time in about a […]

Memphis basketball head coach loved what he saw from David Jones on Thursday. Jones had a career-high 36 points and five steals to help Memphis basketball beat No. 20 Arkansas 84-79 in a semifinal game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. After the game, Hardaway had high praise for Jones, according to Part Upadhyaya of The […]

Arizona basketball staked another claim as the best team in the country on Thursday, taking down No. 21 Michigan State on Thanksgiving in the inaugural Acrisure Classic. Senior guard Caleb Love once again led the way for the third-ranked Wildcats, fighting his way to 17 points on 7-of-20 shooting while adding four rebounds and four […]

LSU women’s basketball superstar Angel Reese has doubled down on her Deion Sanders-like stance amid her controversial absence. Angel Reese has gone under the radar from LSU women’s basketball for the past several days. However, she made her presence felt on her TikTok account this week. @angelreese10 ♬ original sound – Positive_mindset23 Angel Reese has […]

The BYU Cougars take on the Arizona State Sun Devils. Check out our college basketball odds series for our BYU Arizona State prediction and pick. Find how to watch BYU Arizona State. The BYU Cougars are off to a very good start this season. Last season, they really stumbled in the nonconference portion of their […]

The NC State Wolfpack take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. Check out our college basketball odds series for our NC State Vanderbilt prediction and pick. Find how to watch NC State Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt Commodores have already suffered a bad loss this season. They lost to Presbyterian at home in their season opener. Presbyterian just lost […]

The Boise State Broncos take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Boise State Virginia Tech prediction and pick. Find how to watch Boise State Virginia Tech. This is a neutral-site Feast Week game in Kissimmee, Florida. It is one of the more mysterious games on the Thanksgiving […]

USC women’s basketball freshman JuJu Watkins is already making history just five games into her college basketball career. In the Trojans’ narrow 71-70 win over Penn State Wednesday, Watkins led her team with 31 points and 12 rebounds. She had twenty points more than any of her teammates as she put up her third 30-point […]

The Seton Hall Pirates take on the USC Trojans. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Seton Hall USC prediction and pick. Find how to watch Seton Hall USC. The USC Trojans have had a bumpy ride through the first few weeks of the season, chiefly because of injuries more than anything else. […]

The USC basketball team faces Seton Hall on Thanksgiving Day, and Andy Enfield’s group is 301 with the one loss coming to UC Irvine. Ahead of the Thanksgiving Day clash, the Trojans got some big news regarding Washington State transfer DJ Rodman, and he is probable after missing the past game against Brown with an […]

The Maui Invitational is always one of the premier college basketball tournaments of the year. The 2023 edition was no exception with all of Tennessee, Gonzaga, Syracuse, UCLA, Marquette, Kansas, Chaminade, and Purdue taking part. The Purdue basketball team won the title after defeating Marquette on Wednesday night, and Matt Painter got brutally honest on […]

Zach Edey is picking up right where he left off last year. The Purdue basketball star just led his team to a win Maui Invitational Tournament win, beating No. 4 Marquette in the final round to stay undefeated while Marquette dropped to 5-1. After choosing to opt out of the NBA Draft to stay in […]

The Marquette basketball program came up just short in a 78-75 loss to Purdue in the Maui Invitational championship game on Wednesday, and Shaka Smart gave credit to the Boilermakers after the game before saying he was happy with his team’s efford. “They earned the win today,” Shaka Smart said, via the Associated Press. “We […]

The Cal basketball program has requested that a fan be banned from the SoCal Challenge for calling Fardaws Aimaq a “terrorist” in a statement from head coach Mark Madsen. “Throughout and after Monday’s game, Fardaws Aimaq was allegedly subjected to abhorrent and offensive comments from a fan – including being called a terrorist. I have […]

The Arizona Wildcats will host the Michigan State Spartans on Thanksgiving Day. We’re here to share our college basketball odds series, make an Arizona-Michigan State prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. Michigan State defeated Alcorn State 81-49 in their last game. Amazingly, they exploded to a 44-16 halftime lead. The Spartans did […]

Zach Edey and Purdue basketball did much more than just win the 2023 Maui Invitational tournament on Wednesday. Their win over Marquette basketball duplicated a gaudy feat UConn pulled off 12 years ago, per OptaSTATS. Over the last three days, @BoilerBall has beaten teams ranked No. 4, 7 & 11 in the AP Top 25 […]

The Michigan basketball team welcomed Coach Juwan Howard back to the bench as an observer on Wednesday night in a matchup against Coach Anfernee ‘Penny’ Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers in Maui, Hawaii. The Tigers and Wolverines dueled to a 71-67 final result with Memphis basketball coming out on top despite a second half surge […]

The Kansas basketball program bounced back from a rough loss to Marquette with a 69-60 win over Tennessee on Wednesday in the Maui Invitational, and Hunter Dickinson was a huge contributor with 17 points and 20 rebounds. Dickinson opened up on the win over a physical Tennessee team on a quick turnaround. “It was tough […]

The UCLA Bruins take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our UCLA Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find how to watch UCLA Gonzaga. The UCLA European experiment is off to an encouraging start. UCLA didn’t beat Marquette (a top-five team) earlier this week in the Maui Invitational, but it did […]

Veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson has weighed in on Kansas basketball center Hunter Dickinson’s incessant flopping. “Damn, this Dickinson MF on @KUHoops flops like he’s on a Soccer Pitch!!!” Samuel L. Jackson tweeted on Wednesday. Jackson reacted to Hunter Dickinson’s flopping antics in No. 1 Kansas’ 73-59 loss to No. 4 Marquette basketball on Tuesday. […]

The Florida Gators take on the Pitt Panthers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Florida Pitt prediction and pick. Find how to watch Florida Pitt. The Florida Gators made a very impressive statement earlier in the season when they crushed Florida State by 21 points. If you have been paying attention to […]

The James Madison Dukes take on the Fresno State Bulldogs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our James Madison Fresno State prediction and pick. Find how to watch James Madison Fresno State. The James Madison Dukes have been one of the big stories of the young college basketball season. It’s more than just […]

The Stanford Cardinal take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in The Bahamas. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Stanford Arkansas prediction and pick. Find how to watch Stanford Arkansas. Stanford and Arkansas have both started the new season in less than convincing fashion. They have both picked up bad home-court losses. Stanford lost […]

Utah Tech University announced the suspension of its women’s basketball coach, JD Gustin, for two games following a investigation into player complaints of misconduct. This decision comes after a private investigator, hired by parents of the players, submitted a report to the university in May. The report alleged that Gustin engaged in bullying, physical intimidation […]

The Notre Dame women’s basketball team clinched a remarkable 113-35 victory over Chicago State on Tuesday night. This dominant performance by the No. 17 Fighting Irish (4-1) against the struggling Cougars (0-6) marked the second-largest win margin in the program’s history. The game, which rapidly tilted in Notre Dame’s favor, saw the Irish initiate their […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers take on the Virginia Cavaliers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our West Virginia Virginia prediction and pick. Find how to watch West Virginia Virginia. The Mountaineers and Cavaliers both suffered through ugly losses in Fort Myers, Florida, in this neutral-site Feast Week event. WVU lost to SMU 70-58, […]

The UConn women’s basketball team faces a significant setback as junior guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season due to a knee injury. Fudd, a pivotal figure in the Huskies lineup, suffered the injury during a practice session last Tuesday. According to Alexa Philipou of ESPN, Fudd suffered a medial meniscal […]

Roughly a month after signing an NIL deal with State Farm, Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark is set to star in a pair of new State Farm ads alongside NBA personalities Jimmy Butler and Reggie Miller. Clark, a senior at the University of Iowa, has already established herself as a dominant force in women’s […]