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The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Georgia Tech Iowa prediction and pick. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are 4-2 through six games. Their losses came to a struggling Utah team and a decent but hardly elite Marquette squad. Georgia Tech narrowly defeated […]

The Baylor Bears take on the Marquette Golden Eagles. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Baylor Marquette prediction and pick. The Baylor Bears won the 2021 national championship but then watched fellow Big 12 school Kansas win the 2022 national title. Baylor is on a mission to reclaim Big 12 and national […]

The Syracuse Orange take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Syracuse Illinois prediction and pick. The Syracuse Orange are in big trouble. They have just lost consecutive games to St. John’s and Bryant. Yes, Bryant beat Jim Boeheim’s team over the Thanksgiving weekend. Syracuse trailed by a […]

After she fell down hard driving to the basket against Hampton two days ago, Aliyah Boston is listed as a game-time decision ahead of No. 1 South Carolina’s game vs. No. 20 UCLA. The Gamecocks’ head coach Dawn Staley spoke to reporters yesterday about the status of Boston. “She feels a lot better than she […]

Houston basketball came into this season with high expectations after deep runs in back-to-back years in the NCAA Tournament and needless to say, they’ve lived up to the hype so far. The Cougars are a perfect 6-0 and on Monday, they were named the new #1 team in the nation in AP’s Top 25 rankings. […]

Caitlin Clark continues to rewrite the record books. During Iowa’s loss to UConn yesterday, the junior All-American recorded her 35th career game with 20+ points, 5+ rebounds, and 5+ assists, passing Sabrina Ionescu for the most by a Division I player since at least the 1999-00 season. Clark, who is averaging 26.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and […]

One half into their game vs. No. 3 UConn, it seemed like Iowa had figured things out. After losing to Kansas State, going to overtime against Drake and just getting by Belmont last week, the Hawkeyes looked dominant against the Huskies. Caitlin Clark was getting to the rim at will and the team was able […]

South Carolina dominated Hampton 85-32 in yesterday’s win but lost Aliyah Boston in the second half. The senior, who is widely expected to be drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, came out of the locker room in a walking boot and didn’t return to the game. Gamecocks head coach Dawn […]

After the set-up of the Indiana women’s basketball team Feast Week tournament was detailed, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and sophomore guard had strong words about it following their comeback win vs. Iowa. “It’s probably the last time they’ll get a good team to go to that tournament. It’s almost that condescending kind of thinking, […]

The Iowa State Cyclones take on the UConn Huskies. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Iowa State-UConn prediction and pick. The UConn Huskies shredded Alabama by an 82-67 score on Friday in Portland, enabling them to make the championship game of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament. Coach Dan Hurley guided UConn to […]

The Xavier Musketeers take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Xavier Gonzaga prediction and pick. The college basketball season is off to a rocky start for Gonzaga. Coach Mark Few’s team was wiped out by Texas. The Zags did not take care of the ball in that game […]

The Bellarmine Knights take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Bellarmine UCLA prediction and pick. The UCLA Bruins are still smarting after losing consecutive games to Illinois and Baylor one weekend ago in Las Vegas. They did thrash Pepperdine this past week, but that was entirely expected in […]

The Duke Blue Devils take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Duke Purdue prediction and pick. The Purdue Boilermakers lost Jaden Ivey to the NBA. When a team loses a top-five NBA draft pick — which is what Ivey was and is — that is generally supposed to […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Carolina Alabama prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels are not playing particularly well. They have finally lost a game, having dropped a decision to Iowa State this past Friday in Portland, but […]

A subpar setup for the Las Vegas Invitational NCAA women’s basketball tournament starting last Friday led to a missed opportunity to truly showcase the No. 6-ranked Indiana Hoosiers’ ability to take sweeping victories, nine-year Hoosier head coach Teri Moren said Saturday. “What was disappointing was the aesthetics,” Teri Moren said. “It’s not a fan-friendly environment. […]

Only a couple weeks into the season, women’s college basketball has already seen some of the top teams around the country be taken down by their underdog counterparts. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma believes college fans should get used to it. “You’re going to see that happen more and more,” Auriemma told ESPN. “Hell, that’s […]

Kelly Graves has coached many great teams during his 28-year career but he feels like this year’s Oregon team is one of the best he has ever had. After the Ducks, currently placed at 18th in the Associated Press’ top-25 rankings, couldn’t pull off an upset against No. 8 North Carolina, Graves was optimistic about […]

After coming in this week being ranked as the No. 1 team in the country, the UNC Tar Heels suffered a shocking, 70-65, loss on Friday to the Iowa State Cyclones in the semifinals of the Phil Knight Invitational. After the game, UNC graduate student Pete Nance exclaimed that the Tar Heels can’t get too […]

Iowa State pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the 2022 college basketball season after taking down no. 1 UNC basketball during Friday’s showdown at the Phil Knight Invitational tournament. Naturally, it sent the whole Twitterverse buzzing. The Iowa State Cyclones have Caleb Grill to thank for the win. He banked 31 points to […]

No. 8 Duke Blue Devils avoided an upset Thursday, escaping their meeting with unranked Oregon State Beavers with a 54-51 victory. Duke basketball had a hard time pulling away from the Beavers, which many expected the Blue Devils to do. One huge reason for that was the Blue Devils’ historically atrocious accuracy on offense. As […]

It may only be November, but Wisconsin and Kansas sophomore guard Bobby Pettiford Jr. ensured that college basketball was back in full swing. Bobby Pettiford Jr. nearly stunned the basketball world on Thursday when he made a reverse layup at the last possible second against the Wisconsin Badgers to prevent a crushing upset for the […]

It seems Appalachian State senior basketball forward Dibaji Walker didn’t know his own strength when he threw down a dunk over East Tennessee State sophomore forward Jalen Haynes so hard, he almost hurt himself on Wednesday. Dunked it so hard he hurt himself 😳 (via @AppStateMBB)pic.twitter.com/zTJEyluFXh — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 24, 2022 The senior […]

The Louisville Cardinals are having a nightmare of a season. They remain winless through six games after they just got blasted by the Cincinnati Bearcats Wednesday to the tune of an 81-62 score. Louisville basketball even had it worse in the game prior to that, as the Cardinals got absolutely hammered by the Texas Tech […]

The Pepperdine Waves take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Pepperdine UCLA prediction and pick. The UCLA Bruins have not begun this season the way they wanted to. They just finished a brutal weekend in Las Vegas, losing to Illinois on Friday and then Baylor on Sunday. The […]

The Butler Bulldogs take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Butler Tennessee prediction and pick. The Tennessee Volunteers have to get rid of one really bad and persistent habit they haven’t been able to shake: Under coach Rick Barnes, this team goes through games and stretches of play […]

The Little Rock Trojans take on the Indiana Hoosiers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Little Rock Indiana prediction and pick. The Indiana Hoosiers look like a team ready to deliver on its promise and potential. Star big man Trayce Jackson-Davis came back for this season, which instantly and dramatically elevated the […]

The Creighton Bluejays take on the Arizona Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Creighton Arizona prediction and pick. The Arizona Wildcats lost Bennedict Mathurin and Christian Koloko from last season’s roster, which earned a No. 1 seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and won the Pac-12 title. Mathurin was a full-speed […]

New Mexico State Aggies basketball junior forward Mike Peake was identified as a wounded student during a fatal shooting that took place on the university’s campus this weekend, according to a Wednesday report from CNN. An altercation broke out between Peake and 19-year-old Brandon Travis at about 3 a.m. MST on Saturday morning, according to […]

The North Florida Ospreys take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Florida Kentucky prediction and pick. The Kentucky Wildcats have a big and obvious problem: Who other than Jacob Toppin will help Oscar Tshiebwe this season? Toppin is a fairly reliable member of the Wildcats’ rotation, but […]

Tennessee women’s basketball isn’t having the start to the season it envisioned when it loaded up its roster this past offseason. After a promising season the previous year, the Vols added WNBA prospect Rickea Jackson from Mississippi State, guard Jasmine Powell from Minnesota and Missouri State forward Jasmine Franklin through the transfer portal. After a […]

It’s finally that time of year again. You know it: when everyone meets on the fourth Thursday of November, makes a feast before gathering together around the T.V. to watch women’s hoops. Did I get that right? Well, if not, that is exactly what you will be able to do tomorrow as Feast Week continues […]

There is a lot to celebrate when it comes to the progress in women’s hoops has made over the last seven years. TV ratings continue to soar year after year and the talent pool has risen with more opportunities made available to young women. However, NCAAW basketball fans were reminded again television stations still don’t […]

Heading into this season, UConn looked like it could implode as a perennial contender. Former national player of the year Paige Bueckers tore her ACL during a pickup game, ending what could have been another leap in her young career. To make matters worse: highly touted freshman Ice Brady dislocated her patella and put her […]

Any time a player’s name is uttered in the same sentence as Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, they must have done something historic. That is exactly what Azzi Fudd has done so far in her second year at UConn. The sophomore has scored 32 points in each of her first two games, making her the […]

The University of Texas men’s basketball team is off to a blazing start to the 2022-23 season. The Longhorns are currently ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 poll, behind only North Carolina, Houston, and Kansas, and boast a 3-0 record. Furthermore, head coach Chris Beard and Texas have some recruiting wins that will […]

College sports went through its second tragedy involving gun violence this past week when New Mexico State junior forward Mike Peake was a part of a fight that ended with him being shot and him killing another student. According to police reports, Peake was lured to University of New Mexico’s campus by four of its […]

UConn women’s basketball team dealt with a scary moment Sunday afternoon when associate head coach Chris Dailey collapsed right after the national anthem ahead of the Huskies’ 91-69 win over No. 10 N.C. State. She received medical attention and was helped off the floor in a stretcher. Dailey waved the crowd as she left the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats suffered their second loss of the season Sunday, as John Calipari and his boys absorbed an 88-72 defeat in Spokane at the hands of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Not a lot went in favor of Kentucky basketball in that game, especially on offense.  The Wildcats shot just 39.1 percent from the field. They […]

The Houston Cougars take on the Oregon Ducks. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Houston Oregon prediction and pick. The Oregon Ducks had a really bad start to their season last autumn. In November of last season — nearly 12 months to the day of this reunion — Oregon lost to Houston, […]