NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 229

Now that we are only a couple games into the NCAAW, it’s time to overreact. Some teams at the top of the mountain have looked like their foundation has been shaken while others, like South Carolina, are performing as expected. It’s way too early to take too much away from what we have seen as […]

The University of Virginia is in a state of mourning following a shooting that left three people dead and others injured. In response, Virginia basketball is canceling its Monday night game against Northern Iowa. “Tonight’s game vs. Northern Iowa at John Paul Jones Arena has been canceled,” said the Virginia men’s basketball program on Twitter. The shooting […]

When Paige Bueckers heard the news she wouldn’t be suiting up for UConn on the court this year, she couldn’t believe. In an interview on Nov. 7 that resurfaced yesterday, the 2021 national freshman of the year described her emotions of that reality setting over the next week. Every athlete who has experienced a season-ending […]

South Carolina’s women’s basketball team went into this season as the heavy favorites to win the NCAA tournament this year. So far, they have proven to everyone they are still the team opponents will have to go through if teams want to get their hands on the trophy. After beating No. 17 Maryland 81-56, the […]

For the second time in two weeks, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry praised UConn’s Azzi Fudd. The Huskies’ star, who was last year’s No. 1 recruit, has become the focal point of her team’s offense after Paige Bueckers and Ice Brady were lost for the season due to lower body injuries. With her ability […]

The UC Irvine Anteaters take on the Oregon Ducks. Check out our college basketball odds series for our UC Irvine Oregon prediction and pick. The Oregon Ducks had one of the most disappointing college basketball seasons of any team in the country one year ago. Coach Dana Altman’s team stumbled out of the blocks, briefly […]

The Long Beach State 49ers take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Long Beach State UCLA prediction and pick. The UCLA Bruins had the perfect path laid out before them. They just had to beat a No. 8 seed and a No. 15 seed, and they would have […]

The BYU Cougars take on the San Diego State Aztecs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our BYU San Diego State prediction and pick. The San Diego State Aztecs blew a late lead to the Creighton Bluejays and lost their first-round NCAA Tournament game last March. The memory of that failure has lingered […]

The Charleston Cougars take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Charleston North Carolina prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels came agonizingly close to winning the 2022 NCAA Tournament. They held a double-digit lead over the Kansas Jayhawks at halftime of the national championship game […]

The Michigan State Spartans take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Armed Forces Classic. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Michigan State Gonzaga prediction and pick. The college basketball season began on Monday, Nov. 7, but Friday, Nov. 11 feels like the real opening day, with showcase games such as this one […]

The Houston Christian Huskies take on the Texas Longhorns. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Houston Christian Texas prediction and pick. The Texas Longhorns have been one of the more exasperating, frustrating college basketball teams of recent years. Texas gets high-end recruits and transfers into the program, but the Longhorns just can’t […]

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks take on the Creighton Bluejays. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Dakota Creighton prediction and pick. The Creighton Bluejays overachieved richly and substantially in 2022. Coach Greg McDermott did his very best coaching job at Creighton, guiding his team through a number of significant injuries and […]

The Bethune Cookman Wildcats take on the Indiana Hoosiers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Bethune Cookman Indiana prediction and pick. The Indiana Hoosiers enter a college basketball season with more hope than we have seen in several years. Indiana made the Sweet 16 in the 2016 NCAA Tournament under then-coach Tom […]

The Texas Southern Tigers take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Texas Southern Texas Tech prediction and pick. The Texas Tech Red Raiders have made themselves nationally relevant as a program. The school which reached the 2019 NCAA Tournament national championship game and lost an overtime […]

The North Dakota State Bison take on the Kansas Jayhawks. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Dakota State Kansas prediction and pick. The Kansas Jayhawks are the reigning champions of college basketball. They just won their second title under coach Bill Self, 14 years after Self’s first championship in 2008. The […]

The FGCU Eagles take on the San Diego Toreros. Check out our college basketball odds series for our FGCU San Diego prediction and pick. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles had a smashing start to their season on Monday night. They are beginning their season in the state of California, working their way through Southern California […]

The Bellarmine Knights take on the Louisville Cardinals. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Bellarmine Louisville prediction and pick. The Bellarmine Knights were part of one of the craziest stories in college basketball last season. First of all, Bellarmine made its transition to Division I men’s basketball, moving up from a lower […]

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits take on the Boise State Broncos. Check out our college basketball odds series for our South Dakota State Boise State prediction and pick. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are a consistently strong mid-major program. They regularly produce high-quality seasons with lots of wins and plenty of high-octane offense. The Jackrabbits […]

The Monmouth Hawks take on the Seton Hall Pirates. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Monmouth Seton Hall prediction and pick. The Monmouth Hawks came very close to making the NCAA Tournament last season. More than that, they almost prevented one of college basketball’s greatest Cinderella stories from getting off the ground. […]

The Davidson Wildcats take on the Wright State Raiders. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Davidson Wright State prediction and pick. The Davidson Wildcats begin a new era this season, though they are still keeping their basketball program in the family. They will still have a McKillop coaching them, but not the […]

Ava Jones thought her basketball career was over after she was critically injured in a car accident months ago. Her family was driving when an allegedly impaired driver hit them and killed her father in the process (her mom was also in critical condition). Now, Jones will try to achieve her lifelong dream of playing […]

Juju Watkins has been described as a generational talent. It’s one of the reasons she has soared to the top of the recruiting ranks and has all of the top programs in the country vying for her services. Her level of talent brought her to the gym where she practiced with Kevin Durant and James […]

The South Carolina State Bulldogs take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. Check out our college basketball odds series for our South Carolina State South Carolina prediction and pick. The South Carolina Gamecocks take the court this season under a new head coach. Frank Martin guided the program to the 2017 Final Four, where the Gamecocks […]

The Rider Broncs take on the Providence Friars. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Rider Providence prediction and pick. The Providence Friars delivered a dream season in 2022, winning the Big East regular-season championship for the first time in school history. Coach Ed Cooley worked wonders with a lineup which was not […]

The Milwaukee Panthers take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Milwaukee Purdue prediction and pick. The Milwaukee Panthers finished 10-22 last season. They hope to be significantly better this season. They played a game on Monday and defeated a non-Division I opponent, 102-46. Angelo Stuart scored 24 points […]

Diamond Miller, a projected 2023 WNBA lottery pick, left No. 17 Maryland’s season opener after exiting the game with an apparent knee injury. Early in the second quarter, her knee buckled and she limped back to the locker room to be evaluated. However, Terrapins head coach Brenda Frese brushed off any concerns about the senior’s […]

San Diego State has been the subject of plenty of rumors recently, as a possible move to the Pac-12 appears to be in the works. In fact, radio personality Dan Patrick reported that the Aztecs could make the move as soon as this week. However, conflicting reports have since emerged, ones that pour cold water […]

This is the time of year when gambling fiends feast on betting lines and obsess over which games to stack on top of each other for parlays that have little chance to hit. In fact, gambling has become a part of the fabric of the sports fan experience. Matchups that feel meaningless take on value […]

Azzi Fudd knew going into this season she was going to have to play a huge role in helping UConn maintain its winning ways following major injuries to its roster. The No. 1 high school recruit from a year showed yesterday she is up for the task. During the Huskies’ 115-42 exhibition win over Kuztown, […]

Miami women’s basketball head coach Katie Meier was suspended for three games as the Hurricanes cooperate with an ongoing investigation by the NCAA, according to a report from the Associated Press. Other than Miami calling the probe “an enforcement matter,” the specifics of the investigation have not yet been released by the university. Miami stated […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russian prison for 261 days. Experts have called the seven-time WNBA all-star’s conviction for smuggling drugs a political ploy by Russia, who is in the midst of a war with Ukraine. Griner’s loved ones have openly discussed how hard the situation has been on them. A part […]

UNC basketball heads into the 2022-23 season as the top-ranked program in the country after making a heroic run to the National Championship earlier this year. Aside from the likes of Caleb Love, Armando Bacot, and Leaky Black returning, among others, they also brought in a couple of talented freshmen, including sweet-shooting big man Jalen […]

Donda Academy closed last week for the rest of the school year after Kanye West’s anti-semitic comments. That’s left many students and athletes in limbo. Well, one of Donda’s best players, 5-star recruit Robert Dillingham, is officially leaving for Overtime Elite, per The Athletic. He’s currently committed to Kentucky basketball for next season. Dillingham was […]

The Louisville basketball recruitment scandal reached its verdict on Thursday, and the Cardinals program appears to have gotten away with a slap on the wrist. The Independent Accountability Resolution Process revealed its punishments for the Louisville basketball program on Thursday stemming from the wild recruitment scandal which gripped the program back in 2017, via Matt […]

Realignment has been one of the hottest topics in the realm of college sports of late, with the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans planning to move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten and the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners bound to change allegiances from Big 12 to SEC in the near future. […]

When Texas Tech basketball opens the 2022-23 collegiate season, they’ll be without their top transfer in Fardaws Aimaq. According to Jeff Goodman of Stadium, Aimaq is expected to be out until February. He sustained a foot injury during a workout last September, and it was initially unknown how long he’ll be sidelined. The Texas Tech […]

The women’s college hoops starts on Nov. 6 and the parity across the country remains strong with new faces in the top-25 rankings along with familiar juggernauts. The march to March Madness starts from the onset of the season and there is plenty to tune into when the 2022-23 campaign tips off. Here are five […]

Kansas basketball has reportedly self-imposed a 4-game suspension for head coach Bill Self and assistant coach Kurtis Townsend, per Jeff Goodman and Stadium. This means that Kansas will be without Self against Duke in the Champions Classic showdown scheduled for November 15th. The suspension dates back to a 2017 incident. Goodman reports that Kansas basketball will […]

Bill Walton is not in favor of the UCLA Bruins transferring conferences from Pac-12 to the Big Ten. He made that extremely clear in a written statement, as shared by John Canzano. I don’t believe that joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, […]