NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 248

The No. 17 Duke Blue Devils were not going to allow themselves to drop two games in a row to Big Ten teams, as they clobbered the No. 25 Ohio State Buckeyes Wednesday night at home, 81-72. Before that, Duke basketball lost to No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers last Sunday, 75-56. A major key to the […]

The Michigan State Spartans take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Michigan State Notre Dame prediction and pick. The college basketball season has been eventful, and few teams have had a more eventful November than Michigan State. The Spartans have loaded up their nonconference schedule with […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Indiana Hoosiers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Carolina Indiana prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels are not turning the corner. They had hoped that Sunday’s game against Alabama would be a wakeup call after their Friday loss to Iowa State […]

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks take on the Iowa State Cyclones. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Dakota Iowa State prediction and pick. The North Dakota Fighting Hawks have established a pattern in the early portion of their season. When they can get a handle on the opposing team’s offense, they […]

The Purdue Boilermakers take on the Florida State Seminoles. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Purdue Florida State prediction and pick. The Purdue Boilermakers lost Jaden Ivey to the NBA. That’s a top-five draft pick. One might reasonably think that would have negatively affected how the Boilermakers play. Instead, they actually look […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Duke Blue Devils. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Ohio State Duke prediction and pick. The Purdue Boilermakers crushed Duke on Sunday at the Phil Knight Legacy event. Duke was greatly outclassed by a Big Ten opponent, which provides the backdrop to this game, part […]

The NCAAW season has already seen a ton of movement at the top of the mountain, as teams have fallen to the valley while others have capitalized on there being more room in the upper echelon of the country. As conference play approaches, here is where the top-six teams stand heading into Decemeber. 1. South […]

Last offseason, Candace Parker went on Taylor Rooks’ show for Bleacher Report to discuss a myriad of topics. One that came up was the old rivalry going back to the two-time WNBA champion’s college days. Parker hadn’t donned orange and white since 2008 but the fire of the UConn-Tennessee rivalry remained. “He doesn’t like me […]

Luka Doncic was not the only one who put up a notable triple-double Tuesday night. There was also Coleman Hawkins of the Illinois Fighting Illini, who stitched together a fantastic stat line to help Illinois basketball wallop the Syracuse Orange right in Champaigne, 73-44. Hawkins did it all for Illinois basketball, as he scored 15 […]

Greatness runs in the blood. Kris Murray, the twin brother of Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray, had the game of his life to lead the Iowa Hawkeyes to an 81-65 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Murray dropped 31 points (with four triples), 20 rebounds, and four assists in 39 (!) minutes, an incredibly […]

The Kentucky Wildcats took care of business Tuesday night at home, defeating the Bellarmine Knights in Lexington, 60-41. After the game, Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari spent some time talking about the idea that the NCAA should waive the waiting time for Bellarmine’s eligibility for the NCAA Tournament. Via Jeff Drummond of Cats Illustrated: […]

The UC Irvine Anteaters take on the San Diego State Aztecs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our UC Irvine San Diego State prediction and pick. The San Diego State Aztecs look like a very good team, but they definitely missed an opportunity last week in Hawaii at the Maui Invitational. SDSU led […]

The Virginia Cavaliers take on the Michigan Wolverines. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Virginia Michigan prediction and pick. The Virginia Cavaliers and Michigan Wolverines have authored distinctly different stories to start the new college basketball season, but how they end those stories will be a much bigger point of fascination. Virginia […]

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 […]