NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 277

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, […]

The No. 2 recruit a year ago and now UCLA Bruin Kiki Rice landed a historic deal with the Jordan Brand to make her their first NIL athlete. As other top players in women’s basketball land deals with bigger companies, she is going to have her own shoe and the opportunity to cultivate a brand […]

Ahead of the 2022-23 season, DePaul University and University of Texas played in an exhibition game on Oct. 30 where all the ticket sales went to the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation. The foundation is currently offering to help build a new elementary school campus following the tragedy the community went through on May 24. […]

Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero is a bona fide superstar. He already was one even before he played his first minute in the NBA, but the fact that he’s been so good so early on has only catapulted his fame to a whole new level. At this point, the 19-year-old has gotten used to life […]

UConn can’t seem to avoid the injury bug. It was announced today freshman Isuneh (a.k.a Ice) Brady will miss the entire NCAAW season after dislocating her patella in her right knee. According to ESPN, the injury occurred on Oct. 21 and underwent a successful on Tuesday. Brady was a five-star recruit coming out of high […]

The NCAAW season is looming and the power structure at the top of it has a few new faces heading into the 2022-23 campaign. Established programs are trying to keep their spot at the top of the hierarchy while others want to prove their top-25 ranking wasn’t a fluke. All of that is made possible […]

The Kentucky Wildcats basketball team made a trip over the weekend to Pikeville for a charity preseason scrimmage at Appalachian Wireless Arena, which was already news of itself. But it got even more interesting after the event when Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari shared via social media an image of a father at the […]

Jim Nantz is one of the more recognizable voices in sports broadcasting today. The 63-year-old has called numerous games from the NFL, NBA, NCAA basketball, and more. In 2023, Nantz is making a change. Nantz announced on Monday that he would no longer call the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament after 2023. […]

University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team has been one of the most dominant programs in college sports history but its competition is creeping up on it. With star guard Paige Bueckers out for the entire 2022-23 season, the Associated Press ranked five other teams ahead of UConn in its annual preseason top-25 women’s basketball poll. […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels failed to complete their mission in the 2021-22 season which was to win the national title. However, they are still regarded as a powerhouse coming into the 2022-23 campaign. In fact, Tar Heels basketball has just been ranked No. 1 overall in the AP Top 25 preseason poll. The Tar […]

Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks teams of the 1990’s may have been household names for NBA fans, but the younger generation may not be as familiar with them. Ewing, who is now the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team, reacted recently to a video of his players trying to name […]

Oscar Tshiebwe’s final collegiate season won’t get started the way he imagined. University of Kentucky coach John Calipari announced on Tuesday that the reigning National Player of the Year will have a “minor” procedure on his knee just less than a month before 2022-23 tips off. Calipari announced the news on his personal Twitter account. […]

University of Pittsburgh freshman Dior Johnson is currently facing a handful of assault charges after he allegedly beat up a woman inside his apartment. According to a report by CBS Pittsburgh, this all started when the woman supposedly got Johnson and his phone wet on September 5. An argument between the pair ensued the following […]

The University of Texas Women’s Basketball program announced through a press release that Tiffany Jackson, a three-time All-American and nine-year WNBA veteran, died after battling breast cancer since 2015. She was 37 years old. Jackson’s decorated career at Texas remains one of the program’s brightest in its history. She’s the only player in Texas’ history to […]

Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman was in the center of much controversy back in late 2019 when he was deemed ineligible by the NCAA to play for the Memphis Tigers after head coach Penny Hardaway was found guilty of paying Wiseman’s family $11,500 back in 2017 to incentive them to move from Nashville to […]

LeBron James made headlines not too long ago for crossing one of the rarest financial thresholds for athletes to reach – billionaire status. Top-shelf hoops prospect Mikey Williams hopes to do the same, but in much, much less time. In a recent appearance on the I Am Athlete podcast, Williams spoke candidly on trying to get […]