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Purdue senior guard Braden Smith made Big Ten history on Saturday night, surpassing Michigan State’s legend Cassius Winston to become the conference’s all-time career assists leader. Smith recorded 12 assists in the Boilermakers’ 89-73 victory over Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, increasing his career total to 893 and eclipsing Winston’s 890 assists compiled from 2017-2020. […]

Acaden Lewis broke down how the transition to college basketball has been for him following the Villanova Wildcats’ 85-67 win over the Butler Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Lewis is going through the freshman campaign of his collegiate career. He stood out as one of the top prospects in the 2025 class, originally siding with Kentucky […]

Fresh off of a game-winner that powered the Lady Wildcats to a victory over the  Lady Rattlers, the men’s basketball teams for both Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman met to face off in their SWAC conference opener. This marked the first coaching matchup between former NBA players Charlie Ward and Reggie Theus and the latest chapter […]

Geno Auriemma knows that if UConn is going to repeat as women’s basketball national champions, it needs to lean on Sarah Strong. The sophomore recently rediscovered her groove after a brief lull, and Auriemma does not want to see her take her foot off the gas. Strong led UConn with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting […]

A month ago, Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry said he didn’t want to play Houston again. Fast forward a month, and he may say the same thing about Cal. On Friday, Notre Dame lost 72-71 in a controversial finish. Immediately after the final buzzer, Shrewsberry confronted a referee over a last-second call and was restrained […]

Nebraska basketball continues to trend upward nationally, as the No. 13 Cornhuskers remain undefeated and recalibrate program expectations following Friday night’s 58–56 ranked conference win vs. No. 9 Michigan State at home. Court storming became part of the postgame conversation after the tense Big Ten matchup, which reinforced the Cornhuskers’ growing basketball relevance. The win […]

Senior center Lauren Betts keeps making a case for why she should be a top-ranked 2026 WNBA draft pick. In UCLA’s latest outing, a 97-61 rout of Penn State on Wednesday, the young phenom scored a season-high 25 points in just 25 minutes to pass the 1,500-career-point mark. Betts opened up scoring for the Bruins […]

Audi Crooks has been dominating all season offensively for No. 10 Iowa State and shows no sign of slowing down. The star junior put up 35 points and 13 rebounds against Houston en route to the Cyclones’ 80-62 win on Wednesday. Crooks went 17-of-21 from the field as she topped 30 points for the fifth […]

No. 8 TCU may have committed 15 turnovers against BYU, but that didn’t stop the team from earning a 72-48 blowout win. The Horned Frogs largely have transfer star Olivia Miles to thank for the victory after her 12-point, 12-rebound, 10-assist triple-double performance helped carry the team to its 12th straight win over a Big […]

The LSU women’s basketball team ended the 2025 half of its season undefeated, but it wasn’t able to bring that win streak into the new year when it faced off against Kentucky on Thursday night. The No.5-ranked team started the new year in gut-wrenching fashion as Tonie Morgan hit a 3-pointer with just 0.5 seconds […]

Kansas Jayhawks star guard Darryn Peterson is one of the contenders for the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, but one of the biggest storylines of his freshman year has been a hamstring injury that he’s been dealing with. Peterson’s availability has been limited early in the season, and prior to Kansas’ Big […]

One phenomenon that we often talk about when it comes to HBCU athletics is the former professional athlete turned coach. It’s not a new trend as we’ve seen it often before the new millennium. But, Deion Sanders’s arrival at Jackson State in 2020 caused a contemporary wave of professional athletes expressing interest or becoming coaches […]

The Louisville Cardinals improved to 11-2 on the season following their 90-70 win against California on Tuesday as Atlantic Coast Conference play kicked off. The Cardinals are on a mini-road trip right now as they face off against the Stanford Cardinal on Friday to begin conference play. In fact, it’s this one particular road stat […]

Virginia State University athletic director Tiffani-Dawn Sykes was a special guest on HBCU Sports’ “12-Hour New Year’s Eve Pod-A-Thon” and broached the topic of a potential move to the MEAC. MEAC expansion is always a huge topic in HBCU athletics, and schools such as Tuskegee, Clark Atlanta, and Morehouse are often spoken about. But, Virginia […]

The 2025 college basketball season has been upended by the fact that a former NBA Draft pick, James Nnaji, joined the Baylor basketball program mid-season. James Nnaji was picked 31st in the 2023 NBA Draft, and after trades, the Knicks currently own his draft rights. The Bears added Nnaji because he has never played college […]

North Carolina Tar Heels opened Atlantic Coast Conference play with a solid 79-66 home win over Florida State Seminoles on Tuesday night, but the result was defined by the historic performance of freshman forward Caleb Wilson. In just his 14th collegiate game, Wilson produced one of the most complete stat lines the program has seen […]

Jon Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils made a big splash in the 2026 recruiting class, landing the commitment of five-star guard Deron Rippey Jr. Rippey announced his pledge to the program on Tuesday, via ESPN. Hailing from Blairstown, New Jersey, he had offers from Power Five programs like Miami, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Syracuse […]

UCLA women’s basketball head coach Cori Close didn’t mince words following her team’s statement road victory over Ohio State, and the conversation only intensified in the days that followed. After the No. 4 Bruins defeated the No. 19 Buckeyes 82-75 on Dec. 28, Close used her postgame availability to highlight what she viewed as a […]

There are several NCAA basketball coaches calling for rules changes from the NCAA. One famous head coach, St. John’s basketball mentor Rick Pitino, is giving his two cents on the situation. “Everything I’m reading from college coaches is great stuff, but what’s not being said, is that it’s no longer college basketball. It’s professional basketball […]

There may be a new trend coming to College Basketball. James Nnaji has been approved to play at Baylor even though he had already been selected in the NBA Draft back in 2023. Now, UConn head coach Dan Hurley has spoken to Matt Norlander of CBSSports about the move. “I would just say with the […]

Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari is never afraid to express his opinions. He is continuing to voice his views, on a new and trending issue in college basketball. Calipari is bemoaning the fact that former NBA G League players and even international players who were drafted in the NBA, are now going back to play […]

Money games are a reality for HBCU programs across athletics, and Kim Mulkey sees these as opportunities to give back. LSU recently beat Alabama State 109-41, which was their fourth matchup against an HBCU this season. In postgame comments, Mulkey spoke about why LSU intentionally plays HBCUs and how she views it as a way […]

As the season moved through its final days of December, the broader competitive picture began to sharpen. Early experimentation faded, rotations solidified, and identity emerged for both contenders and challengers alike. Holiday schedules often create uneven rhythms, but this particular stretch revealed which programs were built to maintain focus regardless of opponent or atmosphere. Dominance […]

The South Carolina women’s basketball team has been on a hot streak to start the year as its new-look roster adapts well to playing together. However, the Gamecocks might be facing their biggest test so far after star guard Ta’Niya Latson went down with a lower left leg injury during their 96-55 win over Providence […]

The 2025 Baylor basketball season has been solid. They are 9-2 and are on track to make another NCAA Tournament. However, the Bears are under fire for their off-court actions and for recruiting former NBA Draft pick James Nnaji to join them in Waco. There has been criticism because Nnaji is a former NBA pick, […]

Vanderbilt basketball (12-0) just saw its dream season hit a snag. Fifth-year senior Frankie Collins has a torn meniscus and will be sidelined indefinitely, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. Fans will be happy to know that he did undergo successful surgery, but this is obviously brutal news for all involved. Collins played for Michigan, Arizona […]

In a rare turn of events, New York Knicks’ James Nnaji has been granted NCAA eligibility and is headed to Baylor to play college basketball for the Bears. Nnaji was a second-round pick in 2023. He was initially projected to be a first-round pick before the Detroit Pistons selected him 31st overall in the second […]

Villanova is now 10-2 on the season, after a 64-56 victory over Seton Hall to open Big East play. The team has won three straight since Villanova lost to Michigan earlier this year. While speaking on Tuesday after the victory over Seton Hall, head coach Kevin Willard praised the work that Shaheen Holloway has done, […]

Texas Longhorns delivered a comfortable result on the scoreboard Monday night, but head coach Sean Miller made it clear afterward that the performance itself fell well short of expectations. Despite a 94-71 win over Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks at the Moody Center, Miller used his postgame remarks to issue a sharp critique of his team’s […]

Currently, legendary South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley is facilitating a new identity for her program. Nevertheless, the Gamecocks are the No.3 team in the nation and have a 12-1 record.  Their only loss thus far came against No. 2 Texas, 66-64. In the meantime, Staley is putting the work in to build for the […]

Non-conference play is coming to a close, and conference madness is about to pick up in men’s college basketball. The positive or negative momentum teams gained leading up to this point will have major implications on the rest of the year. Teams will find out what they are really made of going forward, though, as […]

The 2025 Kansas basketball season has a lot of potential to be great, but it rests on Darryn Peterson. The five-star freshman has a chance to be a massive difference-maker in the NBA and has already proven himself in college through a handful of games. However, Peterson has been in and out of the lineup […]

The 2025 Illinois basketball season has been solid so far in Champaign. The Fighting Illini dominated the Missouri Tigers in a statement game before Christmas, 91-48, making history in the Braggin’ Rights rivalry. Illinois took control of the game against the Tigers from the jump and won the annual Braggin’ Rights rivalry game in St. […]

On Monday, No. 20 Illinois basketball dominated its way to a 43-point victory over Missouri in the annual Braggin’ Rights game. In the process, they secure a much-coveted trophy.  It was big man Tomislav Ivisic who received the trophy, and as he and his teammates celebrated, they asked him to break it, per Jeremy Werner […]

One week after suffering a heartbreaking loss to Nebraska, No. 20 Illinois bounced back big time. On Monday, they came out and dominated Missouri 91-48, a 43-point win.  In the process, Illinois etched its place into Braggin’ Rights history, per Carson Gaurdie of ABC News Channel 20. It turned out to be the series’s most […]

AJ Dybantsa filled up the stat sheet with an incredible triple-double in the No. 10 BYU Cougars’ 109-81 win over the Eastern Washington Eagles on Monday night. Dybantsa is going through the first season of his collegiate career. He stood out as one of the top prospects in the 2025 class, having a high ceiling […]

As the calendar approaches the holiday break, the women’s college basketball season reaches its first true inflection point. Non-conference play is largely complete, early tournaments have revealed strengths and weaknesses, and teams are beginning to prepare for the grind of conference schedules that will ultimately define seeding, resumes, and championship aspirations. The national picture is […]

The hot streak Hannah Hidalgo has been on to start the 2025-26 NCAA season continued against Bellarmine on Sunday as she added another career milestone to her resume. Hidalgo put up 30 points, 13 steals, and 10 assists during Notre Dame’s 110-38 blowout, notching her second-ever triple-double in the process. Hidalgo’s first career triple-double came […]

The football season is officially over, and as we move into the beginning of basketball season, I have a confession to make: I barely realized the Chris Paul HBCU Classic was happening this past weekend. When the classic first announced its move to Atlanta, I thought it was a brilliant strategic play. I even wrote […]