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It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Iowa-Nebraska prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Iowa-Nebraska. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are squarely on the bubble. They have struggled over the past two weeks and turned an advantageous bubble situation into a negative one. A home-court loss to Minnesota was a brutal […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Michigan-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan-Michigan State. Michigan State has established itself as the best team in the Big Ten. The Spartans are the outright Big Ten champions for 2025. They clinched their outright title this past week with […]

John Calipari probably wanted a smoother ride in his first season with Arkansas basketball, but what matters is making the NCAA Tournament. That’s what the Razorbacks (19-12, 8-10 SEC) are poised to do after escaping with a 93-92 win over Mississippi State on Saturday. Now the key is to not lose to South Carolina in […]

Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes gave an emotional statement on his seniors after his team’s 75-65 win over South Carolina. The Volunteers bounced back on Senior Day from a tough loss on the road to Ole Miss to pick up their twelfth SEC win of the season. The No. 4-ranked team in the country […]

Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl had to make a desperate gesture to fans after the Tigers’ painful 93-91 loss to Alabama. The No. 1 team in the country had a back-and-forth affair against their sworn SEC rival on Senior Day. While the game eventually went into overtime, Alabama star point guard Mark Sears hit […]

Hailey Van Lith took a subtle shot at West Virginia’s guards following the TCU Horned Frogs’ victory over the Mountaineers on Saturday. In 39 minutes of action, Van Lith finished with 19 points, eight assists, six rebounds, and a steal. She shot 5-of-10 from the field, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. Her performance proved […]

Bill Self continues to protect his record in Senior Day games alive in the Kansas Jayhawks’ matchup against the No. 24 Arizona Wildcats on Saturday. The Jayhawks were victorious, taking down the Wildcats 83-76 to end the regular season at home. They shot 49% from the field, including 38% from beyond the arc. Kansas won […]

The SEC tournament is heating up in women’s college basketball and fans were treated to a pair of excellent semifinal games on Saturday in Greenville. First, No. 5 South Carolina knocked off No. 10 Oklahoma to advance to the title game and then No. 9 LSU women’s basketball and No. 1 Texas went to battle. […]

Duke basketball and head coach Jon Scheyer will add a new title on campus. But Scheyer dropped a powerful truth bomb after securing the Atlantic Coast Conference championship Saturday. His Blue Devils rolled to the 82-69 romp of rival North Carolina. The game wasn’t easy for Duke, however, as UNC handed the Blue Devils every […]

Cooper Flagg put up another crazy stat line in Saturday’s matchup between the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels, though he dealt with some early foul trouble that made things a bit interesting. In 29 minutes of action, Flagg finished with 15 points, nine rebounds, six assists, and four blocks. He shot 6-of-15 […]

The Iron Bowl rivalry didn’t disappoint once again on Saturday. Alabama basketball went down to the wire with Auburn in one of the best college basketball games of the season, and the ending didn’t disappoint. Nate Oats and company were able to force overtime, and it looked like the two teams may be headed for […]

The North Carolina basketball and Duke basketball pregame activities were highlighted by an emotional RJ Davis. The fans were emotional as well. Before the game, he was honored by the university on his senior day. Head coach Hubert Davis had a special moment with his senior guard. He finished with 20 points, three rebounds, and […]

Iowa State basketball was supposed to be one of the best teams in the country this season, and that has held true for the most part. The Cyclones have picked up impressive wins both in non-conference play and against Big 12 competition this year and are rolling toward the NCAA Tournament as a result. However, […]

Indiana basketball watched Mike Woodson enter Assembly Hall one last time Saturday. He walked away sharing a heart-wrenching reaction. The Hoosiers knocked off Ohio State in a pivotal Big Ten clash, winning 66-60 at home. Woodson, however, isn’t expected to return as IU head coach in 2025-26. Still, he shared this emotional reaction postgame with […]

Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley has high hopes that the Hoyas are going to be prepared and ready for an impressive performance in the upcoming Big East tournament. However, he was not happy with anything he saw from his team in the team’s regular-season finale against the DePaul Blue Demons in Chicago. The Hoyas came […]

For the second year in a row, Auburn basketball lost a marquee March matchup after Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected for committing an obviously dirty foul. The 25-year-old forward hit Alabama’s Chris Youngblood in the back of the head with his forearm while trying to gain position for a rebound. He was penalized with a flagrant […]

The 2024-25 college basketball season has come to an end for the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers, but the way it concluded for them was far from satisfactory. Wisconsin basketball closed out its schedule in an embarrassing 86-75 home loss at Kohl Center in Madison on Saturday at the hands of the unranked Penn State Nittany […]

The first season under Mark Pope has been an odd one for Kentucky basketball. The Wildcats have dealt with injuries all while piecing a completely new roster together after the departure of John Calipari, but they are still headed for the NCAA Tournament. While Kentucky doesn’t have the same NBA talent on its roster that […]

The freshman behind the UConn women’s basketball 3-headed attack, Sarah Strong, has caught the attention of head coach Geno Auriemma. While Strong has shown some freshman inconsistencies in her game, her presence in the Big East tournament has been essential. She pulled down 14 rebounds, along with scoring 10 points in the 70-41 win over […]

Days before the Big Ten tournament, USC women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb issued a challenge to her team. In the following days, the team has responded to her call. They took down the Michigan Wolverines, 82-70 in Saturday’s contest. As a result, they will await the winner of Ohio State and UCLA basketball. There […]

Grievances can happen at any moment, and unfortunately for LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey, that happened earlier this week. After Mulkey explained why LSU women’s basketball lost against Ole Miss, coaching basketball wasn’t her focus. It was about being with her family. She spoke via The Associated Press about her week and how […]

The official start of the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament may still be 12 days away, but March Madness is very much alive on the final Saturday of the 2024-25 college basketball regular season. On a day in which St. John’s forward Zuby Ejiofor ended one top 25 matchup with a game-winning shot […]

With a down-to-the-wire victory over Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon, the Arkansas Razorbacks finish the regular season with a 19-12 overall record and an 8-10 mark in SEC play. And while 8-10 will only be good enough for the 9-seed in the SEC Tournament, considering that the Razorbacks started out 0-5 in conference action this […]

St John’s basketball had a thrilling win against Marquette on Saturday, which revealed a turnaround unlike any other, in part due to head coach Rick Pitino. In his second season, he helped the Red Storm clinch the regular season Big East title. Not to mention, Pitino also made CBB history, by becoming the only head […]

Arizona State women’s basketball head coach Natasha Adair has been fired amid a brutal season for the team, according to freelance reporter Jeff Metcalfe. The Sun Devils went 10-22 on the season but had a promising run in the Big 12 tournament. Following an 82-75 win against Cincinnati, the team lost against Iowa State the […]

There’s never any quit from head coach Rick Pitino’s squad, as St. John’s basketball fought through a classic Big East showdown against Marquette on Saturday. Zuby Ejiofor made a heads-up play as time was winding down in overtime, and connected on a short floater in front of the basket to give the Red Storm a […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with an LMU-Washington State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch LMU-Washington State. Washington State started the college basketball season so well, but in January and February, the West Coast Conference took a real bite out of the Cougars, who were pushed into the middle […]

The Purdue Boilermakers closed out the 2024-25 regular season on the road at Illinois, dropping a back-and-forth game to the Fighting Illini by the final score of 88-80. Purdue’s pair of All-Big Ten performers — point guard Braden Smith and forward Trey Kaufman-Renn — delivered in a big way, combining for 47 of the team’s […]

It’s time to continue our WCC Tournament odds series with a Pepperdine-Oregon State prediction and pick for this neutral-site game in Las Vegas. Find out how to watch Pepperdine-Oregon State. The WCC Tournament continues with preliminary-round games leading into the bigger battles which await in the coming days in Vegas. Oregon State showed some signs […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Utah-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Utah-BYU. The Utah-BYU rivalry just got a lot more interesting. It is always compelling. These teams usually play very close and spirited games. However, the spicy nature of the rivalry could intensify even more now […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Houston-Baylor prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Houston-Baylor. There are two rich veins of intrigue in this Big 12 regular-season finale late Saturday night in Waco. Houston is gunning for a No. 1 seed at the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Cougars are […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Virginia-Syracuse prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Virginia-Syracuse. This is a game between two ACC teams which used to be at the top of the sport and are now wallowing in mediocrity. Syracuse and Virginia met in the Elite Eight in 2016, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oklahoma-Texas prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oklahoma-Texas. Here we go. This is one of the two biggest bubble games on Saturday in college basketball. One is Ohio State-Indiana, and this is the other main bubble showcase. Two teams are squarely on […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas Tech-Arizona State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Texas Tech-Arizona State. The Big 12 regular season concludes this weekend, as the conference prepares for its tournament next week. Texas Tech has been one of the better teams in the Big 12 […]

Just a little over one week ago, Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm clinched their first outright Big East regular season title in 40 years. It was thus far the crowning achievement of Pitino’s two year tenure in Queens. Similarly, the Hall of Famer’s son, Richard Pitino, has resurrected a New Mexico Lobos […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-Creighton prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Butler-Creighton. The Creighton Bluejays are gearing up for the Big East Tournament next week in New York. They did not win the Big East regular-season championship this season, so the next best thing they can […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Boston College-Pitt prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Boston College Pitt. The Boston College Eagles made headlines on Friday. They are not going to make the NCAA Tournament this season, but they already decided not to fire head coach Earl Grant. Boston […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Virginia Tech-Clemson prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Virginia Tech-Clemson. There are some showcase college basketball games on Saturday, but with over 100 games on the docket in what is the last massive-scale Saturday of the season, not every game can be […]

Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway gave an emotional message on star guard PJ Haggerty after the Tigers’ Senior Day win over South Florida. Memphis basketball clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season title with the 84-68 victory. The No. 16 team in the country closed the five-game winning streak largely thanks to its superstar […]