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Conference play is officially underway across college hoops, and with the Big Ten picture tightening, every result carries weight. Oregon basketball felt that pressure as the Ducks visited Rutgers, and Wei Lin delivered a personal “Linsanity” burst that lit up the night. He hit fearless shots, hit the biggest one, and refused to back down. […]

Michigan State basketball delivered a dominant win over USC Monday night, but the game took an unexpected turn late in the second half. A heated Tom Izzo outburst led to a former Spartan being removed from the stands, creating one of the night’s most talked-about moments. The Michigan State vs. USC matchup was firmly in […]

The 2025 NC State basketball season had high expectations after the hiring of Will Wade. The Wolfpack have shown potential but have been more inconsistent, sitting at 10-5, something Wade has ripped into his team about. It also did not help that Tre Holloman suffered an ankle injury against Virginia, leaving the Wolfpack looking for […]

The 2025 Florida basketball season had high expectations after the Gators won the national title the previous season. They brought back the majority of their frontcourt from last season, but they had to reload elsewhere. It has been a mixed bag, and they need to get things fixed. Head coach Todd Golden also identified the […]

The dominance LSU showed early in the NCAA season has seemed to fizzle out to start 2026. After losing its first game of the campaign on New Year’s Day at home to Kentucky, then-No. 5 LSU women’s basketball has been upset once again, this time falling to then-No. 12 Vanderbilt 65-61 on Sunday. The Tigers […]

Star junior Audi Crooks has been able to lead Iowa State to victory in every game of the 2025-26 NCAA season so far, but the Cyclones’ luck ran out on Sunday. Then-No. 22 Baylor’s Taliah Scott hit the game-winning shot over Crooks with 2.9 seconds remaining to lift the final score to 72-70, upsetting then-No. […]

The new year is here, and that means it’s time for conference play in college basketball! The Big Ten got off to a bit of a head start in December, but now everyone is fully into the league slate as the picture starts to get a bit clearer this season. The first Saturday of conference […]

The 2025 Louisville basketball team has shown significant potential this season. They sit with an 11-3 record and are ranked at No. 20, and are led by star freshman Mikel Brown Jr. in the backcourt. However, Brown has been dealing with a back injury over the last few games and will miss their massive home […]

Texas Tech is having a great season, sitting at 11-3 on the season. That includes a comeback victory for Texas Tech over Duke. They will next face Houston on Tuesday night, and Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson is preparing for a Darrion Williams clone with the Red Raiders. Sampson noted that Texas Tech has done […]

Nebraska basketball continues its momentous ascent during the 2025-26 season, vaulting into the Associated Press top-10 rankings for the first time in 60 years, per the ESPN Insights X account. Their hard-earned 58-56 victory versus Michigan State last Friday, widely dubbed the most important home game in Cornhuskers history, kept their undefeated campaign intact while […]

Iowa men’s basketball took a meaningful step forward on Saturday, and the head coach Ben McCollum made sure to acknowledge everyone who helped make it happen. The Hawkeyes’ 74-61 win over UCLA Bruins at Carver-Hawkeye Arena marked the most notable victory of McCollum’s young tenure, not just because of the opponent, but because of what […]

The Kansas Jayhawks had their four-game win streak snapped following their 81-75 loss to UCF on Saturday, a game that was also saw the return of star freshman Darryn Peterson from injury. For Kansas head coach Bill Self, the loss to UCF came down to one thing, the team’s poor defense, as per Shreyas Laddha […]

The Missouri Tigers came into their game against Florida on Saturday unranked, while the Gators came in at No. 22 in the country. But following Missouri’s upset win, 76-74, the Tigers made their case to enter the top 25 on Monday. Following the team’s win against Florida, Missouri head coach Dennis Gates explained why he […]

The Houston Cougars continued their solid start to the season following their 67-60 win against Cincinnati on Saturday. Houston improved to 13-1 on the season, and 1-0 in Big 12 Conference play. But following the game, Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson explained that he did something in the game that wasn’t very smart, as per […]

The Arizona Wildcats continued their strong start to the season following their 97-78 win against Utah on Saturday. The win also gave the No. 1 team in the country a 1-0 record to begin Big 12 Conference play. Alongside a few star freshmen, one of the more impressive players this season for Arizona has been […]

One of the sneaky-good teams during this college basketball season this year has been Arkansas, which continues to look like one of the best teams in college basketball this year. John Calipari and company proved that again on Saturday with a very impressive 86-75 win over Tennessee at home in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks controlled the […]

TCU women’s basketball coach Mark Campbell gave a blunt assessment after No. 8 TCU suffered its first loss of the season, an 87-77 overtime defeat to the Utah women’s basketball on Saturday night at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. “We had a chance to steal this game. We didn’t deserve this game,” Campbell […]

Heading into Saturday, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes was the active leader in NCAA Division I Basketball wins. After Arkansas defeated Tennessee 86-75, he is now tied with Arkansas head coach John Calipari. Coach Cal made sure to make a quip about vacated wins when discussing joining Barnes as the active win leader. “I’ve had a […]

2025-26 has been a rough season for UCLA basketball so far, as Mick Cronin and company have not quite met expectations as they get into Big Ten play. That troubling trend continued on Saturday as UCLA took a discouraging 74-61 loss to Iowa on the road. The Bruins didn’t have it right from the start […]

The Vanderbilt basketball team has been one of the biggest surprises this year in college basketball. Vanderbilt is undefeated, and got an incredible performance from guard Tyler Tanner in their latest game. Tanner had a 14-assist performance for the Commodores, as Vanderbilt defeated South Carolina 83-71 on Saturday. “Tyler Tanner was special. He had to […]

North Carolina basketball has been playing well to start the season, but they may have suffered one of their worst losses in their latest game. It came against SMU, as they lost 97-83, and were mostly dominated on both sides of the ball. Head coach Hubert Davis knew the challenges that SMU would present, but […]

Baylor took a 69-63 loss to TCU on Saturday, and in the process, James Nnaji, a former NBA Draft pick, made his college basketball debut. Fans, college coaches, and even Nick Saban have had an opinion on Nnaji. As the former second-round draft pick has made his debut, the opinions keep coming in about both […]

The Arkansas basketball team picked up a big SEC conference win over Tennessee Saturday. Arkansas took down the Volunteers by a 86-75 score. Following the game, Razorbacks head coach John Calipari opened up about his feelings on the victory. “Let me say this, with Tennessee, they are really good. They ain’t losing many just so […]

USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb did not mince words after her team’s loss to UCLA on Saturday night, calling the performance “embarrassing” following an 80-46 defeat at Pauley Pavilion. “Obviously, this is not where our team wants to be in a game like this,” Gottlieb said, as reported by Charlotte Gibson of ESPN. “I think […]

After playing against a grueling non-conference schedule, Alabama basketball is off to a great start in its non-conference slate. On Saturday, the Crimson Tide dominated Kentucky in a 89-74 home victory to get in the win column in SEC play. Alabama dominated this game right from the jump, racing out to a double-digit lead in […]

The Kentucky basketball team continues to struggle this season. Kentucky got rocked in a loss on Saturday to Alabama, 89-74. Wildcats head coach Mark Pope was deeply frustrated with his team following this latest loss. “We had some breakdowns communication wise, defensively, we’re really inconsistent. It was unfortunate. I was really, really frustrated with our […]

Kansas basketball has one of the best draft prospects on its team this season, but he hasn’t been on the court that much. Darryn Peterson has dealt with injury, and the team has been careful so far on how they utilize him. Peterson returned to the court against UCF after missing the past two with […]

The Duke basketball team survived a scare on Saturday, by narrowly defeating Florida State on the road. Following the game, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer praised his conference, the ACC, and the teams in it. “The ACC is a totally different league than it was last year. I think that was clear early on in […]

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 […]