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The North Carolina basketball team has had a couple of good seasons under head coach Hubert Davis, but it’s looking like the Tar Heels are going to miss the NCAA Tournament for the second time in his four years with the program. That isn’t acceptable at North Carolina as it is one of the best […]

LeBron James did not let Doug Gottlieb off the hook for his critical comments, even if he had to be patient with his revenge. Weeks after the Green Bay men’s basketball coach called James a bad parent and criticized the play of his son, Bronny James, the Los Angeles Lakers star clapped back at Gottlieb […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Minnesota-UCLA prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Minnesota-UCLA. This is one of the late-night conference games on the Tuesday slate in college basketball. Weirdly but genuinely, the intrigue in this game is more connected to a Minnesota team which is going nowhere […]

The 20th-ranked San Diego State Aztecs will try not to suffer an upset loss as they host the Fresno State Bulldogs as significant favorites. The Bulldogs will have trouble overcoming the Aztecs’ dominance over the past few years, losing ten consecutive games since 2020. San Diego State sits in third in the Mountain West with […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a South Carolina-LSU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch South Carolina LSU. The South Carolina Gamecocks enter the final 10 days of February knowing they won’t get many better chances to pick up their first SEC win of the college basketball season. In […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Nevada-Colorado State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Nevada-Colorado State. The Colorado State Rams are on the outside looking in. They simply haven’t beaten NCAA Tournament-quality teams this season. The Rams are beating the lower half of the Mountain West, but beating […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Seton Hall-Marquette prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Seton Hall-Marquette. The Seton Hall Pirates authored one of the most shocking upsets of the college basketball season on Saturday. They beat the two-time defending national champion UConn Huskies in overtime. The fact that […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas BYU. It is the middle of February. Teams have played close to 25 college basketball games at this point in the season. The NCAA Tournament is still a full month away. Teams are at […]

The Duke basketball team continued its impressive season on Monday night as they cruised to an easy win against the Virginia basketball team. Star freshman Cooper Flagg once again put up an impressive performance as he was a big reason why the Blue Devils made easy work of the Cavaliers. It didn’t take long for […]

The No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders (20-5, 11-3 Big 12) take on the TCU Horned Frogs (14-11, 7-7 Big 12) Tuesday night. Below we will continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas Tech-TCU prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Texas Tech-TCU […]

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer watched his Blue Devils ease past Virginia 80-62 on Monday. But he witnessed an uneasy moment involving his forward Maliq Brown. The Syracuse transfer left gingerly during the victory. Scheyer then delivered a concerning update postgame, per freelance college basketball reporter Mike Barber. “Duke coach Jon Scheyer says Syracuse […]

The Duke basketball team cruised to a win over Virginia on Monday night, and star freshman Cooper Flagg had a nice game for the Blue Devils. However, there was one play that went viral on social media, and Flagg wasn’t on the positive end of it. At one point in the second half, Flagg tried […]

The No. 7 Texas A&M Aggies (20-5, 9-3 SEC) take on the No. 21 Mississippi State Bulldogs (18-7, 6-6 SEC) Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas A&M-Mississippi State prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Texas A&M-Mississippi […]

The college basketball season continues on Tuesday with a matchup between Butler and Xavier. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-Xavier prediction and pick. Tuesday’s Big East clash between Butler (12-13, 5-9) and Xavier (16-10, 8-7) promises to be an intriguing matchup at Cintas Center. The Musketeers, led by Zach […]

Oklahoma has been in a downward spiral recently, while Florida has continued as one of the best teams in the country. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oklahoma-Florida prediction and pick. Oklahoma is 16-9 this season, with notable wins against Arizona, Louisville, Michigan, and Arkansas. They also have significant losses […]

These teams need a win just before the NCAA Tournament. Both are struggling and must find some wins as the season keeps moving. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a prediction and pick for Villanova-UConn. Villanova has been inconsistent this year on their way to a 15-11 record. They have big […]

Matt McMahon is in his third year as the head coach of the LSU basketball team, and the Tigers are struggling. After a promising year last season, it looked like McMahon was in the process of turning things around at LSU. However, the program has taken a big step backwards this season, and questions started […]

The loss to the Seton Hall Pirates this past Saturday was shocking for Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies. So much so that the team atmosphere was brutal following the game. UConn and Seton Hall went down to the wire as the former led 68-67 in the final seconds of overtime. However, Scotty Middleton made […]

The good news for the Boston College Eagles is that this game is at home, as they have been dreadful on the road this season. The Eagles will host the Virginia Tech Hokies in this game, a team they split the season series with last year and have won five of their past six matchups […]

The Air Force Falcons are still searching for their first victory in the Mountain West this season, and they’ll get one of their best chances to do it when they visit the Wyoming Cowboys. The Falcons haven’t been competitive in many conference games this season. However, they hosted Wyoming in one of their first matchups […]

The college basketball season continues on Tuesday with a matchup between Houston and Arizona State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Houston-Arizona State prediction and pick. Tuesday’s matchup between Houston and Arizona State pits two teams with contrasting fortunes. The #5 Cougars (21-4, 13-1 Big 12) are riding a four-game […]

One year ago at this time, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team was just days away from their final loss of the season, a 85-66 defeat at the hands of the Creighton Bluejays. From that point on, UConn won 13 consecutive games, including nine combined in the Big East and NCAA Tournaments, by an average […]

Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May has orchestrated an incredible turnaround in his first year with the Wolverines. Michigan finished with just eight wins last year, and they moved on from Juwan Howard following last year. Now, May has the Wolverines sitting at 20-5 and in first place in the Big Ten with just six […]

The college basketball season continues on Tuesday with a matchup between Colorado and Iowa State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Colorado-Iowa State prediction and pick. Tuesday’s Big 12 clash between Colorado and Iowa State promises to be a lopsided affair. The No. 8 Cyclones (20-5, 10-4 Big 12) are […]

The college basketball season continues on Tuesday with a matchup between Syracuse and Pitt. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Syracuse-Pitt prediction and pick. Tuesday’s matchup between Syracuse and Pittsburgh promises to be an intriguing ACC battle. The Orange (11-15, 5-10 ACC) are looking to bounce back after a narrow […]

Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg is a true freshman, but he is expected to be the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Before Flagg even stepped foot on campus, that expectation was there. However, there are some other incredibly impressive freshman in college basketball this year as well. One of them is Rutgers […]

The Illinois basketball team lost a heartbreaker over the weekend against Michigan State, and to make matters worse, they lost freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. to an injury in the process. Johnson Jr. injured his wrist as he fell to the floor after blocking a shot in the loss against the Spartans. Fighting Illini head […]

Hello friends, and welcome to a Holy Hell Only One Month Away From Selection Sunday edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Today, in addition to providing a fresh set of Bracketology projections, I’ll also be taking an extended look at the Michigan-Ohio State shootout on Sunday afternoon… a game which I was lucky enough to attend with […]

Vanderbilt women’s basketball freshman Mikayla Blakes set a Division I women’s basketball freshman scoring record, again posting a plus 50-point game with 55 points in a 98-88 overtime win against Auburn on Sunday. The performance passed the previous record of 54 points, set by WNBA star Elena Delle Donne as a redshirt freshman at Delaware […]

Top-ranked UCLA women’s basketball narrowly avoided its second straight loss, defeating No. 22 Michigan State 75-69 on Sunday night despite playing without starting center Lauren Betts, who is out day-to-day with a foot injury. Timea Gardiner’s go-ahead three-pointer with 44 seconds remaining helped the Bruins (24-1, 12-1 Big Ten) pull ahead late. Kiki Rice sealed […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-Utah prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State Utah. Kansas State was humming along. The Wildcats were on a roll when they made their road trip to the state of Utah on Saturday night to visit BYU in Provo. Kansas […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duke-Virginia prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Duke-Virginia. The Duke Blue Devils are very much on track to get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. With Alabama losing to Auburn this past Saturday, and with other SEC teams likely to […]

Baylor will battle Arizona in some college basketball action. It will be a battle at the  Foster Pavilion as we continue our college basketball odds series and make a Baylor-Arizona prediction and pick. Arizona leads the all-time series 6-5. Significantly, Arizona defeated Baylor 81-70 in their last encounter on January 14, 2025, at McHale Memorial […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino made a heartwarming admission after his team’s massive 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton. Madison Square Garden was rocking on Sunday afternoon as the Red Storm distanced themselves from the rest of the field in the Big East standings. St. John’s is now on the verge of winning […]

The 24th-ranked Creighton basketball team fell to the ninth-ranked St. John’s Red Storm on Sunday afternoon, 79-73, in a battle between the top two teams in the Big East. All Creighton fans were holding their breath as their center, Ryan Kalkbrenner, suffered a scary foot injury about halfway through the second half. After being helped […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are still working in NBA Playoffs shape after standing relatively pat at the trade deadline. Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia were shipped out in exchange for Marvin Bagley III, Johnny Davis, and financial wiggle room this offseason. EVP/GM Zach Kleiman also swapped this year’s first-round draft pick for a second-rounder, effectively moving […]

Rick Pitino has St. John’s basketball distancing itself from the rest of the Big East. The Red Storm took down No. 24 Creighton 79-73 in the battle of the conference’s best. But that wasn’t the “biggest shock” involving Pitino Sunday. The national champion winning head coach with Kentucky and Louisville saw this stunner: Deivon Smith […]

No. 3 Texas women’s basketball staged a thrilling comeback at home to defeat No. 5 LSU 65-58 on Sunday, overcoming a sluggish first half to secure a statement win in Austin. The win marked Texas’ fourth straight against a top-25 opponent and extended its winning streak to 10 games. Head coach Vic Schaefer had high […]

No. 7 UConn women’s basketball sent a message to the NCAA on Sunday with a crushing 87-58 win over No. 4 South Carolina, snapping the Gamecocks’ 71-game home winning streak at Colonial Life Arena. Geno Auriemma credited the Huskies’ complete team effort, highlighted by a season-high 48 rebounds, as the foundation of the win. “There’s […]