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The Norfolk State Lady Spartans pulled off their second SEC upset this season, beating Auburn 63-57 at Neville Arena on Sunday afternoon. It’s yet another statement victory for the HBCU basketball powerhouse, which entered the matchup with a 12-4 record, including an earlier 57-54 upset over SEC opponent Missouri. Graduate guard Diamond Johnson delivered a […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Western Michigan-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Western Michigan Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans know that they have a real opportunity to do something special this season. Purdue dominated the Big Ten the past few seasons with Zach Edey […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Western Kentucky-Michigan. The Michigan Wolverines have a specific identity early in this college basketball season. They are one of a number of teams in the sport which looks really good in terms of the eye test. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Campbell-North Carolina prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Campbell-North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels hope they have found a spark for their season. They trailed UCLA 59-43 midway through the second half of a neutral-site game one week ago in New […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Toledo-Purdue prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Toledo-Purdue. Purdue is trying to adjust to the reality that it doesn’t have Zach Edey in the middle, the puzzle most college basketball teams simply could not solve over the past two seasons. Purdue could […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Weber State-Oregon prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Weber State-Oregon. The Oregon Ducks know they have to become a more consistent team as this college basketball season moves along. We have said this a lot in our various college basketball betting previews […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a South Dakota State-Alabama prediction and pick. Find out how to watch South Dakota State-Alabama. The Alabama Crimson Tide are willing to play tough opponents. Coach Nate Oats wants it that way. Alabama has taken on all comers, facing Illinois, Houston, Oregon, Creighton, North Carolina, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Chicago State-Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Chicago State-Illinois. The Illinois Fighting Illini have taken on elite opponents in this college basketball season. They have played Alabama and Tennessee. They have played Missouri in the annual “bragging rights” game. They have […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Prairie View-Oklahoma prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Prairie View-Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Sooners have been one of the big surprises of the college basketball season. No one expected OU to be unbeaten heading into the final weekend of 2024, with victories over […]

The college basketball season continues on Sunday with a matchup between Stetson and Florida. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Stetson-Florida prediction and pick. Sunday’s matchup features the Stetson Hatters visiting the Florida Gators in a clash that promises intensity. Florida, currently ranked #6 and undefeated, aims to maintain their […]

The college basketball season continues on Sunday with a matchup between Indiana State and Ohio State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Indiana State-Ohio State prediction and pick. Indiana State faces Ohio State on Sunday in a compelling non-conference matchup. The Sycamores are riding high after a dominant 101-53 victory […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Fresno State-UNLV prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Fresno State-UNLV. The UNLV Rebels are in real trouble as a college basketball program. Forget about the 1980s and early 1990s glory days under Jerry Tarkanian. No one thinks those times are coming back, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Grand Canyon-San Diego prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Grand Canyon-San Diego. The Grand Canyon Antelopes just haven’t been at their best this season. The main reason for that is that Tyon Grant-Foster, who was such a core part of the team’s […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Utah State vs San Diego State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Utah State vs San Diego State. The Utah State Aggies and San Diego State Aztecs have set the pace in the early portion of the college basketball season from the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Boise State-San Jose State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Boise State-San Jose State. The San Jose State Spartans will begin to learn a lot about themselves in this game. San Jose State enters this contest 7-6, having won three straight games. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Abilene Christian Texas A&M prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Abilene Christian Texas A&M. The Texas A&M Aggies have had a decent nonconference season. They lost to Oregon but beat Creighton and did not pick up any especially bad losses. They have […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Nevada-Wyoming prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Nevada-Wyoming. This is a very important college basketball game for the Nevada Wolf Pack. The Mountain West Conference is tough, deep and balanced. Nearly every game in the league is going to be contentious and […]

When one heard the unassuming and friendly voice of Greg Gumbel, a sense of excitement permeated their living room. Our ears instinctively informed our brains that March Madness was imminent when the longtime CBS Sports broadcaster greeted the audience. He was not merely a conduit, though. Gumbel helped foster America’s enthusiasm for the extravaganza we […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UCLA-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UCLA-Gonzaga. The Gonzaga Bulldogs play anyone and everyone in the nonconference portion of their season. They do this because they want to build up their national profile and stack as many quality wins as they […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Ole Miss-Memphis prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ole Miss-Memphis. The Memphis Tigers are favored in this game, which is notable for anyone who follows college basketball fairly closely. When Memphis is in the role of the favorite, it usually stumbles. Memphis […]

The college basketball season continues on Saturday with a matchup between New Mexico and Colorado State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a New Mexico-Colorado State prediction and pick. Saturday’s Mountain West Conference showdown features the New Mexico Lobos (9-3) visiting the Colorado State Rams (7-5) at Moby Arena in Fort […]

The college basketball season continues on Saturday with a matchup between Bucknell and Syracuse. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bucknell-Syracuse prediction and pick. Saturday’s matchup features Bucknell (4-8) visiting Syracuse (5-6) at the JMA Wireless Dome. Bucknell aims to snap a six-game losing streak after facing a challenging non-conference […]

Miami men’s basketball coach Jim Larranaga has stepped down from the role in a bit of a surprise decision, and he took the time to explain why he made the move, citing multiple reasons, with one of the prominent ones being the new college sports landscape that involves NIL and the transfer portal. “I just […]

The Miami basketball team has had a very disappointing 2024-25 season so far, as the Hurricanes have struggled to find their footing amid a 4-8 start. Now, their whole world has been rocked. Head coach Jim Larranaga is stepping down as head coach, according to Michelle Kaufman of The Miami Herald. “BREAKING NEWS: UM basketball […]

If there was any doubt before — and there wasn’t, really — it is now clear that Juju Watkins is on track to become an all-time great USC women’s basketball player. And that’s saying a lot, as the program boasts alumnae like Cynthia Cooper, Cheryl Miller, Tina Thompson and Lisa Leslie. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith […]

Allow me to potentially be the first to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as I welcome you to the final edition of Bracketology at ClutchPoints in the year 2024! Before we get into the most updated Bracketology projections, I want to share some rapid-fire, bullet-point observations from a day in […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini have been a pretty solid team so far this season with an 8-3 record. A big part of Illinois solid start to the 2024-25 season has been the addition of freshman wing Kasparas Jakucionis. Kasparas Jakucionis is considered by some to be a potential top-five pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, […]

On Saturday night, one of the titanic clashes of the women’s college basketball season didn’t disappoint. No. 4 UConn and No. 7 USC went back and forth all evening in a blockbuster matchup between two Final Four and national title contenders. Star guards Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins were the main attraction on Saturday night, […]

Florida A&M women’s basketball head coach Bridgette Gordon has been named a nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The announcement was made as part of the Hall’s unveiling of the list of eligible candidates, which includes other basketball greats like Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, and Dwight Howard. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Cal-San Diego State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cal-San Diego State. The San Diego State Aztecs will try to avoid stepping in a pothole on the Saturday before Christmas. San Diego State has lost to Oregon and Gonzaga but has beaten […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bucknell-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Bucknell-Gonzaga. Gonzaga has played a very challenging schedule, but now the Zags downshift for a cupcake game just before Christmas against Bucknell. Gonzaga has not done what it hoped to do in nonconference play. The […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oregon-Stanford prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oregon-Stanford. Oregon plays another former Pac-12 opponent in the new world of conference realignment. Oregon played USC and UCLA in a pair of Big Ten games with a Pac-12 flavor a few weeks ago. The […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-Wichita State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State-Wichita State. There are a number of in-state college basketball games on Saturday, and this is one of them. It’s a matchup of teams which have a lot to prove and a […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Temple-Rhode Island prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Temple-Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Rams are not unbeaten, but they are 10-1 through 11 games this season. Archie Miller, who led Dayton to the 2014 Elite Eight and eventually became Indiana head coach, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Utah-Iowa prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Utah-Iowa. This isn’t a battle of heavyweights, but it’s a great occasion to measure two teams and see how they fare against each other. It’s Big 12 versus Big Ten. One season ago, it would […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Green Bay-Drake prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Green Bay-Drake. The Drake Bulldogs are creating a special season under new coach Ben McCollum. Drake is one of the big stories of the nonconference portion of the college basketball campaign. The Bulldogs are […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Marquette-Xavier prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Marquette-Xavier. The Xavier Musketeers are simply playing games down to the final minute far too often. They defeated South Carolina State at home by only three points, which does reveal something about Sean Miller’s team: […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a North Florida-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch North Florida Florida. The Florida Gators have become a wrecking ball this college basketball season. They are a surprising 11-0 and have answered every challenge which has come their way. One of the bigger, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duke-Georgia Tech prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Duke-Georgia Tech. ACC basketball enters conference play with so many questions hanging in the air. The conference got shredded in nonconference action over the past seven weeks. It memorably lost 14 of 16 games […]