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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 […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Ole Miss-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ole Miss-Florida. It’s an exciting time to be an SEC fan in college basketball. The conference could get three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if the chips fall in a specific way. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an SMU-Florida State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch SMU-Florida State. Conference-based college basketball is winding down. Conference tournaments for the smaller leagues are already underway. The power conference tournaments are next week. The power conference schools are concluding their regular seasons on […]

Illinois basketball head coach Brad Underwood revealed how his team has grown from their blowout loss to Duke a few weeks ago. The Fighting Illini picked up another critical Big Ten win on Friday, this time over No. 18 Purdue. The 88-80 victory gave Illinois basketball its 20th of the year. Riding a three-game winning […]

2024-25 has been a stellar season for Penny Hardaway and Memphis basketball. The Tigers started the season with a bang, upsetting UConn and Michigan State and playing some very good basketball in November. Since then, the Tigers have rolled through the schedule in the American Athletic Conference, dispatching nearly all comers on their way to […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a TCU-Colorado prediction and pick. Find out how to watch TCU Colorado. There are some Big 12 games on the Saturday schedule in college basketball which demand your attention. To be brutally candid, this game is not one of them. The TCU Horned Frogs and […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UCF-West Virginia prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UCF West Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers are just about there. They might technically be on the NCAA Tournament bubble, but most experts think the Mountaineers will be in the Big Dance. Even if […]

Lauren Betts had a stellar performance in the UCLA Bruins’ quarterfinal matchup against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Friday. This drew praise from her head coach Cori Close. In 37 minutes of action, Betts was active on both sides of the ball. She finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds, seven blocks, five assists, and three steals. […]

Purdue head coach Matt Painter dropped a truth bomb about the Illinois Fighting Illini after their matchup on Friday. The Boilermakers initially held a 42-40 lead at halftime. However, the Fighting Illini responded strong in the last 20 minutes by outscoring their opponents 48-38 to secure the 88-80 victory. Painter reflected on the loss after […]

Hannah Hidalgo delivered a masterclass performance in Notre Dame’s quarterfinal matchup against the California Golden Bears on Friday. In 39 minutes of action, Hidalgo recorded 25 points, four rebounds, two steals, and an assist. She shot 9-of-15 from the field, including 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. Her display was key in the Fighting Irish securing […]

SEC Newcomer of the Year Georgia Amoore had a historic performance in the Kentucky Wildcats’ quarterfinal matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners on Friday. In 38 minutes of action, Amoore finished with 29 points, seven assists, five rebounds, and a steal. She shot 12-of-27 from the field, including 3-of-8 from beyond the arc. With the stat […]

Chloe Kitts came through with a strong performance for the South Carolina Gamecocks in their quarterfinal matchup with the Vanderbilt Commodores. This drew high praise from head coach Dawn Staley. In 29 minutes of action, Kitts finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds, two assists, and two steals. She shot 12-of-14 from the field, leading one-seed […]

Stanford (19-11) and Louisville (24-6) conclude their 2024-2025 regular seasons with a Saturday afternoon matchup at the KFC Yum! Center. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Stanford-Louisville prediction and pick. Stanford has been up-and-down for most of the year, going just 11-8 in ACC play. The Cardinal recently embarked on […]

Seton Hall closes their regular season as they visit UConn. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Seton Hall-UConn prediction and pick. Seton Hall comes into the game at 7-23 on the year, but just 2-17 in conference play, sitting in last place in the Big East. They opened the year […]