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The No. 25 UConn men’s basketball team picked up its second straight win with a 76-65 victory over Texas on the road on Sunday, and head coach Dan Hurley tentatively spoke more positively about his team after the game. “Maybe the people with the shovels and the dirt, maybe they were too quick to grab […]

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-4, 0-1 Big Ten) hit the road to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (7-2, 0-0 Big Ten) Monday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Minnesota-Indiana prediction and pick. Here are the Minnesota-Indiana College Basketball Odds, courtesy of FanDuel  College Basketball Odds: Minnesota-Indiana Odds Minnesota: +9.5 […]

When State Farm signed Iowa star Caitlin Clark to an NIL deal in 2023, it was historic in that Clark became the first NCAA player ever to sign an endorsement deal with the insurance company. Well, that list just grew n by one more. USC Trojans star JuJu Watkins recently signed her own NIL deal […]

The No.1 Kansas basketball program suffered its second loss to an unranked opponent this week, as the Jayhawks were beaten by Missouri 76-67. MISSOURI FANS STORM THE COURT AFTER BEATING NO. 1 KANSAS 🎉 pic.twitter.com/9AG2ilzT5u — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 8, 2024 On Wednesday, Kansas basketball suffered a 76-63 loss on the road to Creighton, and […]

Marquette basketball earned a 88-74 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday, extending its undefeated streak to seven games at home. Head coach Shaka Smart has brought the Golden Eagles back to form, after a tough loss to a good Iowa State squad earlier this week. Smart capped off his brilliantly coached game with a bold statement […]

It’s been five years since the Kentucky Wildcats reached the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, and while for many programs that may not seem like too long of a drought, in Lexington, this is an eternity. In fact, since the Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, this is the longest stretch Kentucky has […]

Tennessee women’s basketball used a relentless defensive effort and a late-game surge to clinch a 78-68 victory over No. 17 Iowa on Saturday night in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic. Tennessee’s first-year head coach, Kim Caldwell, praised her team’s gritty performance, emphasizing the defensive intensity that made the difference down the stretch. “I think we […]

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma knows when he has a championship-caliber team, and he might just have one this year. There wasn’t some intangible aura around his 11 previous title teams that tipped him off. They’ve just each followed the same formula — one that he’s working to figure out if he has the […]

St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino paid homage to the school’s legendary coach Lou Carnesecca. Pitino wore a sweater during the Kansas State game Saturday, in tribute to the legendary coach. He even went so far as to have the sweater tailor-made, per CBS Sports. The sweater looked exactly like the classic wardrobe accessory that […]

It’s time to continue our Women’s College Basketball odds series with a South Carolina-TCU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch South Carolina-TCU. This is one of the bigger games in women’s college basketball this weekend. We saw UConn beat Louisville on Saturday, and we also saw USC beat Oregon that same day, but […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UCLA Oregon prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UCLA Oregon. Two big conference games start at 6 p.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m. Pacific time, on Sunday. One is Duke versus Louisville in the ACC. The other is this game between UCLA and […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duke-Louisville prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Duke-Louisville. The college basketball season is constantly giving us interesting matchups. On Sunday, there are some big-time games in the late-afternoon and early-evening time slots. One is UConn-Texas. An hour after that game begins, this […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Texas prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn Texas. The college basketball season has unfolded in a number of very strange ways. One is that UConn lost three consecutive games on three consecutive days in Hawaii at the Maui Invitational. Day 1 […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Arkansas State-Memphis prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Arkansas State-Memphis. The Memphis Tigers immediately went into the deep end of the pool in their challenging nonconference schedule with games against Missouri, UNLV, UConn, Michigan State, and Auburn. UM wanted to test and […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas A&M-Texas Tech prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Texas A&M Texas Tech. The Texas Tech Red Raiders just did defeat a DePaul team which looks noticeably improved this season under first-year head coach Chris Holtmann. Yet, with all due respect to […]

The Michigan State Spartans have gotten off to a strong start this season at 8-2. A traditional college basketball powerhouse, they can be counted on to be a competitive and winning team under head coach Tom Izzo. Following their most recent win, against Nebraska, legendary Michigan State Spartans guard Magic Johnson took to social media […]

With the UConn Huskies looking surprisingly mortal and the Marquette Golden Eagles by no means unbeatable, it was shaping up to be a compelling three team race for the Big East Championship this year with the two aforementioned programs and Greg McDermott’s Creighton Bluejays. Not only did the Bluejays bring back the three-time Big East […]

Missouri hosts Kansas for a fun battle between great SEC and Big 12 programs. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas-Missouri prediction and pick. Kansas is the No. 1 team in the country but not for very much longer. They lost their first game of the season to unranked Creighton […]

Purdue aims to bounce back after a loss as they host Maryland. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Maryland-Purdue prediction and pick. The Terrapins are off to a great start this season as one of the top teams not currently ranked. A win over Purdue will catapult them into the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kentucky-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky-Gonzaga. The college basketball season comes alive on Saturday night with this feature presentation. The Auburn-Houston game played in November was one notable instance of a team playing an in-state game, but not in its […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Colorado State-Colorado prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Colorado State-Colorado. The college basketball season has a big slate on Saturday, with a lot of conference games, some intriguing nonconference games, and some in-state rivalry games. One of the bigger in-state rivalry games […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Fresno State Santa Clara prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Fresno State Santa Clara. This college basketball season is coming into focus after a lot of high-end nonconference games in the first month of the campaign. More clarity will emerge from this […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Butler-Houston. The college basketball season has taken a wrong turn for the Houston Cougars. Their loss to Auburn was part of a thrilling and generally well-played game, but it was still a loss. Houston has […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Washington State-Boise State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Washington State-Boise State. This college basketball season is a new journey for the Washington State Cougars. They are testing themselves in the nonconference portion of the schedule in order to boost their NCAA […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Villanova-Temple prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Villanova-Temple. The college basketball season is loaded with all sorts of rivalry games. One on Saturday is part of the cherished and time-honored Big Five basketball series, bringing Philadelphia’s college basketball schools together every year. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UNLV-Creighton prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UNLV-Creighton. The Creighton Bluejays are an enigmatic and confusing team. They were able to beat up weak opponents early in the season, but then they took several steps up in weight class and began to […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Stanford-California prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Stanford-California. The college basketball season is full of interesting plot points, and this game between Stanford and Cal is one particularly notable moment in the pre-Christmas portion of the schedule. Other games will get bigger […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been one of the top teams in the country early on in the 2024-25 season and one of the big reasons why is the standout play of star point guard Hannah Hidalgo. They have a few signature wins against USC and Texas and look like a team that can […]

Two cross-town rivals meet at Viejas Arena as San Diego State hosts the University of San Diego. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a San Diego-San Diego State prediction and pick. USD is 3-5 on the season and is coming off a blowout loss to Arizona State, 90-53 on Tuesday. The […]

USC started the season well but has fallen off a cliff recently. Washington has started the season playing well this year. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a USC-Washington prediction and pick. USC is 5-4 this season after recent losses against Cal and then three straight losses starting last week against […]

It is an ACC battle as Florida  State faces NC State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Florida State-NC State prediction and pick. Florida State comes into the game sitting at 7-2 on the year. After winning their first three games, they would fall to Florida 87-74. They would then […]

We’re set for yet another College Basketball betting prediction and pick as we head back to the ACC for this next conference clash. The Virginia Cavaliers (5-3) will officially welcome the SMU Mustangs (7-2) to their new conference as both teams open ACC play. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Virginia-SMU prediction and pick. […]

We’re back for another betting prediction and pick for the upcoming College Basketball slate as we head back to the ACC for this next conference tilt. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-4) will take on the No. 20 North Carolina Tar Heels (4-4) as both teams play their first conference game. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series […]

Pitt has started the season playing well, but they need to bounce back after a big loss in their last game to Mississippi State. Then, Virginia Tech had a rough start this season, losing five straight games and entering this game. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Pitt-Virginia Tech prediction […]

We’re set for another College Basketball betting prediction and pick as we head to the Big Ten once again for this competition upcoming tilt. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-3) will take on the Ohio State Buckeyes (5-3) as both teams look to make some noise in the Big Ten. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with […]

It is a Big Ten Clash as Iowa visits Michigan. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Iowa-Michigan prediction and pick. Iowa comes into the game sitting at 7-1 on the year. They opened up with five straight wins, before their first loss of the year. They welcomed back Josh Dix […]

It is a top 15-match-up as Wisconsin faces Marquette. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Wisconsin-Marquette prediction and pick. Wisconsin comes into the game sitting at 8-1 on the year. They opened up with eight straight wins, including a victory over a ninth-ranked Arizona school. In that game, John Tonje […]

Coppin State University  women’s basketball pulled off a stunning upset over Arizona State University (ASU), winning 74-68 in overtime on Friday. The victory marked CSU’s first-ever home win against a power-conference program. The Eagles were led by standout performances from Angel Jones and Laila Lawrence, who combined for 43 points. Jones finished as the game’s […]

We’re set for another betting prediction and pick for Saturday’s slate of College Basketball action as we turn our attention towards this Big Ten for this next rivalry clash. The Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-1) will visit the Michigan State Spartans (7-2) as both teams are scorching to begin the season. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with […]