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The college basketball season got started on Monday night, and the journey to a third straight national title is underway for the UConn basketball team. The Huskies don’t start their season until Wednesday, but the season is here nonetheless. UConn has won the past two national championships, and with head coach Dan Hurley back with […]

Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns are off to a hot start this season with a 6-1 record and they’re already looking like a contender to emerge out of the Western Conference. The Kentucky Wildcats Men’s Basketball team is also ranked No. 23 to start their journey towards a ninth NCAA Championship in school history. […]

The worst part of Saint Louis basketball’s 85-78 opening day loss to Santa Clara at the Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Monday was not the final score. It was junior center Robbie Avila, who had to be helped off the court in the second half with a concerning […]

The Dusty May era got started on Monday night for the Michigan basketball program, and it got going with a bang. The Wolverines are coming off of one of their worst seasons ever, and they made a coaching change in the offseason in an attempt to fix things. It was just Cleveland State, but Michigan […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self knows that his team’s success rests with center Hunter Dickinson. Self paid Dickinson a high compliment after the team started its season with a big win over Howard on Monday. “I thought he did fine. He’s so unselfish. He’s just such a good teammate and a good passer. But you […]

Few college basketball teams had a better opening night than Gonzaga, making Mark Few pleased by his team’s 101-63 win over Baylor. However, not everything went smoothly for the Few family as the coach’s son, Joe Few, took the court in garbage time only to be viciously posterized by a transition dunk from Baylor’s VJ […]

Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few is trying to keep his team focused after a blowout win over Baylor. The Bulldogs looked dominant after thrashing the no. 8 Bears, 101-63. Gonzaga hit 13 3-point shots in the game, to get the impressive victory. Few thinks his team did a good job stopping Baylor’s top players in […]

The UConn basketball team has won the last two national championships, and this year, they are coming for a third. The Huskies ended up surprising a lot of people when they won it all two years. They weren’t expected to be a team that was going to be that good, but they ended up earning […]

Considered by many to be the next big thing in college hoops, Cooper Flagg has announced his arrival on the scene with a solid regular-season debut for Duke basketball on Monday against the Maine Black Bears in Durham. Inside a packed Cameron Indoor Stadium, Flagg put up 18 points and added seven rebounds and five […]

The Gonzaga basketball team started their season on Monday night, and they got it started with a bang as they took on #8 Baylor. This was the marquee matchup of college basketball opening night, and it certainly didn’t disappoint Bulldogs fans. Gonzaga cruised to a huge win over Baylor on Monday night to get the […]

The college basketball season got started on Monday night and day one already provided a ton of excitement as there are some good games going on. One game that everyone was excited to see was between the Duke basketball team and Maine. Doesn’t sound like a very entertaining matchup, but that’s not why people wanted […]

JuJu Watkins and the USC women’s basketball team opened up their 2024-25 season with an intriguing matchup on Monday. The Trojans took a trip across the pond to open their season against #20 Ole Miss as the two teams went to battle in Paris, France. The game came down to the wire as things were […]

The Florida State women’s basketball team opened its 2024-25 season with a decisive 119-49 victory over North Florida on Monday, setting a new FSU record for most points in a single game. Head coach Brooke Wyckoff expressed satisfaction with her team’s performance and said that it matched her vision for how she wanted the season […]

The Cooper Flagg era has officially begun with Duke basketball. The 2025 NBA Draft’s top prospect started things right against Maine basketball with an emphatic dunk that had Cameron Indoor Stadium rocking. COOPER FLAGG THROWS IT DOWN WITH AUTHORITY 😱pic.twitter.com/ghsHYZgFbw — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 5, 2024 Fans took to social media to revel in Flagg’s […]

College Basketball kicks off this week and on Tuesday we have a matchup between UC Davis and Washington. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UC Davis-Washington prediction and pick. On Tuesday night, the UC Davis Aggies travel to Seattle to face the Washington Huskies in an intriguing season opener. The […]

College Basketball kicks off this week and on Tuesday we have a matchup between Idaho State and Arizona State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Idaho State-Arizona State prediction and pick. On Tuesday night, Arizona State hosts Idaho State in their season opener at Desert Financial Arena. The Sun Devils, […]

College Basketball kicks off this week and on Tuesday we have a matchup between Central Arkansas and BYU. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Central Arkansas-BYU prediction and pick. On Tuesday night, BYU hosts Central Arkansas in their season opener at the Marriott Center in Provo. The Cougars, coming off […]

College Basketball kicks off this week and on Tuesday we have a matchup between Bethune and Texas Tech. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bethune-Texas Tech prediction and pick. On Tuesday night, Texas Tech hosts Bethune-Cookman in their season opener, looking to assert dominance against a mid-major opponent. Bethune-Cookman, coming […]

The Illinois basketball team received some surprising news on Monday before their season opener as junior guard Ty Rodgers decided that he will redshirt this season. The Fighting Illini start their season on Monday night at home against Eastern Illinois, and Rodgers will not be playing. This certainly comes as a bit of a surprise […]

On the opening day of the college basketball season, one of the sports biggest stars went down with an injury. During Saint Louis’ opening game against Santa Clara, star center Robbie Avila went down with an ankle injury and was helped off the floor, according to Jeff Goodman of Field of 68. Cause for concern […]

Memphis women’s basketball narrowly escaped a huge HBCU upset over Mississippi Valley State in their season-opening game on Monday. Memphis entered the game as the clear favorites, ready to start their season with a successful victory over a Devilettes team that has struggled significantly in recent years. Under the leadership of Sh’Diamond McKnight, the team […]

The 2024-2025 college basketball season has tipped off, and one of the biggest stories in the sport is freshman Cooper Flagg’s arrival at the Duke basketball program, and Matt Norlander of CBS Sports indicated that there has not been this much hype for a freshman before the start of a season since Anthony Davis at […]

As we head into the opening stages of the 2024-25 college basketball season, Memphis basketball has lost one of its key players to the transfer portal. Forward Tyreek Smith will look for his fifth college after transferring from Texas Tech to Oklahoma State to SMU to Memphis, per Pete Nakos of On3 Sports. Smith posted […]

USC women’s basketball tipped off one of its most highly-anticipated seasons since the Cheryl Miller days on Monday when it took a trip overseas to take on No. 20 Ole Miss. Despite carrying the No. 3 preseason ranking into the game, USC found itself in a dogfight that came down to the wire before it […]

If the UConn Huskies are going to pull off the first three-peat in men’s college basketball since the days of John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty, they will need players who had minor roles last season to step up big time in 2024-25. Sophomores Solo Ball and Jaylin Stewart are probably the first two names many UConn […]

It’s good to be a BYU fan these days — with the college’s football team currently undefeated at 8-0 and ranked 9th nationally. Now, there’s huge news on the basketball front too, with the Cougars reportedly a serious contender to land the No. 1 overall high school recruit in the country for the 2025 class, […]

Kansas enters this season as the No. 1 seed after a disappointing end to their 2023-24 season with a second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament. Howard begins their season with two matchups with Kansas and Missouri before heading home for more accessible games. Howard received an NCAA Tournament First Four game in 2024 but dropped […]

It is night one of the college basketball season as Texas A&M visits UCF. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas A&M-UCF prediction and pick. Last year, Texas A&M went 21-15, going 9-9 in SEC play in their fifth season under head coach Buzz Williams. they would make a small […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Baylor-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Baylor-Gonzaga. Here we go. This is the number one game on the board for the first night of the new college basketball season. Baylor and Gonzaga are both viewed as legitimate frontline Final Four contenders, […]

The Maine Black Bears open up the college basketball season at the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils Monday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Maine-Duke prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch. Here are the Maine-Duke College Basketball Odds, courtesy of FanDuel  College Basketball […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Rider-UCLA prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Rider-UCLA. The 2023-2024 college basketball season was a hugely frustrating one for UCLA and head coach Mick Cronin. The Bruins made the 2021 Final Four and reached the Sweet 16 in both 2022 and 2023. […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas-Ohio State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Texas-Ohio State. This is a neutral-site game in Las Vegas as the college basketball season begins. Take note of that detail from a betting standpoint. Texas made the Elite Eight in 2023. Coach Rodney […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Elon-North Carolina prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Elon-North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels produced an excellent regular season in 2024. Coach Hubert Davis had struggled in each of his previous two regular seasons at his alma mater. UNC did make […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a USF-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch USF-Florida. Jacksonville is the neutral site for this college basketball season opener. It is not an on-campus game for South Florida and Florida. Betting analysts will want to take note of that particular detail as […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Stony Brook-Marquette prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Stony Brook-Marquette. The Marquette Golden Eagles had a big chance to make the Final Four last season. Shaka Smart had what was clearly his best team in Milwaukee. In 2023, Marquette was ahead of […]

The Baylor Bears had a good 2023-24 season, finishing with an overall record of 26-8 and advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Head coach Nicki Collen and the Bears will be looking to build off that momentum. It’s rare for a team to pick up a key player in the transfer portal […]

The LSU Tigers may have lost Angel Reese to the WNBA Draft, but they still have a formidable roster as the 2024-25 NCAA season is set to tip-off this week. And the Tigers have positioned themselves well for future seasons too. Over the weekend, LSU landed the commitment from a top 2025 recruit in ZaKiyah […]

The UConn Huskies have a chance to make history next April, with the first three-peat since the 1970s looming. But even Huskies coach Dan Hurley knows that UConn’s path to a third straight National Title will be treacherous. His team is inexperienced and has legitimate question marks, and the rest of the nation has loaded […]

As JuJu Watkins gears up for her sophomore season with USC women’s basketball, expectations are higher than ever for one of college basketball’s newest and brightest stars. Building on an outstanding freshman year, where she showed exceptional scoring and court presence, Watkins is poised to elevate her game to new heights. Here are four bold […]