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Kentucky basketball has been one of the most banged-up teams in the country this year as Mark Pope has been forced to tinker with different lineups throughout a brutal SEC schedule. The Wildcats have played through much of February without both Lamont Butler and Jaxson Robinson, but they have navigated that stretch nicely. The job […]

For most of this season, Iowa State basketball looked like one of the premier national title contenders in college basketball. However, the Cyclones have been slumping lately while they deal with injuries to some of their key players. On Tuesday night, this struggles came to a massive head. Iowa State went into Stillwater and was […]

Like most of ACC play, Tuesday night wasn’t super stressful for Duke basketball. Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils rolled into Miami and crushed the Hurricanes 97-60 to move to 16-1 in conference play and stay on track for the regular season ACC title. Despite the lopsided score, it wasn’t all good for Duke in […]

Kentucky basketball is having a successful first season under Mark Pope, as the Wildcats are rolling towards an NCAA Tournament bid despite a year of transition. Kentucky has had to navigate a gauntlet of an SEC schedule despite dealing with a lot of injuries. Guard Kerr Kriisa has missed a large chunk of the season […]

The bubble is heating up in college basketball as the NCAA Tournament approaches, and there are still plenty of clashes throughout conference play that will help finalize the bracket in March. One of those big games will be played on Wednesday night when Arkansas takes on Texas in Fayetteville. Both teams are sitting at 16-11 […]

Duke basketball star guard Tyrese Proctor has Blue Devils fans concerned after he was seen leaving Tuesday night’s game at Watsco Center in Coral Gables against the Miami Hurricanes with an apparent injury. Proctor left the contest in the first half, with ESPN’s broadcast later saying that he was done for the rest of the […]

The Georgetown basketball team is dealing with some bad news. Georgetown is without star freshman player Thomas Sorber for the remainder of the year, per the school. Sorber suffered a foot injury in a game that will require surgery. Sorber’s surgery is Wednesday. He closes his freshman campaign with the Hoyas averaging 14.5 points and […]

The Cinderella season continued for St. John’s basketball on Sunday with a very convincing 89-75 win over UConn at Madison Square Garden. This victory completed the Red Storm’s season sweep of the two-time defending national champions after they also won on the road earlier this month. St. John’s didn’t seem like it would have its […]

St. John’s and Creighton are battling at Madison Square Garden to determine who gets to sit atop the Big East standings with just a few weeks to go, but the Bluejays suffered a major blow that completely took the air out of the team. During the second half of a tight contest, star center Ryan […]

Kentucky basketball is making its way through an absolute gauntlet of a schedule that features ranked matchup after ranked matchup. The SEC has been one of the best conferences in college basketball history this season, so it has been difficult for all of the teams in that conference to stack wins together. Kentucky gets a […]

St. John’s has been one of the hottest teams in college basketball recently, but that wasn’t enough to get it over the hump on Wednesday night. Rick Pitino and the Red Storm were upset by Villanova on the road in a 73-71 classic thanks to a game-winning 3-pointer by Tyler Perkins. The loss certainly took […]

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood wants the NCAA Tournament selection committee to understand his team’s situation. Underwood relayed a message to the committee after his team’s win Tuesday against UCLA. “You hope they recognize the fact we played five games without one of our two best players in most cases,” Underwood said, per Fox Illinois. […]

The injury report for No. 15-ranked Kentucky basketball got even longer during its clash against No. 5 Tennessee on Tuesday night. During the second half with the Wildcats holding onto a very small lead, point guard Lamont Butler went down with an apparent left arm injury while diving for a loose ball. Butler was playing […]

Rutgers basketball dropped a tough game to Maryland on Sunday, and star freshman Ace Bailey missed most of the second half. Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell says Bailey was battling an illness, that has riddled his team. “(Bailey) has the same thing all these guys have had. So, he’s been sick and couldn’t go, really tried, […]

Rutgers basketball is running out of time to save their season, as they bring an 11-10 record with them into Saturday’s home game against Michigan. There are still opportunities to stockpile notable wins in the formidable Big Ten Conference, including against the 15-5 Wolverines, but the Scarlet Knights must ignite right away. That is extremely […]

St. John’s basketball is back. The molten-hot team is cruising toward its first NCAA Tournament bid in five seasons and currently ranks among the top-15 squads in the country. Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino has revamped the program and reinvigorated the fan base’s passion in less than two full years at the helm. The […]

One of the biggest college basketball showdowns of the week is going down on Tuesday night as Kentucky is looking to pick up a huge conference win on the road against Tennessee. Mark Pope and the Wildcats got off to a good start in the first half in Knoxville, but Tennessee battled back to take […]

Illinois basketball has had to deal with its fair share of adversity recently, and that hasn’t stopped this week. Brad Underwood and the Illini lost one of their best players when star center Tomislav Ivisic went down with mono, leaving Illinois without one of its most skilled players. After the diagnosis was announced, fans went […]

It didn’t come easy, but the No. 1 ranked team in the country will hold onto their spot atop the AP Poll for at least another week, as the Auburn Tigers survived a hard-fought SEC test at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers. Auburn eked out a 53-51 win over the Vols, and it’s fair […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is updating fans on the health of player KJ Adams. Adams has been battling an injury sustained in the team’s road game at Iowa State on January 15. Adams is hopeful to be back on the floor February 1, per ESPN. That’s when the Jayhawks play a game against Baylor. […]

In John Calipari’s first season as head coach, Arkansas basketball has landed significantly below expectations. The Razorbacks are 0-5 in SEC play after a five-game losing streak. The Razorbacks’ latest showing may have been there worst of them all: an 83-65 loss to Missouri where Calipari’s club started the game in an 18-2 hole. After […]

Arkansas basketball is having a nightmare season so far in its first year under John Calipari, and things went from bad to worse on Saturday. The Razorbacks were unable to pick up their first win in SEC play as a horrid start to the game doomed them during an 83-65 road loss to Missouri. The […]

Not much is going right for Iowa basketball on Friday night. The Hawkeyes took the long trip out to Los Angeles with hopes of picking up a massive Big Ten road win, and instead everything has fallen apart at the seams. UCLA absolutely crushed Iowa 94-70 at Pauley Pavilion to get back on track and […]

For just the second time in program history, the Auburn Tigers men’s basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the country. They’ll put that ranking on the line Tuesday night against a 14-2 Mississippi State team at home as they seek their ninth-straight win. But it’s not all good for Bruce Pearl’s team. National Player […]

After a difficult, back-and-forth SEC battle, Auburn basketball came out on top in the final seconds after a tricky road test against South Carolina. Thanks to some great second half defense and some timely baskets, Bruce Pearl and company were able to stay unbeaten in conference play with a 66-63 win. However, this win came […]

Coming into this season, the main selling point around UConn women’s basketball was that they were finally healthy. Paige Bueckers had a healthy offseason, Azzi Fudd was coming back and the Huskies would be able to finally have a season where they could mesh together and ramp up to make a run at a National […]

The Auburn basketball team has looked like a powerhouse so far this season, knocking off a number of top teams on its way to winning the Maui Invitational tournament before finally dropping a game on the road against Duke. Tuesday night did nothing to change that, as Bruce Pearl and the Tigers dominated Georgia State […]

For the first time since 2019, the Xavier Musketeers lost to the Cincinnati Bearcats in the annual men’s basketball Crosstown Shootout on Saturday. More importantly, Xavier lost another top player, Zach Freemantle, to injury. Freemantle suffered a knee injury during Saturday’s game and will “miss an extended period of time,” according to Field of 68. […]

It would have been understandable for UConn women’s basketball fans to be very worried after star guard Azzi Fudd suffered a knee injury during Saturday’s blowout win over Louisville. Geno Auriemma and his Huskies have had many seasons derailed by injuries to Fudd and Paige Bueckers over the last few seasons, and they were dangerously […]

In one of the marquee games of the week, Baylor basketball was looking to pick up a huge non-conference road win on Wednesday night against No. 25 UConn. Both teams came into the game shorthanded, with Baylor missing star freshman V.J. Edgecombe and UConn missing veteran wing Alex Karaban due to injuries. During the second […]

Louisville basketball is getting some bad news. The Cardinals are going to be without guard Koren Johnson for the rest of the season, after the player is requiring shoulder surgery. Johnson plans to take a redshirt year, per his social media. “Card Nation! I have decided to redshirt this year and get shoulder surgery to […]

The Gonzaga basketball team suffered a stunning loss on Wednesday against West Virginia in the Battle 4 Atlantis. However, Mark Few’s team turned it around on Thanksgiving Day with an 89-73 win in dominant fashion. Gonzaga scored 57 first-half points and six players finished in double figures, including the entire starting five. One player who […]

The UConn basketball program wrapped up a nightmare week at the Maui Invitational with an 85-67 loss to Dayton, and to make matters worse, Alex Karaban suffered a head injury and was sent for a CAT scan after the game. “We can’t predict what the (CAT) scan will be, but we anticipate it being normal,” […]

Rutgers basketball fans have been patiently waiting for the debut of top recruit Ace Bailey. That wait will end when Rutgers takes on Monmouth. Bailey has officially been cleared and will be making his debut on Friday, the team announced. He had been battling through a hip injury. With the college basketball season fully underway, […]

The Purdue basketball team and head coach Matt Painter need someone else to control the paint at center, following Sunday’s unfortunate injury news. Freshman center Daniel Jacobsen “will likely miss the remainder of the season” according to the school. Jacobsen suffered a fractured tibia. He sustained the injury on Friday against Northern Kentucky. Painter at […]

Purdue basketball entered the season top 15 in the nation and will face the No. 2 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide on Friday, Nov. 15. However, the Purdue Boilermakers are dealing with some unfortunate injury news with their freshman big man Daniel Jacobsen. “Purdue coach Matt Painter announced freshman Daniel Jacobsen has a right “lower-leg injury,” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Xavier basketball got some deflating news before the 2024-25 season even gets underway. Forward Lassina Traore, one of the top transfers on this Musketeers squad, suffered a season-ending knee injury at practice last Wednesday and will miss the entire season, according to head coach Sean Miller. “Last Wednesday, Lassina Traore suffered a season-ending knee injury […]