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What to watch for when Arizona men’s basketball hosts Kansas

The 2025-26 season began about four months ago when Arizona took the college basketball world by storm and knocked off defending champion Florida in Las Vegas. The spotlight has been on the Wildcats ever since, growing brighter during a nonconference slate that included five wins over ranked opponents and only intensified as they got off […]

From Arizona Desert Swarm | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Tacko Fall Deserves to Have his Jersey Number 24 Retired by UCF

One of the most memorable UCF basketball players in school history is Tacko Fall. At 7-foot-6, Fall was one of the most dominant defensive players during his time. Now, it’s time for UCF to consider retiring Fall’s number 24 for how his career was spent in Orlando. Fall spent four seasons at UCF from 2016 […]

From Black & Gold Banneret | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Former Arizona star Lauri Markkanen out with hip injury

Lauri Markkanen has been a lone bright spot in another bleak season for the Utah Jazz, but the former Arizona forward will now be missing in action for at least a few weeks. An MRI showed that Markkanen has symptomatic hip impingement with associated inflammation and bone bruise, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Markkanen also twisted […]

From Arizona Desert Swarm | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

One More Road Trip: NC State Visits Notre Dame

When: Saturday February 28 – 12:00 PM Where: Purcell Pavillion, South Bend IN TV: The CW Opponent: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 79-74 / NC State 79-73 Wolfpack Snapshot: Wolfpack Season So Far: NC State is in the tough half of the schedule and has lost 3 of the last […]

From Backing The Pack | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

Preview: Boston College Men’s Basketball vs Miami

Who: Boston College Eagles (10-18, 3-12 in ACC) vs. Miami Hurricanes (22-6, 11-4 in ACC) When: Saturday, February 28, 2026 Tip-Off Time: 2pm EST How to Watch: ACC Network The BC Men’s Basketball team will travel to Miami in a Saturday afternoon matchup. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season, with […]

From BC Interruption | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads

2025-26 Mountain West Bracketology: Feb. 27

We are in the home stretch, with just one more week left in the Mountain West regular season before the real fun begins! There’s still plenty of seeding to be decided at the top. Though we aren’t going to talk about that — what is this week’s bracketology update?! Let’s dive into it! At Large […]

From Mountain West Connection | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads

Editorial: Illinois vs. Michigan is a rivalry

Yeah, so this caused a firestorm of controversy. The concept of rivalry in college athletics can be a headscratcher. In college football, Michigan State fans view Michigan as their rivals. Michigan fans view Michigan State as their intramural sparring partner because of their far greater concern with the team down south. Meanwhile, in basketball, Ohio […]

From The Champaign Room | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Friday afternoon Cardinal news and notes

—NET Rankings Update (men’s): No. 16. —NET Rankings Update (women’s): No. 11. —Louisville has never won at Clemson, but the metrics like the Cards to finally figure out how to win inside Littlejohn Coliseum. —U of L is selling $19 tickets (with no extra fees) to Tuesday night’s men’s basketball regular season home finale game […]

From Card Chronicle | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Three takeaways from UVA women’s basketball’s loss to No. 21 UNC

Fresh off its thrilling upset of then-No. 8 Louisville on Sunday, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team slipped up on its home floor Thursday night, falling to No. 21 North Carolina 82-70 in the penultimate game of the regular season. The ’Hoos looked lethargic early on inside John Paul Jones Arena, digging themselves a 17-point […]

From Streaking The Lawn | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Villanova at #15 St. John’s: Game Preview

Villanova Wildcats 22-6 (13-4) at #15 St. John’s 22-6 (15-2) Where: Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) When: Saturday, February 28 at 8:00 PM Betting Line: Villanova +6.5 (subject to change) How to Watch: FOX How to Listen: Villanova Sports Radio Network Net Rankings: Villanova 30, St. John’s 23 (Quad 1) KenPom: Villanova 29, St. John’s 22 Torvik: Villanova 29, St. […]

From VU Hoops | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Softball: With emergence of Dohse and Mason, Northwestern may have two aces

Northwestern softball entered 2026 without a clear replacement for Lauren Boyd in the pitcher’s circle. 15 games into the season, it looks like the ‘Cats may have two. Boyd paced the 2025 ‘Cats in every meaningful statistical category, and her departure left a void at the top of the Northwestern pitching staff. Wildcat coach Kate […]

From Inside NU | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Collins’ Classroom: Balling in Bloomington

Six in a row. Northwestern has won six games in a row against the Indiana Hoosiers, once the class of the Big Ten in basketball. A senior at Northwestern will go their entire college career without watching their team lose to the boys in Bloomington (unless the two teams see each other in the Big […]

From Inside NU | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

Unscientific Predictions: 2025-26 Big East Women’s Basketball Awards

There are five games left in the Big East regular season for women’s basketball. Let’s make some postseason award picks, and no, this is not going to take very long because the trophies are going to exactly the women you think they are going to this year. Big East Player Of The Year: Sarah Strong, […]

From Anonymous Eagle | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads

MBB Preview: Tigers hit the road for battle with Mississippi State

Game Info When | 12:00 p.m. CT Where | Humphrey Coliseum; Starkville, MS TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops ESPN win probability | 50.0% chance The Starters Mizzou (19-9, 9-6 SEC) G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.8 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 14.1 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.7 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.4 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. (SR, 7.3 […]

From Rock M Nation | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads

Bracketology 2026: The Month Of Madness Beckons

While the membership of the top 16 in today’s NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket remains the same as what the Selection Committee revealed last Saturday, there has been some shuffling outside of a top line that remains stable—with Duke, Michigan, Arizona, and UConn your four No. 1 seeds in that order. This week’s results have led […]

From Blogging the Bracket | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads

You’re Nuts: Is this it for Ohio State men’s hoops?

Welcome back to “You’re Nuts,” where our basketball writers pick a debate topic and argue their side until the death, or until Ohio State is mathematically eliminated from the NCAA Tournament…which may have just happened. In a prime spot to win a road game, a Quad-1 game, and potentially solidify their spot in the NCAA […]

From Land-Grant Holy Land | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads

UNC will face a desperate Virginia Tech team on Saturday in Chapel Hill

When it was announced that Caleb Wilson would be out indefinitely with a hand injury, the rest of the season looked bleak for UNC basketball. The news got even worse when it was announced that Henri Veesaar would also miss time with a lower body injury. It seemed at least possible the Heels would finish […]

From Tar Heel Blog | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads

Friday Dots: Calling The Shots

Good Friday morning everyone, we’ve got a lot of news for you today, so let’s get right to it! Football Dots Athletics Dots Retro Game of The Week It’s yet another USC game on this week’s edition of the Retro Game of the Week. This time, we’re going back to 2023, which was the last […]

From UW Dawg Pound | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads

Steve Pikiell hoping Rutgers can take the next step at the end of the season

It has been a difficult season for head coach Steve Pikiell and the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers fell to Washington on Tuesday in a hard-fought contest that saw the offense shoot poorly from the start. This brought the team’s Big Ten record to 4-13. Of the four win, two of them came in back-to-back game less […]

From On the Banks | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads

UConn women’s basketball announces three-game series with Duke

UConn women’s basketball will begin a three-game series with the Duke Blue Devils next season, the schools announced on Friday. They’ll square off at TD Garden in Boston on Nov. 28, 2026 before moving to a traditional home-and-home. The Huskies will visit Cameron Indoor Stadium in 2027-28 then host the Blue Devils in 2028-29. The […]

From The UConn Blog | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads

3 Likes & 3 Dislikes: Michigan State Edges Purdue

You could argue that Michigan State’s win over Purdue on Thursday night was the Spartans’ biggest win of the season. No, it wasn’t the highest ranked team we’ve beaten; that was Illinois. No, it wasn’t one of the early-season neutral-site games that we normally struggle in as it takes us longer to fall into form; […]

From The Only Colors | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads