Latest blog entries about College Basketball
Date 1/14 || Time 11:00 || Venue Haas Pavilion || Video ACC Network Duke enters the ACC era of West Coast travel this week with a trip to the Bay Area to take on Cal and Stanford. Cal is first and some of y’all are gonna need a nap because this one starts at 11:00 […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
We are cruising into the New Year, and NBA scouts are busy evaluating the top talent across the nation and the world. There are several elite players in the mix for the top pick. Let’s look at the odds for which player will go No. 1 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. $250 deposit bonus for pick’em contests! 2026 NBA Draft No. 1 Odds Kansas’ Darryn Peterson tops the odds to go first in the upcoming NBA Draft, but AJ Dybantsa from BYU is close behind him, according to FanDuel Sportsbo...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Let’s get into it. 250ish words on each game below. Thursday, Jan. 8 UMBC 69, Maine 62 -TJ Biel is unbelievable. He’s a sure-fire All-Conference player. There isn’t a single other solid offensive option for the Black Bears, yet he simply willed the team into a competitive performance. He scored 27 of Maine’s 62 points, […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
It’s Border Battle time, Badger fans! The Wisconsin Badgers make their trek to Williams Arena to face the rival Minnesota Golden Gophers on Tuesday, December 13th. Tip-off is at 6:00 PM on the Big Ten Network, and the Badgers are 1.5-point favorites. Last Saturday’s win in Ann Arbor will be one to remember for Badger […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Syracuse Orange (11-5, 2-1) return back home to face the reeling Florida State Seminoles (7-9, 0-3). The students are back on campus so let’s see if the bring the energy to this late start. Tip-off is 9:00 pm on the ACC Network and Anish Shroff will have the call with Terrence Oglesby. Here’s what […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Selection Sunday is somehow only two months and two days away. Life, and college basketball, come at you fast! In 2025, the SEC put 14 teams in the Division I men’s field of 68. But it’s going to be a different story in 2026. Of the five men’s basketball power conferences, four of them have […]
From Blogging the Bracket | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Northwestern let its best shot at its first Big Ten slip away Sunday at Rutgers, coughing up another late lead and falling in overtime. Now the challenge gets even harder with the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini coming to Evanston and riding off a 2-0 week. Illinois is one of the nation’s best offenses and […]
From Inside NU | about 1 month ago | 1 read
In the new era of mass exodus in the transfer portal, having a successful transfer class could make or break the season. Ohio State’s 2024 transfer class, which included Caleb Downs, Will Howard, Quinshon Judkins, Julian Sayin, and Seth McLaughlin (among others), propelled that Buckeye team to a national title. Thus far, Ohio State has […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Tipoff Time: 8:30PM ET Location: Fertitta Center — Houston, Texas Broadcast Information Channel: FS1 Announcers: Jason Benetti and Bill Raftery Streaming: FOX Sports (TV provider login required) Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | SiriusXM Channel 392 and Streaming Channel 982 | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android) Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi (PBP) and […]
From The Smoking Musket | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
As the Dallas Mavericks continue to battle severe injury and a poor roster, it is only fair for some of us to turn a wandering eye towards what is happening in the college game. Some of the nation’s best have put forward their best performances to start the new year. However, this game is closer […]
From Mavs Moneyball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
WisconSens Look to Rank 1st in Big Ten Conference by Sweeping Rival Michigan State Spartans
From Silver Seven | about 1 month ago | 1 read
THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (6-11, 1-5 Big East) at RV St. John’s Red Storm (11-5, 4-1 Big East) THE DATE: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 THE TIME: 5:30pm Central THE LOCATION: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York THE TELEVISION: Nope. We’ve been over this. THE STREAMING: Peacock, with (sigh) John Fanta and Donny Marshall […]
From Anonymous Eagle | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Fresh off a 91-88 win over the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines, the Wisconsin Badgers are hitting the road to face the Minnesota Gophers in a rivalry game on Tuesday. The Badgers finally got the marquee win they’d been searching for with their upset of the Wolverines, which is the biggest upset of the college basketball […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
By the time the final whistle blew on Monday night’s Third Round FA Cup tie, Liverpool had secured a quite comfortable looking 4-1 victory over League One’s Barnsley. For those watching the match play out, though, it perhaps hadn’t seemed quite so comfortable. After scoring on a pair of quite spectacular—and quite unlikely to lead […]
From The Liverpool Offside | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Ohio State men’s basketball team (11-5, 3-3) suffered two losses Sunday night. The Buckeyes’ 81-74 defeat at the hands of the Washington Huskies (10-6, 2-3) was the first, and somehow less crushing, loss of the evening. The more impactful, and potentially long-term loss Ohio State suffered on Sunday was an injury to starting center […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
It’s nice to see the Husker men keep moving up the polls. This team has such a determination and grit, it’s so fun to watch, even when they are down by 16 and you start to think there is no way. It’s much more fun to watch those basketball games than to try to keep […]
From Corn Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
How does the old saying go? “If you can’t beat them, join them.” In the weeks following Virginia’s 13-7 Gator Bowl victory over Missouri, Tigers original starting quarterback Beau Pribula has jumped ship and made his commitment to the UVA program official. While we did not see Pribula in that contest, the 6-foot-2, 212-pound junior […]
From Streaking The Lawn | about 1 month ago | 1 read
With the college and now NFL playoffs in full swing, football has generally been the center of the sports world over the last week. We’re still a couple months from when college basketball will take center stage, but we are in a key part of the season, where teams can build or watch as their […]
From Tar Heel Blog | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Syracuse Orange (11-5, 2-1) return back home after a successful week to face the reeling Florida State Seminoles (7-9, 0-3). Tip-off is 9:00 pm on the ACC Network and here’s what we’re watching for in this one: Kevin: Continue the strong starts The last two games had the Orange playing with intensity and focus […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The next time a prominent coach with a long record of success decides to retire, pseudo-sages will lament the impossible task confronting his or her successor. That’s been an article of faith ever since Gene Bartow replaced John Wooden at UCLA for the 1975-76 season. Bartow was essentially driven from the job as a failure […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Monday morning was a fun one for head coach Shauna Green and the Illini as they were ranked No. 25 in the AP poll. This was the first time the Illini have been ranked all season and the first time that they’ve been ranked since Feb. 17, 2025. This comes after Illinois started their season […]
From The Champaign Room | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Unfortunately, no Horizon League basketball will be played until Thursday this week, but there are still plenty of great games on the weekly slate. Both expected and unexpected contenders are continuing to stay near the top of the standings, as both the preseason favorites and defending champions are looking to get there. Below is an […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Minnie Hunt and Fred Sacco kick off Monday Night Therapy riding a rare wave of “vim and vigor” thanks to Nebraska sports actually giving fans reasons to smile—especially a 16–0 men’s basketball team sitting at #8 in the polls, plus the general buzz of winter workouts and portal season. The big on-show feature is Minnie’s […]
From Corn Nation | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
As the newly-minted 16th-ranked team in the country, the Virginia Cavaliers are back on the road looking to make a statement early on in conference play against the Louisville Cardinals. Winners of its last three games, the Cavaliers come in averaging 85 points per game on 48% shooting, with the potential to gain a huge […]
From Streaking The Lawn | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Four games on tap Tuesday and our TV overlords serve up the best one first as Virginia visits Louisville, also BC at Clemson, Miami at Notre Dame, and Florida State at Syracuse. Under Tony Bennett, Virginia basically owned Louisville, and particularly Rick Pitino. One of the funniest things of the Bennett era was that every […]
From Duke Basketball Report | about 1 month ago | 0 reads