Latest blog entries about College Basketball
The adage says that basketball is a game of runs, and the Iowa Women’s Basketball team proved why in Bloomington Sunday evening. Down 16 coming out of halftime, the Hawkeyes used a 17-0 run in the 3rd quarter to storm back to steal a 56-53 victory against the Indiana Hoosiers (11-7, 0-6 B1G). It’s the […]
From Black Heart Gold Pants | 2 months ago | 2 reads
The No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats moved to 16-2 on the season after a massive win over the No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners by a final score of 63-57. Kenny Brooks’ squad’s successful season rolls on with a second top-five win, the most the UK women’s team has ever had in a single season. The Wildcats pulled […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 1 read
Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese called a timeout with five and a half minutes on the clock against Ohio State. Her team was down six points and needed a spark. Freshman guard Rainey Welson got to an open pull-up midrange off the dribble that went halfway down, then rattled out. On the other […]
From Testudo Times | 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Syracuse Orange have announced that five-star football commit Calvin Russell III has officially joined the men’s basketball program. The standout wide receiver, who was Syracuse football’s highest rated recruit in 25 years, has enrolled at the school for the spring semester. He is expected to start practice with the basketball program and is immediately […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | 2 months ago | 1 read
What a difference a week can make. After dropping to 0-2 in SEC play, the LSU women’s basketball team (16-2, 2-2) have bounced back in a massive way with a potential season-altering win over #2 Texas (18-1, 3-1) Sunday afternoon in the PMAC. It is by far and away LSU’s best win of the season […]
From And The Valley Shook | 2 months ago | 7 reads
On the final day of the 2024-25 season, March 2, 2025, Ohio State women’s basketball traveled to College Park, Maryland, to face the Maryland Terrapins. It was a classic game full of drama on the way to a 93-90 Terps victory. On Sunday, No. 19 Ohio State was back in Maryland to face the No. […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe has been accused of making sure Los Blancos didn’t give Barcelona a guard of honor after Sunday’s Super Cup win in Saudi Arabia. Barca won 3-2 to retain their trophy on Sunday night, but Mbappe was spotted seemingly urging his team-mates to walk away from the celebrations after their defeat. […]
From Barca Blaugranes | 2 months ago | 4 reads
When I noticed Elif Istanbulluoblu wasn’t in the starting lineup I took to social media to see if there was any word on where she was [sick] so I missed watching the first 45 seconds of the game. Had I known those 45 seconds were last time Pitt was still in the game I might’ve […]
From Card Chronicle | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Northwestern (7-10, 1-5 B1G) snapped its 10-game losing streak with a 73-54 win over Rutgers (8-9, 0-6 B1G) at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday, recording its first Big Ten victory of the 2025-26 season. Despite a subpar opening ten minutes, Northwestern had a second-quarter resurgence led by Grace Sullivan, Casey Harter and Caroline Lau that allowed […]
From Inside NU | 2 months ago | 1 read
Kentucky football has once again gained two more commitments, this time coming on Sunday. It is continuing a busy offseason push to reload the roster through the portal. Missouri cornerback Mark Manfred III and Georgia State long snapper Spencer Radnoti both announced they are headed to Lexington. Manfred III is a 6-foot-1, 175-pound corner from […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 0 reads
After suffering an 88-41 loss to Maryland, Rutgers women’s basketball (8-8, 0-5 Big Ten) returned to action on the road when they battled the Northwestern Wildcats (6-10, 0-5 Big Ten). It was the Scarlet Knights who got out to a 6-0 lead and stretched it out to 17-7 before Northwestern closed the first quarter down […]
From On the Banks | 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Celtics could be without Jaylen Brown when they begin a four-game road trip against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Brown is listed as doubtful to play due to low back spasm after playing 43 minutes — and the entire second half — in Saturday’s 100-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. If he […]
From CelticsBlog | 2 months ago | 8 reads
Nearly a week removed from a sluggish performance on the road against a middling Northwestern team, the Iowa Women’s Basketball team (13-2, 4-0 B1G) find themselves on the road again for this afternoon’s match against the Indiana Hoosiers (11-6, 0-5 B1G). Like Monday’s road trip, this is a game that the Hawkeyes should be able […]
From Black Heart Gold Pants | 2 months ago | 7 reads
Northwestern (8-7, 0-4 B1G) will have a prime chance to secure its elusive first Big Ten win on Sunday as 4.5-point road favorites against Rutgers (8-8, 1-4 B1G). The ‘Cats come into Piscataway on a two-game losing streak, mostly recently falling 76-66 to No. 12 Michigan State. Rutgers lost to No. 16 Illinois its last […]
From Inside NU | 2 months ago | 1 read
What a game, and what a win. The Wisconsin Badgers went into Ann Arbor and delivered the biggest upset of the college basketball season, knocking off the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines 91-88. It’s Wisconsin’s first Quad 1 win of the season. Wisconsin’s three-point shooting was the difference in this game. The Badgers shot 15-of-33 from […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | 2 months ago | 5 reads
UConn women’s basketball rode a dominant second quarter to a 95-54 victory over the Creighton Bluejays at CHI Health Center on Sunday. The Huskies only led by seven through 10 minutes before starting the second frame on a 17-0 run and ultimately out-scoring the hosts 33-7 in the period. Sarah Strong recorded her fifth double-double […]
From The UConn Blog | 2 months ago | 1 read
Sunday’s trip to Notre Dame made it clear that Carolina has some soul searching to do. With a full week to prepare for the Fighting Irish after a home loss to Stanford, the Tar Heels were competitive in the first half but fell apart in the second. Notre Dame outscored Carolina 22-5 in the third […]
From Tar Heel Blog | 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Duke Blue Devils were able to hold off the SMU Mustangs, winning 82-75 on Saturday afternoon to move to 15-1 on the season and 4-0 in the ACC. Donald and Scott Rich recap everything about a perplexing game on Episode 786. The Blue Devils did great in certain aspects defensively, and got some great […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 2 months ago | 0 reads
No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball is set for, as it stands now, five straight ranked-on-ranked battles. That slate begins at 4 p.m. ET today with No. 19 Ohio State. This is your space for thoughts, observations or whatever you would like to share, but please be respectful.
From Testudo Times | 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Purdue Boilermakers fought off a valiant effort from Penn State to move to 5-0 in the B1G and push the Nittany Lions to 0-5 as well. It was a much more difficult game than most expected as Penn State shot 12% above their season average behind the arc on their way to making twelve […]
From Hammer and Rails | 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Iowa Hawkeyes (12-4, 2-3) showed every hallmark of a team that’s felt the winter illness bug flow through the roster in the first half. Sluggish defense, no legs on three points attempts, an “inside the huddle” cutaway where the only word Ben McCollum was “concentrate.” It wasn’t good. Illinois raced out to an 8-0 […]
From Black Heart Gold Pants | 2 months ago | 5 reads
The Fresno State Bulldogs ended this week with a split in their contests, beating San Jose State 70-55 on Wednesday, and dropped a 71-52 decision to San Diego State on Saturday. In Wednesday’s contest, in which the Bulldogs ended a six-game losing streak, DeShawn Gory ended with a double-double in scoring 16 points and grabbing […]
From Mountain West Connection | 2 months ago | 2 reads
After suffering a rough loss to Minnesota in Minneapolis, Northwestern women’s basketball returns to Welsh-Ryan Arena with a very good chance to claim its first Big Ten win against Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 8-8 and 0-5 in conference play, giving the Wildcats a prime opportunity to capitalize. Broadcast Information Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Ill.) […]
From Inside NU | 2 months ago | 1 read
The NFL Wild Card round includes three games today. Women’s Basketball vs UCLA This one could be rough if Nebraska’s defense doesn’t tighten up, especially in the paint. But, you should never count out this team. They are gritty and fight for every possession. Who knows what could happen on any given Sunday… 25/RV Nebraska […]
From Corn Nation | 2 months ago | 4 reads
We just keep right on winning! We beat LSU in a back-and-forth contest that caused many a childish eruption from Kim Mulkey, then followed it up with a beatdown of Missouri where we learned that this team looks good even when Blakes is playing badly (yes, she ended the game with 20, but 12 of […]
From Anchor Of Gold | 2 months ago | 8 reads