Latest blog entries about College Basketball
UConn men’s basketball faced some adversity but otherwise coasted to a comfortable 71-52 exhibition win over regional foe Boston College at Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite missing starters Silas Demary Jr. and Tarris Reed, the Huskies’ talent and depth were already on full display. Here are some of our biggest takeaways from UConn’s exhibition win. Eric […]
From The UConn Blog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Jonathan Taylor & Daniel Jones Colts co-MVPs? Curt Cignetti HOT on X! IU Hoops in 3 days! Reggie makes Tyrese cry!
From KentSterling.com | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Deacs have landed their 3rd 4-star high school prospect for the 2026 class in 6-3 shooting guard Quentin Coleman. Coleman is rated as a 4-star recruit and the 92nd best player in the 2026 class by 247Sports. The St. Louis, Missouri native chose Wake Forest over offers from Iowa, Texas Tech, St. Louis, Arizona […]
From Blogger So Dear | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
West Virginia’s Big 12 basketball schedule is set, and the Mountaineers will open league play in primetime. WVU tips off the 2025–26 conference season on Friday, January 2, at Iowa State in an ESPN2 game — the first Big 12 matchup of the new year. The Coliseum gets its conference debut four days later when […]
From The Smoking Musket | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The women’s college basketball preseason AP top 25 is here, and NC State checks in at No. 9, behind only Duke (No. 7) among ACC teams. Duke also tops the preseason ACC media poll with 40 first-place votes, while NC State is second, with 25 first-place votes (out of 70). Both Zoe Brooks and Khamil […]
From Backing The Pack | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
4-Star wing Anthony Felesi announced his top five schools Tuesday and BYU made the cut along with UCLA, USC, Pitt, and San Diego State. Felesi is in his second year at Utah Prep and is rated the #49 prospect in the 2026 class by 247 Sports. Prior to Utah Prep he attended Orem High School. […]
From Vanquish The Foe | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Furman waited 43 years between NCAA Tournament appearances when it reached the Big Dance in 2023, but now the Paladins hope to make a return to March Madness in a much shorter turnaround, and I think they’ll have a great shot to do so. If continuity, development and retention have anything to do with the […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
UConn women’s basketball will open the 2025-26 season as the No. 1 team in the land after taking the top spot in the AP Preseason Poll on Tuesday. The defending national champions received 27 of 31 first-place votes with No. 2 South Carolina claiming the others. This is the first time the Huskies have been […]
From The UConn Blog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Tony Haynes is retiring at the end of football season Tony is an NC State grad and has been on the Wolfpack Sports Network crew since 1998. He did basketball and (still does) football, as well as the weekly coach’s radio shows. He did a fine job as the analyst for Wolfpack basketball teamed for […]
From Backing The Pack | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
As the Colorado Buffaloes look to compete in the Big 12, Tad Boyle has added both experience and potential at the point guard position. The experience comes in the form of Barrington Hargress, the transfer from UC Riverside who averaged over 20 points per game as a sophomore. The potential is Isaiah Johnson, a six-foot-nothing […]
From The Ralphie Report | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Let’s take a second and flash back into the early portion of the season. Virginia football is 1-1, coming off of a dominant win over a bad Coastal Carolina team and a gut-wrenching loss to a so-so NC State squad. We saw some encouraging things with the offense and some of the same old from […]
From Streaking The Lawn | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
No. 4 UConn men’s basketball rolled to a comfortable win in its first exhibition game of the 2025-26 season Monday night, taking down Boston College 71-52 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite a valiant comeback from the Eagles to kick off the second half, the Huskies’ size and talent ultimately prevailed for a convincing win despite […]
From The UConn Blog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Even after Americans swept all four Pan American ITF J300 titles having guaranteeing that result with all singles quarterfinalists and doubles semifinalists from the United States, four other Americans captured titles on the ITF Junior Circuit last week.Carel Ngounoue of Washington DC won his second consecutive J100 in Ghana, with the 17-year-old top seed beating unseeded Jesse Clarkson of Great
From ZooTennis | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
We are 6 games through Coach Jonathan Smith’s 2nd season at Michigan State, and so far this season is following the script of year 1: win the first three games, lose the next 3. And we certainly remember how last season finished. Across the college football landscape, the midway point of the season has proven […]
From The Only Colors | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Basketball season is right around the corner for the Virginia Cavaliers and with that comes the annual release of Ken Pomeroy’s rating system for the 2026 season. Last week at ACC Tip-Off, we saw Ryan Odom, alongside Dallin Hall and Malik Thomas, emphasize the togetherness and talent-level of this year’s team, despite so much change […]
From Streaking The Lawn | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
This marks the 25th straight season that Gonzaga has been ranked in the preseason Associated Press Poll. The Zags join Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina as the only programs to appear in each of the last 16 preseason AP Polls. No. 21 Gonzaga (387 votes) has matchups with No. 23 Creighton (158 votes), No. […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
One of the biggest repercussions of the transfer portal and NIL for mid-major schools has been losing key players, especially following a successful season in that school’s given conference. With each offseason comes an ongoing battle between player retention and the prospect of playing for a power-5 program. The Atlantic 10 is one conference in […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Associated Press released the 2026 Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25 Poll and the Villanova Wildcats are not noted. Purdue earns the top spot in the preseason rankings with Houston at #2 and the reigning national champions, Florida Gators, at #3. The Top Five is rounded out by a pair of BIG EAST foes […]
From VU Hoops | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Basketball season is fast approaching, and with another big offseason in the books, expectations are once again high for Dan Hurley and the Huskies. UConn men’s basketball is ranked No. 4 in the preseason AP top 25 poll and No. 5 in KenPom, signaling that both media and the analytically-minded have the Huskies as a […]
From The UConn Blog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
As St. John’s built one of the most talented rosters in the nation this summer, it became clear that they would open the preseason as a top-10 ranked team in the AP poll. The only question was where they would be ranked. We have our answer on Monday afternoon. The Red Storm are ranked No. […]
From Rumble In The Garden | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Note: The PDF featuring the entire MAAC Season Preview, all 31,166 words, and previews of all 13 teams, is available in PDF form at the bottom of this webpage. The hardest press conference that I do every single year is the loser of the MAAC Championship game. I don’t have a favorite team in the […]
From Mid-Major Madness | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Florida State loses their eighth-straight ACC game upending the progress we thought they’d made. The other top teams take care of business setting up several big matchups next week. In response to a commenter’s request, I’ve added overall record in parentheses and ACC record in double parentheses. TIER: ACC’s Bottom Feeders 17. North Carolina (2-3 […]
From Shakin The Southland | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Jack and Jake are back to discuss the very normal feeling 35-20 win by #12 Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech and look ahead to the Duke game on Saturday. Then a recap of Georgia Tech Volleyball’s weekend against Duke and #23 North Carolina, and a deep dive into the new Dual Meet Tournament that Georgia […]
From From The Rumble Seat | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Coming off one of their best performances of the season on Friday against Duke, Georgia Tech Volleyball fell to #23 North Carolina 3-1 (17-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-17). Tech falls back below .500 to 7-8 (2-4 ACC, T-11th) on the season while UNC remains undefeated in conference play at 6-0. Tech was without the same group […]
From From The Rumble Seat | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
I’ve spent the last hour combing X and YouTube for video clips of Emmanuel Innocenti doing what he does best: playing spectacular on-ball defense. The dude’s a lockdown disruptor at the point of attack, and it’s just simply not something you come by often in the world of college basketball anymore. But the unfortunate fact […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 0 reads