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Purdue’s seniors have their final regular season game against Indiana tonight with this one taking place in the friendly confines of Mackey Arena. Purdue’s seniors need this win to go to 4-4 overall against the Hoosiers. Purdue needs this win for a number of reasons. First, revenge for the loss in Bloomington. Second, to even […]
Indiana men’s basketball (17-9, 8-7 Big Ten) is set to take on Purdue (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) on Friday night on the road in the second of two matchups in the annual in-state rivalry series between the two programs. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 71-51 road loss at Illinois. That didn’t hurt Indiana’s bubble […]
Tuesday night’s loss to Georgia is as frustrating as it gets. It’s not a good loss at all. Every ounce of goodwill that Kentucky built up by sweeping Tennessee, beating Arkansas, and taking Florida 12 rounds is temporarily gone. The same pitchforks aimed at Mark Pope earlier this season are now back in full force, […]
Nick Dorn was the catalyst for Indiana men’s basketball’s late season surge that saw the Hoosiers win three consecutive games against Rutgers, Purdue and UCLA to move back into position for an NCAA Tournament berth. A small forward transfer from Elon who spent much of the offseason recovering from an injury, Dorn’s 3-point shooting gave […]
IU basketball is back on the road this evening at Mackey Arena. The Hoosiers will take on Purdue in primetime. IU is 3-6 in true road games this season and Purdue is 11-3 at home. IU won the first meeting ... The post Open Thread: IU basketball travels to Purdue appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
In 1976, Indiana men’s basketball won its third national championship with an 86-68 win over Michigan at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, capping a 32-0 season. No men’s college basketball teams have finished an undefeated season with a win in the national championship game ever since. In January, fifty years later, Indiana football won its first […]
Indiana men’s basketball is set for the second game of the annual rivalry series against Purdue, this one being tonight at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. The Hoosiers, sitting firmly on the right side of the bubble as of now, are still battling for a more secure NCAA Tournament spot. The Boilermakers have turned a […]
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Purdue on Friday night in the second of two matchups in the annual in-state conference rivalry series. The Hoosiers are looking to solidify their standing on the right side of the bubble ahead of the NCAA Tournament while the Boilermakers are playing for a higher seed and […]
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Manchester United Women manager Marc Skinner confirmed the club’s plans to host Bayern Munich at Old Trafford for the UEFA Women’s Champions League Quarterfinal next month, taking place just a few days before the women’s Manchester Derby at the historic football ground the following weekend. United advanced to the knockout phase after a two-leg playoff […]
St. John’s was fortunate to enjoy a mostly healthy season for their major contributors up until this point. Besides an early-season calf injury to Dylan Darling that only sidelined him for one game, the Red Storm’s rotation has been at full strength. That availability has helped them carve out an ongoing 12-game winning streak. However, […]
With just five regular season games remaining on the schedule, including Friday night’s matchup against Purdue at Mackey Arena, the Indiana Hoosiers are, once again, on the NCAA Tournament bubble. As of now, they happen to be on the right side of it. The Hoosiers are in 122 of 122 brackets surveyed on Bracket Matrix, […]
TCU Men’s Basketball enters the season’s stretch run with one of the nation’s most confounding NCAA Tournament resumes. Highlighted by elite wins over Florida & Iowa State, near-wins vs. top teams Michigan, BYU, and Kansas, and season sweeps over fellow Big 12 Bubble contenders Baylor & Oklahoma State, the Frogs should be in solid shape. […]
During the latter years in the Pac-12, Arizona often could go an entire league schedule without facing more than two or three ranked opponents. The final season in 2023-24 only featured one such matchup. On Saturday, the Wildcats will face a ranked league opponent for the fourth consecutive game. No. 4 Arizona (24-2, 11-2) visits […]
The Wisconsin Badgers had a tough 86-69 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday, falling to 18-8 on the season after the disappointing night. While the Badgers were non-competitive for most of the night, there were some bright spots, with freshman guard Hayden Jones being among them. Jones played just one minute in the […]
UConn men’s basketball (24-3, 14-2) will look to shake its recent struggles in a crucial game this weekend, as the Huskies travel to Philadelphia to take on Villanova (21-5, 12-3) at Xfinity Mobile Arena in a battle between two of the three best teams in the Big East. The Wildcats rank No. 27 in KenPom, […]
Koa Peat will be out of action Saturday, but anyone with NBA2K26 can now play with Arizona’s star freshman. The Arizona Wildcats are one of 16 college programs to be included in NBA2K26’s latest update. Don’t get too amped up, though. NBA2K26’s Season 5 release features current and past college players who appear in the […]
Last week was a tough pill to swallow. With league leaders Arsenal playing a double gameweek, I decided to go big and activated my Triple Captain chip on Arsenal defender Gabriel. In a frustrating turn of events, the Gunners failed to secure a win against either Brentford or Wolves, and the clean sheets I was […]
Game Info When | 3:00 p.m. CT Where | Bud Walton Arena; Fayetteville, AR TV | ESPN Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Arkansas -13 ESPN win probability | 19.8% chance The Starters Mizzou (18-8, 8-5 SEC) G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.2 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 15.1 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.2 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 16.9 PPG) […]
The Mavericks are back in action after the All-Star break. They are in Minnesota, where they will play the Timberwolves without Cooper Flagg. The Wolves have dominated Dallas this season, winning each of their first two matchups by 24 and 13 points, respectively. Dallas is in active tank mode, and Minnesota is just a game […]
Welcome back to “You’re Nuts,” the weekly debate where our basketball writers (typically) pick an Ohio State basketball-related topic and debate it to the death or until we hit the word limit, whichever comes first. Last week, Connor and Justin debated whether the Ohio State men’s basketball team, which is currently sitting just on the […]
A handful of the most influential college basketball media members descended on Indianapolis Thursday to go through a full mock NCAA Tournament selection process. That process resulted with Louisville earning a No. 5 seed and being the mock committee’s No. 20 overall team. Here’s the top 20 seed list the group came up with: The […]
Villanova Wildcats 21-5 (12-3) vs #5 Connecticut Huskies 24-3 (14-2) Where: Xfinity Mobile Arena (Philadelphia, PA) When: Saturday, February 21 at 5:30 PM Betting Line: Villanova +2.5 (subject to change) How to Watch: TNT + truTV How to Listen: Villanova Sports Radio Network Net Rankings: Villanova 29, Connecticut 10 (Quad 1) KenPom: Villanova 27, Connecticut 13 Torvik: Villanova 29, Connecticut 9 […]
We are in the home stretch! There are just 15 days left in the Mountain West men’s basketball regular season. In the meantime, how well does a few of our at-large candidates stack up comparatively to the field? Let’s examine! At Large Candidates: Utah State: NET: 22 KenPom: 23 Lunardi: 7-seed Bracket Matrix (out of 113 simulations; […]
After winning their last two games, Rutgers basketball will look to make it three straight as they head out to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers. After starting the season 3-1 in Big Ten play with wins over No.19 Iowa and No.22 Indiana, Minnesota hit a wall in mid January and has gone 2-9 […]