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Michigan State is coming off an embarrassing showing in Madison as the Badgers absolutely dominated every aspect of the game. This week, MSU is back home to take on the Bruins, Feb 17 at 8:30pm on Peacock. UCLA Overview Valentine’s Day had no love for the Bruins as they were manhandled by 30 points in […]
The Men’s and Women’s tournaments are already heading for a fever pitch! Let’s get after it! Women’s Tournament Semifinal Game 1: Sweden vs. USA – A Game of Tests The Swedes got here out of the kind of rock solid game they’ve been bringing all tournament meeting the Czechs, and through 60 minutes of solid […]
As expected, Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats fell out of the AP Top 25 Poll and are no longer ranked. They’re still getting the fifth-most votes in the AP Poll and the sixth-most votes in the Coaches Poll, so a strong week could push them back into the top 25. Meanwhile, Kenny Brooks’ squad rose up […]
Hello and happy holiday Monday, folks. Very nice of the federal government to give Sam Kennedy and Larry Lucchino (RIP) their own dedicated holiday today. Good news for ya: we officially get to see the Red Sox play some baseball this week! Boston’s first game of the spring, their annual tuneup against Northeastern University, will […]
On Saturday, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee shared the first Top 16 reveal of the season, projecting the top four seeds for each of the four NCAA Tournament regions. Fort Worth 1 regional Sacramento 2 regional Forth Worth 3 regional Sacramento 4 regional While such forecasts are fun, it’s often foolish to try […]
Class of 2027 four-star athlete Braden Gordon has officially trimmed his list to five schools, and Kentucky remains firmly in the hunt. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound standout from Alabama announced that his finalists include Kentucky, Auburn, Florida, Miami (FL), and Georgia Tech, according to Chad Simmons of Rivals. Kentucky is on the list after head coach […]
Before Mike Krzyzewski got to Duke in 1980, we had the relatively brief Bill Foster era. Foster was more of a builder than a sustainer. He did a nice job at Rutgers, then again at Utah, before moving to Duke. He found some underappreciated talent in Jim Spanarkel, then Mike Gminski when he was college-eligible […]
In Tommy Lloyd’s first season, it was Kerr Kriisa. The second year it was Oumar Ballo. Then Henri Veesaar in 2023-24 and Motiejus Krivas last season. Injuries and absences are a part of every sport, and Arizona has not been immune from this. It just hadn’t happened to the current Wildcats team until Saturday, when […]
When Canada lost to Czechia in the semifinals of the World Junior Championship, Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale texted Spartan forward Porter Martone...
Portland Trail Blazers guard Caleb Love was inducted into the University of Arizona’s Ring of Honor yesterday (Feb. 14) in a ceremony honoring his two seasons with the school. From Justin Spears of the Arizona Daily Star: The former Pac-12 Player of the Year, who is the only player in program history to be named […]
Arizona softball wrapped up the Bear Down Fiesta on Sunday with an 8-0 victory over Creighton to move to 8-3 on the season. Our recap of the game can be found here. Below is what Caitlin Lowe, Tayler Biehl and Emma Kavanagh had to say after the game: Lowe on Arizona winning despite not having […]
As reported by multiple sources, led by Matt Norlander of CBS, Kansas State has fired men’s head basketball coach Jerome Tang. The dismissal comes in the wake of widely publicized comments at a press conference following the Cincinnati loss on Wednesday, a 91-62 humiliation at Bramlage that stands as one of K-State’s worst home losses […]
The signature of this team is a balanced attack and that is exactly what the Cards used to wear down Florida State tonight. The end of the first quarter Louisville held a 19-12 lead but they subsequently took control of the game. Coach Walz said, “The first half I thought we defended extremely well. Offensively […]
The Big East Conference announced that Providence forward Duncan Powell will be suspended for his next three games for his actions in the fight that broke out during Saturday’s game between St. John’s and Providence. Powell’s punishment includes an automatic one-game suspension mandated by NCAA rules for fighting. Besides Powell, no other players involved in […]
If you’ve been on the hellhole that is X in recent days, you’ve probably seen some of the conversation about Orange Krush. And the dialogue hasn’t been great toward the Illini’s basketball fan section. After the crowd appeared to be quite quiet toward the end of Illinois’ upset loss to Wisconsin on Tuesday night, Orange […]
Maryland women’s basketball took down Ohio State on the road in a thrilling 19-point comeback, for maybe its most impressive win of the season. It marked the Terps’ fourth straight win, as they continue to build momentum with just three regular season games remaining. Here are three takeaways from the thrilling contest. Frese made key […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In the aftermath of Indiana’s 71-51 loss to No. 8 Illinois on Sunday afternoon, Darian DeVries took the podium alongside Sam Alexis to field questions from reporters. Just one of the 11 questions asked was directed at ... The post ‘We just got to be tougher,’ rebounding plagues IU basketball in blowout loss to Illinois appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
The up and down Notre Dame women’s basketball team did a great job inside Purcell Paviliomn to take down the 3rd place NC State Wolfpack in a 79-67 ACC matchup.
The Syracuse Orange come to town on Monday night, and Duke has to do a quick turnaround to face them. We preview the upcoming game on DBR Bites #144. The Orange have some good players to look out for, but they haven’t been able to find the consistency as a team. We go through who […]
UCF’s 74-67 loss to West Virginia was the Knights’ third loss in a row after three straight wins, and their first loss at home to an unranked team this season. Make no mistake: The Knights are on the NCAA Tournament bubble. But with six games left in the regular season and the Big 12 Tournament […]
Michigan State Women’s Basketball traveled to Ann Arbor today for a rematch with #7 Michigan. The Spartans entered the game at 20-5 overall and 9-5 in the Big Ten, which put MSU in sixth place in the Conference. Michigan came in at 21-4 overall and second in the Big Ten at 12-2. How we got […]
I’m not going to have a voice after this week at Hilton. Shucks. In one of the tightest games of the season, the Cyclones beat Kansas State 76-72 in a thriller. Jada Williams and Audi Crooks led the way with 22 and 20 points respectively, while Taryn Sides netted 23 points for the Wildcats. With […]
Richie Saunders announced Sunday that he tore his ACL vs Colorado and will miss the remainder of the season. There’s no way to spin this — BYU is worse without Richie and can’t replace him no matter how hard they scheme. Richie is one of the best shooters in the country and his motor is […]
It was no surprise but at least it was official. Arizona guard Micky Perdue announced that her college career is over this afternoon via her social media accounts. Perdue transferred to Arizona after stints at Toledo, Glenville State, and Cleveland State. She helped Glenville State reach the Division II Final Four in 2023 before transferring […]
Despite a furious comeback attempt and strong performance from Kat Righeimer, Northwestern’s (8-17, 2-12 B1G) late-game fouling plagued the team down the stretch, as it lost 81-71 to Penn State (9-17, 2-13 BIG) at Rec Hall Friday night. Righeimer led NU with the game of her life, scoring 18 points on 5-of-6 shooting, crushing her […]