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Kentucky Basketball vs. Louisville Cardinals ___________________________________________________________ Kentucky vs. Louisville is one of the best rivalries in college sports, and this year’s chapter in the series is the most anticipated in years. Facing off on Tuesday night in the KFC Yum! Center, the two teams will face off in the earliest game of the series’ history, […]
Kansas looks to rebound from Friday’s frustrating loss at UNC with an easy one at Allen Fieldhouse. Tonight they’ll take on Texas A&M Corpus Cristi. Game time: 7pm Jayhawk Time TV/Streaming: ESPN+ TAMUCC comes in as KenPom’s 262nd ranked team (Kansas is 28th), which makes them slightly more formidable than KU’s first test against Green […]
The rivalry means everything, but for Kentucky, it’s just business. It’s rivalry day in the Commonwealth, and that means one thing: Kentucky and Louisville are about to square off again. For Louisville fans, this feels like their moment. They’re at home, they opened as the favorite, and they’re desperate to prove something that’s been slipping […]
The usual plan for Ohio State women’s basketball is to hit near the roster-size max, redshirt a handful of players for developmental purposes, and then rotate around 10 players into meaningful game moments. This is not the usual season for the Buckeyes. Head coach Kevin McGuff’s 11-player roster, with only five athletes who saw time […]
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The magnitude whenever Kentucky and Louisville are playing each other on the hardwood is always palpable. But with the game between the Wildcats and Cardinals happening on Veteran’s Day, Tuesday, there’s a different magnitude with the Bluegrass Rivalry being played in just the third game of the season for both teams. Still, though, the intensity […]
Ohio State’s men’s basketball team is off to a 2-0 start a week into the 2025-26 college basketball season. Even though the first two games were only against IU Indianapolis and Purdue Fort Wayne, there was a lot to like in the victories. While the Buckeyes have a lot of work to do to make […]
The men’s hockey team fell to No. 5 after dropping both games to Michigan State. What went wrong for Penn State hockey against Michigan State. Women’s hockey is off to a hot start, but a tough five-game stretch is on the horizon. Women’s volleyball moved up a spot in the AVCA Poll. How improbable was […]
Whenever an outsider asks me to try and explain the significance of basketball in the state of Kentucky, there’s always one story that pops into my head before any other gets there. I was working at a law firm downtown in 2009, and on this particular day I was watching the front desk while the […]
Another one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustAnd another one gone, and another one goneAnother one bites the dust (yeah)Hey, I’m gonna get you, tooAnother one bites the dust Another One Bites the Dust – Queen Another one bites the dust is a perfect example for what the beginning of the season looks like […]
There are really only two words that can accurately describe the success Northwestern saw last night in its highest scoring output since Dec. 2020 against Chicago State: heat check. Every basketball player has had it at one point or another, for better or for worse. Sometimes, you end up like Denzel Valentine, becoming a never-ending […]
With college hoops season now in full swing, it is a crazy time for the sports world. Between the NFL, college football, NBA, NHL and now college basketball, it’s a lot to keep up with. That’s why we decided to create a new weekly segment updating you with the what’s been happening in the Big […]
BYU added the fourth commitment to its 2026 class as Egyptian big man Abdullah Ahmed announced his commitment to BYU on Tuesday. Ahmed took an official visit to BYU over the weekend and chose BYU over other finalist Houston. He is expected to enroll at BYU mid-year for Winter Semester. Ahmed is listed at 6-foot-10 […]
The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Ball State Cardinals on Tuesday, looking to improve to 3-0 after back-to-back wins to kick off the season last week. Wisconsin opened things with a 96-64 win over Campbell last Monday at the Kohl Center, using a 29-2 run to end the game after a fairly close battle […]
Following Saturday’s 87-43 demolition of New Haven on the road, Penn State basketball returns to the Bryce Jordan Center to take on the Navy Midshipmen. How to Watch Who: Navy MidshipmenWhen: Tuesday, November 11Where: Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PATime: 6:30pmTV: Big Ten NetworkRadio: Penn State Sports Network Scouting the Opposition Jon Perry is in […]
Time: 6:30 PM Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 Location: Detroit, Michigan | Little Caesars Arena (20,332 capacity) TV: Fox Sports 1 Streaming: Fox Sports App Radio: Wake Forest Learfield Sports Network, Demon Deacons App (IOS | Android) Live Stats: Stat Broadcast Twitter: @WakeMBB | @BloggerSoDear | @EssexThayer7 | @Les_Johns | @ConorONeill_DI Instagram: @WakeBasketball Spread: Wake +13.5 Over/Under: 13.5 Wake’s Rating: KenPom: 66 | NET: N/A Opponent’s Rating: KenPom: 9 […]
Indiana men’s basketball (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Milwaukee on Wednesday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of a dominant 100-77 win over Marquette on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago, Darian DeVries’ first win over a high major as Indiana’s head coach. Here’s three […]
After one week of action under head coach Kellie Harper, the Mizzou women’s basketball is off to a 2-0 start with close wins over Central Arkansas and Tulane. While those games were very different in terms of pacing and contributors, the result was the same. “I think we’ve seen quite a bit of growth in […]
Last week, the 2025-26 college basketball season got going, and the North Carolina Tar Heels are off to a pretty good start. On the men’s side of things, after an easy win over Central Arkansas, Carolina put up a massive second half to beat Kansas in one of the most high profile games of the […]
Just over one week into the 2025-26 season, and it’s business as usual for Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks. At 2-0 with an average margin of victory of 53.5 points, South Carolina maintained their No. 2 ranking in the AP poll, again collecting two first-place votes. Tuesday brings the Gamecocks’ first Power Four […]
The Virginia Cavaliers dropped their first game since September, falling 16-9 to Wake Forest. Now at 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC, the ‘Hoos will look to rebound this weekend at Duke. More on that game coming later, but for now, a look at who and what is trending up and down coming out […]
The Virginia Cavaliers are back in action Tuesday night for the third game of the Ryan Odom era, as the ’Hoos get set to host the Hampton Pirates. In what will be the third of four straight home games to begin the 2025-26 season, Odom and the Cavaliers are looking to build on two solid […]
BYU Basketball’s third game of the season is on Tuesday night at the Marriott Center against the Delaware Blue Hens. The BYU Cougars are 2-0 and most recently played on Saturday night in Provo against the Holy Cross Crusaders. BYU won that one by a final score of 98-53. Delaware, out of Conference USA, is […]
Kiyan Anthony is a heck of a basketball player. A true freshman at 18-years old, Anthony is off to a stellar start with the Syracuse basketball program. His offensive skills are off the charts and he’s only going to continue to get better. He scored 15 points in his debut and 19 points in his […]
Kansas Jayhawks News Here’s an interesting look at how some former Jayhawks are doing at their new programs after transferring out of Lawrence Since I didn’t post any links yesterday, here’s a recap of Saturday’s loss to Arizona from the UDK Here’s the KC Star’s report card from Saturday The Kansas soccer team lost to […]