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After months of anticipation, the Wisconsin Badgers tipped off the 2025–26 season in style, rolling past Campbell 96–64 at the Kohl Center. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the kind of performance that showcased both the team’s offensive depth and its potential ceiling. Here’s what we learned from the Badgers’ season-opening win. John Blackwell is […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It’s early in the week and that means that it’s time for you all to be […]
Indiana men’s basketball is set to tip off the 2025-26 season on Wednesday against Alabama A&M for the first official game of the Darian DeVries era in Bloomington. It’s a new-look roster for the Hoosiers, with no holdovers from Mike Woodson’s final 2024-25 team. DeVries and his new staff added several new players from the […]
Indiana women’s basketball is set to tip off the 2025-26 season on Wednesday against Lipscomb for the official debut of head coach Teri Moren’s new-look roster. Moren, the most successful coach in program history, is entering her 12th season in Bloomington and perhaps her most pivotal. She maintained the standard with another NCAA tournament appearance […]
UConn men’s basketball kicked off the 2025-26 season with a 79-55 win over New Haven at Gampel Pavilion on Monday night. While the game was not the blowout Vegas and some Huskies fans may have expected, UConn was firmly in control from start to finish and picked up the victory. Our staff weighs in with […]
The ball has been tipped. The buzzer horn has gone off. The refs are reffing. The hardwood is squeaking. Friends, college basketball day 1 has come and gone and with that, plenty of things we loved and hated. Let’s run down some of those. Love: Division II showcase Mid-Major Madness strives to be an inclusive […]
We’re back to your regularly scheduled programming this week! This week’s coverage (pushed back a day to include women’s basketball) includes photos from swim and dive’s meet against Vanderbilt and McKendree and women’s basketball’s season opener win against Central Arkansas. Coach Grevers is known to be very animated during meets, and keeping that in mind, […]
BYU opened up its most anticipated season in program history with a 71-66 win over Villanova in Las Vegas. The Wildcats are breaking in nearly an entire new roster after hiring Kevin Willard from Maryland, but this was a solid way to open the season and should be a Quad one or Quad two win […]
First-year IU coach Darian DeVries addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Wednesday’s season opener against Alabama A&M at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch the full media availability below: The post Video: Darian DeVries media availability ahead of season opener appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Mark Pope was so distraught after Kentucky lost 84-70 to Georgetown in their second exhibition game that he resembled Coach Herb Brooks in the movie “Miracle,” after Team USA lost 10-3 to the Soviet Union in a friendly prior to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. That’s how much he cares about this team, […]
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We had our most upset-filled week of the season, with New Mexico stunning UNLV, Fresno State stomping Boise State, and San Jose State outgunning Hawaii, all of those going down on the road! We’ll break down all three of […]
Felisha Legette-Jack’s team opens the 2025-26 season tonight against the Stony Brook Seawolves. The Orange roster didn’t turn over as much as the men’s did, but Syracuse is still looking to find the right combination of players to get back to the NCAA Tournament. Here’s what we’re predicting for this season: Kevin 15-14 (7-11 ACC) […]
Monkeys. No, I don’t mean the cute ones who invade the screens of Friends and Outbreak (though those were as dangerous as they were cute). Nor do I mean the winged ones who wreaked havoc on Dorothy and her friends in The Wizard of Oz. No, I am talking about the imaginary ones who climb […]
In a hostile environment that could have been mistaken for Provo instead of Las Vegas’ T-Mobile arena, Villanova battled but ultimately fell, 71-66, to #8 BYU in Monday night’s season opener. Villanova went into the half down by 10, but encouragingly were able to come back and take a 59-57 lead with 6:28 to play. […]
Arizona men’s basketball is already reaping the benefits of a loaded freshman class. Another one might on the way, beginning with the commitment announcement of four-star prospect Cameron Holmes. Holmes, a 6-foot-6 small forward in the class of 2026 out of Goodyear, Ariz., is set to announce his college decision Sunday Nov. 9th, he told […]
—Spread check (football): Louisville by 19.5 —It’s opening night for the Louisville women’s basketball team, which faces reigning national champion and preseason No. 1 UConn in Annapolis. Here’s a preview. —The Athletic’s Austin Mock projects that Louisville will be No. 12 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, which will be released tonight at 8. […]
Like every other November, the sound of basketballs bouncing against the hardwood, smoke shooting into the air and “Dream On” by Aerosmith filled Welsh-Ryan Arena for the first time in six months on Monday night. But the players that walked out of the home team tunnel were an entirely new bunch. Sure, senior forward Nick […]
And now, with the first Marquette men’s basketball game of the season in the books, let’s overreact to what we saw in the 40 minutes of action at Fiserv Forum against Albany. It’s Just One Game, BUT… Sean Jones can’t turn the ball over every five minutes for the rest of the season. We’re all […]
The Wisconsin Badgers began their season with a 96-64 win over Campbell. While the score looks like another opening-season blowout that other ranked teams accomplished on Monday night, Campbell put some scares into the Badgers. The Fighting Camels, in former Florida Gators assistant John Andrzejek’s debut as head coach, cut Wisconsin’s lead to five on […]
Each week, we’ll take a look at what other college football media sites are saying about the Syracuse Orange. Let’s see what they are saying after the Orange’s offensive disaster against North Carolina Syracuse.Com Football reporter Javon Edmonds moves Syracuse down 4 to 16th between North Carolina and Boston College. Miami is ranked 5th this week. […]
Husky hoops is back, and the football team hits the road coming off their bye. To the dots! Basketball Dots: Football Dots:
Another Chicago basketball team started its season on the right foot. Facing off against Cleveland State University on their home court, Loyola-Chicago walked away with a tight 91-88 victory on Monday night. The Ramblers found themselves inbounding the ball along the baseline with 2.6 seconds left on the clock. As the ref blew the whistle and handed Justin Moore the ball, guard Deywilk Tavarez hustled along the perimeter to the strong side corner. Moore quickly fed him the ball. Tava...
Aiden Fink will be out for the foreseeable future, per head coach Guy Gadowsky. How Penn State hockey will adjust to life without Aiden Fink. Penn State hockey’s series against Michigan State is officially a Top-3 showdown. Penn State women’s hockey remains undefeated after posting consecutive shutouts. The women’s volleyball team is barely in the […]
Even though it is football season, college basketball season is just around the corner with the Buckeyes tipping off on Nov. 3. There were a lot of roster changes for the Buckeyes heading into the 2025-26 season, and over the next couple of months we will be dropping one player preview a week to get […]
Caleb Wilson came out of fire, scoring the first ten points of his UNC career all on dunks as he led the Heels to a dominant 94-54 win in Chapel Hill on Monday night. He hit 8-10 shots from the field and would finish as UNC’s leading scorer with 22 points. It’s rare to see […]