Latest blog entries about College Basketball
With head coach Ryan Odom at the helm, Virginia basketball is set to enter a brand new era with one of its most exciting frontcourt duos in recent memory. Odom brought in two highly anticipated prospects who could’ve taken chances at the NBA Draft in Thijs De Ridder and Johann Grünloh. While both Grünloh and […]
Northwestern women’s basketball knows it has something to prove. After multiple seasons without substantial growth, the ‘Cats challenged themselves to approach this season with greater assiduity and work ethic not just on the court, but off the court. “We have a lot of gym rats this season, and you’ll hear that term used a lot […]
After two exhibition games, the Inside NU staff predicts Northwestern’s season before games officially begin on Monday. Charlie Jacobs: 19-12 (10-10 B1G) — Sweet 16 MVP: Tre Singleton MIP: Angelo Ciaravino Most Impactful Newcomer: Tre Singleton After going in person to the Iowa State exhibition game, Northwestern held its own against one of the nation’s […]
Clemson basketball is here to save us from the pain and heartache of Clemson football. I bet you didn’t see that coming three months ago, did you? Now we’ll hope to do better predicting the season than we did for football. Clemson basketball has their ups-and-downs. The highs can be quite glorious. Last year they […]
It’s a very quick turnaround for Arsenal FC, who beat Burnley FC 2-0 in the Premier League yesterday. The W kept the Gunners top of the table, in the league, but the match brought two new injury concerns in Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres. Both are strong doubts for Tuesday night’s trip to Prague, Czech […] The post Arsenal Team News at Slavia Praha: Viktor Gyokeres, Martin Zubimendi appeared first on The Sports Bank .
Marquette women’s basketball heads into 2025-26 as a unicorn amongst college basketball teams in the transfer portal/NIL era. Everyone returns from Cara Consuegra’s first season in charge. Everyone. All 12 women. No one dipped their toe into the transfer portal, and even the two seniors that were honored at the end of last year found […]
Expectations have not been this massive in more than forty years for St. John’s. Coming off a premature Second Round exit in the NCAA Tournament that left a Big East double championship season on a bitter note, the Red Storm are looking to break through that ceiling and go even further in 2026. Hall of […]
Well, here we are. A new season is upon us when Illinois takes on Jackson State on Monday night at State Farm Center. And according to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein — our favorite guy, of course — Illinois will be without at least two players for the game. Rothstein reported Saturday that Mihailo Petrovic […]
While we’ve gotten an early look at this year’s North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team in the exhibition games against BYU and Winston-Salem State, Monday night will mark the official season opener for 2025-26. Tomorrow night, they will welcome Central Arkansas into the Smith Center to kick off this season, as they look to […]
Before last season, Mizzou needed to erase the dread from the 2023-24 season. The mission was mostly accomplished. The Tigers got back to the NCAA Tournament, but they lost a frustrating game to Drake. Entering this season, the Big Dance appears to be a reasonable expectation. Whether Mizzou gets there or not depends on a […]
Maryland men’s basketball’s 2025-26 campaign kicks off Monday in Baltimore against Coppin State. The first year of the Buzz Williams era brings endless questions for what the Terps will look like. The Crab Five — and every other scholarshipped player on last season’s team — is gone. In steps a roster made up of 10 […]
No. 10 Maryland women’s basketball comes into this season off a Sweet 16 appearance, but expectations have heightened. The Terps added a plethora of talented additions to their strong group of returners and look poised to make a deep run in 2025-26. With a few days before Maryland’s season opener against Loyola Maryland, Testudo Times […]
THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (0-0) vs Albany Great Danes (0-0) THE DATE: Monday, November 3, 2025 THE TIME: 7pm Central THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin THE TELEVISION: None WAIT, WHAT? THE GAME’S NOT ON TV? Not in the traditional sense, no. IS IT ON TV OR NOT? If I wasn’t going to be […]
Mid-Major Madness and the Anything But Mid Podcast went through each of the mid-major conferences and previewed the men’s basketball seasons ahead for each of them over the last several weeks. There were eight conference preview episodes hosted by Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne. Below are links and brief descriptions for each episode. Conference Preview […]
Welcome to another edition of 6-Banner Sunday, a joint production between The Assembly Call and Inside the Hall, where we highlight the five most essential IU basketball stories of the past week, plus take a look at how the other IU sports programs ... The post 6-Banner Sunday: IU basketball lands commitment from Vaughn Karvala appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
I guess I’m turning this into an annual tradition. Bill C. used to do a ‘Count the Ifs’ post before each football season, and once Nate came on board he took it over and has kept the tradition going with aplomb. Last year, I wanted to try the same for basketball. Missouri was coming off […]
The transfer portal in women’s college basketball is a powerful thing. Just one or two key transfers can change the entire competitive landscape of any conference, and such transfers are becoming increasingly common with the introduction of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules. If a school wants to be in the running for a top […]
Fernando Mendoza, Isaiah Jones, Kaelon Black and Mikail Kimara addressed the media following IU football’s 55-10 rout of Maryland on Saturday at SECU Stadium in College Park. Watch their postgame comments below: The post Video: IU players react to win against Maryland appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Expectations for No. 10 Maryland women’s basketball have heightened heading into the season. The Terps fell in the Sweet 16 last year, but enter the new campaign with an improved roster. For its official season opener, Maryland will take the Xfinity Center court to showcase what it has in store. The Terps host Loyola Maryland […]
Even if the on-court product will look vastly different than it did last season, Maryland men’s basketball is back. The Terps travel to Baltimore for a Monday night matchup with Coppin State, as part of the Naismith Hall of Fame Series, to open their year. Much has been made of how head coach Buzz Williams’ […]
The Missouri Tigers welcomed in conference opponent Vanderbilt (women) and D2 McKendree (men/women) to the gorgeous Mizzou Aquatic Center — I love that place and have such fond memories of it from my coaching days — on November 1, and came away with a very convincing sweep in the double dual, with the men beating […]
The 2024-25 Virginia Tech Hokies went into last season with zero expectations. When transfer guard Hysier Miller was released from the team just before the season even began, it left the Hokies thin in the backcourt, specifically, at point guard. The season went as expected. The Hokies went 13-19 and were 8-12 in ACC play. […]
As it is Halloween, we figured the time was right to throw back to when we had an exclusive with U.S. Women’s National Team Captain Alex Morgan and talked about the most famous of all her Halloween costumes. Remember when Morgan and Sydney Leroux won the internet that Halloween with their going as U.S. Gymnastics […] The post Alex Morgan on her McKayla Maroney Halloween Costume (Exclusive) appeared first on The Sports Bank .
Liverpool entered this match in sore need of a win. 4 straight Premier League losses will create that air of desperation. And given the result mid-week, Arne Slot and the rest of the squad certainly felt waves of pressure. Thankfully, Liverpool were able to earn the W with the kind of play that should inspire […]
After several weeks of uproar, it felt as if a dark cloud of apathy had been cast over the Kentucky football program. A trip to 4-4 Auburn wasn’t exactly a recipe to ignite a fire under the Big Blue Nation. But playing an SEC game under the lights is always enough to reel us back […]