Latest blog entries about College Basketball
On a night when the Red Storm returning players received their Big East championship rings, the Johnnies’ star-studded six-man transfer class showed they wanted to claim their own bling this season. St. John’s looked every part like a fifth-ranked team in their curtain raiser for the 2025-26 season, leaving nothing to chance and decimating Quinnipiac […]
Iowa State got the 2025-2026 season off to a good start Monday night against Fairleigh Dickinson in Hilton Coliseum, earning an 88-50 win over the Knights. The Cyclones started the game with Tamin Lipsey, Josh Jefferson, and Milan Momcilovic on the floor, along with Virginia transfer Blake Buchanan and true freshman Frenchman Killyan Toure, who […]
The Wisconsin Badgers started off their season with a big win, running away with a 96-64 victory over the Campbell Fighting Camels in the opener at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin had a slow start on both sides, but surged to end the first half, scoring 47 points in the first 20 minutes. Then, after Campbell […]
Alabama hosted the North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Coleman Coliseum tonight and took care of business, blowing out the visitors by a score of 91-62. In general, the Tide did what they were supposed to do against an overmatched foe. The game was never in doubt past the first few minutes of action, and the […]
That is one in the books. This post-game article won’t include the usual recap of the game as I did not get to catch the whole game. I picked it up at halftime and saw the 2nd half. Earlier today, on our weekly call, the TOC writers tried to make predictions for the opener. Lucas […]
Thijs de Ridder put on a show in his official debut for the Virginia Cavaliers. The 22-year old Belgian forward scored 21 points on 10-for-14 shooting from the field (1-for-2 from deep) in his 24 minutes. He added 10 rebounds with six coming on the offensive glass as he registered a double-double in his first […]
As a former Penn State basketball coach would say, Penn State’s season-opening win over Fairfield was “gritty, not pretty.” For most of the night, the Nittany Lions flirted with disaster against a 15-point underdog Stags team, but put together a run when they absolutely had to late in the game in order to secure the […]
LAS VEGAS—Welcome to college basketball, Koa Peat. It sure doesn’t look like you’ll be here for long. And thanks for sticking around, Jaden Bradley. Peat, the highly touted freshman who played for Tommy Lloyd over the summer with Team USA, had arguably the best debut in school history while Bradley looked every bit the senior […]
The 2025 season is under way for UCF Knights Women’s Hoops as they hosted the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Addition Financial Arena in a 75-36 win. Khyala is an X-Factor She may have had only three points in the first quarter, but veteran Khyala Ngodu was doing everything else to get the Knights off the ground […]
On Monday night, the BC men’s basketball team opened their season down in Boca Raton against the FAU Owls. After a season in which they finished 16th in the ACC, BC is looking to rebound with a revitalized core around star guard Donald Hand. FAU, meanwhile, had an offseason with a huge amount of roster […]
The No. 4 UConn men’s basketball team picked up its first win of the 2025-2026 season, dispatching the University of New Haven, 79-55. Alex Karaban led the way with 19 points and 10 rebounds, his third double-double of his career. Solo Ball added 18 points and five rebounds, while Jaylin Stewart chipped in 11 points […]
Caleb Wilson entered his first real game in the Dean Dome with massive amounts of hype. The freshman looked good in exhibition play, and he more than carried that over into the start of the regular season as he and the Tar Heels kicked off the year with a 94-54 win over Central Arkansas. The […]
The SMU Mustangs face the Grambling Tigers on November 4, 2025 ET in the opener of the 2025-26 season for both teams. SMU went 10-20 last season. Last season Grambling went 15-15. Watch women’s college basketball , other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up. When is SMU vs. Grambling and when does it start? This game between the Mustangs and Tigers is sched...
Freshman Lea Bartelme received a pass at the top of the key early in the second quarter of No. 10 Maryland women’s basketball’s season opener against Loyola Maryland. The guard had a good look at the hoop, but didn’t field the pass cleanly. Instead, she swung it to a wide open Saylor Poffenbarger, who splashed […]
Washington D.C. is one of America’s most prominent melting pots. High diversity exists in the city’s people, food and other major aspects. 15 minutes north of the U.S. Capitol, high diversity existed in Mizzou men’s basketball’s 88-67 victory over Howard. All nine players who saw the floor scored, and Shawn Phillips II led the way with […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team won its season-opener against the Binghamton Bearcats, cruising to an 85-47 victory at the JMA Wireless Dome. The Syracuse defense limited Binghamton to just 33.3% shooting on the night and forced 22 Bearcat turnovers. Donnie Freeman led the way with 20 points and 6 rebounds. William […]
Entering a season full of unknowns, Maryland men’s basketball had plenty of early-season questions to answer. One of them was how well the team would finish games and respond to adversity as a completely fresh group of faces. Against Coppin State Monday, the Terps passed their first test, but not without some scares. Despite struggling […]
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries provided an update on the health of junior guard Nick Dorn during his regular radio show on Monday ahead of the Hoosiers’ season opener against Alabama A&M on Wednesday. DeVries said that Indiana hopes Dorn will be available against the Bulldogs and got some good news on his […]
Per a conversation with Spokesman-Review’s Theo Lawson before the Texas Southern matchup, Gonzaga freshman center Parker Jefferson plans to redshirt during the 2025-26 season. This makes sense given all the talent at the power forward/center spots in front of him. The three-star recruit from Waxahachie, Texas, played his senior year of high school basketball with Inglewood […]
Inside IU basketball with Darian DeVries made its debut Monday night from Hoosier Hank’s in Bloomington. The first-year IU coach sat with the voice of the Hoosiers, Don Fischer, ahead of the regular season opener against Alabama A&M on Wednesday ... The post News and notes from Inside IU basketball with Darian DeVries appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
The college basketball season is officially upon us, as the No. 24 Wisconsin Badgers are hosting the Campbell Fighting Camels in their season opener on Monday night. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Kohl Center. The Badgers had two exhibition games ahead of the regular season. They kicked things off with a tight […]
Indiana men’s basketball’s uniforms will include a patch honoring the 1975-76 Hoosiers, which went 32-0 and won the national championship, the program’s third and head coach Bob Knight’s first. They’re the last men’s college basketball team to have gone undefeated and won the national championship. The patches coincide with a slight redesign of the uniforms […]
The #7 ranked Duke women started the basketball season in the City of Lights but Baylor’s Taliah Scott racked up 24 to lead the #16 Bears to the 58-52 upset in Paris. Half of Scott’s points came in the 4th quarter as Baylor simply outplayed the Blue Devils down the stretch. Toby Fournier was the […]
It’s basketball season, and sadly I have yet to figure out how to make tables with the goofy old logos. Game time is 7 PM CT and we’re on the SEC Network+ tonight. Looking forward to Year 2 of Mark Byington after the sadness of the Bryce Drew and Jerry Stackhouse eras. Anchor Down.
The Bulldogs are in town and Niko Medved is starting his tenure with Minnesota.