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The first game of the 2025-26 season is officially in the books, and the Deacs are 1-0. It’s really hard to tell a whole lot from these early buy games, but the thing that gave me a lot of confidence in this team was the ball movement on offense. The Deacs were swinging the ball […]
The No. 24 Wisconsin Badgers pulled away for a blowout 96-64 victory over the Campbell Fighting Camels to start the season with a bang. While the game was relatively close for the first 30 minutes, Wisconsin capped things off on a 31-4 run to seal the deal. John Blackwell was the star of the show, […]
Rutgers controlled their opening matchup against Wagner from start to finish, leading by as many as 38 early in the fourth quarter before cruising to a 29-point victory over the Seahawks. It was a night to remember for many of the transfers, as Imani Lester had a career-high 17 points to go with eight rebounds, […]
The Virginia Cavaliers opened the Ryan Odom era with a win on Monday night, beating Rider 87-53 while dominating the offensive glass and barely turning the ball over. UVA recorded 22 offensive rebounds on Monday evening. The last time the ‘Hoos grabbed that many offensive boards? Nearly 10 years ago on Nov. 13, 2015 when […]
According to the box score, Maryland’s first trip to Baltimore since December 2018 was a great success, and with a completely remade roster. The Terps won, 83-61, over Coppin State, with their best basketball coming in the final minutes to send fans back across the state feeling happy. However, it was far from a comfortable […]
LAS VEGAS—Arizona hasn’t lost the first game of a season since 2006, but with the opener against the defending national champions it was quite possible that streak could have ended on Monday night. Tommy Lloyd was okay with that. “I wasn’t really worried about winning or losing today,” Lloyd said shortly after his 13th-ranked Wildcats […]
Game Summary: Lenovo was rocking! You could see the players smiling a little when the crowd got really loud during the intros. The starting lineup was Holloman, McNeil, Copeland, Williams and Lubin. It seemed like the team was a little nervous and needed Darrion Williams to get things going. And he understood the assignment. It […]
Mizzou women’s basketball started the Kellie Harper era with a nail-biting victory over Central Arkansas 78-71. Much like the exhibition game, Mizzou women’s basketball was in a dogfight to a much smaller team. With less than 90 seconds left, the two teams were tied at 71 points apiece. The Tigers had the ball, drawing up […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois basketball picked up right where it left off. After shooting 45.9% from behind the arc and showcasing their physicality on defense and on the glass, Illinois opened its 2025-26 campaign with an 113-55 thrashing over Jackson State on Monday night at State Farm Center. It marks Illinois’ 10th straight season-opening victory. […]
FIRST HALF ANALYSIS: The first half was definitely one that was shaking off the rust and jitters of the first game. Nebraska got the first bucket of the game from Sam Hoiberg, but then promptly trailed. Cold shooting, multiple turnovers and a handful of offensive rebounds were the name of the opening 8 minutes. West […]
The Clemson Tigers (1-0) opened the season with a resounding victory over the visiting New Hampshire Wildcats (0-1) by a score of 88 to 38 on Monday night in Littlejohn Coliseum. The season opener seemed like an introductory press conference to the fans as returning senior guard Dillon Hunter was the only returning Tiger on […]
A sloppy start and a battle composed of numerous free throws was how Northwestern men’s basketball won its first season tipoff. Northwestern (1-0, 0-0 B1G) opened up the season strong and overwhelmed Mercyhurst (0-1, 0-0 NEC) 70-47. Though the ‘Cats struggled to set up the tone early and looked poor on the offensive end, the […]
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...