Who’s Playing Illinois @ Northwestern Current Records: Illinois 9-4; Northwestern 10-3 What to Know The Illinois Fighting Illini are 10-3 against the Northwestern Wildcats since February of 2016, and they’ll have a chance to extend that success Wednesday. Illinois and Northwestern will face off in a Big Ten battle at 9 p.m. ET at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Fighting Illini won …

NBA confirms controversial foul calls against Kings vs. Jazz originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea In what ended up being another down-to-the-wire dogfight between the Kings and Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, the NBA confirmed two late controversial calls against Sacramento were correct. With 56.9 seconds remaining in the game, Utah’s Kelly Olynyk was inbounding the ball when a whistle …

Who’s Playing Colorado State @ Nevada Current Records: Colorado State 8-7; Nevada 12-3 What to Know The Colorado State Rams won both of their matches against the Nevada Wolf Pack last season (77-66 and 82-72) and are aiming for the same result Wednesday. Colorado State and Nevada will face off in a Mountain West battle at 10:30 p.m. ET at …

Embiid ruled out vs. Pacers following 16 straight appearances originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The day after being named the Eastern Conference’s Player of the Month, Joel Embiid was sidelined for the Sixers. A little under two hours before tipping off Wednesday night against the Pacers at Wells Fargo Center, the team officially ruled Embiid out because of left …

An SEC battle is on tap between the No. 22 Auburn Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Stegeman Coliseum. UGA is 10-3 overall and 8-0 at home, while the Tigers are 11-2 overall and 1-1 on the road. It’s a series that Auburn has dominated of late, with the Tigers winning eight of the …

The Brooklyn Nets bring the NBA’s longest winning streak to Chicago on Wednesday evening. The Nets are 25-12 after 12 consecutive victories, while the Bulls are 16-21 overall and 9-9 at United Center. Royce O’Neale (illness) and Markieff Morris (illness) are listed as probable for Brooklyn. Lonzo Ball (knee), Tony Bradley (personal), and Javonte Green (knee) are out for Chicago. …

Without junior guard LJ Cryer (concussion) in the lineup against Iowa State, No. 19 Baylor (10-3) lost its third game of the season on New Year’s Eve. Cryer is out of concussion protocol and is expected back for the Bears when they host No. 17 TCU on Wednesday night. Although the Horned Frogs’ football team will play for a national …

As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to build off their two-game winning streak when they play host to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. They will look to build a winning streak and continue to grow as a team. They will have to do so without Joel Embiid who will be held out due to left foot soreness. He was listed as …

The No. 16 Duke Blue Devils will look to continue their recent dominance over the North Carolina State Wolfpack when they meet in a key ACC matchup on Wednesday night. The Blue Devils (11-3, 2-1), who have won eight of the past 11 meetings with NC State, have been strong on defense this season. Duke has held 13 of 14 …

The New York Knicks (20-18) host the San Antonio Spurs (12-25) in a battle on Wednesday night. The Spurs are going for the season sweep against the Knicks, as on Dec. 29, San Antonio topped New York 122-115. The Knicks roll into this game on a two-game win streak, while San Antonio is on a two-game skid. RJ Barrett (finger) …

Getty Images New Mexico became the latest — and last — undefeated team in men’s college basketball to take a loss on Tuesday as it fell on the road at Fresno State 71-67. The Lobos were the only undefeated team left standing in the sport after previously-unbeaten UConn fell on Saturday and previously-unbeaten Purdue stumbled on Tuesday. New Mexico led …

Patrick Williams owns missed box-out on Mitchell putback originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago On a night Donovan Mitchell became just the seventh player in NBA history to score 70 points in a game, all the Chicago Bulls could do was rue another opportunity lost. An opportunity to notch a quality road win over the fourth-seeded Cavaliers, who overcame a …

The No. 25 Iowa State Cyclones and the Oklahoma Sooners are set to square off in a Big 12 battle at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Lloyd Noble Center. Oklahoma is 9-4 overall and 5-2 at home, while the Cyclones are 10-2 overall and 0-1 on the road. Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser and Iowa State head coach …

The Miami Heat have won four of their last five games heading into their matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Miami (20-18) has been in Los Angeles all week, beating the Clippers in a 110-100 final on Monday. The Lakers (16-21) won for the third time in four games when they beat the Hornets on Monday, continuing …

Now that the calendar has flipped to 2023 and conference play is underway, the college basketball season is full steam ahead. Almost every night, there will be a chance for a top team to make another strong statement, a potential bubble team to add a big win to its résumé (or avoid a bad loss) and a struggling team to …

When the Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Tuesday afternoon that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would be out for their matchup with the league-leading Boston Celtics due to an illness, all signs pointed to a blowout. That was indeed what happened, just not in the way everyone expected. The Thunder embarrassed the Celtics setting a new franchise record for points in a 150-117 …

Georgetown (5-10) is one victory away from matching their win total from all of last season, and they’re next chance to get it comes on Wednesday at home against Villanova (7-7). The Hoyas are still looking for their first conference win of the season, while Villanova is 1-2 in the Big East. Wildcats guard Caleb Daniels is the top returning …

The Boston Celtics played some of their worst basketball in recent memory against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night in a 150-117 blowout road loss to the Thunder, and they knew exactly why postgame. “We got our ass kicked. That’s what happened,” said Jaylen Brown via CLNS Media. “You come out, you take it for granted, that’s what happens.” …

USATSI After winning just 14 games last season and making a change in leadership, Kansas State was picked to finish last in the Big 12 this year in a poll of the league’s 10 head head coaches. And KSU might still finish last. The Big 12 is ridiculous and capable of eating up just about anybody other than Kansas. Every member …

On Monday night, 22 players scored at least 25 points across the the NBA. Of those 22, 10 recorded at least 30, five crested 40 and two hit for 50-plus: Klay Thompson with 54, and Donovan Mitchell with 71, that latter of which goes down as the highest single-game output since Kobe Bryant’s 81-piece in 2006.  Before we could even …

There was some predictable, dismayed reactions to the NCAA Division I Transformation Committee’s official set of recommendations released on Tuesday. The most notable proposal is the option for D-I sports with 200-plus teams to allow championship brackets to fill by as many as 25% of that sport’s membership. In college basketball, this means the bracket could grow as large as 90 …

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise retired legendary head coach and team president Arnold Jacob “Red” Auerbach’s jersey number in 1986. Of course, Auerbach had given up the sport as a player long before becoming part of the Celtics organization, having played collegiately for George Washington University before the Second World War began. Rather, it was …

Eight weeks into the college basketball season, true freshmen across the country are still popping up as surprises as this season wears on. The talent pool for youngsters is deep and wide with more than a dozen viable candidates weekly worthy of a mention in our Frosh Watch rankings. This week is just another example of that with Ohio State …

On Monday night, 22 players scored at least 25 points across the the NBA. Of those 22, 10 recorded at least 30, five crested 40 and two hit for 50-plus: Klay Thompson with 54, and Donovan Mitchell with 71, that latter of which goes down as the highest single-game output since Kobe Bryant’s 81-piece in 2006.  Before we could even …

No. 8 Tennessee hosts Mississippi State in an SEC college basketball matchup on Tuesday evening. The Volunteers are 11-2 overall and have won two games in a row. Likewise, Mississippi State also owns an 11-2 record but has dropped two consecutive games. The Volunteers lead the all-time series 88-44 and they have a three-game head-to-head winning streak. Tennessee defeated the Bulldogs …