College Basketball

Western Illinois Leathernecks (2-2) at Northern Iowa Panthers (2-2) Cedar Falls, Iowa; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northern Iowa hosts Western Illinois after Jacob Hutson scored 22 points in Northern Iowa’s 79-73 loss to the Wichita State Shockers. Northern Iowa went 19-14 overall with an 11-3 record at home during the 2023-24 season. The Panthers shot 45.6% from the …

UNC Wilmington Seahawks (3-0) at Kansas Jayhawks (4-0) Lawrence, Kansas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UNC Wilmington plays No. 1 Kansas after Donovan Newby scored 20 points in UNC Wilmington’s 89-85 win over the South Carolina Upstate Spartans. Kansas finished 15-1 at home last season while going 23-11 overall. The Jayhawks averaged 75.6 points per game last season, 13.4 …

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (3-2) at Wisconsin Badgers (4-0) Madison, Wisconsin; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Badgers -20; over/under is 155.5 BOTTOM LINE: Wisconsin hosts UT Rio Grande Valley after John Tonje scored 41 points in Wisconsin’s 103-88 victory over the Arizona Wildcats. Wisconsin went 14-3 at home last season while going 22-14 overall. The Badgers shot …

Mar 8, 2024; Greensboro, NC, USA; General view of the ACC logo before the game between Notre Dame vs Louisville at Greensboro Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports We still are in the early stages of the college basketball season. Naturally, that means ACC teams still are figuring out who they are. For the moment though, we have an …

Nov 4, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg talks to players during the first half against the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The Nebraska Cornhuskers faced its first big test of the season, traveling to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to battle West Coast Conference foe Saint Mary’s. …

North Dakota State Bison (2-2) at Southern Illinois Salukis (1-2) Carbondale, Illinois; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Salukis -7.5; over/under is 154 BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois takes on North Dakota State after Elijah Elliott scored 21 points in Southern Illinois’ 85-78 loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Southern Illinois finished 19-13 overall with a 13-5 record at home …

Already receiving votes in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, and knocking on the door of the top 25, UCF is off to a 3-0 start for just the second time in its last seven seasons. The Knights scored a victory against a top-15 opponent to kick off the campaign and defended their home floor further against a …

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope said he understood the assignment when he was hired. We’ll find out on Tuesday, when the Wildcats play Lipscomb, to what extent he did. Easily beating Wright State and Bucknell the first two games didn’t add anything to the imagination of what this version of the Wildcats could be. Rallying to beat Duke and its …

FAYETTEVILLE — The No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks (2-1, 0-0 SEC) are back in action Monday night as they are set to host the Pacific Tigers (3-2, 0-0 WCC) inside Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas comes into the game after sneaking past Troy last Tuesday, while the Tigers’ last game was a three-point loss to Northern Arizona on Thursday of last week. …

Arkansas basketball didn’t have to leave its own backyard to land its third top-100 recruit of the current cycle. Four-star small forward Isaiah Sealy signed with John Calipari and the Razorbacks Saturday, choosing Arkansas over Ole Miss, Boston College and California. Sealy is a senior at Springdale High School, just 15 miles north of Bud Walton Arena. Sealy is now …

The Texas A&M women’s basketball team rumbled past Northwestern State 75-54 Sunday at Reed Arena. The Aggies are 3-2 on the season and have won three of their last four games. Northwestern State, a Louisiana-based university in the Southland Conference, fell to 2-3. A&M forward Jada Malone led all scorers with 24 points on 10-for-13 shooting off the bench. Sahara …

Monmouth did what it had to do at Jersey Mike’s Arena Friday night against nationally-ranked Rutgers, pushing the Scarlet Knights – they were down 11 points with just over five minutes to play – in a competitive 98-81 loss. So there’s that. But as energizing as that performance was against the No. 24 team in the country, the reality is …

BOWLING GREEN — Western Kentucky rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit with sticky defense to overhaul Lipscomb 66-61 in a hard-scrabble college basketball game on Sunday afternoon in E.A. Diddle Arena. The Hilltoppers will take a 2-2 record into Wednesday’s 7 p.m. game against visiting Jackson State. “We’re very happy to get a good win against a very good Lipscomb …

Arkansas basketball plays the second of four-straight home games inside Bud Walton Arena tonight against Pacific. This will be the first-ever meeting between the No. 21 Razorbacks (2-1) and the Tigers (3-2). Arkansas is coming off a 62-47 victory over Troy that was much tighter than the final score indicates. John Calipari and the Hogs also lost Trevon Brazile due …

Montana State Bobcats (1-3) at Northwestern Wildcats (3-1) Evanston, Illinois; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern hosts Montana State after Jalen Leach scored 27 points in Northwestern’s 67-58 overtime victory over the Eastern Illinois Panthers. Northwestern finished 22-12 overall with a 15-2 record at home during the 2023-24 season. The Wildcats shot 45.5% from the field and 39.0% from …

They know about Michael Jordan’s time at North Carolina, Coach K’s national championships at Duke and even Maryland’s integral role in the Atlantic Coast Conference before leaving after 61 years. It’s a new world for California, SMU and Stanford as the latest programs to join the ACC, which now has 18 college basketball programs. But it’s a world familiar to …

Igor Milicic Jr. set a screen at center court, then got a running start. Zakai Zeigler waited for Milicic to catch up to bounce a well-placed pass. Milicic took it and slammed it with one hand as the Tennessee basketball duo that starred Sunday connected cleverly. Milicic and Zeigler set the tone for the No. 9 Vols (3-0) against Austin …

After their night game at Iowa State on Saturday, the Cincinnati Bearcats football team found out their kickoff time for the following week, Nov. 23 at Kansas State. UC will again have a night game, facing the Wildcats at 8 p.m. Eastern. The previous week the game was one of several the Big 12 put in the “six-day window” categories. …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Jasin Sinani had 24 points in Campbell’s 86-66 victory over Navy on Sunday. Sinani shot 6 for 11 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 10 of 11 from the free-throw line for the Fighting Camels (3-2). Terren Frank shot 8 for 13, including 1 for 3 from beyond the arc to add 17 points. Nolan …

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Maxime Raynaud posted his fourth-straight double-double with a career-high 33 points and 14 rebounds as Stanford won its fourth straight home game, knocking off UC Davis 79-65 on Sunday afternoon. The seven-footer from Paris hit three first-half 3-pointers and his tip-in with a second left put the Cardinal in front 41-23 at intermission. He topped 1,000 …

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard scored 23 points, Cameron Matthews made several key free throws down the stretch and Mississippi State rallied in the second half to defeat Utah 78-73 on Sunday in the Mid-South Showdown. KeShawn Murphy scored 18 points, Matthews 12, with 8 of 10 from the line, and Ryan Kugel scored 12 for the Bulldogs. Murphy …

Nov. 17—SAN DIEGO — Gonzaga’s Mark Few and San Diego State’s Brian Dutcher bumped into each other last month at joint West Coast Conference/Mountain West Conference Media Day in Las Vegas. The coaches didn’t cover much ground during a brief conversation, chatting just long enough to trade a few surface-level thoughts on their new rosters before both were whisked away …

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Don McHenry had 21 points in Western Kentucky’s 66-61 victory over Lipscomb on Sunday. McHenry went 9 of 19 from the field (3 for 8 from 3-point range) for the Hilltoppers (2-2). Babacar Faye scored 17 points and added nine rebounds. Enoch Kalambay shot 4 of 8 from the field and 2 for 3 from …

SEATTLE (AP) — Great Osobor scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second half and finished with a career-high 18 rebounds Sunday night to help Washington beat UMass Lowell 74-69 in the first meeting between the programs. Tyree Ihenacho, freshman Zoom Diallo and Tyler Harris had 12 points apiece for Washington (3-1) and Luis Kortright scored 10. Harris …

Holy Cross’s Jaiden Feroah looks to make a pass during Sunday’s game against the University of New Hampshire. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Holy Cross men’s basketball team’s goal coming into this weekend’s College Hill Classic was to go 3-0. The Crusaders accomplished that by defeating the University of New Hampshire in dramatic fashion Sunday afternoon at Brown University’s Pizzitola Sports …