College Basketball

Michigan State basketball has released official tip times and TV details for a bulk of the 2024-25 schedule. Michigan State officially tips off the 2024-25 season on November 4 against Monmouth. That game will officially tip-off at 7 p.m. ET and will be available via streaming on Big Ten Plus. Prior to that opener, Michigan State will play a pair …

More Ohio State men’s basketball games will be on the Big Ten Network than any other channel or streaming service in 2024-25. Although non-conference games at Texas A&M and against Auburn in Atlanta have not yet been attached to a broadcast partner, 23 of the Buckeyes’ 29 games announced Wednesday will be accessible via television. Six Ohio State games will …

Only 26 days remain until the Clemson Tigers men’s basketball team opens the 2024-25 regular season at Littlejohn Coliseum. Earlier this week, CBS Sports college basketball expert Gary Parrish made his ACC predictions for the season ahead. To no real surprise, Parrish projects Duke and freshman phenom Cooper Flagg to finish first in the ACC with North Carolina second. Parrish forecasts …

University of Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball fans now have a 2024-25 schedule complete with tip times and broadcast locations. The Big 12 games were made official Wednesday. UC’s non-conference home opener is Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. The Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout at Fifth Third Arena with Xavier is Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. also on …

Memphis basketball will have Mady Traore, a 7-foot big man, on an official visit Tuesday when the Tigers host North Carolina as part of the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic. Penny Hardaway’s team will face the Tar Heels (6 p.m., ESPNU). Memphis’ women’s basketball team is also set to take on defending national champion South Carolina (8:30 p.m., …

The travails and challenges of playing on the road in the Big 12 Conference caught up with No. 12 West Virginia on Saturday, and the Mountaineers will look to rebound when they host Texas on Monday in Morgantown, West Virginia. Both teams head to Monday’s game after losses – the Mountaineers were waylaid on the road by Kansas State 84-68 …

Even though the UConn Huskies are back-to-back reigning national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Kansas Jayhawks appear to be the teams to beat heading into the 2024-25 college basketball season. The Huskies suffered several key losses to the NBA draft while Alabama and Kansas added to already loaded returning rosters this off-season. For the Crimson Tide, there has been …

Greenwood basketball standout Collin Clark announced he has committed to Missouri State basketball and head coach Cuonzo Martin. Clark is entering his senior year and is coming off a season in which he averaged 19.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 4.8 assists. Greenwood finished 25-4 before a state quarterfinal loss to Class 3 third-place Thayer. Clark is listed as a 6-foot-7 …

EAST LANSING – Hours before the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns came to his house for an exhibition game, Tom Izzo stepped out of Breslin Center and into Munn Ice Arena in perfect Michigan State athletics fashion. A basketball coach with a football building named after him getting displaced to a hockey arena named after a legendary football coach. Yet …

The start of the 2024-25 college basketball season is under a month away as practices are ramping up for programs here in October. For North Carolina, they are coming off a season in which they won the ACC regular season title but were bounced from the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16 by Alabama. While Hubert Davis’ team lost key …

EAST LANSING – Hours before the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns came to his house for an exhibition game, Tom Izzo stepped out of Breslin Center and into Munn Ice Arena in perfect Michigan State athletics fashion. A basketball coach with a football building named after him getting displaced to a hockey arena named after a legendary football coach. Yet …

After a dizzying offseason, the 2024-25 version of Penny Hardaway’s Memphis basketball Tigers is finally ready to reveal itself. They will face North Carolina in an exhibition game (as part of the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic) at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15 at FedExForum. Memphis women’s basketball will host defending national champion South Carolina immediately afterward. The …

PISCATAWAY – During Rutgers basketball’s Sept. 28 intrasquad scrimmage, many fans took note of the sweet bounce pass freshman center Lathan Sommerville threw to cutting teammate PJ Hayes for an open layup. Watching a replay of the scrimmage in Minnesota, Hayes’ father fixated on the layup. “Why didn’t you dunk that one?” Pat Hayes asked his 6-foot-6 son the next …

EAST LANSING – Hours before the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns came to his house for an exhibition game, Tom Izzo stepped out of Breslin Center and into Munn Ice Arena in perfect Michigan State athletics fashion. A basketball coach with a football building named after him getting displaced to a hockey arena named after a legendary football coach. Yet …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt forward Kijani Wright, among the transfers brought in by first-year coach Mark Byington, is out indefinitely with a health issue that isn’t related to basketball. “Due to the personal nature of medical information, no further details will be shared at this time,” Vanderbilt said in a statement Tuesday. The 6-foot-9 Wright spent the last two …

Tony Petitti The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football. At meetings, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sport’s future. Among the talking points when an advisory group made of members from the conferences meets in Nashville, Tennessee, are the future of the expanded college football playoff and …

Notre Dame women’s basketball guard KK Bransford has announced that she will red shirt this season to deal with a lower leg injury. Bransford announced her plans on X (formerly Twitter) Monday night. In September, teammate and four-year starter Maddy Westbeld announced that she would miss the beginning of the season with a lingering foot issue. “Over the last couple …

Kijani Wright NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt forward Kijani Wright, among the transfers brought in by first-year coach Mark Byington, is out indefinitely with a health issue that isn’t related to basketball. “Due to the personal nature of medical information, no further details will be shared at this time,” Vanderbilt said in a statement. The 6-foot-9 Wright spent the last two …

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo wants his Michigan State basketball team to know what it takes. To be professionals. To learn how to win. On Tuesday night, the Spartans planned to watch the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns play an exhibition game at Breslin Center. On Wednesday, Izzo expects to take his players to Comerica Park to take in some …

Christmas has come early for the Michigan State basketball team. Ahead of Tuesday night’s Detroit Pistons vs. Phoenix Suns exhibition game inside the Breslin Center, Suns shooting guard Devin Booker gifted each member of the Spartans roster and coaching staff a pair of special edition Michigan State Spartans Nike Book 1 PE shoes. The Spartans shared their gift from Booker …

Doug Bruno CHICAGO — DePaul women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno will be away from the team indefinitely after he suffered a medical incident last month, the school announced. The 73-year-old Bruno is at home recovering and will return to the team when he’s able. Jill M. Pizzotti has assumed the role of interim head coach. The Women’s Basketball Hall of …

These days, the countdown to the college basketball season is a time for acclimating oneself to change. That’s especially true in the ACC entering the 2024-25 campaign. Louisville basketball fans know all about new head coach Pat Kelsey and his completely overhauled roster, which was built almost entirely through the NCAA transfer portal. The 49-year-old Cincinnati native is trying to …

College basketball season is here. Preseason practices are underway and games are scheduled to tip off in less than a month. Some folks, particularly in the state of North Carolina, have been ready for the round ball since the UConn Huskies cut down the nets as national champions at the Final Four in Arizona. Since then, the ACC has welcomed …

Just a few weeks ago,  UNC basketball and Hubert Davis pulled in their first commitment of the Class of 2025 when Gonzaga Prep’s Derek Dixon decided Chapel Hill was where he wanted to play college basketball. Now, Davis and his scouting staff turn their efforts to the next commit to announce his decision on five-star shooting guard Braylon Mullins. The …

LEXINGTON — Andrew Carr won’t put up team-leading numbers for Kentucky basketball every game of the 2024-25 season. This Wildcats squad simply is too well-rounded for that. On any given night, any number of players on coach  Mark Pope’s first UK roster is liable to post a stellar line. No stats were kept Monday evening at newly-renovated Memorial Coliseum, where …