College Basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team will play the Connecticut Huskies on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. on ESPN between the ninth-ranked Tar Heels (7-1) and fifth-ranked Huskies (7-1) in New York City. No. 11 Florida Atlantic and No. 20 Illinois play at 6:30 p.m. in the …

• What: Michigan State vs. Wisconsin • When: 7 p.m. Tuesday • Where: Breslin Center • TV/Radio: Peacock (streaming only)/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; Sirius/XM Ch. 195 (MSU broadcast), 386 (Wisconsin broadcast) • Records/Rankings: MSU is 4-3 and unranked in the Associated Press and Coaches polls. MSU is ranked No. 19 by the analytics site …

EAST LANSING — Jaxon Kohler won’t be ready yet. Malik Hall is feeling under the weather. And Tom Izzo knows Michigan State basketball could use their help with a tall test ahead. Wisconsin and its twin towers Steven Crowl and Tyler Wahl come to town Tuesday night (7 p.m., Peacock) for the Big Ten opener for both teams. And Izzo …

Purdue basketball seeks a bounce-back victory as it returns home to play Iowa. The Boilermakers (7-1, 0-1) are coming off a 92-88 overtime loss to Northwestern in their Big Ten opener despite Zach Edey’s 35 points. Edey (23.5 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.9 blocked shots for the season) and Braden Smith (12.9 points, 45.8% 3-pointers, 6.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.8 steals) …

BYU Cougars students and fans sing “YMCA” during a timeout as BYU and Fresno State play at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. BYU won 85-56. BYU jumped to No. 14 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The latest AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll held …

The North Carolina Tar Heels took care of business last week, beating a ranked Tennessee team and then followed it up with their first Atlantic Coast Conference win on Saturday at home. After the two wins, UNC moved to 7-1 on the season and are playing their best basketball on the early campaign. With that, they have also been rewarded …

Arkansas redshirt sophomore forward Trevon Brazile picked up a weekly honor from the Southeastern Conference for his efforts during Arkansas’ 80-75 win over No. 7 Duke on Wednesday. Brazile was named SEC Player of the Week after recording 19 points and 11 rebounds in a double-double effort. It was his third double-double in the last four games the Razorbacks have …

Tennessee (4-3) will return to action on Tuesday. The Vols will host George Mason on Tuesday at Food City Center. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+. Tennessee will also play host to Illinois on Saturday at Food City Center. Tipoff is scheduled for noon EST (CBS). The latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s …

The San Jose State Spartans will face off against the North Dakota State Bison at 8 p.m. ET on Monday at the Scheels Center. North Dakota State is 4-4 overall and 2-0 at home, while San Jose State is 5-4 overall and 0-3 on the road. The Spartans are 5-3 against the spread on the season while the Bison are …

Florida fell to Wake Forest on Wednesday, losing what little support the Gators had mustered up over four weeks in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. After finishing last week with just one vote in the poll, Florida has vanished from the Coaches Poll, despite suffering two of its three losses to teams ranked inside the top 25. Baylor is …

Losses hurt. The Arkansas basketball team may have emerged from a three-losses-in-four-games funk with Wednesday’s win over Duke at Bud Walton Arena, but damage is damage. When the AP Poll was released on Monday, the Razorbacks were not ranked. They really weren’t even that close. Arkansas was a de facto No. 36 in the poll, picking up 14 points of …

USATSI Arizona is the new No. 1 team in the Coaches Poll released Monday after winning its lone game against Colgate last week in blowout fashion. The Wildcats are the third different No. 1 team this season in the Coaches Poll after the Wildcats jumped previous top-ranked Purdue for the top spot. The last time the Wildcats held the No. …

Arizona Wildcats It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday’s poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd’s squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week’s No. 1 team, Purdue, slid after an overtime loss …

USATSI The 2023-24 season debut of the NCAA’s NET rankings — a tool used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee to evaluate a team’s résumé —  was released Monday with Houston once again starting the season at the top. The Cougars ranked No. 1 in the NET’s debut last season and will start this season as the top-rated team despite …

USATSI For the third time this season, there is a new No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll. After previous top-ranked Purdue fell on the road to Northwestern last weekend in a Big Ten opener, Arizona moved up one spot Monday to No. 1. Kansas started the season as the No. 1 team and held that spot until last …

Ty Berry and Northwestern knocked off No. 1 Purdue on Friday night. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Northwestern’s run atop the country was once again short-lived. Here’s everything you missed in Week 4 of the season, and the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll. Purdue upset, again, as Arizona grabs No. 1 ranking It’s never a good thing when Purdue hits No. …

Arizona guard Kylan Boswell (4), forward Keshad Johnson (16), and guard Jaden Bradley (0) celebrates a basket from the bench against Texas-Arlington at McKale Center. As college basketball fans well know, being ranked No. 1 is often a revolving door. Purdue’s stay atop the USA TODAY Sports men’s poll lasted all of one week this time around. Arizona now takes …

Getty Images There will be a different No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the third consecutive week when it updates Monday. Previously, Kansas and Purdue both held the top spot. Barring a surprise, this week it’ll be Arizona. “It’s what we want in this program,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said this weekend, following an 82-55 …

Another exciting Big Ten matchup is on the schedule as the Purdue Boilermakers and the Iowa Hawkeyes are set to tip at 7 p.m. ET on Monday at Mackey Arena. Purdue is 7-1 overall and 4-0 at home, while Iowa is 5-2 overall and 0-1 on the road. The top-ranked Boilermakers enter Monday’s matchup averaging 84.63 points per game, while …

The Arkansas State Red Wolves will visit the Alabama Crimson Tide in a non-conference matchup on Monday night. Alabama is 5-2 overall and 4-1 at home, while Arkansas State is 2-6 overall and 0-4 on the road. The Tide were victorious in the lone previous meeting between these two, prevailing 67-52 in 2016. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. ET at …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dawson Garcia and his Gophers basketball teammates walked off the Ohio State court Sunday night on the opposite side of the emotion spectrum as last season’s meeting. In a very similar fashion, Garcia had a career night, but this time the Gophers failed to play sound basketball for most of the game, resulting in a 74-64 loss …

Arkansas will be aiming for its first winning streak since its 3-0 start to the season when it hosts Furman on Monday night. The Razorbacks (5-3) lost three out of four games before pulling off an 80-75 upset win over then-No. 7 Duke last Wednesday. They took a 33-32 lead at halftime and never trailed in the second half. Furman …

The Cal Poly Mustangs will face off against the Oregon State Beavers at 10 p.m. ET on Monday at Gill Coliseum. Oregon State is 4-3 overall and 4-0 at home, while Cal Poly is 3-5 overall and 0-4 on the road. Meanwhile, Oregon State is 2-3-1 against the spread this season while Cal Poly is 3-4 against the number with …

Who’s Playing Cal Poly Mustangs @ Oregon State Beavers Current Records: Cal Poly 3-5, Oregon State 4-3 How To Watch When: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 10 p.m. ETWhere: Gill Coliseum — Corvallis, OregonTV: Pac-12 NetworksFollow: CBS Sports AppFubo (Try for free) For a limited time, new subscribers can save $20 on Fubo’s Pro, Elite, and Premier plansTicket Cost: $3.00 What to Know The Cal Poly Mustangs …

Who’s Playing Western New Mexico Mustangs @ UTEP Miners Current Records: Western New Mexico 0-1, UTEP 5-3 How To Watch When: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. ETWhere: Don Haskins Center — El Paso, TexasTV: ESPN PlusFollow: CBS Sports AppFubo (Try for free) For a limited time, new subscribers can save $20 on Fubo’s Pro, Elite, and Premier plansTicket Cost: $5.00 What to Know The UTEP …