College Basketball

Oct. 27—First, let’s get this important fact out there. Sunday’s 91-74 loss by the Illinois men’s basketball against No. 24 Mississippi in front of 7,023 fans at the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., doesn’t count. The charity-exhibition game to raise proceeds for the Court Appointed Special Advocates of North Mississippi won’t affect the Big …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Back in mid-October, during Kansas basketball’s media day in Lawrence, coach Bill Self highlighted a desire to manage the minutes a few of his veterans will play this season. It’s not that Self won’t play graduate center Hunter Dickinson, graduate guard Dajuan Harris Jr. or senior forward KJ Adams Jr. a significant amount of minutes in close, …

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Bobby Hurley made himself college basketball royalty inside Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Jersey kid who became the All-America point guard for two national championship teams. Moments from that journey — having his jersey retired, tense tussles with rival North Carolina, love overflowing from the Blue Devils’ famously rowdy home crowd — remained pristine in his …

KNOXVILLE, TN — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson had so much fun in Knoxville he extended an invitation to Tennessee coach Rick Barnes for their teams to run it back next year in Bloomington. The two programs clashed in a charity exhibition with all proceeds from the game going to support the John McLendon Foundation. The announced attendance at Food City Center …

GREENVILLE, SC – OCTOBER 27 – Auburn’s Jahki Howard (3) during the game between the #11 Auburn Tigers and the Furman Paladins at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers The 2024-25 Auburn Tigers hit the hardwood for the first time on Sunday and emerged victorious. Five Tigers reached double-figures …

One of the most highly anticipated Mississippi State men’s basketball season is here. The Bulldogs have made back-to-back NCAA tournaments under third-year coach Chris Jans but have yet to win a game. They return All-SEC freshman Josh Hubbard while making a flurry of transfer portal additions. Tickets for Mississippi State’s home and road games can be purchased all season long …

After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan’s program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls’ 2023 Final Four team departed as well. But they didn’t all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various programs. Florida Atlantic’s top four scorers from last season – all of whom had vital roles during the …

With six men’s basketball teams ranked in the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches’ poll, the Big 12 Conference will be ultra-competitive once again. According to a panel of writers who cover the Big 12 for the USA TODAY Sports Network, Iowa State was projected to finish in third place within the conference. The Cyclones were also picked third in the …

KNOXVILLE, TN — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson had so much fun in Knoxville he extended an invitation to Tennessee coach Rick Barnes for their teams to run it back next year in Bloomington. The two programs clashed in a charity exhibition with all proceeds from the game going to support the John McLendon Foundation. The announced attendance at Food City …

One more dress rehearsal stands between Pat Kelsey’s inaugural Louisville men’s basketball team and the start of the 2024-25 season. For it, the Cardinals will host a local Division III program, Spalding, tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. U of L throttled Young Harris College of the DII ranks, 106-59, to begin exhibition play a week ago and looked crisp …

The past three seasons have followed a familiar pattern for ACC men’s basketball programs. For much of the regular season, questions are raised how strong the historically decorated conference still is. On Selection Sunday, fewer teams than usual make the NCAA Tournament. By the tournament’s final rounds, it enjoys a redemptive arc: The ACC’s death has been greatly exaggerated. Will …

Kansas, the No. 1-ranked team in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Sports men’s college basketball coaches’ preseason poll, also stands atop the new-look, 16-team Big 12, according to a poll of writers who cover the conference for the USA TODAY Sports Network. The Jayhawks are hoping for an improved year after being bogged down by injuries last season. …

The 2024-25 college basketball season is right around the corner. In the everchanging world of the transfer portal and one-and-done it’s sometimes hard to keep track of exactly who makes up your favorite team’s roster. After experiencing significant roster turnover last season, the Butler Bulldogs added five new players (three transfers, two freshman) to complement its seven returning players. With …

BLOOMINGTON – Securing a number of key returners from last year’s 19-win team, Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson used last spring to reinforce his roster with key additions from both the high school ranks and the transfer portal. The result was a roster on paper as talented as any in the Big Ten, perhaps capable of competing for a conference …

BLOOMINGTON – Securing a number of key returners from last year’s 19-win team, Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson used last spring to reinforce his roster with key additions from both the high school ranks and the transfer portal. The result was a roster on paper as talented as any in the Big Ten, perhaps capable of competing for a conference …

KNOXVILLE, TN — Indiana basketball players Trey Galloway, Jakai Newton and Bryson Tucker sat out Sunday’s charity exhibition against Tennessee at the Food City Center. The No. 18 Hoosiers beat the defending regular season SEC champs 66-62. Galloway, Newton and Tucker all made the trip, but didn’t dress out for the game. Indiana coach Mike Woodson told reporters on Friday that …

INDIANAPOLIS – A preseason power ranking for a conference with four new members and a revolving door of talent seems almost futile. Check back on this list in March and it may look futile, too. Purdue may be the consensus favorite, but four other teams received No. 1 votes in our USA TODAY Network Big Ten preseason poll. I didn’t …

INDIANAPOLIS – A preseason power ranking for a conference with four new members and a revolving door of talent seems almost futile. Check back on this list in March and it may look futile, too. Purdue may be the consensus favorite, but four other teams received No. 1 votes in our USA TODAY Network Big Ten preseason poll. I didn’t …

Oct. 27—Gonzaga started with a big lineup and finished with a group featuring three guards. In between, the Zags’ first substitution was five players entering to replace the starting unit and 11 eventually saw action in Saturday’s exhibition loss to USC in Palm Desert, Calif. Eight logged at least 13 minutes and only starting point guard Ryan Nembhard (32) played …

It wasn’t just a homecoming for Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley. It was one for his big man Jayden Quaintance, sort of. The Sun Devils took to famed Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday night for an exhibition showdown against No. 7 Duke, the school for which Hurley played three decades or so ago. Quaintance has a tie to the area, too. …

DURHAM — Duke basketball closed out its preseason schedule with a 103-47 exhibition win against Arizona State on Sunday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The seventh-ranked Blue Devils welcomed Bobby Hurley back to Durham for the Brotherhood Run charity game, with proceeds going to the Duke Children’s Hospital. Hurley, a two-time national champion at Duke who had his No. 11 …

IU basketball’s 66-62 exhibition win at Tennessee on Sunday was just that: a victory in the preseason, when results ultimately do not count. So let’s overreact to it. Bearing in mind all the necessary caveats, there was still plenty to be encouraged by Sunday. Here are three overreactions: IU vs. Tennessee player ratings: How new-look Indiana fared in exhibition win …

KNOXVILLE, TN. — The Indiana basketball team beat Tennessee 66-62 in a charity exhibition on Sunday at the Food City Center in Knoxville. While both teams made mistakes typical of a preseason matchup and the No. 18 Hoosiers were a bit short-handed with Trey Galloway, Bryson Tucker and Jakai Newton all sitting out, the effort resembled that of a regular season …

Tennessee basketball announced it would be a force last season in its charity exhibition against Michigan State. It announced it has plenty of work to do Sunday in this season’s charity exhibition against Indiana. The No. 12 Vols had a slow shooting start and suffered through an unpleasant offensive outing in their final regular-season tune-up. They lost 66-62 to No. …

KNOXVILLE, TN. — IU basketball beat Tennessee 66-62 in a charity exhibition on Sunday at the Food City Center in Knoxville. While both teams made mistakes typical of a preseason matchup and the No. 18 Hoosiers were a bit short-handed with Trey Galloway, Bryson Tucker and Jakai Newton all sitting out, the effort resembled that of a regular-season game. The largest lead …