College Basketball

Freshman Miles McBride scored a career-high 21 points off the bench to help No. 22 West Virginia upset No. 2 Ohio State 67-59 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Sunday. Kaleb Wesson had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Buckeyes, who committed 22 turnovers. The Mountaineers (11-1) trailed 37-31 at the half but scored six straight points to …

CHARLOTTE — N.C. State basketball enters the 2024-25 season as the leader of the pack in the ACC. Coming off an ACC Tournament championship and Final Four run, Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts will try to replicate that success with a mostly-new group led by returning guards Michael O’Connell and Jayden Taylor. A trio of freshmen and five transfers also joined …

PROVIDENCE — West Virginia’s first four-star men’s basketball recruit since 2020 is a Rhode Island native. Kelvin Odih pledged to the Mountaineers during a Wednesday evening commitment ceremony at Zuccolo Recreation Center. Family, friends and past coaches of La Salle Academy and the grassroots program Rhode Island Elite watched Odih select West Virginia ahead of fellow finalists Louisville and Rutgers. …

Tip times and TV designations were released for the 2024-25 Iowa State men’s basketball season on Wednesday. After finishing 29-8, winning a Big 12 Tournament title and reaching the Sweet 16 last year, optimism is high for the Cyclones. They will officially begin the 2024-25 season on Nov. 4 at home against Mississippi Valley State. Nov. 4: vs. Mississippi Valley …

Big Ten men’s basketball is back on NBC and Peacock for another season of elite college hoops action. NBC and Peacock will carry a combined 56 Big Ten games during the 2024-25 season. The slate tips off on Nov. 4, when Lehigh visits Northwestern and closes with a first-round triple-header in the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Two of the …

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 …