College Basketball

[ad_1] The No. 5 seed Northern Kentucky Norse and No. 6 seed Milwaukee Panthers will be looking to keep their respective NCAA Tournament hopes alive when they square off in the 2024 Horizon League Tournament semifinals on Monday night. Northern Kentucky took down No. 4 seed Wright State in overtime in the quarterfinals, pulling off the upset as a 7-point …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball hardly could be in better form entering this week’s SEC Tournament. And it’s only enhanced UK’s projected NCAA Tournament seed. Bracket Matrix, which released its newest update Sunday, has the Wildcats on the cusp of a 3-seed, with an average predicted seed of 3.95 (out of 108 brackets). They are Bracket Matrix’s highest-ranked 4-seed. UK closed the regular season on a …

[ad_1] The 2024 Sun Belt Men’s Championship Game features the No. 2 seed James Madison Dukes matching up against the No. 4 seed Arkansas State Red Wolves on Monday evening. The Dukes are red-hot heading into this matchup, winning 12 straight games. They beat Texas State 73-68 in the semifinals. Arkansas State knocked off Appalachian State 67-65 to advance to …

[ad_1] The top-seeded Charleston Cougars (25-7) will face the No. 5 seed Towson Tigers (20-13) in the 2024 CAA Tournament semifinals on Monday night. Charleston finished two games ahead of Drexel atop the regular-season standings, and it opened the conference tournament with an 83-59 win over Monmouth. Towson beat William & Mary in the second round of the CAA Tournament …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Portland State Vikings @ Montana Grizzlies Current Records: Portland State 17-14, Montana 21-10 How To Watch What to Know The Montana Grizzlies and the Portland State Vikings are set to clash at 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday at Idaho Central Arena in a Big Sky postseason contest. Montana is expected to lose this one by 7.5 points, …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Denver Pioneers @ Neb.-Omaha Mavericks Current Records: Denver 15-16, Neb.-Omaha 14-17 How To Watch What to Know The Neb.-Omaha Mavericks and the Denver Pioneers are set to clash at 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in a Summit League postseason contest. We saw both of these teams recently pull out wins they weren’t …

[ad_1] When it comes to the Big Ten right now, it’s Purdue and then everyone else. The Boilermakers will be in “prove it” mode when the NCAA Tournament mode kicks off, but as things stand, they are a class above their conference foes. While everyone is jockeying for middling seeds, Purdue is stating its case for the No. 1 overall …

[ad_1] Nearly every year, a team or two strong-arms their way into the NCAA tournament field with a conference tournament performance. Can someone make it happen this season? There are a handful of teams who are likely on the wrong side of the bubble heading into their conference tournaments. Teams like Villanova and Providence in the Big East each need …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Santa Clara Broncos @ Saint Mary’s Gaels Current Records: Santa Clara 19-12, Saint Mary’s 24-7 How To Watch What to Know The Saint Mary’s Gaels and the Santa Clara Broncos are set to clash at 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday at Orleans Arena in a West Coast postseason contest. Saint Mary’s is looking to tack on another …

[ad_1] Caitlin Clark ordinarily makes playing basketball look graceful, a beautiful ballet of flash and flair and pull-up jumpers from places on the court that should count as four points because of their distance from the basket. Sunday brought a different wrinkle. Clark crawled through mud. A game that looks so easy to her suddenly looked vexing. She missed shots …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Montana State Bobcats @ Weber State Wildcats Current Records: Montana State 14-17, Weber State 20-11 How To Watch What to Know Weber State and Montana State are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2021, but not for long. The Weber State Wildcats and the Montana State Bobcats are set to clash at 7:30 p.m. …

[ad_1] North Carolina guard Cormac Ryan (3) and forward Harrison Ingram (55) react to a basket by guard Elliot Cadeau (2) during the second half against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Beating your archrival is good. Beating your archrival in its storied home venue is even better. Beating your archrival on the road to secure your conference championship? Well, Saturday …

[ad_1] UConn (28-3) Houston (28-3) Purdue (28-3) North Carolina (25-6) Tennessee (24-7) Creighton (23-8) Iowa St. (24-7) Marquette (23-8) Kentucky (23-8) Arizona (24-7) Duke (24-7) Illinois (23-8) Auburn (24-7) Baylor (22-9) Utah St. (26-5) Kansas (22-9) South Carolina (25-6) Nevada (26-6) Gonzaga (24-6) Saint Mary’s (24-7) Dayton (24-6) Boise State (22-9) BYU (22-9) Alabama (21-10) Princeton (24-3) Princeton men’s basketball …

[ad_1] Who’s Playing Clev. State Vikings @ Oakland Golden Grizzlies Current Records: Clev. State 18-13, Oakland 20-11 How To Watch What to Know Oakland has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and the Clev. State Vikings are set to clash at 7:00 p.m. ET on Monday at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in …

[ad_1] With the regular season in the books, the focus turns to the postseason and the Big Ten tournament in Minneapolis. No. 2 Purdue (28-3, 17-3 Big Ten) clinched its second straight Big Ten regular season title on Tuesday in a come-from-behind victory in Champaign against No. 12 Illinois. The Boilermakers big three — Zach Edey, Braden Smith and Fletcher …

[ad_1] As conference tournaments begin this week, teams near the infamous tournament bubble have a lot to prove to end the season. With Syracuse on the far outside looking into the bubble, here is where the last four teams in according to ESPN’s Bracketology rank ahead of champ week compared to the Orange. Villanova Wildcats Record: 17-14 (10-10 Big East) …

[ad_1] BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — So much for Michigan State basketball on Sunday felt so familiar, in far too many frustrating ways. Outside shots not dropping, a fluctuating issue since getting stunned in the season-opener by James Madison. Particularly from Tom Izzo’s heralded backcourt. Post players struggling to score and failing to defend, an ongoing issue without a quick-fix solution. Falling …

[ad_1] Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo got himself fired up talking about the state of the Indiana basketball program that handed his Spartans a 65-64 loss on Sunday afternoon. Izzo fielded a question during his post-game press conference about the success Kel’el Ware had in the second half. Ware single-handedly kept IU afloat with 14 of the team’s 16 …

[ad_1] Legendary Missouri State play-by-play announcer Art Hains and News-Leader reporter Wyatt Wheeler react to the firing of men’s basketball coach Dana Ford. The two talk about what led to Ford’s firing in addition to looking at the early names they’re hearing connected to Missouri State’s vacant position. Hains and Wheeler also discuss what they’re hearing about the process of …

[ad_1] Down just a point with less than eight minutes to go, the third time in second half action Georgetown whittled it’s 39-35 intermission deficit to just a point, Hoya fans may have been struck by deja vu. A game was winnable, momentum slightly stood with the Ed Cooley’s team. Would they finally prevail? Well, no, as St. John’s finished …

[ad_1] 1. MSU’s loss at Indiana makes life uncomfortable for the Spartans at the Big Ten tournament BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — It’s possible the thin line between Michigan State’s 26th straight NCAA tournament bid and the unthinkable will be a Tyson Walker running floater that fell off the back iron and into the hands of the Hoosiers in the final seconds …

[ad_1] UNC basketball carries the top seed into the 2024 ACC Tournament, which begins Tuesday with first-round games and concludes with Saturday’s championship in Washington, D.C. The Tar Heels (25-6, 17-3 ACC) won at Duke (24-7, 15-5) in the regular-season finale to earn the No. 1 seed in the nation’s capital, where UNC won the 2016 ACC Tournament. UNC and …

[ad_1] It’s been nearly eight years since Joel Berry II led UNC basketball to a championship at the 2016 ACC Tournament in Washington, D.C. Berry, now a college basketball analyst for the ACC Network, and the ACC’s 15 teams will return to the nation’s capital this week for the first time since Berry earned MVP honors at Capital One Arena. …

[ad_1] BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — One shot after another missed the mark, clanging off the rim and banging off the backboard. One Michigan State basketball player after another tumbled to the floor, losing their footing — figuratively and literally — on offense and defense. One rebound after another went to Indiana, the Spartans getting outpositioned, outmuscled and outhustled. It could not …

[ad_1] Welcome back to the bubble, Michigan State fans. With a chance to secure an NCAA Tournament bid, the Spartans fell just short, losing on the road to Indiana, 65-64. The Spartans had a chance, with under 15 seconds and a chance to take the lead, but Tyson Walker missed a floater in the lane, ending the MSU chances. MSU …