Getty Images Only one Pac-12 school is in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings in this final year with the league as we know it. UCLA has been a mess for much of this season. USC is worse. The byproduct is that the Pac-12 is merely registering as the sport’s…
Colorado State will try to take care of business when it hosts struggling San Jose State on Friday night. The Rams (18-5) are riding a three-game winning streak and are one game back of the four-team tie atop the Mountain West Conference standings. San Jose State (8-15) has lost six consecutive games and is tied…
The Memphis Tigers will look to continue their recent mastery of the Temple Owls when they meet in American Athletic Conference action on Thursday in Philadelphia. The Tigers (16-6, 5-4 AAC), who have won the last five meetings against Temple, outlasted the Owls (8-14, 1-8 AAC) 86-77 in their last meeting on Feb. 12, 2023….
CBS Sports graphic This time last week, Auburn sported a gaudy 17-4 (6-2 SEC) record and great underlying metrics because of its up-tempo style and propensity for blowing out lesser opponents. But the Tigers were still in search of an elusive Quad 1 win after suffering road losses against Alabama and Mississippi State. Auburn was…
CBS Sports graphic Auburn coach Bruce Pearl understood that if his Tigers lost at home to Alabama on Wednesday, after previously losing at Alabama two weeks earlier, they’d fall two games back of the Crimson Tide in the SEC standings with just eight games left to play in the regular season. And that would probably…
The Colorado Buffaloes will face off against the Arizona State Sun Devils in a Pac-12 matchup on Thursday. Colorado is 15-7 overall and 12-0 at home, while Arizona State is 11-11 overall and 2-4 on the road. Arizona State defeated Colorado, 76-73, at home in their first meeting of the season. Tip-off is set for…
The No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide (16-6) host the No. 12 Auburn Tigers (18-4) in an SEC battle on Wednesday. The Crimson Tide have won three games in a row over the Tigers. On Jan. 24, Alabama beat Auburn 79-75. Both of these teams have strong offenses. Alabama leads the conference in scoring (89.9), while…
If the 2023-24 college basketball season ended Wednesday, South Carolina’s Lamont Paris would be among the top vote-getters for Coach of the Year, and for good reason. In his second season at the school, Paris has the No. 15 Gamecocks off to a 20-3 start after their most recent 68-65 victory over Ole Miss on…
The Missouri Tigers (8-14) will aim for their first SEC win of the season when they host the Texas A&M Aggies (13-8) on Wednesday night. Missouri has been knocking on the door of a league victory, with its last four losses coming by single digits. Texas A&M has won three of its last four games,…
USATSI There are 15 teams in the SEC — and South Carolina was projected to finish last in the preseason poll after going 4-14 in the league last season and losing leading scorer GG Jackson to the 2023 NBA Draft. Credit to second-year coach Lamont Paris for never believing this was a sensible projection and always…
