The first AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll of the 2024 calendar year dropped Monday with a familiar top three and a refresh to round out the new top five. Purdue, Kansas and Houston all clung to their respective spots at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, while UConn and Tennessee each bumped up one…
The TCU Horned Frogs (10-2) will square off against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (6-6) in a New Year’s Day matchup on Monday afternoon. TCU went 2-1 at the Diamond Head Classic before Christmas, earning a third-place finish with a 65-51 win over Hawaii. Texas A&M-Commerce has won two straight games, but it has not played since…
Five games featuring Division 1 men’s college basketball teams are on the agenda for New Year’s Day. One such matchup will take place at Moody Center in Austin, with the No. 21 Texas Longhorns taking on the UT Arlington Mavericks. Texas is 10-2 overall and on a four-game winning streak. UT Arlington is 6-6 on…
USATSI It’s the official end of the 2023 calendar year and the end of a semester, so before we turn the page to a new year and look ahead to college basketball’s second and most important semester — replete with conference play, conference tournaments and March Madness — it’s time to first kick off our…
FAU was so close to spending the first week of January ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in school history. All Dusty May’s program had to do to ensure as much, after last weekend’s massive victory over Arizona, was win as a 16.5-point favorite over…
Check out our expert picks for each of the College Football Playoff semifinal games on New Year’s Day as well as the odds and lines. The final four of the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines, No. 2 Washington Huskies, No. 3 Texas Longhorns and No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide will battle it out to become national…
The No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats (9-2) are hosting the Illinois State Redbirds (8-4) in a non-conference duel on Friday. This is just the second matchup in history between these two universities, with the Wildcats winning the previous meeting. Kentucky has only hit the money line in 13 of its last 19 games at home. Meanwhile,…
Check out our college football computer picks for the playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day to give you a better insight on how the match-ups could potentially go down. The college football regular season has come to a close and the playoffs are here where the national champions are set to be crowned on January…
As 2023 draws to a close, the college football bowl games are coming thick and fast. Which NCAAF teams are in action today? College Football Bowl Games Today (Thursday December 28) Wasabi Fenway Bowl – SMU vs Boston College The Wasabi Fenway Bowl between the Boston College Eagles and SMU Mustangs gets underway today at…
CBS Sports graphic The holiday season is a wonderful time of the year for a variety of reasons — but it sure does bring college basketball to a crawl. Unlike the NBA and (now the) NFL, this sport largely avoids what amounts to a five-day window around Christmas. Things get super slow every year. But…
