USATSI Two of the best college basketball games on Saturday’s schedule will originate from Canada, unusual as it is. The first is Purdue-Alabama. The second is TCU-Clemson. It’s a doubleheader that will allow Purdue’s leading scorer (Zach Edey) and TCU’s leading scorer (Emanuel Miller) to play in front of friends and family in their hometown…
The 2023 Discount Tire Hall Of Fame Series features the No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers (8-1) and the Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2) matching up on Saturday afternoon in Toronto. This is the ninth game in history between these programs. Alabama beat Purdue 65-56 in the last contest back in 2011. The Crimson Tide are second in…
With college football’s season wrapping-up. college basketball takes center stage this weekend with multiple intriguing matchups, including a Top 25 showdown on CBS between No. 20 Illinois and No. 17 Tennessee. The Illini come into this matchup riding a five-game winning streak, while the Volunteers have lost three of their last four that included a…
College basketball takes center stage this weekend with multiple intriguing matchups, including a Top 25 showdown on CBS between No. 20 Illinois and No. 17 Tennessee. Illinois comes into this matchup riding a five-game winning streak, while Tennessee has lost three of its last four that included a brutal stretch against Purdue, Kansas and North…
The Boston College Eagles (6-3) will wrap up a three-game homestand when they host the Holy Cross Crusaders (2-7) on Friday night. Boston College lost to North Carolina State in the first game of the homestand before beating Central Connecticut on Tuesday. Holy Cross has lost three straight games and six of its last seven…
December is off to an interesting start as once again we were reminded that the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season is not for the faint of heart. South Carolina and UCLA have managed to stay on top, but even the Gamecocks have had some games that could’ve resulted in losses. UConn, Tennessee and Stanford all…
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels will face off against the UNCG Spartans at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday at Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium. UNCG is 6-1 overall and 2-0 at home, while Eastern Kentucky is 3-3 overall and 0-1 on the road. These two squads met last season in another December non-conference matchup and it was…
College basketball always brings us great surprises in the first several weeks of the season as teams void of preseason hype emerge to be serious players on the national scene. Sometimes, they fade and are forgotten about by February. Other times — like FAU last season — they last and turn into real threats come…
USATSI Marquette’s Shaka Smart told his players in advance of Wednesday’s showdown with Texas that coaching against the Big 12 program he previously led for six seasons didn’t really carry any special weight with him. “Bullshit,” Marquette point guard Tyler Kolek said following the Golden Eagles’ 86-65 blowout of the Longhorns. Put me down as #TeamKolek,…
Kim O’Rilley, CBS Sports Wisconsin looked like a lost cause eight days into the season as the Badgers limped out to a 1-2 start marked by an 80-70 home loss to Tennessee and a 72-59 road loss to a Providence team in its first season under a new coach. But in less than a month,…
