[ad_1] For the third time this season, there is a new No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll. After previous top-ranked Purdue fell on the road to Northwestern last weekend in a Big Ten opener, Arizona moved up one spot Monday to No. 1. Kansas started the season as the No. 1 team and…
[ad_1] The Arkansas State Red Wolves will visit the Alabama Crimson Tide in a non-conference matchup on Monday night. Alabama is 5-2 overall and 4-1 at home, while Arkansas State is 2-6 overall and 0-4 on the road. The Tide were victorious in the lone previous meeting between these two, prevailing 67-52 in 2016. Tip-off…
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[ad_1] A non-conference bout has the Auburn Tigers (5-1) traveling to play the Appalachian State Mountaineers (5-2) on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are rolling right now and have won five straight games. On Wednesday, Auburn topped Virginia Tech, 74-57. Likewise, Appalachian State defeated East Tennessee State, 72-61, in its last outing. Tip-off from Holmes Convocation…
[ad_1] The Wichita State Shockers will face off against the Missouri Tigers at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday at Mizzou Arena. Missouri is 6-2 overall and 4-2 at home, while Wichita State is 7-1 overall. This is the fourth season in a row that these two programs have met and Missouri holds a 2-1 edge…
[ad_1] USATSI The sport of college football spent Saturday playing games designed to help determine which schools should be invited to the four-team playoff that finally seems too small. Meantime, the sport of college basketball spent Saturday making things difficult for anybody dumb enough to rank 26 teams every morning. What a wild afternoon! Georgia…
[ad_1] USATSI While most sports fans spent Friday night focused on the Pac-12 Championship game that launched Washington into the College Football Playoff and/or Kansas‘ 69-65 victory over UConn inside Allen Fieldhouse, the No. 1 team in the country was upset on the road. Final score: Northwestern 92, Purdue 88 in OT. The Wildcats’ Boo…
[ad_1] The No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels aim to maintain a positive trajectory on Saturday afternoon. North Carolina hosts the Florida State Seminoles at Dean E. Smith Center in the ACC opener for both programs. UNC is coming off back-to-back impressive wins over Arkansas and Tennessee, improving to 6-1 this season. FSU toppled Colorado…
[ad_1] The Indiana Hoosiers (5-1) and Maryland Terrapins (4-3) will open their respective Big Ten schedules when they meet on Friday night. Indiana bounced back from a loss to then-No. 5 UConn with consecutive wins over Louisville and Harvard. The Hoosiers trailed Harvard by one point at halftime on Sunday, but they outscored the Crimson…
[ad_1] College basketball is fully back. We got upsets to start the month and end the month. We got terrific matchups all over the place and, in a great change of pace, not just in multi-team events. There’s a long way to go, but the first month has provided us with plenty of insight. As…
