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 held…
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 is…
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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 Center…
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 in…
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 Tech…
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 Buie…
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 earlier…
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 by…
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 we…
