The No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini (6-1) and the No. 11 Florida Atlantic Owls (7-1) link up in the 2023 Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday. This will be just the second game in history between these schools. The only other contest took place in 2018 when FAU defeated the Fighting Illini 73-71 in overtime. Tipoff…
The Providence Friars will face the No. 19 Oklahoma Sooners in a 2023 Big East/Big 12 Battle set to tip at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. OU is 7-0 overall and 5-0 at home, while Providence is 7-1 overall and hasn’t played on the road yet. Providence…
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 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…
by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat One of the keys to a run of hot play during the month of November for the Ontario Reign, which saw the team go 6-3-1-1 and earn points in eight straight games from Nov. 8-25, is the team’s fourth line, which has been a big help at…
Texas Tech will face its first road test of the season when it travels to Butler on Thursday night in a non-conference showdown. The Red Raiders (5-1) won their final two games at the Battle 4 Atlantis last week, claiming fifth place with wins over Northern Iowa and Michigan. Their lone loss this season came…
In a blow to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ defensive lineup, Mark Giordano exited Tuesday night’s game against the Florida Panthers in the first period, nursing a lower-body injury. Unfortunately, head coach Sheldon Keefe acknowledged that Giordano is set to “miss some time,”. This compounds the team’s already existing defensive challenges, having previously lost key players…
