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After two consecutive weeks of standing put at No. 17, St. John’s finally enjoyed upward movement in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The Red Storm jumped two spots to No. 15 in the latest poll released on Monday afternoon, overtaking Texas Tech and North Carolina after they suffered road losses to unranked teams […]
The victims of Sunday afternoon’s top-10 upsets slid a combined seven spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll, with Michigan and Louisville clinging to their top-10 statuses at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, as Duke dropped three spots to No. 12. Here’s how the rest of the top 25 shook out, with first-place […]
It was an eventful afternoon that began with the recognition and reveal of Tony Bennett Court at John Paul Jones Arena. After a deserving ceremony and official court dedication for the legendary coach, accompanied by family, former players, and thousands of fans, the Virginia Cavaliers hosted the Miami Hurricanes in a pivotal ACC matchup. There was […]
Greetings, BBN! The weekend games were decisive. Vanderbilt and Tennessee went back-and-forth in a fierce struggle, switching leads 20 times until the Vols went ahead for good in the final minute and prevailed 69-65. Texas A&M also took a stand at Oklahoma and built their winning streak to two in a 75-71 win they badly […]
There’s a new No. 1 team in the Men’s Other Top 25, and it’s the undefeated Miami (OH) RedHawks. Travis Steele’s team is 27-0 and is the only unbeaten team in the country. They received four of the five votes for No. 1. Miami is 48 in the NET, 76 in BartTovik and 84 in […]
Louisville Cardinals (20-7, 9-5) at North Carolina Tar Heels (21-6, 9-5) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: Dean E. Smith Center: Chapel Hill, N.C. Television: ESPN Announcers: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Jay Williams (analysis), and Molly McGrath (sideline) Favorite: Louisville by 2.5 Series: North Carolina leads, 20-8 Last Meeting: Louisville won 83-70 on Jan. 1, 2025 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville North […]
Sometimes a losing streak feels like it will never end. For No. 10 Ohio State women’s basketball, it lasted exactly two games after an 88-83 victory on Sunday over USC. The Trojans brought a unique roster of size and athleticism that was not always easy for Ohio State to handle, even though it ended up […]
One week remains in the Horizon League’s regular season. Wright State has already clinched at least a share of the title, but fell to the defending champs Sunday, leaving the door open for someone else to join it. The penultimate week, as each week this season has done, brought a load of chaos, and there […]
North Dakota St. became the fourth team this season to sit atop the Women’s Other Top 25. The Bison moved up from three to one this week. They have won 23 straight games, which is the second longest streak in the country behind UConn. Jory Collins’ team is 41 in the NET and 51 in […]
Arizona men’s basketball’s wins over BYU and Houston last week have the Wildcats in pole position for a number one seed, but they weren’t quite enough to move the UA back to the top of Associated Press poll. Arizona is ranked No. 2 in this week’s AP top 25, behind No. 1 Duke. Arizona received […]
The Wisconsin Badgers pulled off an 84-71 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday, improving to 19-8 on the season and 11-5 in conference play. It was the Nick Boyd show, as the star point guard brought the energy early and finished with 27 points, 10 assists, and nine rebounds in arguably the best performance […]
Northwestern’s (6-9, 0-0 B1G) roller coaster season continued in Fayetteville this past weekend against Southeast Missouri (3-10, 0-0 OVC) and No. 8 Arkansas (13-1, 0-0 SEC), as they took care of the Redbirds and fell to the Razorbacks to finish the weekend 2-3. Arkansas is the fourth ranked team NU has faced in a young […]
It’s one thing to speculate on potential head coaching hires. You can look at wins/losses, rankings, statistics and make reasonable guests as to who Syracuse should be interested in, but when it comes to athletic directors, all that is lost. I’m going to do a couple of pieces about the open AD job this week, […]
IU basketball announced the hiring of longtime Indiana Pacers VP Ryan Carr as its executive director on Monday morning. Carr is expected to be instrumental in the program’s roster-building efforts. A 1996 graduate of Indiana University, Carr has worked for ... The post IU basketball’s hiring of Ryan Carr earns strong praise appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
It's always good to beat the Lakers. I love how Lakers fans went from superstar Reaves to trash Reaves. Love all the envy of Mazzulla, Brad Stevens and Pritchard. I'm not surprised by their LeBron hate. If they win next game though they'll be back to being cocky and overrating everyone on their team. Poor Jaylen will never live down the hair incident. I love it when Celtics fans show up in mass on the road. My favorites are in bold. What ar...
NC State looked a lot better Sunday than it did in the two games prior—the execution was better, and shots were going in, which does tend to help. It was also helpful that Tilda Trygger got involved early following a couple of no-show performances. The game went back and forth for the first five minutes, […]
This week’s column is another highlighting the great work by Margo Jenkins (@margoj_photography) and Dan Murphy (@danmurphmedia)! The two of them made the rounds this week and covered men’s basketball’s game against Vanderbilt, women’s basketball vs. Auburn and the gymnastics quad meet vs. Air Force, Ball State, and Illinois. Take a look at what they […]
I bailed on the drive up to Albany for Saint Peter’s-Siena on Sunday, and Bashir Mason is probably never going to forgive me for it. The Peacocks are 6-0 when I’m in attendance this season, and Mason has been seriously superstitious about trying to get me to their other games. Luckily for him, I’ll be […]
With the gold medal awarded at the 2026 Winter Olympics and the NHL roster freeze lifted as of Sunday at midnight, the transactions are expected to really pick up ahead of the trade deadline just 12 days away. One name that could certainly be moved is Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and according to recent reports, there are several teams interested in the hulking rearguard. According to Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco, the Flyers are receiving trade interest from at le...
IU basketball is hiring Indiana Pacers senior vice president of player personnel Ryan Carr as its executive director of basketball, Inside the Hall has confirmed. Jeff Rabjohns of 247Sports was the first to report Carr’s hiring. A 1996 graduate of ... The post IU basketball is hiring Indiana Pacers Senior VP of Player Personnel Ryan Carr as its executive director appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
For today’s question of the day, let’s travel forward in time a little bit. It’s February 23rd, 2027. You are gearing up for the last few regular season games of basketball season before the ACC Tournament. Dylan Mingo is trying to put a bow on his National Player of the Year case (this is my […]
During Saturday’s Syracuse-North Carolina game, the Orange honored two players who were instrumental in launching the program into the national spotlight. The latest former Orange to be honored with a jersey retirement were Rudy Hackett and Jimmy Lee, the leaders of the first Final Four in program history watched as their #45 and #10 jerseys […]
Selection Sunday for the 2026 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament is now just under three weeks away. The stretch run is here, and the best in the country are playing like it (well, except for one). It was an exhilarating week of basketball, capped by the Duke Blue Devils beating the Michigan Wolverines in Washington D.C.. […]
Now that’s what a Final Four team is supposed to look like! Purdue fired on all cylinders in a home blowout of the Indiana Hoosiers in a game that the Boilers used to vault themselves firmly into the 2 seed line for the NCAA Tournament committee’s pre-selection show. The Boilers overwhelmed an overmatched Hoosiers squad […]
The college basketball regular season is drawing to a close and Indiana men’s basketball finds itself on the bubble once again, somewhere it’s been more often than not in the past decade regardless of who’s leading the program. It’s not Darian DeVries’ fault that the Hoosiers haven’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2023 […]
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