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IU basketball begins a three-game home stand tonight when it faces Northwestern at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are 17-10 and 8-8 in Big Ten play, while the Wildcats are 11-16 and 3-13 in conference play. Today’s meeting with ... The post Open Thread: IU basketball hosts Northwestern appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
With Selection Sunday approaching, Kentucky Basketball’s NCAA Tournament outlook is shifting quickly. Last week’s National Media Mock Selection placed the Wildcats as a No. 6 seed, but after Saturday’s loss at Auburn, most bracket projections now show Kentucky sliding to the 7-8 seed range entering a crucial road game at South Carolina. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi […]
Indiana men’s basketball (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) is set to take on Purdue (11-16, 3-13 Big Ten) on Tuesday evening at home in Assembly Hall The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 93-64 road loss to rival Purdue as the Boilermakers evened the series at 1-1. Indiana is facing a critical four-game stretch to close the […]
The Wisconsin Badgers had a sellout crowd against the Iowa Hawkeyes over the weekend, and the fans came out with energy, which definitely was a factor in the team’s 84-71 win at the Kohl Center on Sunday. After the game, head coach Greg Gard made sure to credit the fans for the sellout and their […]
Wright State will have two more opportunities to clinch the league title outright this week, but two dangerous backcourts will look to prevent it from doing so. Just two games separate second from sixth place, with the top-five finishers earning home tournament games. So, the final week is full of games with critical implications. Below […]
The results of Saturday’s bracket preview show had barely cooled off before they were made nearly irrelevant by actual games. Sure, you knew that two of the top teams were guaranteed to take losses, with Arizona traveling to Houston and Michigan meeting Duke in Washington, D.C. And indeed, the Blue Devils’ win over the Wolverines […]
Jillian Archer’s college career spanned coast to coast. After spending her freshman season at nearby USC (2018-19), she transferred to Georgetown and suited up for the Hoyas for two seasons (2020-22) before finishing up with two season at St. John’s (2022-24). So she’s no stranger to traveling, which has benefitted her in a pro career […]
Hiring a general manager, whether that’s the position’s official title or not, is increasingly prevalent in college basketball. These roles aren’t all the same, there’s differing responsibilities from program to program, but most of said responsibilities are what usually falls on the professional sports staple with roster building, management, finances and the like. But is […]
UConn men’s basketball (25-3, 15-2) has perhaps its most anticipated home game of the year on Wednesday night, as the Huskies host St. John’s (22-5, 15-1) in a clash between the top two teams in the Big East standings as the regular season winds down. The Red Storm are ranked No. 22 in KenPom, with […]
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The last month of basketball has been one disappointment after another for Ole Miss, but Wednesday, yes THIS WEDNESDAY, is going to be different. Maybe. It’s college basketball who knows? The SEC’s last place LSU Tigers (14-13, 2-12 SEC) and the SEC’s next to last place Ole Miss Rebels (11-16, 3-11 SEC) will battle to […]
The Wisconsin Badgers got a nice 84-71 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday, keeping them firmly in the mix for a top-four seed in the Big Ten. Nick Boyd was the star of the show, getting 27 points, 10 assists, and nine rebounds in a monster performance, and Nolan Winter added 18 points and […]
This week is the season finale of a weeks long cutthroat competition that pits personalities from around the world against each other. It features strong teamwork and moments of mental collapse, and at the end of it all there is a winner, or quite possibly winners plural. That’s right. The end of the Big Ten […]
PHOENIX — Baylor Scheierman has been living out one childhood dream after another. The 25-year-old Celtics guards played 29 minutes in Sunday’s game between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, and reflected on the experience at shootaround on Tuesday morning in Phoenix. “It was unreal,” Scheierman said. “It was a dream come true. […]
Richmond @ NC State, Tuesday @ 3:00pm (ACCNX | Stats) Akron @ NC State, Wednesday @ 3:00pm (ACCNX | Stats) It’s a busy week over at Doak Field as NC State (5-1) continues on as part of an 18-game homestand, welcoming the Richmond Spiders (5-3, RPI #242) on Tuesday at 3:00pm and the Akron Zips […]
An alliterative attempt to assuage anxieties at approaching athletic arbitrations. It is, I am told, almost March. That season is, to many degenerates—including many of you here!—zero hour. Hither comes bracket season. Yon goeth the bottom feeders. THE CROWN APPROACHETH. …or the NCAA Tournament. Whatever. We’ve got bracketology updates—not because, as a Northwestern fan, I’m […]
Kentucky Basketball head coach Mark Pope has been issued a public reprimand and fined $25,000 by the SEC for postgame conduct and comments related to officiating following the Wildcats’ game at Auburn on February 21, the league announced Tuesday. The comments violated SEC Bylaw 10.5.3 and the SEC Commissioner’s Regulation regarding Public Criticism of Officials, […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Indiana fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. If the season ended today, Indiana men’s basketball would almost certainly be in the NCAA Tournament. […]
Welcome back, everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! This past week of Mountain West basketball has to be the most unexpected and consequential of the year. We had a bunch of upsets, photo finishes, and after the dust settled, the conference has punched itself into the danger […]
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The latest AP Top 25 didn’t bring any surprises for UConn. The Huskies retained the top spot, which they’ve held all season, and monopolized the first-place votes for the seventh week in a row. It did bring some history, though. On Monday, Geno Auriemma became the all-time leader in AP Poll appearances by a coach […]
After snapping its five-game losing streak with a thrilling win over Maryland, Northwestern (11-16, 3-13 B1G) heads down to Bloomington to face Indiana (17-10, 8-8 B1G) on Tuesday evening. While the Hoosiers have (like most teams) outplayed NU this year, recent history favors the Wildcats. They’ve won five straight against Indiana, their largest win streak […]
Yesterday I ran through some reasons for Syracuse Orange fans not to panic about the candidate lists popping up. Obviously the lack of recent success from men’s basketball has fans nervous about who will replace John Wildhack, so today I want to show you that success on the field or court might not depend on […]
Villanova Wildcats 21-6 (12-4) vs Butler Bulldogs 15-13 (6-11) Where: Finneran Pavilion (Villanova, PA) When: Wednesday, Feb. 25 at. 7:00 PM Betting Line: Villanova -9.5 (subject to change) How to Watch: FS1 How to Listen: Villanova Sports Radio Network Net Rankings: Villanova 30, Butler 80 (Quad 3) KenPom: Villanova 29, Butler 81 Torvik: Villanova 30, Butler 65 About Butler: The […]
Thursday, #22 North Carolina came to Blacksburg expecting to blow out the Lady Hokies, and more of a brawl erupted instead of a basketball game. Tech loses in OT (63-66). Then Georgia Tech took to the Carilion Court at Cassell. Virginia Tech wins the season’s battle of the Techs in what became a defensive match-up […]
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