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What We Learned From Wisconsin’s Exhibition Win

The Wisconsin Badgers tipped off their 2025–26 season with a 69–53 exhibition win over UW-Platteville at the Kohl Center on Sunday. While the score favored Wisconsin, the performance offered a mix of promise and polish—some strong individual efforts, a sluggish start, and a reminder that there’s still work to do before the regular season begins. […]

Jaloni Cambridge on Naismith Player of the Year watchlist

At the end of each regular season, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame picks a winner from all Division I women’s basketball players. Thursday, the group named its 50-player watchlist for the 2025-26 season, and the name of Ohio State women’s basketball point guard Jaloni Cambridge earned a place on the list. Cambridge joined the […]

Former IU basketball All-American Calbert Cheaney to work as studio analyst for Peacock

Former IU basketball All-American Calbert Cheaney will be joining Peacock’s studio team this season. Cheaney will work as a studio analyst for Peacock’s “College Countdown.” From an NBC Sports release: “A 13-year NBA veteran (No. 6 overall pick in 1993 ... The post Former IU basketball All-American Calbert Cheaney to work as studio analyst for Peacock appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .

Rutgers Men’s Basketball 2025 Roster Breakdown: Incoming Players

Rutgers men’s basketball’s 2025 season is almost upon us, meaning that it is time for a roster breakdown. This series will be divided into two segments: one breaking down all of the newcomers and what they are expected to bring to the team, and the other covering all of the returning players. The Incoming Transfers […]

Duke Recruiting – Maxime Meyer Commits

Duke got a commitment Thursday from 7-1 Canadian Maxime Meyer. The 7-1 Meyer is currently playing for IMG Academy and is generally seen as a four-star prospect. He fits with Scheyer’s preference for taller players. Like a lot of young seven footers (he’s still 17), he’s growing into his body, but he sounds quite promising. […]

Ella Hobbs adds a new dimension to the Buckeyes’ forward rotation

Ohio State women’s basketball forward Ella Hobbs missed her first year of college basketball due to an ACL injury. It was not on a key rebound inside the paint or using her physicality to get through defenders under the basket. No, it was none of those situations expected of a 6-foot-4 forward.  “In high school, […]

Big 10 Pick 6 – The Cream Rises

I was tantalizingly close to a perfect week ATS last week. My two losses came via a backdoor cover by Michigan State on a TD with seven seconds to go and Northwestern covering by half of a point against Nebraska (seven point loss and a 7.5 point spread). Nonetheless, I’m back to .500 for the […]

Arizona football at Colorado score predictions

With five games left in the regular season, Arizona needs to win at least two of them in order to become bowl eligible. The first opportunity comes Saturday at Colorado. The Buffaloes (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) just lost 53-7 at Utah last weekend but at home are 3-2 with the losses by one score each […]

Graham Ike Named to Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List

Graduate student Graham Ike was named to the Karl Malone Award preseason watch list, an award that’s given to the best power forward in the country. Drew Timme, now with the South Bay Lakers (Los Angeles Lakers’ G League affiliate), won this honor in the 2020-21 season with the Zags. In his two seasons with […]

Men’s Basketball Player Previews- Part 3

Welcome to the third part in our preview of every Husky scholarship player this season. If you missed them you can find part one (primary ball handlers) and part two (other guards/wings) right there at those links. Let’s keep going with our players who might see time at the power forward spot this season. F/C […]

What to expect from UVA basketball’s 2025-26 backcourt

We’re just days away from tipoff of the Ryan Odom era, and the Virginia Cavaliers will bring an almost entirely new cast of characters to the backcourt for Monday’s season opener against Rider. Like most of this UVA roster, the backcourt isn’t lacking in collegiate experience, but it will take time for all the new […]

Big Ten Writers Predict The Big Ten Season

Hey everyone, we are just days away from the start of college basketball. We hope you have been enjoying our preseason coverage. One more article before we share our predictions for the MSU season. This article was spearheaded by Connor Lemons at the Ohio State page, Land Grant Holy Land. A couple weeks ago, he […]

ACC Basketball Power Rankings: Preseason Edition

You may be rightI may be crazyOh, but it just may be a lunatic you’re looking forTurn out the lightDon’t try to save meYou may be wrong for all I knowBut you may be right You May Be Right – Billy Joel That, in a nutshell, sums up preseason rankings. They are based on very […]

‘Cats unleashed: A second half to remember

The final 16 minutes were a show in every sense of the word. Northwestern men’s basketball faced Illinois State, a team projected to challenge for the top of the Missouri Valley Conference. The ‘Cats had a solid but unspectacular first half and took a seven-point lead into the break. After three minutes and 27 seconds […]

WBB Player Preview: Caroline Lau

Who is She Senior Guard, 5-foor-9, from Westport, Connecticut 2024-25 Stats 27 games, 25 starts, 4.9 points per game, 4.7 rebounds per game, 6.0 assists per game, 1.4 steals per game, 28.1% FG, 25.5% 3PT, 52% FT 2024-25 Review Caroline Lau’s junior season was a study in contrasts—brilliant facilitation overshadowed by a scoring slump that […]

These three players are poised for superstar leaps during the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season

Every college basketball season brings fresh opportunities for players to elevate their games and establish themselves as elite talents. The 2025-2026 season could be the launching pad that transforms these three players from promising prospects into household names in women’s college basketball. Here’s more on Michigan’s Syla Swords, Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes and Maryland’s Oluchi Okananwa: […]

State of the Nova Nation: New Beginnings

The State of the Nova Nation podcast releases new episodes every Thursday morning, so be sure to check back each week. You may also listen to the podcast for free on a variety of platforms, including iTunes/Apple Podcasts and Spotify (a bit later in the day)! It’s the 2025-2026 season opening episode! Emma Houghton (@emma_houghton9) and Eugene Rapay […]

THB Staff Basketball Crystal Ball

What will UNC’s men’s basketball season look like? We’ve argued all off-season about it. Now it’s prediction time. The roster has turned over almost completely. UNC men’s basketball doesn’t go into the season with quite the same number of questions as the football team did, but it’s close. Seth Trimble’s a significant known quantity, but […]

Horizon League Men’s Preview

As all mid-major conferences do in the current college basketball landscape, the Horizon League had its fair share of turnover. A repeat champion is certainly in play, but the league is deep with a handful of teams that could win the new-look conference tournament and represent the league in the Big Dance. Robert Morris gave […]

ACC Power Rankings—Week 10, 2025

The calendar flips to November, and the ACC race is coming into focus. Only Georgia Tech and Virginia remain unbeaten in league play, while others fight to salvage bowl chances or simply finish strong. Every possession now feels heavier, every mistake more costly, and the margin for error nearly gone. 17. Boston College (1-7, 0-5) […]

2025-26 Marquette Women’s Basketball Season Preview: Three Questions

#1 — What is the one thing Cara Consuegra most needs to tweak for this season? Cara Consuegra’s first season in charge at Marquette was pretty successful. Not NCAA tournament successful, but for a Year 1 with very little continuity, it was pretty successful. For Year 2, Consuegra brings back everyone from last year’s roster. […]

A natural shooting guard, Kiyan Anthony willing to play point guard with Syracuse basketball

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team has its starting point guard position squared away. Georgia Tech transfer Naithan George will handle the lead guard duties. Adrian Autry is looking to establish his backup point guard early in the preseason. Kiyan Anthony is a natural shooting guard. Although modern basketball has become positionless […]

3 Keys beating Michigan State and how to watch

Fortunately, the Gophers return home for a week. How to WatchTV: BTNTime: 2:30Stream: FoxSports.com I know that Michigan State is 0-5 in the Big Ten and the Gophers are undefeated at home this season. But the Spartans have played a fairly rigorous conference schedule facing four teams who have been ranked at one point this […]