College Basketball

Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Braden Smith added 15 points and eight assists Friday night, helping No. 7 Purdue produce a historic rout over rival Indiana 93-64 to earn a split in this season's series. The Boilermakers emphatically ended their two-game losing streak against the Hoosiers by producing their highest point total in the series since scoring 94 points in 1998. It also was their largest victory margin in […]

Meet Trey Kaufman-Renn, the Purdue big man who brings nostalgia to 1990s basketball with his game. The men's college basketball season is ramping up with high-stakes games every night and the NCAA Tournament just around the corner. In those key regular-season games, March Madness stars introduce themselves to the nation with magical moments and Cinderella runs. We're teaching you about them before they become national heroes. Ahead of No. 7 […]

UCLA head coach Mick Cronin might not "give a rat's ass" about the Michigan State student section, but he wants Bruins redshirt senior Steven Jamerson II to know that he's sorry for making a scene and ejecting the big man for a flagrant foul he committed during the team's Tuesday night loss to the Spartans. Even before the referees reviewed the play and assessed Jamerson with a flagrant-1 foul, Cronin […]

You know all about the Power 6 conferences in college basketball. You hear about those more than any other, and those groups often dominate the March Madness conversation. There are 25 other conferences out there, however, and our goal is to get you up to speed on the teams, players and fights in the standings to know before the conference tournaments, Selection Sunday and the official start of March Madness. […]

The game of the year in college basketball takes place Saturday night in Washington, D.C. It will be the top-ranked Michigan Wolverines (-2.5, 148.5) taking on the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils, and this game could be an early preview of a Final Four matchup that we end up seeing in early spring. Michigan is 25-1 on the year and putting together one of the more dominant regular seasons in […]

Men's college basketball, women's college basketball – there's no shortage of college ball, every night. Don't worry, we're here to help you figure out what you missed but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from last night in college basketball. Oklahoma won a nail-biter against Georgia There were some ranked-ranked matchups on Thursday, and maybe the best of the bunch was in Georgia. No. 11 Oklahoma was visiting […]

Saturday’s college basketball slate is fantastically fabulous. Fantabulous, if you're feeling frisky. No. 1 Michigan faces No. 3 Duke in the nation’s capital, No. 2 Houston hosts No. 4 Arizona, and No. 6 Iowa State travels to No. 23 BYU. In totality, 20 of America’s top 25 teams are in action on the penultimate Saturday in February. March Madness, here we come. Let's check out my best bets for the […]

Don't miss an entire Final Four preview, and a rematch of the Battle for Indiana on the men's side of college basketball, while the hottest team in women's basketball, a potential Big Ten sleeper, is going for a 10th consecutive win. The big college basketball games this weekend will impact conference standings and NCAA Tournament seeding. There are top teams in men's and women's hoops going at it, and we're […]

What is happening with Kansas star Darryn Peterson, arguably the nation's best college basketball player? How can a player so talented be so averse to showcasing those skills? "He's getting terrible advice," Danny Parkins said on "First Things First." "He's making millions of dollars to play basketball. He has an agent who reps NBA people at a big agency. The only reason why I think he's getting bad counseling here […]