It’s been an extremely strong year for the Big 12 in college basketball, and the 2026 Big 12 Tournament kicks off Tuesday in Kansas City. The No. 12 seed Arizona State Sun Devils (16-15, 7-11 Big 12) will face the No. 13 seed Baylor Bears (16-15, 6-12 Big 12) in the first matchup. The winner […]
Kansas head coach Bill Self was ejected during the first half of Tuesday’s 70-60 loss to Arizona State after expressing anger over a foul call against freshman Darryn Peterson. With six minutes left in the first half, Peterson and Sun Devils guard Bryce Ford struggled at the baseline as Peterson tried to get off a […]
Nineteen days ago, Arizona walked into Allen Fieldhouse and suffered its first loss of the season against Kansas despite ruling out freshman Darryn Peterson. Days later, Arizona lost again at home to Texas Tech despite nearly leading for almost the entire second half. Those losses caused the Wildcats to plummet in the next AP Top […]
The No. 1 seeds in Saturday’s NCAA March madness Bracket preview was Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. While the first three were largely expected, Iowa State’s inclusion on the top line was anything but a foregone conclusion. Ultimately, the Cyclones (23-3, 10-3 Big 12) were awarded the honor by UConn and Houston by the […]
TEMPE, Ariz. – Bobby Hurley’s anger surfaced only briefly when it was suggested that he had coached this season before his job at Arizona State. “It’s not that at all,” Hurley said recently in his office. “If I’m not wanted here and I’m not appreciated here and what I’ve done isn’t good enough to be […]
Life comes at you fast in the world of college basketball. One minute you’re alone at the top of the SEC standings and the next minute you’re suddenly in the NCAA Tournament bubble. This is the situation Texas A&M (17-7, 7-4 SEC) finds itself in when it plays at No. 19 Vanderbilt on Saturday. The […]
Seton Hall’s 72-60 loss to Villanova Wednesday night returned the team to the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble and underscored an increasingly bleak reality facing the Big East. If the Pirates don’t get their ship right in the next five weeks, the league will likely send just three teams to the NCAA Tournament […]
For the first time in a few weeks, there was movement among the top-ranked teams in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Arizona and Michigan remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but Duke then fell away suffered its first loss of the season against Texas Tech. The Blue Devils fell three spots to […]
A huge missed opportunity. That’s what looms for the loser of Saturday’s showdown between No. 22 St. John’s and Kentucky at the CBS Sports Classic. For St. John’s, it’s one last chance in non-conference play to earn its first Quad 1 win of the season. For Kentucky, it’s a chance to prove it can get […]
Kentucky basketball brought a reported $20 to $25 million on the 2025 roster this offseason – probably one of the most expensive, if not the most duration, in the history of college basketball – and ten games into the season it feels like the sky is falling in Lexington. So I come with news: Probably […]