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The fourth AP Top 25 Poll of the 2025-2026 season was released Monday, and despite efforts by Arizona and Michigan, Purdue remains the No. 1 team in the country. The Boilermakers have been at the top of the poll for the past three weeks, with the lone exception when Houston defeated Purdue in the first […]
The reverse Maui Invitational schedule gave us an early dose of championship basketball on Wednesday afternoon. Former Pac-12 opponents USC and Arizona State squared off after putting on electric performances on Monday and Tuesday, and the title game delivered — at least for the first 30 minutes. Ultimately, the day belonged to USC, which extended […]
The high today in Colorado Springs, Colorado was 58 degrees with a low of 32 degrees. A nearly 800-mile drive to Tempe, Arizona, and it’s sunny, a high of 84 degrees and a brisk wind. It’s not your average hockey weather, especially in November, but in Tempe it’s pretty much all year round. Related: Sparky’s […]
Apparently ‘busy’ can mean many different things. Because when we asked our men’s basketball staff to identify the coach under the most pressure this season, the answers – and interpretations of the question – varied dramatically. Of course, some went for the red-hot seats. (Unfortunately, as usual, the ACC deserved multiple mentions.) But others picked […]
The AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll was released Monday, indicating the start of the 2025-2026 college basketball season is approaching. Purdue earned the No. 1 spot in the poll after receiving 35 of 60 possible first-place votes. Houston, Florida and UConn – the teams trailing the Boilermakers – all received first-place votes. Rounding out […]
The NCAA has announced that the violations pursues from sports betting rules with 13 athletes in six basketball programs for college: Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, Temple, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State. The enforcement staff of the NCAA would have discovered some student athletes “betting on and against their own teams”, in […]
