Duke, Arizona and Michigan remained steady among the top three teams in the Associated Press men’s basketball Top 25 on Monday, remaining off the court for two weeks until Selection Sunday. The Blue Devils, who moved up to No. 1 last week, received 55 of the 59 first-place votes, while the Wildcats received the other […]
IU basketball will look to bounce back from a disastrous 72-68 home loss to Northwestern when it hosts Michigan State on Sunday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Spartans have won three in a row, beating Purdue 76-74 on Thursday night at Mackey Arena. Sunday’s tipoff is set for 3:45 PM ET on CBS: Tuesday’s […]
Michigan would be the No. 1 overall seed if the men’s NCAA Tournament started today, and the Wolverines would be joined in the top tier by Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. The NCAA selection committee unveiled the top 16 seeds on Saturday, three weeks and a day before the official bracket is announced on Selection […]
Steven Jamerson II’s homecoming at Michigan State entered territory this sport rarely reaches. With 4:26 remaining in UCLA’s eventual 82-59 dismantling of No. 15 Michigan State, Jamerson — who as a freshman at East Lansing in 2020 was unsuccessful in his bid to make the team or become a student manager — was whistled for […]
If college basketball had an NBA-style all-star game, what would the rosters look like? We divided the country along the Mississippi River and created East and West rosters of college basketball’s very best players. With most of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and SEC, the East region is overcrowded with options, forcing us to […]
Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, a look at the lead-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. In his top 25 this week, CJ Moore talked about Arizona and Michigan, a top tier all their own, and the prospect of “one […]
If last season was the year of the SEC, this is the year of the Big 12 and Big Ten battling for supremacy. That’s according to this week’s Associated Press Men’s Basketball Top 25 Poll. Undefeated Arizona was again the unanimous No. 1 seed on Monday, meaning the Wildcats have held the top spot for […]
Arizona will be No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the ninth straight week on Monday, but is currently No. 2 on KenPom, the advanced statistics site, behind Michigan. These two teams have traded places in recent weeks, with Arizona passing Michigan after Saturday’s 84-47 win over Oklahoma State, and Michigan jumping […]
You know what’s great about college basketball? That even on a random Wednesday in early February – with no rankings versus rankings, while the nation’s sporting attention is otherwise focused on the Olympics trade deadline, the Super Bowl and the NBA – you’re still responsible for a highly entertaining evening. Between multiple upset top 20 […]
Arizona keeps winning. And it continues to hold its No. 1 ranking firmly. The 22-0 Wildcats were the unanimous pick for the top spot in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 poll after beating No. 16 BYU and rival Arizona State last week. Arizona is off to the best start in school history and the Wildcats […]