The top-ranked Duke Blue Devils look to remain in first place in the ACC when they take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a key matchup on Tuesday night. Duke is coming off a 68-63 win over then-No. 1 Michigan on Saturday, while Notre Dame dropped a 73-68 decision in Pittsburgh that same day. […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame’s spring training ends with the Blue-Gold Game on April 25. Marcus Freeman should take his fifth — and perhaps most talented — team back to spring training around Saint Patrick’s Day, a month early. And with more than a third of the roster new, let alone three new assistant […]
ACC teams trying to get back on track will meet as part of the college basketball schedule on Wednesday when the No. 22 North Carolina Tar Heels host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. UNC is 14-4 (2-3 ACC), but has dropped three of its last four. Notre Dame is 10-8 (1-4 ACC) and enters this […]
For college sports fans who turn their full attention to basketball after the thrill of Indiana College football Playoff National Championship Game win over Miami, welcome to what has been an exciting season so far. Freshman stars are once again a hallmark of the sport, the top conference hierarchy is well balanced and the race […]
The last big Saturday of non-conference action is just around the corner, and it offers one last chance for several major teams to make a statement before the league kicks off again after Christmas. Among them are four branded programs that will be featured in the CBS Sports Classic. First up is tip-off at 12:30 […]
CBS Sports graphic Another week in college basketball presents voters in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball rankings with a new dilemma over which team deserves the No. 1 seed. And after No. 1 Purdue’s 81-58 home loss to No. 10 Iowa State this weekend, the list of worthy contenders to replace the Boilermakers […]
1 File: (7-0) This week: defeated Eastern Illinois 109-62 Purdue made the most of their lone outing during the holiday week with a win vs. Eastern Illinois. Daniel Jacobsen had 24 points and nine rebounds in the win and Braden Smith, second in the NCAA in assists, finished with 10 dimes in 23 minutes of […]
The point of making a list of the 10 best college bars is to give the reader a guide of places where he or she can check out if he or she ends up in one of these college towns. It is not to identify the places in the cities where most students live. With […]
Matt Norlander is on the Vegas Strip, bouncing back and forth between the two arenas hosting this year’s Players Era Championship. He will provide regular updates and insider information throughout each day of the event, so check back often. You can read his Monday notebook here. LAS VEGAS – Among the many things the Players […]
NEW YORK – No major team needs a player more than Kansas Darryn Peterson. The Jayhawks’ top freshman missed his third straight game due to a hamstring problem. Coach Bill Self said after Tuesday night’s 78-66 loss to No. 5 Duke that things are improving, adding that he doesn’t “think it will be long” before […]