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 […]
Wednesday night’s college basketball action had it all: great games, huge upsets and memorable individual performances. However, one particular game stood above the rest and the SEC may have given us the game of the season. Alabama and Arkansas took 50 minutes to settle things, with the Tide ultimately pulling out a 117-115 victory despite […]
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 […]
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 […]
CBS Sports graphic I usually spend the few hundred words that top each update of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings on a specific game, team or player. I rarely focus on days. But what a day that was! Absolutely incredible. The first Saturday of February looked good on paper, […]
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 […]
Image images The Big 12 is investigating an incident of “inappropriate chanting” that allegedly occurred during Oklahoma State’s 99-92 win over No. 16 BYU Wednesday night. A television camera caught Oklahoma State fans chanting “f— the Mormons” or “Ref’s a Mormon” after the Cowboys were fouled late in the second half. “The Big 12 Conference […]
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 […]
Image images Oklahoma State picked up a much-needed big win by upsetting No. 16 BYU 99-92 on Wednesday night, despite 36 points from Cougars freshman AJ Dybantsa. The win marks the first Quad 1 victory for the Cowboys (16-6, 4-5 Big 12), who travel to No. 1 Arizona on Saturday. The outcome led to a […]
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 […]