Kansas predictably fell short against Duke, but good news: Bill Self says Darryn Peterson could be back next week

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 […]

Which college basketball coaches are under pressure? Hubert Davis, Adrian Autry and more

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 […]

ACC predicted order of finish: Duke picked to win, UNC overrated, NC State underrated in preseason poll

The ACC has released its notice predicted order of finish in preseason on Tuesday ahead of the 2025-26 college basketball season. Duke was picked to win the conference in the annual preseason poll, while NC State forward Darrion Williams earned preseason Player of the Year honors. Williams transferred from Texas Tech to NC State to […]

AP Top 25 Poll Reactions: North Carolina Overrated, Kansas Underrated in Preseason College Basketball Rankings

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 […]

Lawrence Moten, the most important scorer of Syracuse of all time and Big East star from the 90s, dies at 53

Lawrence Moten, the smooth scoring guard who became Syracuse’s leading scorer and left an indelible marking at College Basketball in the 1990s, died on Tuesday, confirmed Syracuse Athletics. He was 53 years old. No cause of death was given. Moten’s daughter, Lawrencia, told Syracuse.com That Moten died in his house in Washington, DC Nicknamed “Poetry […]

Rick Pitino says he wants to play in Louisville, so here are five other non -conference -collisions that we want to see

Rick Pitino has built a glove of mass -conference -tilts according to the schedule of St. John, including people as Alabama and Ole Miss in Madison Square Garden, Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic and both Iowa State and Baylor in the Players Era Men’s Championship. Belts fixed. But the future Hall of Famer, Fresh […]