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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 […]
Matt Norlander has spent the past few days on the Vegas Strip, going back and forth between the two arenas hosting this year’s Players Era Championship. He provided inside information every day of the event. You can read his Monday notebook and his here Tuesday recap here. LAS VEGAS — The team laying claim to […]
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 […]
CBS Sports graphic The format of the Players Era Festival is so wacky that trying to predict which two teams will participate in Wednesday’s championship is mostly an exercise in futility. It can literally be determined by the number of points a team allows in a game, never mind that all games are not even […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
Lawrence Moten, the most important scorer of all time in the basketball history of Syracuse, died on Tuesday at the age of 53, confirmed his daughter Lawrencia, According to Syracuse.com. Moten was found dead in his Washington, DC, at home. Moten played for Syracuse from 1991-1995, collected 2,334 career points and on average 19.3 points […]
