NCAA Basketball

Dec 22, 2022 After a 2021-22 freshman class that produced two second-team All-Americans and a third-team All-American — a trio that would ultimately end up as the top three picks in the 2022 NBA draft — there was a pretty high bar for the high school class of 2022 to hit at the college level.

We’re following the remaining undefeated teams in DI men’s and women’s college basketball this season. For the women, UConn is the most recent team to complete an undefeated season by cutting down the nets, going 38-0 in 2015-16. Men’s basketball hasn’t seen a perfect season since 1975-76 with 32-0 Indiana, though Gonzaga was one win

USATSI The Jumpman Invitational features the Michigan Wolverines and the North Carolina Tar Heels squaring off on Wednesday evening. The Wolverines are 7-3 overall and have won two straight games. The Tar Heels have gone 8-4 through 12 games and are winners of three in a row. North Carolina leads the all-time series 5-4, with

7:00 AM ET Tonya Simpson Close Tonya Simpson is an award-winning writer for ESPN. She is based in Raleigh, N.C. and can be reached at Tonya.M.Simpson@espn.com. HUBERT DAVIS RISES from his desk, all 6-foot-5 of him, and greets me with a smile that reaches his eyes. I had been told before I arrived that he

It’s the holiday season and men’s basketball is fittingly wrapping up non-conference play. But before that comes to an end, let’s all get into the holiday spirit by reflecting on the gift-like moments men’s basketball has given us so far. 9 gifts men’s basketball has given us entering the holiday season 3 Undefeated teams Three

Purdue’s reign atop the college basketball world continues, but there was plenty of movement just below the Boilermakers this past week. Here’s everything you missed in Week 6 of the season, and the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Houston recovers after Alabama loss, knocks off Virginia Houston is back on track. Just a

CBS Sports graphic A fun, busy and eventful Saturday of college basketball concluded after midnight on the East Coast with a showdown between two programs possessing legitimate Final Four aspirations. Final score: Arizona 75, Tennessee 70. The five-point victory represented Arizona’s fourth Quadrant-1 win of the season and improved second-year coach Tommy Lloyd’s record to

6:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Down two with under 2 second left, North Carolina assistant Jeff Lebo drew up a play the Tar Heels hadn’t even run in practice — and it worked perfectly. Pete Nance made a turnaround jumper at the buzzer to force overtime, RJ Davis iced a much-needed victory

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Jarace Walker scored 17 points and No. 5 Houston used runs in each half and the nation’s best scoring defense to beat No. 2 Virginia 69-61 on Saturday. Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark each added 13 points for the Cougars (11-1), who used a 10-2 run early in the second half to

Share Houston is the real deal. In the biggest test the Cougars have seen thus far in the season, Houston downed the Cavaliers in a convincing 69-61 win. After getting off to a slow start, which featured a shutout, 9-0 Virginia lead through the first four minutes of the game, Houston powered back into the

USATSI It’s possible, if not likely, that the biggest Saturday of ranked-on-ranked action of the regular season will wind up being what we’ve got awaiting us this weekend. Here’s the chronological order (all times ET) of Saturday’s quintet of games between teams ranked in the AP Top 25. • Noon, ESPN2: No. 14 Indiana at

Conference play in women’s basketball opens this week for several conferences including an ACC battle between No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 6 Virginia Tech.  Here’s five games to keep your eye on this week:  1) No. 10 UCLA at Southern California — Thursday, Dec. 15  When: 10 p.m. ET, Thursday Stream: Pac-12 Los Angeles (subscription

You have to love the Ivy League this season. It’s not just cramming for the economics finals, though that’s been going on lately, too. “Before the games I’ve got guys studying (in the locker room),” Yale coach James Jones was saying the other day. “So their focus and concentration has shifted because they have to

Former Arizona coach Sean Miller escaped personal sanctions from the NCAA regarding its investigation into academic misconduct and recruiting violations. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) Xavier men’s basketball coach Sean Miller was not sanctioned by the NCAA’s Independent Resolution Panel regarding accusations of misconduct against the Arizona basketball program while Arizona won’t receive any further postseason ban

7:00 AM ET It took just seven games for the wheels to completely fall off Louisville‘s first season under new coach Kenny Payne. That was when Payne took to the postgame podium to openly — and, one could say, justifiably — question his team’s desire. “We did not compete. We did not fight. We didn’t

The Toledo Rockets captured NCAA.com Team of the Week honors and scored one of its biggest wins in program history on Dec. 8, defeating No. 14 Michigan 71-68 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. Toledo already owned the longest road winning streak in the country coming into Thursday’s game, and that streak now extends

USATSI The Arizona State Sun Devils will try to extend their seven-game winning streak when they face the Creighton Bluejays on Monday night. Arizona State has only dropped one game this season and is coming off a 75-57 win over SMU. Creighton has been a streaky team, winning its first six games before losing its

HOUSTON (AP) — No. 8 Alabama could have called it a day when it was trailing by double-figures early in the second half. The Crimson Tide didn’t, and earned another marquee win this season. Alabama rallied from a 15-point second half deficit to stun No. 1 Houston 71-65 on Saturday, becoming just the second men’s