LEXINGTON — Virtually any time Mark Pope stepped near a mic after Kentucky basketball's 2025-26 roster came together, he pledged the team's defense — a sieve at times last season — would showcase ...

When it comes to Purdue guard Fletcher Loyer, there are two distinct sides to the argument. A clear black and white. Many praise his play; others criticize it. Purdue coach Matt Painter knows where he ...

Syracuse, N.Y. —Syracuse University announced an opening-night crowd of 18,762 fans for its 2025-26 season debut against the Binghamton Bearcats. Syracuse blew out Binghamton 85-47 at the JMA Wireless ...

UK blitzed Nicholls, 77-51, at Rupp Arena on Tuesday in the opener for both teams. It was a defensive masterpiece for Kentucky (1-0), which entered Year 2 under Pope ranked No. 9 in the USA TODAY ...

Milan Momcilovic made seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 29 points as Iowa State beat Fairleigh Dickinson 88-50 Monday night. The Cyclones, who have won 35 consecutive nonconference ...

Oluchi Okananwa had 18 points as the No. 10 Maryland women’s basketball team leaned on its defense to cruise to an 80-26 rout of Loyola (Maryland) in its season opener Monday night at Xfinity Center.

BATON ROUGE, La. – The fifth-ranked LSU women’s basketball team defeated Houston Christian in the Tigers’ season opener Tuesday night, 108-55, as freshman guard ZaKiyah Johnson collected her first ...

The No. 9 Tennessee Lady Vols lost their season opener 80-77 to the No. 8 NC State Wolfpack. Talaysia Cooper led the Lady Vols with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists. Tennessee struggled ...

There were a lot of questions about the Marquette men’s basketball team heading into its season opener against Albany on Nov. 3 at Fiserv Forum. Not all of them were answered in an 80-53 victory by ...

One game with Bucky McMillan as head coach, and one win for the Texas A&M Aggies' men's basketball team in the 2025 season. McMillan's first appearance as A&M's coach was a success in front of the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Holy Cross men’s basketball team opened the 2025-26 season Nov. 3 at Providence, the start of a challenging – “treacherous” was the word HC coach Dave Paulsen used – early ...