The No. 4 Alabama men’s basketball team, at an incredibly inopportune time, has found itself on a bit of a late-season skid. Facing down the toughest and most important part of its schedule, the Crimson Tide (21-5, 10-3 SEC) has now lost two consecutive games, at home against Auburn last weekend and at No. 15…
The Kentucky Wildcats were seeking revenge on the Vanderbilt Commodores. In late January at Vandy’s Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, the Commodores had beaten Big Blue Nation, 74-69. That was a big loss for Mark Pope’s Wildcats at the time, but they avenged themselves for that one on Wednesday night…in a big way. It was close in the…
Fresh off of leading Penn State Football to the Nittany Lions‘ first College Football Playoff, and winning two playoff games in 2024, head coach James Franklin may have had his best offseason yet as the head coach at Penn State. Franklin turned the loss of two key assistant coaches into two home-run hires and brought back an enormous cohort of rising…
Ace Baldwin Jr. (10 points, eight assists and six steals) recorded his 800th career assist as Penn State ended its seven-game losing streak against Nebraska (17-10, 7-9) 89-72. PSU (14-13, 4-12) shot a season-high 61% from the field, with five Nittany Lions scoring in double figures. Yanic Konan Niederhauser (7-10) and Zach Hicks (5-9 3-pointers)…
For the first time in a month, the ball got “hot” for Penn State basketball Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions raced past Nebraska 89-72 to end a seven-game losing streak and show some light flickering in the program. For Penn State coach Mike Rhoades, it was a welcome sight. “I just thought for a stretch we were…
WVU basketball is an NCAA Tournament team, there is no doubt in Darian DeVries’s mind about that. “As you watch other teams, as coaches you can go ‘that’s a really good team, that’s a tournament team,’” DeVries said Tuesday, “and I feel like we have one.” The Mountaineers (15-10, 6-8 Big 12) have been firmly in…
West Virginia pulled out a 62-59 victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats on Wednesday night to sweep the season series and move to 16-10 (7-8) on the season. Here are a few of my thoughts from tonight’s game. Survive and advance It’s not March yet, but for West Virginia, every game feels like an NCAA Tournament game…
The Wisconsin Badgers want head football coach Luke Fickell around for a long time. Well, perhaps not forever — because nothing lasts forever in football — but Wisconsin at least wants Fickell in Madison through the 2032 season. Evan Flood of 247Sports passed on a press release from Wisconsin that states Fickell is one of four Badgers…
The Luke Fickell era at Wisconsin is signed through the next several seasons, as the program has agreed to a contract extension. Fickell is signed with the Badgers through the 2031 season, an extra year from his previous deal. Last year, Wisconsin went 5-7, seeing a two-decade long streak of qualifying for a bowl game come to…
New offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey has been around football for quite awhile and wherever he’s gone — there’s a rivalry. Most recently, Lindsey was with North Carolina, and the Tar Heels battle NC State and Duke. Previously, Lindsey was with Auburn for some time and the Tigers and Alabama are bitter rivals. But not many rivalries are…
If Sherrone Moore and his staff can make a strong impression during Cantwell’s visit, Michigan could position itself as a serious contender. Fresh off landing Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 class, Michigan is riding high on a recruiting hot streak. Now, the Wolverines are setting their sights on another top-ranked…
Michigan football’s secondary became one of the best in college football by the end of the 2024 college football season, even without star cornerback Will Johnson, who’s expected to be a top 5-10 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. The Wolverines relied on contributions from transfer players including Aamir Hill and Wesley Walker to defeat college football powerhouses Ohio State and…