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cbssports.com - Kyle Boone - Tomorrow's Top 25 college basketball rankings prediction: Iowa State moves up
Tomorrow's Top 25 college basketball rankings prediction: Iowa State moves up
CBS Sports

A week of chaos in college basketball -- during which we saw 11 ranked teams suffer at least one loss and three teams suffer two losses -- guarantees that Monday's AP Top 25 poll will bring with it plenty of upheaval. The only sure thing going into…

si.com - Kevin Hicks - Molly Miller Continues to Catalyze Revival of ASU Basketball
Molly Miller Continues to Catalyze Revival of ASU Basketball
Sports Illustrated

TEMPE -- The Arizona State women's basketball program has spent much of the 2020's decade sleepwalking - as they departed the 2024-25 season having won just 53 games during the time period. Barely winning more than 10 games a season wasn't…

si.com - Chuck Bausman - Another Tough Week Ahead For Kansas State Men's Basketball
Another Tough Week Ahead For Kansas State Men's Basketball
Sports Illustrated

With three consecutive Big 12 losses, the Kansas State men's basketball has a chance this week to get a grip on its season this week. First up is UCF, which was ranked 25th last week, on Wednesday. On Saturday, the Wildcats travel to Oklahoma State…

foxsports.com - Casey Jacobsen - Men's College Basketball Rankings: Arizona Takes Over Top Spot, Nebraska Soars
Men's College Basketball Rankings: Arizona Takes Over Top Spot, Nebraska Soars
FOX Sports

For the first time this season, there's a new team sitting atop my rankings. Michigan held the No. 1 spot and, at times, looked downright unbeatable. But a shaky week opened the door. The Wolverines narrowly escaped at Penn State before stumbling…

si.com - Joshua Schulman - The Most Concerning Aspect Of Kansas Basketball's Recent Struggles
The Most Concerning Aspect Of Kansas Basketball's Recent Struggles
Sports Illustrated

Ever since Kansas basketball began conference play, the Jayhawks have looked like a completely different team, and for all the wrong reasons. They have lost two of their first three Big 12 games, both of which came on the road against UCF and West…

si.com - Val Prochaska - The Plus/Minus: Virginia Women's Basketball Falters Versus Syracuse
The Plus/Minus: Virginia Women's Basketball Falters Versus Syracuse
Sports Illustrated

This week's edition of the Plus/Minus would be a lot more fun if I were covering Syracuse. Virginia was undone by magnificent games from Laila Phelia (38 points on 13/19 shooting and 10/11 from the line) and Sophie Burrows (7/8 from beyond the…

nola.com - Scott Rabalais - Scott Rabalais: 'Hungry' LSU outlasts Texas in a first-class women's basketball thriller
Scott Rabalais: 'Hungry' LSU outlasts Texas in a first-class women's basketball thriller
NOLA.com

The chartered bus that carried the Texas women's basketball team to LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center had the name “Champion” stamped on all sides. Maybe the Longhorns will end up that way, cutting down Southeastern Conference…

ocregister.com - Steve Fryer - Fairmont Prep loses San Joaquin League boys basketball opener
Fairmont Prep loses San Joaquin League boys basketball opener
Orange County Register

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONG BEACH – Teams usually are very hyped about playing their league opener. So it was strange that Fairmont Prep's boys basketball team played with little enthusiasm for its San Joaquin League…

fansided.com - Mike Phillips - Men's college basketball rankings: Projected AP Top 25 after Michigan suffers first loss
Men's college basketball rankings: Projected AP Top 25 after Michigan suffers first loss
FanSided

The long and winding college basketball season is a grind and even the best teams can stumble at points. Take the case of No. 2 Michigan, which absolutely stampeded through the non-conference portion of the season with historically dominant…

si.com - Luke Joseph - After Surviving Northwestern, MSU Basketball looks ahead to Indiana
After Surviving Northwestern, MSU Basketball looks ahead to Indiana
Sports Illustrated

Michigan State narrowly escaped with a home win against the now 8–7 Northwestern Wildcats. The Spartans struggled mightily in the first half, entering the break down seven points after scoring just 28 points. Michigan State committed eight…

si.com - Harrison Simeon - What Colorado's Basketball Team Proved In Valiant Effort Against Texas Tech
What Colorado's Basketball Team Proved In Valiant Effort Against Texas Tech
Sports Illustrated

Last season, most Colorado Buffaloes losses ended about the same: a back-and-forth fight through 35 minutes, then a collapse that rendered coach Tad Boyle gutless. But change has arrived, even after more heartbreak. The Buffaloes' 73-71 loss to the…

si.com - Cam Wilhorn - Wisconsin Badgers basketball seeing confidence surge after critical wins over Michigan, UCLA
Wisconsin Badgers basketball seeing confidence surge after critical wins over Michigan, UCLA
Sports Illustrated

Madison, Wis. -- Wisconsin guard Nick Boyd may have been one of the few people to accurately predict the Badgers' impressive week, when they took care of UCLA at the Kohl Center and defeated No. 2 Michigan in Ann Arbor. 'We just gotta get one,'…

si.com - Chuck Bausman - For Nebraska Men's Basketball, the Week Ahead Offers a Chance to Keep the Party Going
For Nebraska Men's Basketball, the Week Ahead Offers a Chance to Keep the Party Going
Sports Illustrated

The unbeaten Nebraska men's basketball team continues its stretch of playing Big Ten football powerhouses on Tuesday against Oregon. The schedule quirk had the Huskers playing at Ohio State and Indiana last week. Both of those teams are considered…

si.com - Ethen Hutton - Michael Porter Jr. And 3 Other Fantasy Basketball Sell-High Candidates
Michael Porter Jr. And 3 Other Fantasy Basketball Sell-High Candidates
Sports Illustrated

The fantasy basketball season is in full swing, with managers looking to maximize lineup production. Some of the NBA's top players have gotten off to notable starts as the halfway point of the regular season approaches. Other star players may be in…

themorningsun.com - Shawn Robinson - Morning Sun girls basketball power rankings
Morning Sun girls basketball power rankings
The Morning Sun

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The girls' prep basketball season is in full swing, as we enter the third week of games. The Morning Sun presents its first power rankings for the 2025-26 basketball season. These rankings are based on…

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