Category: NCAA Basketball

Live coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. ET on Peacock.

Tip-off is at 4:00 PM ET on Peacock.

No. 1 seed Texas will kick off the day with a matchup against No. 4 Indiana. No. 1 overall seed Nebraska will end the night against No. 4 Kansas.

Joshua Jefferson scored 24 points and No. 4 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to stay unbeaten with a 66-62 win over Iowa.

Audi Crooks and the 10th-ranked Iowa State women have held off No. 11 Iowa’s comeback bid for a 74-69 victory.

In his second season at Indiana, Curt Cignetti led the Hoosiers to the unthinkable. Can Dusty May do the same for Michigan basketball?

Emanuel Sharp scored 23 points, Isiah Harwell added 20 points and No. 7 Houston won its third straight game, routing Jackson State, 80-38 on Wednesday night. Sharp had 19 points in the first half on 6 of 7 shooting, including 5 of 6 on 3-pointers, as the Cougars (9-1) built a 40-16 lead at the half. Sharp and Harwell combined to shoot 16 of 25 from the field and were 9 of 17 on 3 pointers for the game.

Rienk Mast had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 23 Nebraska took over the game midway through the first half and cruised to a 90-60 win over Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2018, Nebraska (10-0, 1-0 Big Ten) matched its best start in school history. Nebraska also opened the 1977-78 season with 10 straight wins.

Emanuel Sharp scored 23 points, Isiah Harwell added 20 points and No. 7 Houston won its third straight game, routing Jackson State, 80-38 on Wednesday night. Sharp had 19 points in the first half on 6 of 7 shooting, including 5 of 6 on 3-pointers, as the Cougars (9-1) built a 40-16 lead at the half. Sharp and Harwell combined to shoot 16 of 25 from the field and were 9 of 17 on 3 pointers for the game.

Ven-Allen Lubin and Matt Able each scored 13 points to help N.C. State rout Liberty 85-45 on Wednesday night. N.C. State moves to 7-3 and 6-0 at home, and hosts No. Kansas on Saturday.

Braden Smith had 15 points, 12 assists and six rebounds, and Trey Kaufman-Renn added 14 points and 10 rebounds before departing Wednesday night as No. Purdue blew out Minnesota 85-57. The Boilermakers (9-1, 2-0 Big Ten) sent a resounding statement in their first game since tying the record for the largest home loss by a No.

The Huskies won their fifth straight game since a 71-67 home loss Nov. 19 to then-No. 4 Arizona, now the top-ranked team in the country.

In UConn's victory over Kansas, Mullins led Dan Hurley's group with 17 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the field with a trio of made 3-pointers.

Iowa State center Audi Crooks is one of the hottest players in the country and the toughest to stop.

"As soon as you get a little bit tired, there's a sub coming," Michigan basketball guard Elliot Cadeau said. "And that sub is just as good as you."