Category: NCAA Basketball

The Red Storm received seven of the first-place votes from the conference’s coaches Tuesday. UConn garnered the other four.

Geno Auriemma and UConn are in a familiar place, atop the Big East preseason poll. The Huskies were a unanimous choice by the coaches Tuesday to win the conference again. The Huskies are coming off a 12th national championship led by preseason player of the year Sarah Strong.

St. John's and coach Rick Pitino finished atop the Big East men's basketball preseason poll, edging out UConn and coach Dan Hurley

St. John's is No. 1 in the Big East Conference preseason poll for the first time in three decades. The Red Storm received seven of the first-place votes from the conference's coaches Tuesday. UConn garnered the other four.

The president of the NCAA is urging schools and conferences tempted by riches offered through potential deals with new equity sources to think about the long-term repercussions before jumping into the deals. “My message to everybody on this would be really simple: Be really careful,'" Charlie Baker said Monday at a Big East roundtable on the future of college basketball. With schools and conferences under increasing pressure to raise funds to pay their players, reports of them negotiating with new equity sources for college sports are becoming more frequent.

Braden Smith played with Zach Edey and followed his large footsteps by becoming an All-American last season. The Purdue guard had a chance to leave for the NBA over the summer, but, like Edey before him, decided to return for another chance at a national championship under coach Matt Painter.

Reigning national champion Florida is one of 12 teams in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll scheduled to play at Madison Square Garden this season. UConn and Duke will make multiple appearances inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” which is set to host seven programs ranked in the top 10 and nine that have won an NCAA title. No. 5 St. John's, the defending Big East champion, will play 12 regular-season home games at MSG in its third year under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino — the school's most since 1951-52.

How many points did AJ Dybantsa score in an exhibition vs Nebraksa on Saturday? Here's how the freshman star fared against the Cornhuskers:

Four Free Press sports writers chime in on whether Michigan State football can rebound for an upset of No. 3 Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Four Free Press sports writers chime in on whether Michigan State football can rebound for an upset of No. 3 Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Michigan basketball trailed by 18 at the half, then got within two multiple times in the final four minutes in a 100-98 loss to Cincinnati.

Iowa was 17-16 last season and missed the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year, and the Hawkeyes’ 7-13 Big Ten record was their first under .500 since 2017-18.

Bruce Pearl will still be a part of the college basketball scene this season, even though he isn't coaching any more. TNT and CBS Sports announced on Thursday that Pearl will be an analyst for their coverage this season. Pearl will be on TNT's studio team with Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn, Chris Webber and Adam Lefkoe during its first season of doing Big East and Big 12 games.

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes saw a chance to bring Duke to campus for the first time in nearly 50 years and jumped at it.

Former Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl is joining TNT Sports' college basketball coverage this season. Here's more.