Having already conquered the women's game, Connecticut Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma nearly made the jump to the men's game more than a decade ago.  In an interview with Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari on his Cal Cast podcast (h/t Excelle Sports' Nick Forrester), Auriemma said he had a job with a men's college team lined up before deciding against taking it: I had until midnight to make a decision. And I thought I had made ...

The struggling Texas Longhorns basketball team is facing another obstacle this season, as star sophomore Tevin Mack has been suspended indefinitely. Per the Longhorn Network, Mack was suspended Thursday for an unspecified violation of team rules.  This is not the first time Mack has been disciplined by the team and head coach Shaka Smart. He was previously suspended for the season opener, along with Kerwin Roach Jr., against Incarnate Word on Nov. 11 for violating team rules.  After Mack's indefinite suspension, per Texas ...

In what was supposed to be a close battle of elite Big East teams, No. 8 Creighton instead cruised to a 75-64 victory over No. 12 Butler.  The Blue Jays led by as many as 25 points in the second half before taking their foot off the gas, but they did more than enough to earn one of their biggest wins of the year. Maurice Watson Jr. was in complete control of the game, finishing with 21 points, ...

We've reached the midpoint of the 2016-17 college basketball season, with the NCAA tournament only about two months away. That means it's time to take stock of what we've seen so far, which also involves singling out the best players in the game to date. Our midseason All-America teams includes 15 players, five each on a trio of teams. Because we've made sure to include at least two frontcourt players and two backcourt standouts on each ...

Another season of college basketball in Lexington, Kentucky, another innovation by head coach John Calipari that could change the game. On Saturday, Hamidou Diallo, an absurdly athletic 18-year-old shooting guard from New York City who's ranked 10th in his class, committed to play basketball at the University of Kentucky. In and of itself, that fact—one of the top prospects of the 2017 high school class joining Calipari's already loaded recruiting class—is not of particular note. Calipari has ...

During Tuesday night's 88-72 loss to Florida State, Duke guard Grayson Allen flew into the Seminoles bench to try to save a loose ball and made contact with assistant coach Dennis Gates, appearing to push the coach. On Wednesday, however, Gates said he felt it was simply a "basketball play," according to Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com: Grayson Allen did not make a dirty play. That was not a dirty play. He plays hard, he dove after a ...

The loss wasn't a certainty until Tuesday night, but the groundwork for Duke's 88-72 defeat at Florida State was laid a few days earlier when its best interior defender limped off the court. Since Amile Jefferson suffered a bone bruise to his right foot—the same one he broke in December 2015, causing him to miss the rest of last season—late in the first half Saturday against Boston College, it's been a major balancing act for the ...

After roughly two weeks of college basketball conference play, it's only natural to have some knee-jerk reactions to what we've witnessed. Before we dive into those, though, a hearty welcome to the college football fanatics in the crowd. You could have turned your attention to the 2017 offseason/preseason, the NFL playoffs or The Bachelor, but we're glad to have you and hope to get you caught up to speed on what you've missed over the past two ...

No. 9 Florida State picked up a program-record 12th straight victory Tuesday night with an 88-72 win over No. 7 Duke at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida. Led by Xavier Rathan-Mayes' 21 points, the Seminoles had four scorers in double digits, as Dwayne Bacon and Terance Mann added 13 apiece and Jonathan Isaac had 11. The bench also came up huge, outscoring the Blue Devils bench 21-4. Florida State entered Tuesday night just 9-35 ...

For the second consecutive week, the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 took an undefeated record into a hostile environment and emerged with an L, as the No. 10 West Virginia Mountaineers knocked off the No. 1 Baylor Bears in Morgantown by a score of 89-68 Tuesday night. Whatever you do, though, don't call it an upset. West Virginia was the lower-ranked team, sure, but the Mountaineers were 5.5-point favorites, according to OddsShark.com. Moreover, KenPom.com ...