Category: college-basketball
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Weekly College Basketball Viewing Guide: Feast week is here
This week’s viewing guide is going to look a bit different from what I’ve done to start the year. With so many moving parts and fluid matchups, providing a true day-by-day breakdown just isn’t practical. Instead, each matchup will still receive the standard 1–5 rating, and I’m adding additional metrics…
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Xavier’s Resilience Shines Despite Narrow Loss to Georgia
Georgia 78, Xavier 77 — Charleston Classic November 22, 2025 | TD Arena, Charleston, SC Xavier falls to 3-3 | Georgia improves to 6-0 Xavier showed every bit of grit and toughness you could ask for Friday night in Charleston. Trailing by as many as 14 in the second half,…
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Key Takeaways: Louisville Survives a Trip to Cincinnati
Louisville 74, Cincinnati 64 November 21, 2025 | Heritage Bank Center — Cincinnati, OH This game will understandably feel like another “moral victory” for Cincinnati fans, but it was a genuinely encouraging performance. The Bearcats proved they can compete with top-tier national contenders, while Louisville showed they can still grind out wins…
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Musketeers’ Four Players Shine with 20+ Points In win over Old Dominion
Xavier 99, Old Dominion 69 Cintas Center | 9,326 | 11/18/2025 Xavier delivered its first truly positive performance of the season on Tuesday night, cruising to a 30-point win over Old Dominion. After four straight games where even the wins felt flat, the Musketeers finally put together a complete effort — and…
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ETSU’s Defense Sets the Tone; NKU Struggles Offensively
his game was ultimately decided by ETSU’s defensive intensity and NKU’s inability to consistently shoot the basketball. The Norse opened the night 1–10 from three and finished the first half 4–17 from deep. Things didn’t improve much after the break, as NKU went just 3–13 from beyond the arc in…
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Bearcats Ground Flyers: Cincinnati’s Defense Shines
Cincinnati: 74 Dayton 62 Cincinnati – 3-0 Dayton – 2-1 Cincinnati Survives Physical Battle with Dayton, Improves to 3–0 This one was a physical, grind-it-out kind of game — but Cincinnati did just enough to stay in front of Dayton on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena. The crowd deserves…
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“Not A Lot of Good Obviously” – Xavier loses to Santa Clara in Stunning Fashion
Quick Notes: Santa Clara Dominates from Start to Finish Against Xavier To be very honest, Santa Clara was the better team from the opening tip. Xavier never led, and the Broncos held control for 38:46 of game time. There was never a real stretch where Xavier looked poised to make this competitive.…
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Sansom Sports Media’s Weekly College Basketball Preview: Matchups to Watch
Week 1 of the college slate absolutely delivered. We had massive DII over Top 50 (Boise) team upsets and we had some games that felt like they belonged on a football field, and finally, we had games that felt like they belonged in the second weekend of March Madness. That…
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Tennessee Dominates NKU: The Good, Bad and ugly
Tennessee 95 NKU 56 NKU wasn’t really able to hang with the athleticism and defensive prowess of Tennessee today. The first 7 or so minutes were held together by Donovan Oday. After that though, Tennessee controlled the game and pulled away. They led 52-31 at the half, and the second…
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Purdue vs Oakland Game Recap: NKY’s Takeaways
Purdue 87 Oakland 75 First and foremost: Mackey Arena is absolutely amazing and the environment and vibes overall are next to none. There are some clips on my X that I will link below, but this game was one of the more electric ones I’ve attended, and it was a…
