With conference play approaching in men's college hoops, it brings to mind all those preseason league polls and which teams were expected to finish at the bottom. Here are 14 teams that defied those odds.

Oregon basketball will play No. 7 Gonzaga Sunday in Portland in a game between teams led by all-time great coaches in Dana Altman and Mark Few

Dakota State (S.D.) ended their 2025 calendar year with an exhibition defeat Sunday afternoon, falling to NCAA Division I Summit League member North Dakota 88–56 at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The Fighting Hawks seized control from the opening tip and never trailed,

There's been no men's basketball schedule harder than Auburn this season, losing to four different No. 1 AP teams at the time of the matchup. Even with the losses, they are 8-4 nearing SEC play.

Big-conference programs don’t want to play in St. Paul, and St. Thomas needs home games — and preferably wins.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee had its meeting in Indianapolis this week, and the proposals it has made would have a profound change on how men’s basketball is played. The recommendations made by the committee would ...

The NCAA tournament has turned repeat matchups into something fans track year after year, mainly because these pairings keep producing big storylines and plenty of bragging rights. With the tournament running since 1939,

A down-to-the-wire title game delivered a six-year viewership high for CBS. Monday’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship between the Florida Gators and Houston Cougars was the most-watched edition of the game since 2019, averaging 18.1 million viewers ...

Who are the longest-tenured head coaches in men's college basketball history? Herb Magee holds the NCAA record for the longest tenure, as he coached Thomas Jefferson for 54 seasons. McKendree's Harry Statham (52 seasons) and Jim Smith of Saint John's in ...

Ten years after women's college basketball switched from two halves to four quarters, the NCAA is taking steps toward making the same change for men's games at some point. A release from the NCAA men's basketball committee states there is "positive ...

The ACC and its member schools made scheduling, financial and personnel changes. They are reaping the rewards.