NCAA Basketball NewsSaturday, Feb 7, 2026

St. John's landed its first marquee win of the season Friday night, knocking off No. 3 UConn 81-72 to snap the Huskies' 18-game winning streak in front of an electric crowd at Madison Square Garden.

An Alabama circuit judge didn't rule immediately following Charles Bediako's lawsuit hearing against the NCAA on Friday, clearing a path for the 7-footer to continue to play. County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet said he would have a ruling “soon” but did not provide one by the end of the business day. Bediako is expected to keep playing under a temporary restraining order that allowed him to join Alabama in the middle of the season despite questions regarding his collegiate eligibility.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said that discipline for star guard Jeremy Fears is possible while the Spartans deal with a season-ending injury to Divine Ugochukwu.

For the first time this season, the son of program legend Carmelo Anthony logged a DNP

Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points and made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 51 seconds left Saturday to lead No. 12 Purdue past pesky Oregon 68-64. Braden Smith finished with 13 points, four rebounds and four assists as the Boilermakers (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) won their second straight since breaking a three-game losing streak. Purdue has played only two home games since Jan. 14 and in this one, Smith reached yet another milestone by becoming the first Big Ten player with 1,000 points and 500 assists in c...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Flory Bidunga had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks and No. 11 Kansas beat Utah 71-59 on Saturday to take a seven-game winning streak into its Monday night home showdown with top-ranked Arizona. Trey White added 16 points for Kansas (18-5, 8-2 Big 12). Darryn Peterson had 14. and Melvin Council 11. Keanu Dawes led Utah (9-14, 1-9) with 20 points. Terrence Brown added 16. and Don McHenry had 12. The Utes have list five straight. The Jayhawks led 38-31 at halftime an...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Xzayvier Brown scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Oklahoma held off No. 15 Vanderbilt 92-91 on Saturday to end a nine-game losing streak. Nijel Pack added 17 points for the Sooners (12-12, 2-9 Southeastern Conference) who had a 21-point lead with 12:03 left. Oklahoma shot 53.4% from the field. Tyler Tanner led Vanderbilt (19-4, 6-4) with 37 points. Tyler Nickel added 18. Nickel hit a 3-pointer with 1 1/2 minutes left to cut Oklahoma's lead to 10. AK Oker...

James Nnaji, the 7-foot center and 2023 NBA draft pick whose signing drew criticism from coaches across college basketball last month, debuted Saturday, scoring five points with four fouls in Baylor's 69-63 loss to TCU in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

After a hectic triple-overtime showdown, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers took down the UMass Minutemen thanks to some clutch shot-making late in the game.

Purude has lost three of its last four games entering this matchup

Here are the keys to the game ahead of the first highly anticipated matchup between UNC and Duke this season

SportsLine's model simulated Indiana Hoosiers vs. Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday and revealed its college basketball picks for this Big Ten matchup