NCAA Basketball NewsThursday, Feb 19, 2026

Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson was limited to just the first three minutes of the second half against Oklahoma State with a cramping issue that coach Bill Self called concerning.

Texas Tech star forward JT Toppin appeared to hurt his right leg while driving to the basket with 6:03 remaining in Tuesday night's upset loss at Arizona State.

Charlie Baker reiterated Thursday that he supports an expanded NCAA tournament but would not commit on whether it would happen in 2027.

Josh Dix scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half, Nik Graves added 18 points and Creighton beat No. 5 UConn 91-84 on Wednesday night to spoil former Huskies star Emeka Okafor's number retirement. Creighton (14-13, 8-8 Big East) handed UConn (24-2, 14-2) its first conference home loss of the season. Okafor became the third UConn men’s basketball player to have his number retired, with the Huskies honoring the 2004 NCAA champion and national player of the year at halftime.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard made a program-record 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 46 points Wednesday night as Mississippi State blew an 18-point lead and then rallied to beat Auburn 91-85. Hubbard, a 6-foot junior, broke the previous mark of eight 3s (done six times) before halftime, making 9 of 12 from behind the arc and scoring 35 points, two more than Auburn (33), as the Bulldogs took a 16-point lead into the intermission. Hubbard, who has scored at least 30 points in thr...

Anthony Dell'Orso scored a season-high 22 points after coming off the bench, Ivan Kharchenkov added 18 and No. 4 Arizona bounced back from its first two losses of the season by beating No. 23 BYU 75-68 on Wednesday night. Arizona (24-2, 11-2 Big 12) started the season with 23 consecutive wins, spending nine straight weeks as the nation's No. 1 team before losing back-to-back games to No. 9 Kansas and No. 16 Texas Tech. Dell'Orso — a 6-foot-6 Australian — helped the Wildcats get back in the wi...

Houston Mallette hit a 3-pointer with 51 seconds remaining in the second overtime and No. 25 Alabama survived one of the best single-game performances of the season to edge 20th-ranked Arkansas 117-115 on Wednesday night. Arkansas used a seven-man rotation throughout regulation but had four players foul out in overtime.

Stephen A. Smith and others weighed in on Kansas star Darryn Peterson's recent game availability after he left the Oklahoma State game on Feb. 18:

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.

Peterson, a guard who is expected to be among the first picks in the NBA draft later this year, had shot 13 for 36 from the field combined in his previous three games. Tre White scored 16 points and Elmarko Jackson added 14 for Kansas. Bryson Tiller had 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and Flory Bidunga added eight points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Jayhawks (20-6, 10-3 Big 12), who made 11 of 24 3-pointers and bounced back from a blowout loss at Iowa State last Saturday.

This weekend's super Saturday slate now includes a matchup between our Nos. 1 and 2 teams.

The Creighton Bluejays pulled off a shocking road upset, upsetting No. 5 UConn, 91-84, in an intense Big East men’s basketball regular-season matchup.