#Champions Classic

Teams looking to get back to their winning form meet when the Michigan State Spartans take on the Penn State Nittany Lions in a key Big Ten Conference matchup on Wednesday night. The Spartans (5-4, 0-1), who have lost two in a row, opened up Big Ten play on Sunday with a 70-63 home loss to Northwestern. The Nittany Lions (6-2, 0-0), who dropped a…

The 2022-23 men's college basketball season is a wee infant, less than two weeks old, but we've seen enough to jump to conclusions that may fly in the face of preseason expectations. After months of offseason portal watching, injury-update checking and exhibition-box-score dissecting to concoct a "definitive" ranking of teams heading into the…

Along with a busy NFL Sunday and the opening match of the 2022 World Cup, today features a few notable college basketball matchups, headlined by Kentucky vs Gonzaga at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington. While this is a matchup of two of the current top four teams in the country, both the Bulldogs and Wildcats won't maintain those rankings no…

The Kentucky Wildcatstravel to Spokane to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs, who are fresh off a 19-pointloss at Texas. Can the Wildcats spring the road upset? Read on for our topKentucky-Gonzaga picks. Though Sunday's matchup is listed as a top-five showdown, it'sunlikely either team will be ranked where they are when the next AP Poll comesout. Earlier…

College basketball's Feast Week is upon us! For the next 10 days, fans are treated to high-level hoops from morning until late at night, pitting some of the best programs in the sport against each other in events that will tell us a lot about how the 2022-23 season will pan out. Here's a look at the five men's events you'll want to keep the closest…

THE OPENING TIP: This weekend, the UMD men's basketball team will see tournament action once again- only this time, they won't be playing host to it. The Bulldogs will instead travel to Aberdeen, S.D. to take part in the inaugural Small College Basketball Champions Classic. UMD's slate of opponents consists of Point Loma on Friday, Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)…

Two of men's college basketball's most storied programs tip off in the Champions Classic for the first time since 2019. Michigan State and Kentucky are familiar with one another on this stage. Tuesday at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse marks the fourth time the Spartans and Wildcats meet in the Champions Classic, though it will be the first meeting…

One of the best early season matchups of the season on the collegiate hardwood involves No. 6 Duke taking on No. 7 Kansas in the 2022 State Farm Champions Classic. Duke, who is 2-0 SU and ATS thus far playing their first season without Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski on the sidelines, is the fifth overall betting choice (+1200) to win the…

New DraftKings customers can get a slam-dunk offer of $200 in free bets by wagering $5 on tonight's college hoops battle between Gonzaga and Texas. One day after the Champions Classic, we are blessed with another marquee matchup in college hoops. The Texas Longhorns will host the Gonzaga Bulldogs at 9:30 p.m. ET at the Moody Center in…

New DraftKings customers can get a slam-dunk offer of $200 in free bets by wagering on tonight's blue-blood battle between Kansas and Duke. A pair of blue-blood basketball programs are set to square off tonight when Kansas and Duke battle in this year's Championship Classic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game will be broadcasted on…

Blue blood programs face off on Tuesday when the No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks clash with the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils in the 2022 Champions Classic in Indianapolis. Although the teams have met just 13 times, most of the games have had a lot on the line. Eleven of the 13 matchups have been on neutral floors, while seven of the games have been NCAA…

Duke vs. Kansas is the nightcap of the Champions Classic on Tuesday night in Indianapolis, tipping off after the conclusion of the Kentucky-Michigan State opener. The Jayhawks enter the game ranked No. 6, coming off a national title-winning season last year. But head coach Bill Self is still out for this game as part of a 4-game suspension…

College basketball season is starting to heat up and fans of the sport are in for a massive treat this Tuesday evening. The State Farm Champions Classic will air live from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana tonight on ESPN, featuring a pair of high-stakes matchups between four blue blood programs with championship aspirations. Before…

Kentucky vs. Michigan State is the first game of the annual Champions Classic on Tuesday night. The No. 4 Wildcats will take on the unranked Spartans before No. 6 Kansas and No. 7 Duke square off in the nightcap. It will be the first real test for the 2-0 Wildcats, who have looked dominant against inferior competition and could have star big man…

The Kansas Jayhawks will be hosting the Duke Blue Devils on Tuesday night. Kansas ranked sixth in the country, have started 2-0 with a pair of comfortable victories. Duke has completely obliterated their first two opponents, and they are currently the #7 ranked team in the nation. These programs have had a ton of success historically, and tonight…

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The No. 25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is set to take on the No. 4 Kentucky Wildcats as part of the Champions Classic in Indianapolis on Tuesday night. The annual event pitting four of the top college basketball programs against one another each season is in its second decade now, held every year since 2011. It is currently…

TV schedule: Tuesday, November 15 - 9:30 p.m., ESPN Arena: Gainbridge Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN The Champions Classic was pushed back from the opening week of the season this year, but it's still the best early-season event in college basketball. Kentucky and Michigan State will play in the early game, but the late game between No. 5 Kansas and…

The College Football Playoff rankings likely avoided any major shake-ups in the top four, but we did have another batch of eliminations. Oregon went down at home to Washington, officially ending their bid to sneak into the final four. There was some chatter about the Ducks running the table and potentially ousting a Tennessee or Michigan/ Ohio…

Going back to 2021, Sparty had suffered their first losing record in the conference under Tom Izzo. Things didn't meaningfully improve in 2022. After a a promising start, they waded though an inconsistent 11-9 B1G season, then flamed out in the second round of the tourney against Duke. Not a memorable season or pair of seasons, given MSU's…