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Per ESPN, Michigan is the first team in the AP Poll era, which extends to 1948, with consecutive wins by at least 30 points against ranked teams. Wednesday’s win was Michigan’s most lopsided over an AP-ranked team ever. Gonzaga hadn’t lost by that much since 1990, nine years before its current coach, Mark Few, took over.
Union's fan poll for the best high school girls basketball team in Northeast Florida entering the 2025-26 season.
Solo Ball led UConn with 15 points and Smith added 14, matching his UConn career-high, while also doling out nine assists. Alex Karaban added 12 points, nine boards and five assists, and Reibe added seven boards to his eight points.
The Michigan State guard headed back down court celebrating a new career high in scoring with 19 points to cap a 74-58 win against North Carolina in the championship game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday. Here are quick takeaways and observations for the Spartans heading into a December dip into Big Ten play:
Here's a team-by-team look at the Sixth Region boys basketball programs entering the 2025-26 season; check out top players, outlooks and more.
Illinois features no less than five players from Slavic nations: leading scorer Andrej Stojakovic, who was born in Greece but whose father is Peja, the Croatian-born former NBA star; David Mirkovic (Montenegro), Tomislav Ivisic (Croatia), Mihailo Petrovic (Serbia) and Znoimir Ivisic (Croatia). The Fighting Illin-ic, anyone?
Many women's basketball eyes will be on Las Vegas this week when three of the top four teams in the country play in the Players Era Women's Championship.
Check out players to know and outlooks for the Louisville-area boys basketball teams in the Eighth Region for the 2025-26 KHSAA season.