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The women’s college basketball season is getting ready to tip off for the 2025-26 season. Ahead of that, the AP Top 25 preseason poll rankings have now been revealed, sharing some general consensus on where everyone stands going into the season. There are, of course, a few different challenges that come with putting together an AP ranking in the preseason. …

Jonathan Kuminga didn’t make it to the second half of Tuesday night’s preseason game. The Golden State Warriors forward was thrown out of their 118-111 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the final moments of the second quarter after he made contact with an official while arguing for a call. That led to an immediate technical foul and ejection. …

Last year, I introduced a new weekly column for the college basketball season called “CBB With Danny Z.” Good news for all my fans (mostly my friends and family), we’re bringing it back this year!  While the column won’t be weekly until a little later in the season (when people start paying close attention to college basketball), it seemed fitting …

Defending champion UConn picked up where it left off as the No. 1 team in the country in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason women’s basketball poll released Tuesday. The Huskies received 27 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel. South Carolina, last season’s runner-up to UConn, was picked second in the poll and garnered the other four first-place …

Alex Karaban leads UConn men’s basketball over Boston College. What we learned from preseason win  CT Insider How to watch UConn vs. BC women’s and men’s basketball at Mohegan Sun Arena  NBC Sports Boston Azzi Fudd, UConn get back to business in exhibition victory over Boston College  USA Today Live Blog: Boston College Men’s Basketball vs No 4 UConn (Exhibition)  Sports Illustrated UConn women’s …

Kevin Young’s program will start the 2025-26 season as a top-10 team. BYU came in at No. 8 in the preseason Associated Press men’s basketball top 25 rankings, which were released Monday. That is the highest the Cougars have ever been ranked in the preseason poll. It’s just the seventh time BYU has found itself ranked in the preseason top …

For the first time in program history, Purdue is the No. 1 team in the Associated Press men’s basketball preseason Top 25. And while preseason rankings only matter so much, in this instance, they reflect the Boilermakers’ recent climb into college basketball’s elite tier. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Purdue had never been ranked No. 1 in the country — …

Oct 13, 2025, 12:17 PM ET Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s NCAA title game, with …

Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season. That put Matt Painter’s squad ahead of the two teams that played in last year’s NCAA title game, with runner-up Houston at No. 2 and …