The latest national title odds in college basketball are in after Week 5 of the regular season. All odds are courtesy of BetMGM. Since we’re getting closer to Christmas, we are a third of the way through the season so far.
Four weeks into the 2025-26 college basketball season, marquee programs such as Michigan, Duke, Arizona, and Iowa State have begun positioning themselves as major National Championship contenders.
Emanuel Sharp scored 17 points and Milos Uzan added 15 as No. 3 Houston needed less than 24 hours to recover from its first loss of the season by getting past Notre Dame 66-56 in a consolation game of the Players Era men's championship at Las Vegas.
Can you name the nicknames of every 'Power 4' conference team's nickname in college basketball?
On Tuesday night, the No. 3 Houston Cougars were handed their first loss of the season by the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers. With a surge of offense in the second half, the Volunteers took the lead with just over 12 minutes to go and never looked back.
Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 15 of his team-high 22 points in the second half, including six free throws in the final 35 seconds, as No. 17 Tennessee upset third-ranked Houston 76-73 in the Players Era men's tournament on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
The battle of unbeaten teams saw Tennessee come away with a hard-fought 76-73 win over Houston.
The Houston Cougars have been perfect to start the season, to the surprise of nobody. The Coogs blew through their first five games of the season, four of which were simple wins against lower-tier non-conference opponents, with the only real test being a close win against the Auburn Tigers.
Houston basketball defeated Syracuse 78-74 in overtime in the first game of the Players Era Festival on Monday evening, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nev.
LAS VEGAS — Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan made sure No. 3 Houston stayed unbeaten and they did it almost single-handedly in overtime. Sharp and Uzan each scored 26 points and combined for all 11 of the Cougars’ points in the extra period as Houston outlasted Syracuse 78–74 on Monday in the opening round of the Players Era event in Las Vegas.
Milos Uzan scored a career-best 26 points and collected seven rebounds, five assists and three steals while Emanuel Sharp also scored 26 points to help No.
Milos Uzan scored a career-best 26 points and collected seven rebounds, five assists and three steals while Emanuel Sharp also scored 26 points to help No.
Kingston Flemings scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting to help No. 2 Houston roll to a 91-45 home victory over Rider in nonconference play on Thursday night.
Kingston Flemings scored 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting and No. 1 Houston escaped with a 73-72 win over No. 22 Auburn on Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala.
No. 1 Houston's top three scorers finished with more combined points than the entire opposing team in Wednesday night's 78-45 beatdown of visiting Oakland.
Houston basketball season is around the corner, and the No. 2 preseason-ranked team in America is preparing for a year of high expectations as it looks to get back to the national championship. The long line of point guards within the UH basketball program has been continuing for close to a decade now.
CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein predicts a significant youth movement for Houston next season. After speaking with sources close to the program, he believes two true freshmen, five-star forward Chris Cenac Jr.
Purdue or Houston? Houston or Purdue? Many in college basketball view those two teams as the best in the sport entering the 2025-26 season. But which team is No.
With just days left before the NBA Draft declaration deadline, Houston Cougars guard Milos Uzan announced he’ll return for another season with the Cougars.
Houston guard Milos Uzan has withdrawn from the 2025 NBA Draft and will return to the Cougars. His representation, PNW Sports Group, confirmed his decision with ESPN on Tuesday.
After testing the NBA draft waters this spring, Houston Cougars guard Milos Uzan has decided to withdraw his name from the pool and return to college for another season, his agent Aman Dhesi tells Jonathan Givony of ESPN.
The Utah Jazz are bringing in an intriguing guard prospect from the Houston Cougars for a pre-draft workout in the months ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft. According to Deseret News' Sarah Todd, the Jazz are hosting Houston's Milos Uzan for a pre-draft workout this week.
The Houston Cougars had an inspiring and somewhat unexpected run deep into the men's NCAA Tournament just a few weeks ago. They got to the title game after upsetting Duke in the Final Four round and appeared to be on the way to winning it all until Florida beat them back in the final game, 65-63.
In a decision that many Big 12 fans have tuned in for, Houston guard Milos Uzan has officially declared for the 2025 NBA Draft. Uzan got his start at Oklahoma, where he stayed two seasons before transferring to Houston.
A woman who was working during the national championship game between Houston and Florida at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday night was roasted over her actions.
Arizona faces a key road test on Saturday as the calendar turns to March. BYU may be the hottest team in the Big 12—aside from Houston—and the Provo Cougars are looking like they could be a force in the conference tournament.
The Houston Cougars trailed by seven points with 8:49 remaining in the game, scoring just two points in over three minutes of game time.
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