The No. 1-ranked University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team was victorious in its first game of the 2025-2026 season against the No. 20 Louisville Cardinals, 79-66.

Indiana basketball opens the season on Wednesday night against Alabama A&M at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers tip off the 2025-26 season at 8 p.m. on Big Ten Network. It will be the program's first game under new coach Darian DeVries.

Yet, by now, as a conscious being on this planet, you know that The Bilas Index is the preeminent, reliable and most universally respected indicator and compilation of basketball knowledge and judgment known to humankind.

CBS Sports' Matt Norlander made a list of the best college basketball teams in each of the 49 states that compete in Division 1 in anticipation for the starting season, naming the Boston College Eagles as the best team in Massachusetts college basketball. "The road to the Final Four," the CBS Sports reporter said. "It starts here, today."

Texas A&M starts its women's basketball season tomorrow, as the Aggies will take on A&M Corpus Christi at Reed Arena with tipoff at 7 p.m. The Aggies will enter

But now, instead of crawling through games as the Heat have done in the past, Miami has turned the dial all the way up. Through seven games, the Heat lead the league in pace, averaging 106.4 possessions per 48 minutes.

The Darryn Peterson era of Kansas basketball started with the freshman phenom canning a deep 3-pointer from near the beak of the Jayhawk logo inside Allen Fieldhouse. He didn’t react much after making the shot. Instead, Peterson backpedaled to get back on defense and directed his teammates to pay attention to the Green Bay ball handler.

Fletcher Loyer, who has had a few great season openers, has another. He scores a career-high 30 points on 7-of-10 3-point shooting as No. 1 Purdue basketball beats Evansville 82-51. Jack Benter adds 11 points and 6 rebounds, Oscar Cluff 9 points and 10 rebounds, Braden Smith 6 points and 11 assists, and Daniel Jacobsen 11 points and 8 rebounds.