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NBC Sports
13-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Holtmann: DePaul won't ever give in to adversity
Chris Holtmann talks about the resilience of his DePaul team, and NJ Benson talks about the rewarding experience of winning at the Big East Tournament after deciding to return.
NBC Sports
26-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
How to watch DePaul vs Creighton: Live stream info, preview for tonight's Big East matchup
It's DePaul vs Creighton tonight at 9 PM ET on Peacock in a Big East showdown you don't want to miss. Tonight's game is just one of three exciting college basketball match ups taking place on Peacock. The action starts at 7:00 PM ET in the A10 with St. Bonaventure vs Saint Joseph's. Then, at 8:00 PM, No. 2 UCLA takes on Wisconsin in a women's Big Ten thriller. See below for a preview of tonight's DePaul vs Creighton game, as well as additional information on how to watch college basketball on Peacock. After becoming the first Big East team to go winless in league play last year, the Blue Demons (11-17) are expected to miss the NCAA Tournament for the 21st consecutive season. With a 2-15 record in the Big East, they currently sit in last place in conference play after an 84-72 loss to Butler last Saturday. Despite the challenges, the Blue Demons are making progress under first-year head coach Chris Holtmann, who has a proven track record of revitalizing struggling programs. While this season hasn't met their expectations, DePaul's record has shown improvement compared to last year's 3-29 finish. The Bluejays (19-8) are coming off an 80-69 victory over Georgetown on Sunday afternoon, with senior guard Steven Ashworth leading the way with a team-high 20 points. Senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner added 19 points, continuing their standout performances for Creighton's offense this season. Kalkbrenner, who leads the Bluejays in scoring with 18.7 points per game, and Ashworth, who is second with 17.1 ppg, make Creighton the only Big East team with two players averaging at least 17 points per game this season. Having already secured a first-round bye in the Big East Tournament, Creighton currently sits 2.5 games behind first-place St. John's. However, the Red Storm are in position to clinch the outright regular season title tonight with a win against Butler and a Creighton loss tonight. To claim their first outright Big East title since joining the conference in 2013-2014, the Bluejays will need to win out and get some help along the way. RELATED: No. 7 St. John's at Butler Prediction: Odds, Expert Picks, Betting Trends and Stats How to watch DePaul vs Creighton: When: Tonight, Wednesday, February 26 Where: CHI Health Center Omaha Time: 9 PM ET Live Stream: Peacock What other college basketball games are on Peacock tonight? Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 PM ET with College Countdown Men's CBB - St. Bonaventure vs Saint Joseph's at 7:00 PM ET Women's CBB - UCLA vs Wisconsin at 8:00 PM ET How do I watch basketball games on Peacock? Keep up with the college basketball excitement by subscribing to Peacock. Then, either go to in your web browser or download the Peacock app on your phone, tablet, or streaming device and navigate to the Sports section. Find the LIVE game you want to watch and start streaming.. Are all Big East Basketball games available to watch on Peacock? A total of 30 Big East Men's Basketball games will be available to watch LIVE on Peacock. 25 during the regular season and 5 conference tournament games. What devices does Peacock support? You can enjoy Peacock on a variety of devices. View the full list of supported devices here. Students, now you can get Peacock at a special discount — just $1.99/mo for 12 months. Visit Peacock to learn more and get started
USA Today
21-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Ohio State men's basketball better make the NCAA Tournament or risk losing fans' interest
AI-assisted summary Ohio State men's basketball team is in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. The Buckeyes suffered a bad home loss to Northwestern, jeopardizing their chances of making the tournament. If you follow Ohio State men's basketball or, really college hoops in general, you understand that making the NCAA Tournament is the litmus test of a successful season. Period. Make the Big Dance and your team did its job. Miss it and, depending on the program, the trapdoor opens under you. Duke is expected to make it every year. Ditto Kentucky, Kansas, Villanova and maybe a dozen other bluebloods known for basketball. Gonzaga needs to make it. And Michigan State. Indiana used to be in that champagne crowd, but severe slippage has occurred in Bloomington, where the Hoosiers are expected to miss for the sixth time in eight years, not counting the COVID season. Ohio State is in the second-tier group that should make seven of every 10 tournaments, but as I have written many times, OSU is first and foremost a football school, and football schools tend to be hit-and-miss when it comes to advancing deep into March Madness. It's not the norm to see Alabama, Texas and Notre Dame reach the Elite Eight, much less contend for national championships. Too busy lifting weights. Buckeyes should make NCAA Tournament more often than not But the Buckeyes at least should make the tournament more often than not, seldom miss it two years in a row and never miss it three consecutive seasons. Chris Holtmann made the tournament four of seven years, which would have been five of seven if not for COVID canceling the 2020 tourney. But OSU missed the past two years. Last season, they came up just short after Jake Diebler replaced Holtmann in February. Earning a bid into the 68-team NCAA Tournament is not equivalent to making the 12-team College Football Playoff, which Ohio State is expected to do every season – or else. But it still matters a lot, both financially – each tournament game is worth about $2 million to the Big Ten – and as a way to generate interest in the program. Creating fan interest is key at Ohio State, and a so-so team that misses the NCAA Tournament makes it too easy for Buckeye Nation to snooze from the end of football season to the spring game, er, 'showcase.' The basketball regular season as a whole is less engaging than football, if only because more games mean less interest in any single contest. Also, a hoops team can lose five in a row and still make the NCAA Tournament. Try that in football and you're Kent State. Still, if making even a brief appearance in One Shining Moment is all that matters, then the basketball regular season is exceedingly important. You can't ho-hum your way to a .500 season and expect Charles Barkley to sing your praises come mid-March. Ohio State falls apart vs. Northwestern to fall back onto bubble Which brings us to this year's Ohio State squad. The Buckeyes absolutely must make the NCAA Tournament. That's not a threat. More a strong suggestion based in reality. Will they? Entering Thursday's game against Northwestern at Value City Arena, OSU's chances looked good. Every major NCAA Tournament bracket projection had them in the field. ESPN had Ohio State as a No. 9 seed; USA Today and CBS had Ohio State as a 10. Then over 40 minutes of uninspired basketball, the Buckeyes fell apart like a baggie floating in the ocean. Final: Northwestern 70, Ohio State 49. And it wasn't even that close. Consider: Only three Buckeyes scored through the first 23 minutes; the first bench points came with 8:57 left in the game; the Wildcats' bench outscored OSU's subs 25-8 and NU had 40 points in the paint to OSU's 22, with the majority of inside scoring coming from the guards. That's not supposed to happen. Ohio State wasn't playing the Boston Celtics. Northwestern is 14-13 and 5-11 in the Big Ten. Ohio State (15-12, 7-9) should have easily taken care of business at home. Instead, the Buckeyes played flat, and that is a nice way to put it. Less compassionate interpretations might say they quit. Or sulked while feeling sorry for themselves. Or forgot that a bad loss late in the season (and this was B-A-D) can move a team from the right to the wrong side of the bubble quicker than you can say, '16 turnovers,' which is how many OSU had against the Celtics, er, 'Cats. This loss puts Ohio State squarely on the bubble and in jeopardy of missing three straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 2001-2004. It also packs pressure onto the remaining four regular-season games, three of which are on the road. The Buckeyes visit the West Coast for a twofer against UCLA and USC, then come home against Nebraska before finishing at Indiana. Ohio State needs to at least go 2-2 over those four to remain safely in the hunt, because the margin for error is minuscule, and the Buckeyes have lost much of the bracketology goodwill they had built by going 5-3 over the past month. Ohio State coach Jake Diebler knows the deal. So do the players. When you play big games this time of year, it's no secret. This was a big game, Diebler admitted. Even so, Diebs stressed earlier in the week that he is being careful not to mention the NCAA Tournament before every game. Rather, he wants it to be a constant low hum in the background. 'I don't think you can pretend stuff doesn't exist or hide from it, but I don't need to remind our guys every day that every game we play in is a big game,' Diebler said. He's leaving that to the rest of us. And there is no pretending on this one. Thursday was big. A big mess. 'The effort wasn't what it needs to be,' Diebler said. 'It's not an acceptable way to play this game.' It needs to improve in a hurry or the season will end not in the NCAA but the NIT. And that is unacceptable. roller@ @rollerCD Get more Ohio State basketball news by listening to our podcasts
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
How to watch DePaul vs. No. 18 Marquette: Live stream info for Big East men's college basketball game
After dropping their last three games, the No. 18-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles will host the middling DePaul Blue Demons in a Big East matchup on Tuesday night. Coverage from Fiserv Forum starts at 8:30 PM ET, exclusively on Peacock. Read on to learn more about the DePaul vs. Marquette matchup on Tuesday night, including insights on each team and how to watch the Big East tilt as the college basketball regular season enters its final phase. When: Tuesday, February 11 Where: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Time: 8:30 PM ET Live Stream: Peacock The Blue Demons have had a rough go at it this season, standing at 2-11 in the Big East and 11-13 overall. First-year DePaul head coach Chris Holtmann and his squad rattled off a seven-game winning streak to kick the year off, but have since struggled against more intense competition. DePaul doesn't have the most dynamic offense, as Indiana transfer CJ Gunn leads the team in scoring with just 12.1 points per game. Despite the team's rough conference record, a bright spot of the Blue Demons' season did come in a win against Seton Hall last week, one the struggling team will look to build off of in Milwaukee. With Marquette riding a three-game losing streak, DePaul could take advantage. The Blue Demons nearly defeated Marquette in a narrow 85-83 defeat earlier in the season, so expect a traditional hard-fought Big East matchup in this one. Shaka Smart's squad isn't in its best form after losing three games in a row, but can bounce back in a "get right" game against DePaul. Marquette has one of the best players in the country in guard Kam Jones, who posts an average of 21.1 points and six assists per game. The Golden Eagles have strong wins against Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin this season, but have also stumbled in losses to Dayton and Xavier. After failing three consecutive tests against the Big East's best in UConn, St. John's and Creighton, Marquette will look to find its footing once again and improve to 10-4 in the conference. Stay in, stay comfy, and stay entertained -- Peacock for just $29.99 is all you need. Eligibility restrictions and terms apply to this limited time offer. Click here to learn more. The sale starts Monday, February 3rd and ends Tuesday, February 18th. You can watch college basketball games by first subscribing to Peacock. Then, either go to in your web browser or download the Peacock app on your phone, tablet, or streaming device and navigate to the Sports section. Find the LIVE game you want to watch and start streaming. You can enjoy Peacock on a variety of devices. View the full list of supported devices here. Students, now you can get Peacock at a special discount — just $1.99 per month for 12 months. Visit Peacock to learn more and get started.
NBC Sports
10-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
How to watch DePaul vs. No. 18 Marquette: Live stream info for Big East men's college basketball game
After dropping their last three games, the No. 18-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles will host the middling DePaul Blue Demons in a Big East matchup on Tuesday night. Coverage from Fiserv Forum starts at 8:30 PM ET, exclusively on Peacock. Read on to learn more about the DePaul vs. Marquette matchup on Tuesday night, including insights on each team and how to watch the Big East tilt as the college basketball regular season enters its final phase. How to watch DePaul vs. Marquette: When: Tuesday, February 11 Where: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Time: 8:30 PM ET Live Stream: Peacock DePaul: The Blue Demons have had a rough go at it this season, standing at 2-11 in the Big East and 11-13 overall. First-year DePaul head coach Chris Holtmann and his squad rattled off a seven-game winning streak to kick the year off, but have since struggled against more intense competition. DePaul doesn't have the most dynamic offense, as Indiana transfer CJ Gunn leads the team in scoring with just 12.1 points per game. Despite the team's rough conference record, a bright spot of the Blue Demons' season did come in a win against Seton Hall last week, one the struggling team will look to build off of in Milwaukee. With Marquette riding a three-game losing streak, DePaul could take advantage. The Blue Demons nearly defeated Marquette in a narrow 85-83 defeat earlier in the season, so expect a traditional hard-fought Big East matchup in this one. Marquette: Shaka Smart's squad isn't in its best form after losing three games in a row, but can bounce back in a 'get right' game against DePaul. Marquette has one of the best players in the country in guard Kam Jones, who posts an average of 21.1 points and six assists per game. The Golden Eagles have strong wins against Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin this season, but have also stumbled in losses to Dayton and Xavier. After failing three consecutive tests against the Big East's best in UConn, St. John's and Creighton, Marquette will look to find its footing once again and improve to 10-4 in the conference. Special sale for Peacock Stay in, stay comfy, and stay entertained -- Peacock for just $29.99 is all you need. Eligibility restrictions and terms apply to this limited time offer. Click here to learn more. The sale starts Monday, February 3rd and ends Tuesday, February 18th. How can I watch college basketball on Peacock? You can watch college basketball games by first subscribing to Peacock. Then, either go to in your web browser or download the Peacock app on your phone, tablet, or streaming device and navigate to the Sports section. Find the LIVE game you want to watch and start streaming. What devices does Peacock support? You can enjoy Peacock on a variety of devices. View the full list of supported devices here. Students, now you can get Peacock at a special discount — just $1.99 per month for 12 months. Visit Peacock to learn more and get started.
