— Aeneas Alexander scored 22 points and North Texas beat Southwestern Christian 122-50 on Monday night in a season opener.
— Daniel Freitag's 23 points helped Oregon State defeat Weber State 102-61 on Monday in a season-opening contest.
— Dylan Bordon’s 20 points helped San Francisco defeat Radford 76-62 on Monday as both teams began the season.
— Hamad Mousa scored 18 points as Cal Poly beat Cal State-San Marcos 78-62 on Monday in the season opener for both teams.
— Braylon Wenger scored 28 points as Louisiana Tech beat Kent State 85-75 on Monday night in a season opener.
Paulius Murauskas scored 21 points to help Arizona State kick off the Randy Bennett era with a 75-65 win over East Tennessee State in a season opener on Monday night.
— Joshua Clark scored 18 points off the bench to help lead Marquette over Mercyhurst 78-43 on Monday night to begin the season.
Olivier Rioux did not enjoy the individual success he aspired to have at Florida, but the 7-foot-9, 305-pound transfer has the opportunity to better utilize his elite size and strength at UC Irvine. He is off to a good start.
Arizona's Ivan Kharchenkov netted 38 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double in the Wildcats' season opener vs. UCLA. Watch Kharchenkov's 2026 Hall of Fame Series opening game highlights here.
— Quante Berry scored 22 points as Lamar beat Schreiner 124-62 on Monday in the season opener for both teams.
— Elijah Price scored 19 points as Nevada beat Robert Morris 86-49 on Monday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adonis Ratliff scored 25 points in his collegiate debut, Alijah Arenas had 21 points and a career-high eight rebounds, and No. 21 Southern California beat Milwaukee 95-63 to open the season Monday night.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trent Perry scored 21 points for No. 22 UCLA, which opened the season Monday night by overcoming a career-best 38 points from Arizona's Ivan Kharchenkov to beat the No.
The first day of the men's college basketball season has already given fans a taste of the madness of March thanks to some early-season upsets. Here's what stood out.
East Texas A&M, selected to finish last in the 12-team Southland Conference preseason poll this season, shocked Oklahoma with a 68-64 season-opening win Monday night, an effort that Sooners coach Porter Moser apologized for in his postgame availability.
— Jamie Phillips Jr. had 18 points in Jacksonville’s 105-61 win against Trinity Baptist on Monday as the Dolphins began the season with a victory.
Kentucky guard Zoom Diallo thanked Big Blue Nation for its support Tuesday night after the Wildcats opened their season with an 85-57 victory over Manhattan at Rupp Arena. The junior point guard scored 12 points in his first official game for No.
— Jaylen Benard scored 14 points as Longwood opened its campaign Monday with a 123-67 victory over Pfeiffer.
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t always pretty, but Sebastian Mack made it memorable.
(AP) — Thomas Haugh had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 1 Florida to a 77-67 win over No.
— Ty Pence's 19 points helped Akron defeat Louisiana 75-61 in a season opener on Monday.
— Ben Thornbrue had 17 points as Bradley opened its season Monday with an 85-41 win over Monmouth (IL).
— Jordan Stiemke had 17 points in Jacksonville State's 123-59 win over LaGrange on Monday night in a season opener for both teams.
— Kellen Thames’ 15 points helped Saint Louis make a winning start Monday, defeating Lehigh 92-67.