We always want to face the best opponents, and a D.C. United with Tai Baribo is certainly a force to be reckoned with. We are preparing and planning accordingly, but we cannot control what we cannot control.
Hershey clinched a spot with a 5-1 win over one of their in-state rivals, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and a 7-1 loss by the other, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, to the Springfield Thunderbirds.
I had some conversations with higher-ups in the NFL. They all usually start with conversations about our current players and turn into: Would you be interested in making a transition to the NFL? I'm glad I had those conversations. I learned a lot.
"Being as young as we were is something very unique, especially with certain positions, especially by the end of the year after the trade deadline and injuries. I think it was a pretty good experience in the sense that, when you have a group that mainly the whole group's going to return, you can kind of go through some of that growth you have to go through."
You'd have to catch me off the record to answer that question. The implication was clear: Now that every school can pay players -- either through direct revenue share or name, image and likeness dollars -- Big Ten schools are no longer disadvantaged in recruiting by everything from booster bag men to shoe company AAU connections.
High Point Panthers guard and star player, Rob Martin catches a long rebound off a missed Boyd layup. Martin throws a full court outlet pass to Panthers' three point specialist Chase Johnston. Johnston, who has not made a single two point shot this year, hits the layup all alone in transition, putting the Panthers up by one with 12 seconds to go.
Wright State is outscoring opponents by 7.4 points per game with a +245 scoring differential overall. It puts up 81.2 points per game (66th in college basketball) and gives up 73.8 per outing (181st in college basketball). The 81.2 points the Raiders average are just 3.5 more than the Titans concede.
With a victory at longtime rival USC on Sunday, the Bruins will be just the fourth program to finish with a perfect regular season in Big Ten women's college basketball. The last to do it was Maryland in 2015, the season the Terps joined the Big Ten and advanced to the Final Four for the second year in a row. The others were Purdue in 1999, when the Boilermakers won the national championship, and Ohio State in 1985.
Wright State has a +187 scoring differential, topping opponents by 7.2 points per game. It is putting up 79.4 points per game to rank 107th in college basketball and is giving up 72.2 per contest to rank 132nd in college basketball. The 31.5 rebounds per game Wright State averages rank 229th in college basketball, and are 3.2 more than the 28.3 its opponents collect per contest.
Horizon action features the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (13-8) at home against the Robert Morris Colonials (14-6) on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET. Purdue Fort Wayne was victorious in its previous game against Northern Kentucky, 97-91, on Saturday. Rylee Bess was its top scorer with 27 points. In its previous game, Robert Morris beat Wright State on Saturday, 74-53.