We've got another exciting MAAC matchup on schedule as the Fairfield Stags and the Merrimack Warriors are set to tip at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday at Lawler Arena. The Stags are limping into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.

The No. 9 Oregon Ducks face the No. 22 Illinois Fighting Illini in a men’s college basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 (1/2/25) at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon.

In a blockbuster Big Ten matchup on Thursday night, Illinois basketball took the college basketball world by storm. The Fighting Illini walked into Eugene and dominated the Oregon Ducks 109-77. Brad Underwood and company put on a show offensively with one of the highest-scoring outputs of the season.

The ninth-ranked Oregon men's basketball team resumes Big Ten play on Thursday with a game against No. 22 Illinois inside Matthew Knight Arena

Big Ten play is here at last. The nonconference slate is (almost) wrapped up for the Big Ten. The league got a few marquee wins under its belt thanks to teams like Purdue and Oregon while others like Illinois and Michigan look like good teams figuring themselves out.