MASSIVE Brawl Breaks Out At College Basketball Game, Six Players EJECTED

On Monday, there was a huge brawl in the NBA.

In case you didn’t see it, we covered it here:

MASSIVE Brawl Breaks Out At NBA Game

Now, fast-forward to Saturday, it was fight night in college basketball.

A massive brawl broke out during St. John's game against Providence.

The fight broke out after a Providence player committed a hard foul against a St. John's player who was about to score a bucket.

Watch a clip of the brawl here:

Tempers flare after Duncan Powell's foul on Bryce Hopkins.

The Providence forward was ejected following the play. pic.twitter.com/RvzoRpJKuR

— TNT Sports U.S. (@TNTSportsUS) February 14, 2026

ESPN provided context to the fight:

Six players were ejected from No. 17 St. John's 79-69 win over Providence on Saturday after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground.

St. John's coach Rick Pitino, who led Providence to the 1987 Final Four, was in the middle of it, trying to hold back his players. But several entered the fray as it drifted toward the Red Storm bench.

"You're not supposed to come off the bench, but you can't let your players get beat up," Pitino said after the victory gave the Red Storm its 11th straight win. "You can't fight. Back when I was the Kentucky coach we fought almost every SEC game, and it was not a big deal. But you can't fight any more, so toughness has to come between the lines."

The game was stopped for nearly 20 minutes while the referees sorted out the punishments: Four St. John's players were booted and two from Providence. By the time the Friars got the ball back, they had watched a one-point lead turn into a four-point deficit.

"I feel like we responded in the best way possible," said St. John's forward Zuby Ejiofor, who anticipated a frigid reaction for Hopkins in his first game back since he transferred from Providence after spending three seasons there. "Coming into this game we knew exactly how rowdy this environment was going to be -- not only for him, but for all of us. We knew it was going be tough. You have to have a great mindset to come in here and win, and I think that's what we did."

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St. John's led by as many 13 points in the first half, but the Friars rallied in the second to take a series of one-point leads and had a 40-39 edge with 14:25 left when Hopkins -- who played three seasons in Providence -- went up for a fast-break layup and was raked across the head and face by Powell's arm, taking him to the ground.

Here was St John's head coach's reaction to the fight:

“You write what you saw. Don’t ask my players.”

HC Rick Pitino makes it clear his players will not be addressing the altercation in the Red Storm's win against Providence. pic.twitter.com/JQr3wFXrcX

— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 14, 2026

The St. John's versus Providence game wasn't the only eventful thing to occur at a college basketball game on Saturday night.

A fire broke out in the Oklahoma Sooners’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Take a look:

ARENA ALARM: A popcorn machine fire at a concession stand delayed the Oklahoma Sooners’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs.

A sprinkler system reportedly put out the fire, stopping it from spreading outside the concession stand area. pic.twitter.com/JUTikWBrPX

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 15, 2026

Fox Sports gave an update on the fire:

Oklahoma used an 18-0 second-half run to beat Georgia on Saturday, 94-76, in a game that was delayed after a popcorn machine at a concession stand in the 50-year-old Lloyd Noble Center caught on fire.

The incident occurred during a media timeout a few minutes into the game, with Georgia leading 11-7.

Things were paused for roughly five minutes before play resumed. Security cleared sections near the fire, which was put out by sprinklers. Ironically, it was also longtime OU athletic director Joe Castiglione's official last day on the job.

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