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Life comes at you fast in the world of college basketball. One minute you’re alone at the top of the SEC standings and the next minute you’re suddenly in the NCAA Tournament bubble. This is the situation Texas A&M (17-7, 7-4 SEC) finds itself in when it plays at No. 19 Vanderbilt on Saturday. The […]
The NBA’s All-Star Weekend – and all the celebrity-packed events that come with it – is scheduled for this weekend. But before players, coaches and executives travel to Los Angeles for the festivities, there are still basketball games to be played. And on Wednesday, two Eastern Conference teams will look to enter the All-Star break […]
There’s still just over a month until Selection Sunday, but it’s never too early to declare a 12-over-5 NCAA Tournament upset. So that’s where this week’s mailbag begins… (Note: Submitted questions have been edited for clarity and length.) We didn’t get out of a 12 or 13 seed the first weekend since Oregon State in […]
Alabama will play the remainder of the 2025-2026 season without big man Charles Bediako after a judge denied his request for a preliminary injunction against NCAA eligibility rules. Bediako, who returned to Alabama after signing a N.B.A contract and playing in the G League, appearing in five games for the Crimson Tide. Alabama coach Nate […]
Michigan overtook Arizona as the No. 1 overall seed in CBS Sports Bracketology after the Wildcats’ first loss Monday night at Kansas. The Wolverines, who also have one loss, claim the top spot with a profile that includes the No. 1 ranking in most team sheet metrics used by the selection committee. The Wildcats are […]
Alabama Circuit Judge Daniel Pruet ruled in favor of the NCAA and against 23-year-old Alabama center Charles Bediako on Monday in an eligibility case that has sparked widespread conversation and criticism in college athletics in recent weeks. The decision would be extremely important for the stability of college basketball, perhaps even college sports. In overturning […]
Alabama men’s basketball player Charles Bediako will no longer be allowed to play college basketball, an Alabama judge ruled Monday, marking a major victory for the NCAA and its existing eligibility rules. Tuscaloosa Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet denied a preliminary injunction in Bediako’s lawsuit against the NCAA that prevents him from continuing to play […]
If last season was the year of the SEC, this is the year of the Big 12 and Big Ten battling for supremacy. That’s according to this week’s Associated Press Men’s Basketball Top 25 Poll. Undefeated Arizona was again the unanimous No. 1 seed on Monday, meaning the Wildcats have held the top spot for […]
Arizona will be No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the ninth straight week on Monday, but is currently No. 2 on KenPom, the advanced statistics site, behind Michigan. These two teams have traded places in recent weeks, with Arizona passing Michigan after Saturday’s 84-47 win over Oklahoma State, and Michigan jumping […]
The Jungle serenaded Charles Bediako with “G League dropout” amid his ongoing eligibility case, but it was former Auburn guard Aden Holloway who helped Bediako and the Crimson Tide get the last laugh in Saturday’s Iron Bowl of Basketball. Alabama defeated Auburn 96-92 behind nine straight points from Holloway in the final three minutes. Holloway, […]
