The No. 1 seeds in Saturday’s NCAA March madness Bracket preview was Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. While the first three were largely expected, Iowa State’s inclusion on the top line was anything but a foregone conclusion. Ultimately, the Cyclones (23-3, 10-3 Big 12) were awarded the honor by UConn and Houston by the […]
Wednesday night’s college basketball action had it all: great games, huge upsets and memorable individual performances. However, one particular game stood above the rest and the SEC may have given us the game of the season. Alabama and Arkansas took 50 minutes to settle things, with the Tide ultimately pulling out a 117-115 victory despite […]
Arizona remained No. 1 in the CBS Sports Bracketology model after its second straight loss on Saturday, but fell in the overall hierarchy. The Wildcats (23-2, 10-2 Big 12) are now the third No. 1 seed behind Michigan and Duke after a 78-75 overtime loss to Texas Tech. From a stats-based standpoint, the Blue Devils […]
If college basketball had an NBA-style all-star game, what would the rosters look like? We divided the country along the Mississippi River and created East and West rosters of college basketball’s very best players. With most of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and SEC, the East region is overcrowded with options, forcing us to […]
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 […]
Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, a look at the lead-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. In his top 25 this week, CJ Moore talked about Arizona and Michigan, a top tier all their own, and the prospect of “one […]
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 […]
Image images The latest AP Top 25 poll released Monday showed significant movement in the rankings after a wild week of college basketball. Four teams in the top 10 of last week’s poll suffered at least one loss, including UConn and Duke. That opened the door for Houston to jump to No. 3 in the […]
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 […]
NEW YORK — In front of an exuberant sellout crowd on Friday night in Manhattan, No. 3 UConn and No. 22 St. John’s set the tone for what could be one of the best sports weekends of 2026. A three-day run littered with top college basketball games, the start of the Winter Olympics in Italy […]