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For the first time in their long and celebrated careers, Dick Vitale and Charles Barkley will share the broadcast booth for an NCAA Tournament game that brings together more than 100 years of combined basketball experience. The pairing will call a First Four matchup as part of CBS Sports and TNT Sports coverage. Before that, […]
The fourth AP Top 25 Poll of the 2025-2026 season was released Monday, and despite efforts by Arizona and Michigan, Purdue remains the No. 1 team in the country. The Boilermakers have been at the top of the poll for the past three weeks, with the lone exception when Houston defeated Purdue in the first […]
1 File: (7-0) This week: defeated Eastern Illinois 109-62 Purdue made the most of their lone outing during the holiday week with a win vs. Eastern Illinois. Daniel Jacobsen had 24 points and nine rebounds in the win and Braden Smith, second in the NCAA in assists, finished with 10 dimes in 23 minutes of […]
CBS Sports graphic Braden Smith missed twelve of the fourteen shots he attempted on Thursday. That’s unusual and not ideal for a Purdue team with a goal of winning the national championship. Anyway, Purdue won. The Boilermakers, falling far short of their so-called A-game, used a 15-2 run in the final seven minutes, moments after […]
NEW YORK – No major team needs a player more than Kansas Darryn Peterson. The Jayhawks’ top freshman missed his third straight game due to a hamstring problem. Coach Bill Self said after Tuesday night’s 78-66 loss to No. 5 Duke that things are improving, adding that he doesn’t “think it will be long” before […]
CBS Sports graphic We’re not even two full weeks into this season and it’s already clear that the freshman class is historically great. Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and Duke’s Cameron Boozer are the headliners – partly because they were the consensus top three prospects in the class of 2025, partly because most expect […]
You could say it’s too early in the college basketball season to make any bold statements. We’ve only been playing games for eight days. If we were to let logic rule, bold statements and big predictions would be saved until at least four weeks into the season, when teams have seven or eight games under […]
In this era of college basketball roster turnover, it’s difficult to conduct a preseason poll because it’s difficult to know how new players will blend into systems. This season was perhaps the most difficult yet, as many freshmen and international newcomers were expected to play key roles. It’s usually smart to value experience and not […]
While Monday marked the start of the 2025-2026 college basketball season, several teams are waiting until Tuesday to tip off, including a pair of power conference programs. No. 6 Duke and Texas will meet at the 2025 Dick Vitale Invitational, a first-year event. Duke went 35-4 last season and won both the ACC regular season […]
