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Matt Norlander is on the Vegas Strip, bouncing back and forth between the two arenas hosting this year’s Players Era Championship. He will provide regular updates and insider information throughout each day of the event, so check back often. You can read his Monday notebook here. LAS VEGAS – Among the many things the Players […]
CBS Sports graphic The format of the Players Era Festival is so wacky that trying to predict which two teams will participate in Wednesday’s championship is mostly an exercise in futility. It can literally be determined by the number of points a team allows in a game, never mind that all games are not even […]
Matt Norlander is on the Vegas Strip, bouncing back and forth between the two arenas hosting this year’s Players Era Championship. He will provide regular updates and insider information throughout each day of the event, so check back often. This is his Monday notebook. LAS VEGAS — The Big 12 is entering the stock market. […]
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 […]
NEW YORK – A year ago in this building, Dan Hurley made the media rounds at Madison Square Garden and pitched why UConn should have been No. 1 heading into the season. After back-to-back national titles, the Huskies were No. 3 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. Nevertheless, Hurley stood at the top of […]
Image images The The Associated Press has released the All-America men’s basketball team for the 2025-2026 season on Monday, headlined by three returning stars, a top-ranked transfer and the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft. Purdue guard Braden Smith received unanimous preseason All-American honors with 57 first-place votes, followed by Texas […]
For the first time in program history, Purdue is the No. 1 team in the Associated Press men’s basketball preseason Top 25. And while the preseason rankings only matter so much, in this case they reflect the Boilermakers’ recent ascension to the elite level of college basketball. Prior to the 2021-2022 season, Purdue was never […]
The AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll was released Monday, indicating the start of the 2025-2026 college basketball season is approaching. Purdue earned the No. 1 spot in the poll after receiving 35 of 60 possible first-place votes. Houston, Florida and UConn – the teams trailing the Boilermakers – all received first-place votes. Rounding out […]
Again CBS Sports presents our Candid Coaches series, which bring relevant topics and problems in the men’s basketball to the attention. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander have interviewed almost 100 coaches on various topics in recent weeks. Coaches spoke in the background and were given anonymity to offer unfiltered opinions. Today we look at the […]
