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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 […]
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 […]
CBS Sports graphic I usually spend the few hundred words that top each update of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings on a specific game, team or player. I rarely focus on days. But what a day that was! Absolutely incredible. The first Saturday of February looked good on paper, […]
Seton Hall’s 72-60 loss to Villanova Wednesday night returned the team to the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble and underscored an increasingly bleak reality facing the Big East. If the Pirates don’t get their ship right in the next five weeks, the league will likely send just three teams to the NCAA Tournament […]
Arizona keeps winning. And it continues to hold its No. 1 ranking firmly. The 22-0 Wildcats were the unanimous pick for the top spot in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 poll after beating No. 16 BYU and rival Arizona State last week. Arizona is off to the best start in school history and the Wildcats […]
Kentucky entered Bud Walton Arena on Saturday and left with an 85-77 victory against No. 15 Arkansas. The Wildcats’ victory over former coach John Calipari was not only symbolic, but marked their best win of the season. Kentucky (15-7, 6-3 SEC) entered the weekend 3-6 against Quad 1 opponents, and this win over the Razorbacks […]
The Kentucky Wildcats look to bounce back from a big loss when they take on the 15th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday night. Kentucky is coming off an 80-55 loss at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, while Arkansas defeated Oklahoma 83-79 that same night. The Wildcats (14-7, 5-3 SEC), who are ranked fourth in the conference, are 2-3 […]
It’s divorce season in college basketball. Pretender or contender status will be earned this weekend, with numerous titans going head-to-head in matchups that could change the calculus on Selection Sunday in a major way. Friday is the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry features two teams on pace for the top three seeds. Sunday’s battle between Illinois and […]
Turns out, things can get worse if you’re a Purdue fan. Eight days after Indiana (Indiana!) won the football national championship, the unranked Hoosiers basketball team hit 12 3-pointers to upset No. 4 Purdue despite a furious late rally by the Boilermakers to hold on for its second-biggest win this month in Bloomington. Lamar Wilkerson […]
