AP Top 25 Poll Reactions: North Carolina Overrated, Kansas Underrated in Preseason College Basketball Rankings

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 […]

The NCAA rule granting players a fifth year of eligibility may not be approved in time to help current seniors

CHICAGO — UCLA coach Mick Cronin is in the middle of a monologue Thursday at Big Ten Media Days describing his new big man, Michigan State transfer Xavier Booker, when he does something he’s really adept at: steering the conversation. “If you’re 6-foot-4 and (Booker) has a good year, he’s going to get drafted,” Cronin […]

Dribble Handoff: Duke-Kansas, St. John’s-Kentuucky, Houston-Auburn under the Top 2025-26 Showdowns at College Hoops

Basketball schedules from the university are approaching the completion of the 2025-26 season, and there will be no shortage of selection framework for non-conference matchups in the first few months. Although the Players ERA Festival will bring countless controversial confrontations to Las Vegas in November, we are also in store for a few blockbuster, on […]

Purdue Basketball Roster, forecast of the starting setup: Boilermakers bring important pieces of Sweet 16 team back

Matt Paininter has led Purdue to two of the last three Big Ten Regular-Season Championships, made 10 consecutive NCAA tournaments, including six of the last eight Sweet 16S, and, every way you cut it, has generally increased his program to top status in sport in sport. Is the best for Painter’s boiler makers? It is […]