Virginia and Kansas each have big chances Saturday to maximize their seeding potential for the NCAA Tournament, as the final day of February brings a college basketball schedule full of Bracketology implications. The Cavaliers are a No. 3 seed in CBS Sports Bracketology entering the day, while the Jayhawks are a No. 4 seed. Both […]
Life comes at you fast in the world of college basketball. One minute you’re alone at the top of the SEC standings and the next minute you’re suddenly in the NCAA Tournament bubble. This is the situation Texas A&M (17-7, 7-4 SEC) finds itself in when it plays at No. 19 Vanderbilt on Saturday. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Tuesday’s episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast that we did on CBS Sports Network, Matt Norlander and I got to talking about UConn and its body of work to date. Simply put: I’m higher in it than he is. To be clear, we both think the Huskies would be the No. 1 […]
For college sports fans who turn their full attention to basketball after the thrill of Indiana College football Playoff National Championship Game win over Miami, welcome to what has been an exciting season so far. Freshman stars are once again a hallmark of the sport, the top conference hierarchy is well balanced and the race […]
It’s a tough era for the mid-major in men’s basketball. But it’s a good week. If you took it all in with the rest of the hoops junkies on Saturday, you saw as many replays of Miami — Ohio, not Florida — hitting wild shots to outlast Buffalo and stay undefeated as anything else. That’s […]
For the first time in a few weeks, there was movement among the top-ranked teams in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Arizona and Michigan remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but Duke then fell away suffered its first loss of the season against Texas Tech. The Blue Devils fell three spots to […]
The last big Saturday of non-conference action is just around the corner, and it offers one last chance for several major teams to make a statement before the league kicks off again after Christmas. Among them are four branded programs that will be featured in the CBS Sports Classic. First up is tip-off at 12:30 […]