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Way-Too-Early Top 25: The best early-season game for every team
This month, we've picked the best, most intriguing game for each top 25 program. Included: Cooper Flagg, regional rivalries, and a lot of Kansas and Alabama.
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Countdown to men's hoops! Top stories, players, games, more
From Cooper Flagg to Calipari at Arkansas to UConn's quest for a three-peat -- your 2024-25 season preview.
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MARCH ALREADY ON OUR MINDS
Men's Bracketology: Duke, Cooper Flagg best of ACC? Don't sleep on North Carolina
R.J. Davis and North Carolina just might be the favorites when the ACC conducts its preseason poll in October.
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Men's July recruiting tracker: The class of 2025 is starting to move
News and analysis out of what has been a remarkably slow-developing senior class in terms of commitments.
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MBB recruiting: Handing out superlatives on the summer circuit
Paul Biancardi gives out his 12 summer superlatives for the upcoming 2025 recruiting class.
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NFL
Julius Peppers gives Michael Jordan credit in HOF speech
Julius Peppers shouts out fellow Tar Heel Michael Jordan for inspiring him throughout his Hall of Fame career.
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- Plaintiffs in Colo. suit ask judge to deny NCAA deal
- Fears rejoins Spartans after December shooting
- Blakeney's plan to sell stake in Howard not vetted
- Kentucky men's basketball to hold open tryout
- Flagg: 'I was nervous' to face LeBron, Team USA
- Louisville-Kentucky effect: Spitting, TBT tussle
- Calipari exhorting Razorbacks to 'think like kings'
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Adidas MBB recruiting: Handing out superlatives on the summer circuit
Paul Biancardi gives out his 12 summer superlatives for the upcoming 2025 recruiting class.
Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports NCAA men's basketball transfer rankings for the 2024-25 season
Where (nearly) every transfer in the top 100 -- and next-in-line -- has committed for the 2024-25 season.
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Men's NCAA basketball 2024-25 roster moves, transfers, recruits
Your guide to all the personnel changes for the top conferences and programs, including transfers, recruits and NBA draft decisions.
Courtesy of Jay Bilas Jay Bilas remembers Bill Walton the basketball player, the man and friend
Jay Bilas grew up idolizing Bill Walton, who was larger than life on and off the court and he was about finding the joy in others.
CFP's 2024 Makeover
Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports How does College Football Playoff work? Rules, dates, more
The College Football Playoff is getting a makeover in 2024! Check out the new format, bracket, selection committee, schedule and other details.