Kyle Boone
@kboone.bsky.social
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Writer at CBS Sports. Runner abroad. Coffee drinker and book reader.
My account has been zeroed out because it was beyond the date of collection and the only bills sent came 4.5 years later. Took many hours of calls, emails, and digging, but now resolved. Huge relief. Many many thanks to
@norlander.bsky.social
@summerbreeze0102.bsky.social
& others for your help. 🙏🏽
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about 2 months ago
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Question for ppl smarter than me: I received a bill this week for a healthcare service provided in February 2021. I confirmed today it took four-plus years to process; it was not previously billed. Is there grounds to contest it? Wondering if this could vary by state, but I live in OK.
2 months ago
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Round 2 of the NBA Draft today. Here’s a look at who holds the remaining 29 picks (as of now) and a look at my final mock draft of the cycle.
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2025 NBA mock draft: Johni Broome, Ryan Kalkbrenner go early in second-round projection
With one round down and one to go, we take one final stab at a mock draft with projections for the final 29 picks on Thursday
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-mock-draft-johni-broome-ryan-kalkbrenner-go-early-in-second-round-projection/
4 months ago
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Gary Parrish
4 months ago
I did a 2025 NBA Mock Draft with
@norlander.bsky.social
and
@kboone.bsky.social
on the Eye On College Basketball Podcast. . Fun conversation. We made the first 30 picks.
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FINAL 2025 NBA MOCK DRAFT! Predictions for Spurs, 76ers, Hornets, Suns, Nets.; Top prospect intel!
YouTube video by CBS Sports College Basketball
https://www.youtube.com/live/I86JKnYGNFY?si=53Bp8u5t-73kUWoW
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Happy NBA Draft day! Here's my final two-round mock draft of the 2025 cycle. Projecting all 59 picks for tonight's draft:
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/202...
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2025 two-round NBA Mock Draft: From Cooper Flagg at No. 1 to a Michigan big at No. 59, our swing at every pick
Kyle Boone takes a last look at where the prospects could land during Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2025 NBA Draft
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-two-round-nba-mock-draft-from-cooper-flagg-at-no-1-to-a-michigan-big-at-no-59-our-swing-at-every-pick/
4 months ago
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Matt Norlander
4 months ago
There have been 8,315 men selected into the NBA in 78 years. None of them took as unlikely of a path as what Cedric Coward has walked. Big feature on an incredible guy who went from zero-star prospect, a terrible D-III team to first-round lock. It is a story without parallel in basketball history.
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Cedric Coward's path to the NBA Draft shouldn't be possible
Coward's inconceivable rise from D-III obscurity to lock first-round pick is a journey basketball's never seen.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/cedric-cowards-path-to-the-nba-draft-shouldnt-be-possible/
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The final prospect ranks pubbed today @CBSSports. It is a consensus board combining all our team’s rankings and includes: 🤘🏽 Tre Johnson > Ace Bailey 📈 Carter Bryant into the top 10 ⬆️ Essengue finishing as highest-ranked INTL prospect Full top 100:
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/202...
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2025 NBA Draft Top 100 Prospect Rankings: Scouting reports for top players on final Big Board
Our experts reveal their consensus final NBA Draft prospect rankings
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-draft-top-100-prospect-rankings-scouting-reports-for-top-players-on-final-big-board/
4 months ago
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Kyle Boone
Matt Norlander
4 months ago
Spent an hour earlier today on CBS Sports Network breaking down my mock draft with
@kboone.bsky.social
and explaining out some of the process and why I've got certain guys in certain spots. You can watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6I0...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft 4.0: FULL First Round (All 30 Picks) | Player Comps, Best Fits & Team Needs
YouTube video by CBS Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6I0OSHre0E
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You’ll hear plenty this week about Khaman Maluach: the 7-foot-2 Duke big tracking to be a top-10 pick. Here’s more about Maluach the person: a South Sudanese refugee whose affable aura and love for life have captivated coaches, teammates — and the NBA.
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/how...
4 months ago
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First two-round NBA mock draft of the 2025 cycle for me post-Combine is a doozy — centered around a blockbuster mock trade that could shake up the lottery 👀) and some big help (literally) for three of the four conference finalists (👀👀) New at CBS Sports:
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/202...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft: Dylan Harper lands with Bucks at No. 2 if Giannis Antetokounmpo traded to Spurs
San Antonio could make a deal to pair the two-time MVP winner with Victor Wembanyama
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-mock-draft-dylan-harper-lands-with-bucks-at-no-2-if-giannis-antetokounmpo-traded-to-spurs/
5 months ago
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We did a full reaction show yesterday on
#mockdraftMonday
to
@adamfinkelstein.bsky.social
's latest mock draft post-Combine. We talked all 30 picks and landing spots on CBS Sports HQ. Catch it here:
youtu.be/vaJvk-G7J4E?...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft 1.0: FULL First Round (All 30 Picks) | Analysis, Best Fits & Team Needs
YouTube video by CBS Sports
https://youtu.be/vaJvk-G7J4E?si=E22gLfvSlsLRoAra
5 months ago
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Mr.
@adamfinkelstein.bsky.social
and I did a full lottery mock on CBS Sports HQ earlier this week discussing best/worst fits for Cooper Flagg and some big movers and shakers post-NCAAT. Video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6W...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft: Jazz take Cooper Flagg No. 1, Rutgers stars go back-to-back ⭐️ | Top 5 Picks 📈
YouTube video by CBS Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6WATVWmAA&t=9s
5 months ago
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Kyle Boone
Adam Finkelstein
6 months ago
The latest episode of the
#NBADraft
Notbook Pod is now live as
@kboone.bsky.social
and I break down our respective big boards. 📺🎧
youtu.be/3C4N7WZFVj4
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Well, well, this is the coolest. I love that Brian Rosenworcel beamed in Bruce Pearl style from what looks like a 2005 Razr to keep the CBB theming alive as a way to pay homage to the diehards.
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6 months ago
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Finally got around to reading this gem from
@bfquinn.bsky.social
, and whew. Whew. What a story.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...
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The search for a high school basketball all-time scorer that time forgot
The unwritten history of Finell White, who went from Harlem playgrounds to South Carolina countrysides and rewrote the record book
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6078697/2025/01/30/high-school-basketball-scoring-leader-finell-white/
6 months ago
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The CBS Sports All-Transfer Team — the five best and most impactful transfers in college basketball in 2024-25 — just published, led by our TOY (Transfer of the Year) JT Toppin of Texas Tech:
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
6 months ago
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Kyle Boone
Matt Norlander
6 months ago
The price of talent is spiking to record levels—with hundreds of millions now at stake in CBB’s unregulated economy. Detailed reporting below on the teams spending 8-10 million+. One player’s on the hook after breaking his contract. A wide look at how we got here … and if there’s no going back.
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The $10 million club: College basketball's portal recruiting hits unthinkable levels of financial chaos
The price of talent is spiking to record amounts -- again -- now with hundreds of millions at stake in college hoops' unregulated economy
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-10-million-club-college-basketballs-portal-recruiting-hits-unthinkable-levels-of-financial-chaos/
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Wrote about Braden Smith’s return to Purdue and how the Boilermakers are avoiding over-reliance on the transfer portal in the NIL era by developing from within + maintaining consistent roster continuity.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Braden Smith's return to Purdue shows how bucking trend of building through transfer portal can work
Smith shows the Boilermakers' commitment to developing its own stars can be successful in the portal era
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/braden-smiths-return-to-purdue-shows-how-bucking-trend-of-building-through-transfer-portal-can-work/
6 months ago
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Good primer on what’s ahead for Masters Sunday from my friend, Kyle Porter, in his excellent Normal Sport newsletter.
www.normalsport.com/newsletter/t...
6 months ago
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There is a 66.3% chance I’m about to have an incredible Sunday.
6 months ago
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My NBA mock draft is updated with a look at the post-NCAA Tournament landscape led by Florida star Walter Clayton Jr. Also in the 🔮 … Cooper Flagg ➡️ Utah VJ Edgecombe ➡️ Philly Jase Richardson ➡️ San Antonio Full first round:
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/202...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft: Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. jumps into lottery after stellar March Madness
Florida's star guard is a projected lottery pick after an historic NCAA Tournament run with the Gators
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-mock-draft-floridas-walter-clayton-jr-jumps-into-lottery-after-stellar-march-madness/
6 months ago
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FLORIDA is the unanimous No. 1 team in the final AP Top 25 poll of the CBB season. First time it is No. 1 in the poll since 2013-14. 1. Florida 2. Houston 3. Duke 4. Auburn 5. Tennessee 6. Alabama 7. Michigan St. 8. Texas Tech 9. Maryland 10. Michigan
6 months ago
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Greatest Final Four ever? Greatest Final Four ever!
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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March Madness 2025: Dramatic title game between Florida, Houston delivers end to greatest Final Four ever
If there was any doubt about this Final Four's greatness, Monday night's madness pushed it into GOAT territory
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-2025-dramatic-title-game-between-florida-houston-delivers-end-to-greatest-final-four-ever/
6 months ago
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Florida shut down Johni Broome and saved its season Saturday with a swarming second-half defensive effort vs. one of the most dynamic offensive players in CBB. Here's how they did it.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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How Florida shut down Johni Broome in Final Four: Walter Clayton Jr. pep talk proved to be turning point
The Gators clamped down in the second half and stifled the player of the year candidate
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/how-florida-shut-down-johni-broome-in-final-four-walter-clayton-jr-pep-talk-proved-to-be-turning-point/
6 months ago
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A very good read by
@statsbywill.bsky.social
ahead of tonight's Final Four action in San Antonio. Quick ingestion of this a surefire way to make yourself look smart in front of friends/fam tonight.
statsbywill.substack.com/p/2025-mens-...
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2025 men's Final Four preview
LIVE FROM SAN ANTONIO: Armageddon, then more Armageddon
https://statsbywill.substack.com/p/2025-mens-final-four-preview?r=hiole&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
6 months ago
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I ranked every coach remaining in the men’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. 3-16 was hard to decide on. No. 1 and No. 2 were not.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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March Madness 2025: Ranking every coach in the Sweet 16 as NCAA Tournament rolls on to regional semifinals
From 1-16, Kyle Boone ranks the coaches still standing in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 field
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-2025-ranking-every-coach-in-the-sweet-16-as-ncaa-tournament-rolls-on-to-regional-semifinals/
7 months ago
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Sunday’s overnight winners and losers recapping the second round centers on the historic trajectory Duke is on. Plus … — the Big East bows out — Florida survives a scare from the champs — Mark Pope gets UK into S16 in Year One More:
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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March Madness 2025 scores, winners and losers: Duke dominating at historic level, UConn's incredible run ends
Duke is playing at a level seen just once in modern NCAA Tournament history
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-2025-scores-winners-and-losers-duke-dominating-at-historic-level-uconns-incredible-run-ends/
7 months ago
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Rick Pitino talks about why RJ Luis Jr., the leading scorer for St. John's and the Big East Player of the Year, did not play the final 4:56 in today's loss to Arkansas:
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7 months ago
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There will be more members of the Pitino family coaching in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament than total number of ACC teams. And in a year when the ACC has quite literally never been larger.
7 months ago
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Norfolk State coach Robert Jones said this week he was angry about the big point spread vs. No. 1 seed Florida in Round 1. After losing by 26 (and covering the spread), he led with this zing to open his postgame presser:
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7 months ago
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The ACC fell on its face to open the NCAA Tournament and the SEC is out the gates with a stumble. Here’s a look at our winners and losers from the first round of March Madness on Thursday:
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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March Madness 2025 scores, winners and losers: SEC off to slow start, ACC outright stumbles out of gate
Two of college basketball's most powerful conferences have work to do after the first day of the NCAA Tournament
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-2025-scores-winners-and-losers-sec-off-to-slow-start-acc-outright-stumbles-out-of-gate/
7 months ago
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For posterity. 📌 Good luck, and happy March Madness to all who celebrate 🎊
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
7 months ago
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Hey, you. Go fill your bracket out. And use my bracket — or any of our CBS team’s brackets below — as a cheat sheet. Trust me. EXPERT BRACKETS 👇🏽
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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2025 NCAA Tournament bracket predictions: March Madness expert picks, winners, upsets, favorites to win
Our experts have filled out their brackets, so check who they predict will be cutting down the nets
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2025-ncaa-tournament-bracket-predictions-march-madness-expert-picks-winners-upsets-favorites-to-win/
7 months ago
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Michigan as a 5 seed makes no sense.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Michigan wins the Big Ten Tournament, gets No. 5 seed. Make it make sense
The Wolverines earned more respect than the committee showed on Sunday
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/michigan-wins-the-big-ten-tournament-gets-no-5-seed-make-it-make-sense/
7 months ago
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HERE IT IS IN ALL ITS BEAUTY. THE 2025 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET.
7 months ago
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Here's a look at total bids by league for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. SEC leading the way with 14.
7 months ago
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Fourteen SEC teams made the 2025 NCAA Tournament. FOURTEEN. That's a new record for most teams from a single conference to make March Madness. Take a bow.
7 months ago
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Dickie V cried on the broadcast as Duke-Louisville came to an end. Hard to watch and not cry, too. He's had a rough couple years, and it's great to see him enjoying what he loves most. Cancer sucks.
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Matt Norlander
7 months ago
Here's the CBS Sports newser on Neptune being out. Search process is going to get going heavy this weekend.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Villanova fires Kyle Neptune: Jay Wright's successor failed to make Big Dance in three years as program dipped
Villanova has missed the past three NCAA Tournaments after making the Final Four in Wright's finale in 2021-22
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/villanova-fires-kyle-neptune-jay-wrights-successor-failed-to-make-big-dance-in-three-years-as-program-dipped/
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Kyle Boone
Matt Norlander
7 months ago
Breaking: Iowa has cut ties with Fran McCaffery. Story:
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Iowa fires Fran McCaffery: Longtime coach out after Hawkeyes miss NCAA Tournament for second straight season
Iowa finished 12th in the Big Ten in the regular season, the worst during the 15-year McCaffery era
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/iowa-fires-fran-mccaffery-longtime-coach-out-after-hawkeyes-miss-ncaa-tournament-for-second-straight-season/
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Fun news in CBB land: McNeese’s boom-boxing student manager, viral sensation Amir Khan, has signed an NIL deal. The agreement provides escalating financial incentives for every NCAA Tournament game the Cowboys win.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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McNeese's student manager has a boom box, 'aura' and now an NIL deal as Cowboys head to NCAA Tournament
Amir Khan is cashing in on his breakout month with the NCAA Tournament-bound Cowboys
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/mcneeses-student-manager-has-a-boom-box-aura-and-now-an-nil-deal-as-cowboys-head-to-ncaa-tournament/
7 months ago
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Duke star Cooper Flagg suffered an apparent ankle injury in the first half vs. Georgia Tech. He was seen being taken by wheelchair in the bowels of the stadium for further examination. Developing story:
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Cooper Flagg injury: Duke star rolls ankle in ACC Tournament quarterfinal, takes wheelchair for examination
Flagg punched a bench chair in frustration and screamed after he was helped to the sideline
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/cooper-flagg-injury-duke-star-rolls-ankle-in-acc-tournament-quarterfinal-takes-wheelchair-for-examination/
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Unbelievable scene in Charlotte: Duke star Cooper Flagg is being taken by wheelchair for further examination after suffering an apparent ankle injury in the first half vs. Georgia Tech.
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Rodger Sherman
7 months ago
Navy’s second leading scorer ejected two minutes into the Patriot League championship game for going below deck. Direct hit with the submarine torpedo shot (Thanks to
@voltcortez.bsky.social
for the heads up!)
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My latest mock draft is updated with a fresh look at the NBA Draft landscape ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Cooper Flagg ➡️ Washington Ace Bailey ➡️ Charlotte Jase Richardson ➡️ San Antonio Full first round:
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/202...
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2025 NBA Mock Draft: Duke's Cooper Flagg goes No. 1 ahead of Rutgers' Dylan Harper
Flagg is the top pick in Kyle Boone's mock draft heading into the NCAA Tournament
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-mock-draft-dukes-cooper-flagg-goes-no-1-ahead-of-rutgers-dylan-harper/
7 months ago
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Kyle Boone
Matt Norlander
7 months ago
Been working on this all season. With the NCAA Tournament coming next week, no better time than now to finally unveil it. March makes heroes of many. But who are the all-timers this century in college hoops? Here are the 25 biggest men's college basketball stars of the past 25 years. 🏀 BIG READ 🏀
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Ranking the top 25 college basketball stars of the past 25 years: Zion, Carmelo, Jimmer, Steph, Kemba and more
With March Madness right around the corner, Matt Norlander goes big and ranks the brightest stars since 2000
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ranking-the-top-25-college-basketball-stars-of-the-past-25-years-zion-carmelo-jimmer-steph-kemba-and-more/
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NEW AP TOP 25 1. Duke 2. Houston 3. Auburn 4. Florida 5. Bama 6. St. John's 7. Michigan St. 8. Tenn 9. TTU 10. Clemson 11. Maryland 12. Iowa St. 13. Louisville 14. TAMU 15. Kentucky 16. Memphis 17. BYU 18. Wisc 19. Saint Mary's 20. Purdue 21. Missouri 22. Michigan 23. Oregon 24. ILL 25. Marquette
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Duke has supplanted Auburn at No. 1 in the latest AP Top 25. It's the first time since Week 4 of the 2021-22 season Duke is No. 1 in the poll, and first time under third-year coach Jon Scheyer.
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Bill DiFilippo
7 months ago
catching up on some stuff i've been meaning to read and
@kboone.bsky.social
's piece on doug gottlieb really is incredible, the bit about gottlieb asking chatgpt what to chant for good luck while burning sage nearly made me fall off my couch
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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Doug Gottlieb fights back: Radio host-turned-coach takes on car crashes, snow, LeBron James and lots of losing
Gottlieb wanted a shot and Green Bay wanted a jolt. A trying first season has put the bold experiment to the test.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/doug-gottlieb-fights-back-radio-host-turned-coach-takes-on-car-crashes-snow-lebron-james-and-lots-of-losing/
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North Dakota’s Treysen Eaglestaff scored 51 points — the most by a men’s Division I player since 2022 — in an 85-69 win in the Summit League tournament quarters last night. Most points in a non-OT game by a men’s player since Markus Howard hung 51 on USC in 2019.
www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
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North Dakota star Treyson Eaglestaff scores record-breaking 51 points in Summit League tourney quarterfinals
Eaglestaff's 51 points is the first 50-burger for a men's player since 2022
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/north-dakota-star-treyson-eaglestaff-scores-record-breaking-51-points-in-summit-league-tourney-quarterfinals/
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