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I’m gonna call my shot: A horse will win the Kentucky Derby.

Magic??????

Pistons??????

By expanding the Tournament to 76 teams, the NCAA enters its Twilight Zone Era www.basketunderreview.com/the-tipping-...

Based on some feedback I got throughout yesterday, sounds like this column really made the rounds in college athletics.

Which game will finish with the larger margin?

Released 30 years ago today. Crash's tracks (song quality + production elements), ranked: 1. #41 2. Lie in Our Graves 3. Two Step 4. Drive In Drive Out 5. Cry Freedom 6. Proudest Monkey 7. Too Much 8. Tripping Billies 9. Crash Into Me 10. So Much to Say 11. Say Goodbye 12. Let You Down

News: Duke has scheduled three massive non-con games next season at neutral-site events vs. UConn (Nov. 25), Michigan (Dec. 21) and Gonzaga (Feb. 20). The twist: Amazon Prime Video is now a CBB broadcasting entity. First-of-its-kind deal—and Duke is going to bring in millions. Details here:

The most annoying part about the NCAAT expanding is also the biggest reason why it's going to happen: the ever-lurking threat that, if the power conferences didn't get their way, they may just up and leave and start their own bracket. But that's bullshit and was never going to happen. Column:

The most annoying part about the NCAAT expanding is also the biggest reason why it's going to happen: the ever-lurking threat that, if the power conferences didn't get their way, they may just up and leave and start their own bracket. But that's bullshit and was never going to happen. Column:

My story on the impending and unwanted expansion of the men's and women's NCAA Tournament has a full write-thru. Format, how it will look, how it will function, why it's happening, when it will air on TV, etc., etc., etc. www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

Emergency podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgV...

Breaking: The NCAA Tournament is expanding for the men and the women to 76 team beginning in 2027, sources told CBS Sports, unless something extremely unexpected and drastic occurs in the next week to prevent it. (Don't bank on it.) This story will update soon. www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

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UPDATE: Source just texted me to clarify. After initially communicating that it was 3:30 ET, Tyran Stokes' public college commitment will now instead be sometime around 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 Pacific on Inside the NBA on ESPN with Ernie, Shaq, Charles and Kenny. No. 1 prospect in class of 2026.

Source to CBS Sports: Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 prospect in 2026, will finally announce his college decision today around 3:30 ET on ESPN's NBA Today. Stokes will pick Kansas or Kentucky. He played for Nike on the EYBL circuit, but nobody knows the lean here. He'll be a preseason A-A regardless.

Grading the coaching hires ... ... ... four years later! My 10th edition. I can't stand immediately grading things — hirings, draft picks — before one damn game has been played. This is the fairest way to do it. And so here I go again. Here's the report card on the 2022 men's CBB carousel.

Biggest omissions would appear to be David Byrne, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell. NYT knew what it was doing when it hit publish on this, though. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

One of the 10 best in-game dunks of the past 10 years?????? Had zero idea Jamal Cain was in the NBA. ZERO. This dude was a JAG at Marquette!

Great Wordle choice today.

I guess there are no more defensive players available in this year's draft because the Bears took a tight end in the second round.

NEWS: Henri Veesaar has informed Michael Malone that he's leaving UNC for the NBA Draft. Was told by a source that this is an all-in decision. He's done with college. Veesaar's draft range is ~25 to 45. Leaving a LOT on the table in NIL money. Heels are now a fringe Top 25 team as a result.

Fire me up, Bruce!

This is the coldest shot of the entire night.

Bears' draft pick looks like an extra from Top Gun: Maverick. No idea how to feel about this.

I *LOVE* the Rams picking Ty Simpson (I am a Bears fan).

More first-year coaches made the NCAAT last season than in any year prior. The hit rate on Objectively Good/Great debuts for 2025-26 was nearly 25%. You know what else NIL is doing? Making it easier to immediately get good on the court in Year 1. Here were the best first-year campaigns in MCBB.

KB is a Real One. One of the more talented people in sports media.

Type in your name, see the earth from above: science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

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I went as far back into the archives as possible to dig up every end-of-season men's college basketball award and All-America team. (Our 2012-13 NPOY was a surprise.) We've got 20 years worth of honorees. Take a stroll through memory lane; the idea is to update this link every March moving forward.

Finally getting to this one. Strong output.

Billy Donovan still wants to coach while: 1. Mark Pope is on the hot seat at Kentucky 2. Bill Self might be heading into his last season at Kansas 3. Todd Golden could possibly shift out in the next 12 months at Florida 4. Oh, and he'd probably get an NBA job in the next month if so desired anyway

Breaking: Billy Donovan has stepped down as the coach of the Chicago Bulls, source confirms to CBS Sports. Had been the coach there since 2020. Was also a candidate for the UNC job but did not pursue. I'm told he still has interest coaching elsewhere in the future, so we'll see when/where that is.

A column on the immeasurable legacy of Val Ackerman, who showed up to the Big East 13 years ago and subsequently made sure the league didn't fade amid the football-driven realignment that warped college athletics. Hard to overstate just how important she was to saving the Big East.

Almost better than Seton Hall vs. Xavier at 2:30 on a mid-March Thursday in Manhattan.

Watch the whole episode here:

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

A column on the immeasurable legacy of Val Ackerman, who showed up to the Big East 13 years ago and subsequently made sure the league didn't fade amid the football-driven realignment that warped college athletics. Hard to overstate just how important she was to saving the Big East.

Podcasting with GP at 1 p.m. ET. We'll open on UConn and the news today out of the Big East. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi9S...

I must say the Spurs’ fiesta court looks absolutely incredible in person and I have no idea why they ever went away from these colors.

The guy who's responsible for one of the 10-or-so biggest shots in the history of the NCAAT will again wear the uniform of a blue blood team while playing for a Hall-of-Fame coach. Huge for UConn and a marketing win for college hoops. Braylon Mullins will be back in Storrs for Year 2. Story:

There is something Very Broken about college sports if a guy who grew up in Indiana and dreamed about just being a high school coach couldn't feel immediate and immense joy after winning the national title in his home state. Winning a championship IS THE POINT of all of this. The plot's been lost.

Pretty strong day.

Michigan won it all. The celebration never really came. I spent time this week w/ Dusty May to get an up-close look at the reality of what it means to win an NCAA title—and why the portal is muting what should be the peak of his career. Fascinating transparency from one of the game's top coaches.

Same thing happened to Dan Hurley, Todd Golden and Scott Drew. It's a college sports issue.

Michigan won it all. The celebration never really came. I spent time this week w/ Dusty May to get an up-close look at the reality of what it means to win an NCAA title—and why the portal is muting what should be the peak of his career. Fascinating transparency from one of the game's top coaches.