Folks … I don’t recommend taking two hours w/ traffic to get to the airport, waiting through two delays, then having your flight canceled 5 mins before you were supposed to begin boarding. The Delta situation at JFK is a catastrophe. Time to go back home. I’ll be at Duke-Army on Tuesday instead.

In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people. On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team. Here's the story of why and how it happened. "There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."

I'm afraid the world we once knew and existed in blinked in an instant. Our reality is a new one. Because the Bears keep winning games that the laws of physics make impossible. /looks at upcoming schedule Ah, here it comes. 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻

Snowflakes falling at Soldier Field in early November

In May, New Haven raised $9 million in 18 days and beat the buzzer to join D-I. Its home gym seats 867 people. On Saturday, it hosted a Big Ten team. Here's the story of why and how it happened. "There's some coaches said to me, including coaches in the Big Ten, 'Are you crazy?' But yeah, I am."

It's Actually Annoying that Fox Sports is still using Roundball Rock for its college basketball coverage when NBC has the NBA back on its air and is naturally using the song again.

Watched this on an iPhone in the Penn State locker room with the men's basketball coaching staff, who didn't want to get on the bus until the game was decided. We were in disbelief at the catch until that one angle showed it was good. One of the best college TDs ever.

Hello from the most random game I’ve ever covered. Penn State playing in a 1K-capacity gym the opening week of the season.

From last night on CBS Sports HQ: What happened in College Park has nothing to do with Maryland and everything to do with Georgetown. Hoyas haven't turned the corner yet, but at least they're in position to do so.

Final: No. 25 North Carolina 87, No. 19 Kansas 74. Major ego boost for UNC to turn to lava in the second half and win how it did. Heels fans immediately in love w/ frosh Caleb Wilson (24 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 4 stls), but the guard play from Kyan Evans + Seth Trimble in second half was the separator.

Kansas rostering a guy whose major is Yacht Rock

This rivalry is so intense we got players trying to steal a ball with their shoe.

Kansas-Carolina underway on ESPN (on campus; it's beautiful) and I'm only watching because my Mom gave me her login and password to watch via another streaming service because I have YouTube TV 😀

Some disturbing (and unsurprising) revelations with the NCAA uncovering blatant attempts at stat manipulation and game fixing. The details came out earlier today about former athletes at Arizona State, New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State. All have been banned. Here's the story:

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The mix on this is amazing.

If you're an every-show listener, you heard on Sunday's pod how we unfortunately no longer have Nata on our team. It's going to take a bit of time to get used to this, but he'll always be part of our pod family and Eye on College Basketball isn't as big as it is without his stewardship.

Kinda cool that two of my biggest moments in life made the No Context Preview.

Midseason form, for better or worse.

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Ben is doing wonderful things for the podcast's guerrilla marketing campaign.

It is all too appropriate — and overdue — for Dickie V to have an annual basketball event named in his honor. Very cool stuff tonight on ESPN. Some of these videos are taking me back to times that made me fall in love with college basketball.

If you're on the West Coast or a little bit of a night owl, I'll be on CBS Sports HQ in probably 10-15 minutes to recap the opening night of college hoops. Just head to the CBS Sports app and select "Watch" Or view here: CBSSports.com/live

Divine intervention/amazing moment tonight in college basketball: Loyola Chicago just won at the buzzer on the opening night of the season—mere weeks after the death of Sister Jean. (Clutch vid via CBS teammate, @danweiner.bsky.social)

Seeing some decent uptick tonight in CBB posts from accounts that were a bit sleepy in recent months. Keep it up, ball is back.

Tigers?????

Bonkers: Koa Peat is only the second freshman this century (and perhaps ever) to go for at least 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in his collegiate debut. Cole Anthony (vs. Notre Dame) in 2019 is the other: 34, 11 and 5. Peat did it against the third-ranked reigning national champs 😂

Feeling good about it.

Frogs???

yikes

I know my brain isn't normal because I love the NFL and honestly couldn't imagine how any non-Cowboys/Cardinals fan would choose watching that game over what's happening with Arizona-Florida right now. Good ball, future lottery picks, Koa Peat looks like he should be starting for an NBA team.

Ryan Odom a genuinely huge fan; he saw them at frat parties in the early '90s. Richard Pitino is pretty big as well. Chris Jans, Nick McDevitt as well. Tommy Lloyd is obsessed with the Beasties. When the time is right, I've got a story on his fandom to write eventually.

I kinda thought it might take Arizona newbie Koa Peat 2-3 weeks to firmly entrench himself in the Top-5 freshman convo. He might be there by the end of the night. Grown man and not scared.

Grade TNT's new college hoops scorebug!

A note on just how unusual it is to have the reigning national champion schedule a power-conference opponent for Game 1 the ensuing season. It should be the norm, but it's not. Arizona-Florida is underway.

College basketball finally returns today😃 Bluesky's CBB activity is FAR too low, but I'll keep posting here all the same. Here's a big Starter Pack I created about a year ago. Share it! If there are accounts posting about ball near-daily that should be added, let me know and I'll share tonight.

On this opening night of the 2025-26 season, a letter on behalf of the United States Basketball Writers Association as we ready for what should be an incredible next five months.

As promised on Sunday's EOCBB, here's 10 more predictions for the college hoops season. Full show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOv6...

With the season back today, if you've got a little itch to read up on a few CBB stories to get into the mood, here's a starter kit of links via our coverage at CBS Sports. First up is my annual Top 100 And 1 rankings. This is the bird's-eye view of the season as we get underway.

A must-follow for college hoops, obviously.

College basketball finally returns today😃 Bluesky's CBB activity is FAR too low, but I'll keep posting here all the same. Here's a big Starter Pack I created about a year ago. Share it! If there are accounts posting about ball near-daily that should be added, let me know and I'll share tonight.

“After this kind of stimulating, jaw-dropping, anxiety-producing, adrenaline-spiking spectacle, the rewatch of Bears-Bengals belongs at the AMC Hawthorn 12 just down the road from Halas Hall.” @danwiederer.bsky.social captures the madness that was today’s win

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Live now, and yes, we are going up against Chiefs-Bills. The pod is never scared.

I lost all sense of time and space

THE CHICAGO BEARS!!!!

Tee Higgins: One of the greatest No. 2. WRs of all time.

I was so caught up in the game I only just realized Kendrick beat Drake again.