College basketball rankings: CBS Sports’ Top 100 And 1 best teams heading into the 2023-24 season

Hailey Meuchel, CBS Sports College hoops’ season is less than two weeks out. The longest offseason traverse in major American sports is almost over. Hallelujah. With the season under a fortnight away,... Read more »

Morehead State star Mark Freeman, preseason OVC Player of the Year, likely out for season with wrist injury

USATSI Morehead State guard Mark Freeman is likely to miss the entire 2023-24 season due to a wrist injury, coach Preston Spradlin told The Messenger’s Jeff Goodman. Freeman was tabbed as the preseason... Read more »

Five college basketball players who had breakout offseasons and could be this season’s Obi Toppin

In the summer of 2019, Dayton’s Obi Toppin was coming off a big redshirt freshman year in which he started nearly half the team’s games, averaged a team-high 14.4 points per game... Read more »

Indiana star freshman Mackenzie Mgbako arrested on misdemeanor charges after alleged altercation at Taco Bell

USATSI Indiana five-star freshman Mackenzie Mgbako was arrested in Bloomington, Indiana on Sunday morning, the Indianapolis Star reported. According to the police report, the former blue-chip recruit and CBS Sports’ Preseason Big 10... Read more »

Kentucky basketball recruiting: Four-star CG Boogie Fland commits to Wildcats, who jump into top 20 for 2024

Kentucky secured a major win on the recruiting trail Friday when four-star combo guard Boogie Fland committed to the Wildcats. Fland is the second recruit to commit to Kentucky in the 2024... Read more »

Jon Scheyer contract: Duke coach signs six-year extension amid big recruiting weekend

USATSI Duke coach Jon Scheyer has signed a six-year extension keeping him at his alma mater through the 2028-29 season, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander confirms. As Duke is a private institution, the... Read more »

Ranking the best college basketball games this season among matchups of AP Top 25 teams

The AP Top 25 Poll was released Monday, signaling that the college basketball season is right around the corner. And once the season starts on Nov. 6 it won’t be long before... Read more »

2023-24 CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year: Purdue’s Zach Edey honored after returning for another season

For a second consecutive season, men’s college basketball is in the advantageous position of having a reigning national player of the year return to the sport. A year ago, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe... Read more »

With the NCAA’s probe of Kansas over, a rejuvenated Bill Self wants the No. 1 Jayhawks to ‘go for the throat’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas coach Bill Self came to the Big 12’s basketball media days here somewhat of a broken man.  That’s a reference not so much about the recently concluded... Read more »

2023-24 CBS Sports Preseason All-America teams: College basketball’s best and most talented players

Traditional big men can still dominate college basketball — but, in recent years, it’s become harder than ever for them to solidify themselves as desirable NBA prospects because of the way the... Read more »