Dribble Handoff: Arkansas, Michigan among 2025 NCAA Tournament teams who missed Big Dance last season

There was no Arkansas, Indiana, UCLA, Syracuse or Villanova in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Even programs like Miami and Kansas State, which made deep runs during the 2023 NCAA Tournament, were left... Read more »

South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43 after complications during medical procedure

Amir Abdur-Rahim, the coach of South Florida’s men’s basketball program, has died. The tragic and unexpected news was announced Thursday by the university. He was 43 years old.  Abdur-Rahim “was undergoing a medical... Read more »

College basketball coaching hot seat: Five coaches who may need a good season in 2024-25 to save their job

We published our list of the Top 25 And 1 college basketball coaches earlier this week. It’s a nice honor, I think, if only because inclusion ensures you’re not entering the season... Read more »

Yankees, Dodgers set for World Series Game 1; Rams upset Vikings; NFL, college football picks for the weekend

This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday... Read more »

College basketball rankings: The Top 100 and 1 best players entering the 2024-25 season

Star power abounds in college basketball this season. We’ve got household names in spades led by vets RJ Davis at North Carolina and Hunter Dickinson at Kansas. We’ve got young talents in... Read more »

Cooper Flagg hype sets tone for Jon Scheyer’s most critical Duke season yet: An inside look at the Blue Devils

DURHAM, N.C. — It’s been more than a decade since he played competitively, but “competitively” is all relative to Jon Scheyer. He’ll tell you he’s still involved in high-stakes on-court competition on... Read more »

Virginia Tech’s release of Temple transfer Hysier Miller related to gambling investigation of Owls, per report

Getty Images Virginia Tech released guard Hysier Miller, a transfer from Temple, from its men’s basketball team “due to circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech,” the program said Wednesday in... Read more »

Duke basketball recruiting: Four-star PF Nikolas Khamenia commits to Blue Devils, gives them No. 1 2025 class

Getty Images Duke coach Jon Scheyer continued his success on the recruiting trail by landing four-star forward Nikolas Khamenia on Tuesday. The No. 19 overall recruit in the 247Sports Class of 2025... Read more »

College basketball rankings: Rotation questions for the Top 25 and 1 teams

The exhibitions throughout college basketball in mid-to-late October are such a tease. The offseason is long and newsworthy (like, uh, Tony Bennett retiring), but that first sneaker squeak or mean mug can... Read more »

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, Alabama’s Mark Sears on 2024-25 AP preseason All-America team

USATSI The Associated Press released its 2024-25 preseason All-America men’s basketball team on Monday, headlined by a heavy dose of returning stars and a incoming player with the most hype of any freshman in... Read more »