Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports Of all the top teams in the country with an excuse to lose over the past week, UConn’s stood out above the rest. The Huskies are navigating the beginning of the calendar year without 7-foot-2 star Donovan Clingan, who remains sidelined with a foot injury. But even without its towering star,…
The first full week of conference play across college basketball has produced a series of shocking outcomes that suggest we’re in store for a tumultuous battle before someone cuts down the nets in Arizona on April 8. The mayhem began Tuesday night when No. 1 Purdue and No. 2 Houston each lost in road games…
A few years ago, Baylor University approved a move that will likely benefit its athletic department and uplift its basketball programs for decades: it put hundreds of millions of dollars into building a smaller basketball arena. At the time of the decision, the Ferrell Center had existed for barely more than 30 years. Yet the…
CBS Sports graphic If you listened to Sunday’s episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast, you likely know Matt Norlander and I anticipated Tuesday night possibly getting wild with Purdue and Houston both on the road against unranked but quality opponents inside Pinnacle Bank and Hilton Coliseum, respectively. It got even wilder than we thought….
The Missouri Tigers (8-6) and the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats (11-2) square off in an SEC tilt on Tuesday. Missouri has had some recent success against the Wildcats, winning two of the last three games. Kentucky is 9-4 against the spread this season and 6-4 ATS when favored. Missouri, meanwhile, is just 5-9 ATS this…
The Pittsburgh Panthers and the Duke Blue Devils are set to tip at 9 p.m. ET in ACC action on Tuesday at the Petersen Events Center. Pitt is 10-5 overall and 7-3 at home, while Duke is 11-3 overall and 1-2 on the road. It’s a conference rivalry that Duke has dominated of late, winning…
This first weekend of conference play in 2024 is in the books. There were winners, losers, standout performances and upsets — the whole nine yards. Despite this freshman class being unpredictable at times, there has been a level of consistency near the top. USC star guard Isaiah Collier has been under a microscope this season…
USATSI There were minimal changes near the top of the second Coaches Poll of 2024 released Monday. The lone movement inside the top-five featured Houston jumping Kansas for the No. 2 spot. The Cougars became the last undefeated team in Division l basketball by virtue of James Madison and Ole Miss falling Saturday. Houston made…
There are 362 Division I men’s basketball teams, and in any given week, there are dozens of stories of intrigue that frequently don’t get spotlighted — or at least don’t get enough attention — to break through as big stories in the sport. Such is the case when there are so many teams, players and…
Michigan State is out of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1. Again. That’s the Monday morning headline after the Spartans lost 88-74 at Northwestern on Sunday. It means Michigan State is now 9-6 overall, 1-3 in the Big Ten. Is it time for MSU fans to panic? No, not quite yet. But it’s totally…
