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Oct 14, 2022 The third annual Top Flight Invite will feature eight elite club basketball teams vying for a tournament championship in Las Vegas. This year’s tournament might feature the strongest group of star power and talent with 28 prospects ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100, 2024 ESPN 60 or 2025 ESPN 25, including commits

The administrators in charge of college sports have begun discussing an expansion of the men’s basketball tournament from its current 68 teams. It would represent the biggest change since 1985, when the field grew from 53 to 64, which is the perfect number for this sport. “It’s time to look at that,” ACC commissioner Jim

Felony gun charges filed against former five-star recruit and current Eastern Michigan men’s basketball player Emoni Bates are expected to be dropped next week, Bates’ lawyer, Steve Haney, told ESPN on Thursday in a phone interview. Bates was arrested and taken into custody in mid-September on two gun charges.  Bates was pulled over on a

7:00 AM ET The big question for Kansas entering the 2021-22 season was consistent point guard play. Bill Self went out and landed transfer Remy Martin, an All-Pac-12 guard at Arizona State who was accustomed to being the focal point of the offense. If Martin wasn’t ready to be more facilitator than scorer, Kansas cutting

CBS Sports graphic From nearly every angle you look at it, the American Athletic Conference took a step back last season propped up mostly by two NCAA Tournament teams — Houston and Memphis — and by a respectable SMU club. Its two teams in the Big Dance tied for the second-fewest since the league’s inception,

North Carolina’s legendary men’s basketball coach Dean Smith tasked his longtime administrative assistant Linda Woods to gather the coaching staff into his office. It was time to let them know. He’d already informed longtime assistant coach Bill Guthridge of his plan to retire and his succession plan that would move Guthridge to the head-coaching seat.

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl underwent arthroscopic knee surgery alongside freshman guard Chance Westry on Thursday, the program announced. It’s unclear what led to either of their injuries, but the procedures reportedly went as planned. Pearl will return to work on Monday, though won’t be at full strength. Westry will be out for at least three

Oct 7, 2022 Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State The college basketball season rapidly

7:00 AM ET The 2022-23 men’s college basketball season is fast approaching — and with it, the inevitable lists of best players. Instead of the traditional rankings, however, ESPN’s team of Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Myron Medcalf considered a different approach this time around: What if they held a college basketball mock draft, with

USATSI Kentucky’s 2021-22 season ended in painful fashion, but the Wildcats aren’t backing down from a challenge to begin their 2022-23 campaign. UK officially released its schedule for the upcoming season this week, and it’s highlighted by nonconference games against the likes of Gonzaga, Kansas, Louisivlle, Michigan, Michigan State and UCLA, as well as the

Vincent Iwuchukwu dunks in the first half during the Nike Hoop Summit on April 8, 2022 in Portland, Ore. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images) At a time of year when hope runs rampant in college basketball, every team unbeaten and longing for a storybook season, there’s perhaps no more inspiring tale than the comeback bid

Taylor Dumas/Jon Lopez Creative/Nike EYBL Cincinnati and second-year coach Wes Miller landed a big name on the recruiting trail Tuesday night as Class of 2023 guard prospect Jizzle James, a four-star talent from Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida, who is the son of NFL Hall of Fame running back Edgerrin James, committed to the

Following Kansas State’s second straight win to start Big 12 play against Texas Tech, the Big 12 and other outlets around the country announced more award-winning Wildcats. Adrian Martinez Last week, Adrian Martinez scored five total touchdowns in a 48-41 victory over then No. 6 Oklahoma. This past weekend he had four total touchdowns in

Sep 29, 2022 Brianna Williams Four weeks into the 2022 college football season, only 21 teams remain unbeaten. Of the undefeated or one-loss teams, some look familiar to college basketball fans. The reigning national champion Kansas Jayhawks are among the undefeated college football teams. The Kentucky Wildcats are also 4-0 and started the round of

Sep 28, 2022 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Long before the Kentucky Wildcats marched into the top 10 of college football’s rankings, coach Mark Stoops had a good feeling about his team in 2022. On a Wednesday in mid-August — the epicenter of the training camp grind, when boredom and complacency can collide — Kentucky completed another

Getty Images I mentioned on a recent episode of the Eye On College Basketball podcast that I don’t usually adjust the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 unless something roster-related at a school requires me to do it. And that’s still true. I don’t usually do it. But after talking to various people while conducting our annual

USC freshman Vince Iwuchukwu sustained major heart failure and collapsed during a team workout on July 1, he confirmed to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander on Thursday. Iwuchukwu was hospitalized for a few days, and is now sidelined from all basketball-related activities indefinitely. “This past summer I had a sudden cardiac arrest during a workout,” Iwuchukwu

USC Athletics On July 1, highly touted USC freshman basketball player Vince Iwuchukwu suffered major heart failure and collapsed during an informal team practice, he told CBS Sports. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for a few days.   “This past summer I had a sudden cardiac arrest during a