NCAA Basketball

10:40 AM ET Associated Press MAUI, Hawaii — The Maui Invitational is relocating to Las Vegas this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions in Hawaii. It will be held Nov. 22-24 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The original field of eight schools remains in place for the marquee early-season

247Sports Oklahoma’s 2022 recruiting class got a serious kickstart Friday, when four-star shooting guard Otega Oweh announced his commitment to the Sooners live on CBS Sports HQ. Oweh chose OU over Miami, Penn State and Seton Hall after a strong summer showing helped solidify his status as a top-tier prospect. He is Oklahoma’s first commitment

Keytron Jordan / CBS Sports graphic CBS Sports college basketball writers Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander surveyed more than 100 coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled everyone from head coaches at elite programs to assistants at some of the smallest Division I schools. In exchange for complete anonymity, the coaches provided unfiltered

The Division I Women’s and Men’s Basketball Committees during joint virtual meetings the past two months have begun exploring the possibility of holding both Final Fours in the same city in the future. That was one of the recommendations from a comprehensive external review of gender equity issues in connection with NCAA Championships, including issues that arose

7:35 AM ET It’s getting late early in the 2022 class. We’re still several weeks away from mid-November and the early signing period, but dominoes continue to fall with top-100 prospects flying off the board every week. In fact, we’re still in September and only 33 players in the ESPN 100 — and just eight

The 2021-22 men’s college basketball season is right around the corner and we’re here to get you ready for all the action by first taking a quick rewind to reflect on how last season ended. Here are five storylines to remember from the 2020-21 men’s basketball season, from historic NCAA tournament runs to styles of

The general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board now believes that all college athletes are employees of their schools. NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo Wednesday outlining why she believes that college players are employees of their schools and afforded protections under the National Labor Relations Act. Abruzzo’s memo cites recent developments

The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will use March Madness marketing and branding beginning with the 2022 tournament, which culminates with the Women’s Final Four on April 1-3 in Minneapolis. That was one of the recommendations from a comprehensive external review of gender equity issues in connection with NCAA championships, including issues that arose during the

Keytron Jordan/CBS Sports graphic CBS Sports college basketball writers Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander surveyed more than 100 coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled everyone from head coaches at elite programs to assistants at smaller Division I schools. In exchange for complete anonymity, the coaches provided unfiltered honesty about a number of

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Trayce Jackson-Davis made up his mind about Mike Woodson after one, 10-minute meeting. He wanted to play for Indiana’s new coach. Race Thompson and two other players who thought about leaving the program needed a little more time before reaching the same conclusion. Now all four and a flurry of new teammates

Did you know that four of the top five players in assists per game last men’s basketball season return to the sport this fall, including one who was a first-team All-AAC selection and a second-team All-SEC pick who has since transferred to another school in the Southeastern Conference? Here are the top nine returning players

More than a year and a half after the arrival of COVID-19 forced the cancelation of the 2020 college basketball postseason, the fallout from relaxed eligibility rules due to the pandemic will finally be felt in the season ahead. With the pandemic lingering into the 2020-21 season, those who played last year could choose not

12:08 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A former St. John’s assistant basketball coach is suing the university and head coach Mike Anderson, claiming he was fired because of a health issue. Steve DeMeo says in a lawsuit he was let go in June after telling Anderson about a serious heart condition that necessitated

Jon Lopez Creative / Nike EYBL In the month of September, there have been five five-star recruits in the Class of 2022 make college commitments as the supply of stars has quickly dwindled. And with the recruiting period in full swing set to run through the first week of November, even more are on the

Last season, 10 of the top 16 teams in the country in block rate — a metric that measures what percent of opponents’ 2-point attempts that a team blocks, courtesy of kenpom.com — made the NCAA tournament, including No. 2 seed and Final Four participant Houston, which blocked roughly one out of every seven 2-point shots

7:35 AM ET At this time last year, there was minimal buzz about Michigan, Ohio State or Purdue in the Big Ten title race. The three programs were all picked middle-of-the-pack in most preseason rankings, some distance behind the likes of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin at the top. Three months later, Michigan won the regular-season

Last Saturday, some 90,887 fans packed Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to watch the Florida Gators play the Alabama Crimson Tide. It was the fifth-largest home crowd in UF history. Across the country, 7.9 million tuned into the CBS broadcast, which is 10% higher than the 2019 average of 7.1 million for the network, which itself

8:30 AM ET Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Duke and Kentucky are battling for the No. 1 recruiting class. Order has been restored on the recruiting trail in 2022, with the two recruiting powerhouses back atop the rankings. The Blue Devils and Wildcats were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in either order