10 men’s college basketball predictions for 2025-26 season
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3 men’s college basketball teams with best chance to win March Madness in 2026
Ahead of the start of the 2025/26 college basketball season, we discuss the leading favorites to win the national title, including Purdue, Houston, and UConn
Everything to know about the 2026 men's NCAA tournament, from Selection Sunday to the Final Four and championship game.
Opening night of the 2025-26 college basketball season is essentially March Madness in November. There's a boatload of men's and women's college basketball games on Monday night, featuring some of the best teams in the nation to kickstart the new season.
The NCAA will require availability reports from schools in March Madness, starting in 2026 in an effort to stop athlete harassment.
Utah State's Mason Falslev (15.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 2.3 SPG, 39% 3P%) and Mississippi State's Josh Hubbard (18.9 PPG, 3.1 APG) are two of the country's top players on teams that won 20-plus games and reached the NCAA tournament in 2024-25. Their squads have lost key players, but it wouldn't be surprising if they moved up a tier by the end of the season.
The state has eight Division I basketball programs, all of which have questions to answer about their postseason prospects.
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ESPN icon Dick Vitale is back for start of another college basketball season after cancer fight
The college basketball season has arrived, and broadcasting great Dick Vitale has taken a long journey to again meet the sport at its starting line. Surgeries, radiation treatments and chemotherapy amid a cancer fight kept him off the airwaves for two years until his return shortly before March Madness.
Former Jaques Award winner from St. Peter's vows to stay ready with Boilermakers set to open promising season.
Purdue men's basketball learns Wednesday if it add preseason No. 1 in ... least one game both years or advancing to an Elite Eight once. The value of winning in March may be more than theoretical. And yet, 2024 UConn stands alone among the six champions ...
Teams will need to provide the NCAA with two health updates: one on the night before competition, and the other two hours before tip-off.