Ranking college basketball’s best freshmen: Duke’s Cameron Boozer earns Freshman of the Week honors again
The first month of the 2025-26 college basketball season is complete. With the calendar turning to December and…
Men’s college basketball predictions for 2025-26: Final Four, national champion and more
At long last, it’s here: the start of the men’s college basketball season. And while opening night isn’t…
Men’s NCAA basketball conference storylines to watch
We’re just days away from the start of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. Most leagues have announced…
Ranking 80 men’s NCAA basketball teams by March Madness potential
More than six months ago, Walter Clayton Jr. won Most Outstanding Player honors on one of the most…
2025-26 men’s NCAA basketball coaching hot seat, retirement guide
The tectonic shift that NIL deals and revenue sharing have sparked in college sports has not spared the…
Ranking top 25 college basketball programs of last 25 years: Which teams have performed the best since 2000
Duke. Kansas. Gonzaga.
Only three programs — the three listed above, and in that order…
NCAA Tournament expansion was tabled, but we should still scrutinize how the field is picked
The main reason a majority of college basketball fans did not want the NCAA Tournament field expanded is…
What if college basketball ran conference realignment? We sorted all 364 teams to find out
Money drives nearly everything. In college sports, that means football is the overarching power under which all other…
Tyran Stokes or Jordan Smith Jr.? College hoops coaches on their favorite players in 2026
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — When it comes to the 2026 recruiting class, two players have separated from the…
What we’re hearing about college basketball budgets in revenue-sharing era: ‘Money-dump year’
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Have we maybe, finally, reached the peak of college basketball spending? It depends who…
What we heard from coaches about NCAA Tournament expansion
The 2026 NCAA Tournament is 238 days away and we still don’t know how many teams will take…
Ranking the 25 best men’s college basketball games of the 2000s: Chalmers’ 3, 6 OTs and more
Editor’s note: All week, The Athletic is looking back at the best of the first 25 years of the 2000s in…