Dribble Handoff: Duke’s Blue Devil, BYU’s Cosmo the Cougar among college basketball’s top mascots
Whether it’s a blowout victory for Duke in front of a rowdy Cameron Indoor Stadium or a big…
Ranking 136 college football teams entering 2025, from Penn State to Kent State
Welcome back to college football, and for the first time in a long time, the sport didn’t reshape…
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…
2026 college basketball national championship odds: Purdue takes over as favorite as Duke slips
Betting markets suggest the upcoming 2025-26 men’s college basketball season may finish with a first-time national champion being…
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…
College basketball recruiting: Coaches weigh in on NCAA Tournament size, intel on top prospects and more
ROCK HILL and NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Sneakers squeaking, kids hooping, parents hollering and the game’s most famous…
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…
Make your picks for the best men’s college basketball players, coaches and teams of the last 25 years
All week, The Athletic is looking back at the last quarter century of men’s college basketball to rank the…
Ranking men’s college basketball’s top 25 coaches of the 2000s: Bill Self, Roy Williams top list
In college basketball, most coaches are judged by their success in March and April. It’s a slightly flawed…