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College basketball rankings: Darryn Peterson faces first tough test when Kansas meets UNC in early showdown

The Tar Heels play host to the Jayhawks in a matchup sure to impact the Top 25 And 1

College basketball rankings: Florida looks to bounce back after season-opening loss to Arizona

The Gators, No. 7 in the Top 25 And 1, host North Florida on Thursday in their home opener

College basketball rankings: Cameron Boozer starts slow, catches fire late in debut to lead Duke over Texas

The Blue Devils are No. 10 in Wednesday's Top 25 And 1 after winning their 26th opener in a row

College basketball rankings: Koa Peat dominates in debut as Arizona moves to No. 6 in Top 25 And 1

The star Wildcats freshman turned in an unforgettable performance as the Wildcats knocked off Florida on Monday

College basketball rankings: St. John's headlines Top 25 And 1 as 2025-26 season gets underway

The Red Storm reign supreme atop the rankings as we usher in a new college basketball season on Monday

College basketball rankings: The Top 100 and 1 Players entering the 2025-26 season

UConn, Florida and Purdue have four players each in our annual preseason ranking of college basketball's Top 100 And 1 Players

2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason Freshman of the Year: Kansas' Darryn Peterson leads All-Freshman Team

Peterson leads a talented crop of stars ready for their first season of college basketball

2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason All-America Teams: Purdue, Big Ten lead way with college basketball's top players

The Boilermakers have two players to earn First Team All-America honors

Big 12 expert picks: 2025-26 preview, projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch

Milos Uzan is a big reason Houston is the preseason pick by CBS Sports experts to win the Big 12 this season

Purdue shows quiet confidence it can break through in NCAA Tournament, end Big Ten's 25-year title drought

Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn aren't satisfied with the Boilermakers' recent showing in the Big Dance

Candid Coaches: If your son played college basketball, who would you want him to spend four years with?

Coaches pointed to Purdue's Matt Painter and Michigan State's Tom Izzo as who they would want their son to play for

Candid Coaches: Do you trust that your competitors will follow new recruiting rules?

Coaches told Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander that what amounts to a salary cap will lead to lots of cheating

Candid Coaches: Who is the best X's and O's coach in college basketball right now?

Coaches told Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander that Matt Painter and Dan Hurley should top this list

Candid Coaches: What percentage of your school's revenue sharing should go to men's basketball?

CBS Sports polled basketball coaches on how revenue sharing should be split among football and other sports

Dribble Handoff: Predicting which college basketball team will have the best 2026 recruiting class

Changing financial dynamics in college basketball are shaking up the recruiting scene

Gary Parrish is an award-winning college basketball columnist, television analyst and sideline reporter for CBS Sports where he's worked since 2006. He also hosts the Eye on College Basketball podcast for CBS Sports and the Gary Parrish Show for Grind City Media, which is based in Memphis where Parrish lives with his wife and three children. Parrish previously worked at The Commercial Appeal and has been either a full-time beat writer or national columnist covering college basketball since 2002. He's attended each of the past 20 Final Fours.

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