The 2026 NBA Draft is just over 11 months away, but it’s never too early to project potential risers in the class. While the 2025 draft featured some blue-chip talent — including No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg — the overall depth was lacking after many prospects returned to school for the 2025-26 college season….
Getty Images Grand Canyon has finalized a deal allowing it to join the Mountain West Conference in time to participate in the 2025-26 athletic calendar, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. Grand Canyon was originally set to join the Mountain West no later than July 1, 2026 but it will now start competing as…
The Division I men’s basketball committee will convene in Savannah, Georgia, this week for its annual summer summit. There are many items on the agenda, but only one of them is of pivotal significance and interest to the American sports public. NCAA Tournament expansion. Will the selection committee opt to keep the most pristine postseason…
The United States earned redemption in the FIBA U19 World Cup on Sunday with a 109-76 title-game win over Germany that returned the Americans to glory after they finished a disappointing fourth place in 2023. The Team USA trio of Mikel Brown Jr. (Louisville), AJ Dybantsa (BYU), and Koa Peat (Arizona) led the way for…
Getty Images Former Nebraska basketball great Larry Florence died at age 49, the team announced, following a nine-year battle with a rare blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Nebraska remembers Florence as one of its most experienced and highly accomplished scorers in program history. He remains a top-20 player in career points (1,223) and starts (105)….
The 2025 NBA Draft class — led by top-three picks Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe — was very good at the top, though its depth was kneecapped by NIL packages that coaxed players back to the college ranks. However, the 2026 NBA Draft class — led by a trio of potential superstars in…
The 2025 NBA Draft was over for approximately 14 seconds before the 2026 NBA Draft lookaheads to Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa began, but there are real lessons that can be gleaned from a draft cycle that featured way more than just the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes. Let’s dive into how college basketball programs…
The 2025-26 college basketball season will bring a relatively tame round of conference realignment following the mayhem of a 2024-25 campaign marked by high-major upheaval. This time around, with many of the moves becoming official as of July 1, there are just five schools on the move and no changes coming to the high-major level….
Matchups have been set for the most anticipated regular-season event of the 2025-26 college basketball season, sources told CBS Sports. The Las Vegas-based Players Era Festival will feature 18 teams, all playing three games, with the ultimate prize of an additional $1 million to the team that wins the event. Every school is already assured…
College athletics enters a new era July 1 as the House v. NCAA settlement takes effect, formally allowing schools to share revenue with athletes. For the first time, schools can directly pay players for performance — a historic shift in the landscape of college sports. The settlement represents one of the most significant changes in…
