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Sports Illustrated’s Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25: No. 5 Purdue

With Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn leading the charge, the Boilermakers enter the season as the ultimate title-or-bust team.

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Sports Illustrated’s Complete 2025–26 Men’s College Basketball Rankings From No. 365 to No. 1

The annual preseason list takes into account all offseason moves and predicts how the march toward the NCAA tournament will play out.

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Big 12 Men’s College Hoops Preview: Can Anyone Stop Houston This Season?

The Big 12 looks tougher than ever with a pair of top NBA draft prospects, rising teams in Texas Tech and BYU and a plucky Kansas squad ready to exceed expectations.

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Sports Illustrated’s Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25: No. 16 Tennessee

The Volunteers lost their veteran core but may be more dangerous than ever thanks to five-star forward Nate Ament and one of the sport’s best defenses.

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Men’s College Hoops Coaching Carousel: North Carolina’s Hubert Davis Leads Hot Seat Tracker

After a wave of exits, pressure mounts on coaches from bluebloods to rebuilds. Plus, the list of big names who could retire.

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Men’s NCAA Tournament Shaping Up to Have Final Four Fireworks

There was a lack of madness in March, but the games in San Antonio feature all No. 1 seeds, top KenPom teams and player of the year candidates.

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KenPom Stats Suggest 2025 Final Four Could Be Historically Competitive

Duke, Houston, Florida and Auburn are historically great, statistically speaking.

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Ranking the Men’s NCAA Tournament Field 1–68

The seeds and bracket are out, now it is time for the real order for all March Madness squads from Florida to Saint Francis.

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What Do KenPom Stats Say About the 2025 NCAA Tournament? Predictions, Favorites, & More

A look at how college basketball's top analytics guru can tell us who will win the NCAA title.

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KenPom Rankings Explained: Who Is Ken Pomeroy and What Do His Rankings Mean?

A deep dive into KenPom rankings, how they work, and why they matter in college basketball analytics.

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Four Teams With Clearest Path to the Men’s Final Four

These top seeds face manageable matchups in their NCAA tournament regions to get to San Antonio.

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Ten Teams That Could Make Cinderella Runs in the 2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament

From UC San Diego in its first Big Dance to an experienced No. 14 UNC Wilmington, these teams could spring some upsets.

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South Region Breakdown: Top Overall Seed Auburn Gets Location Advantage

Three-seed Iowa State starting guard Keshon Gilbert is out, and the Cyclones risk early exit.

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Forde Minutes: Men’s Basketball Championship Week Preview

Previews of every conference tournament with coaches on the hot seat, players to watch, dark horses, bubble teams and more ahead of Selection Sunday.

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NCAA Bubble Teams Breathe Sigh of Relief As Drake Wins MVC Tournament

Drake won the MVC tournament and secured a spot in the NCAA tournament, giving relief to bubble teams.

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The Magic Eight: Teams That Can Win the 2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament

From Duke to Gonzaga, these squads are the most capable of winning the Big Dance.

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Forde Minutes: How to Improve College Basketball and Small-Conference Tournament Guide

With two weeks until Selection Sunday, the race for NCAA tournament bids heats up as conference tournaments begin in earnest this week.

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Duke’s March Tune-Up Should Frighten NCAA Tournament Field

Despite freshman star Cooper Flagg’s quiet—for him—night, the Blue Devils controlled all facets of the game against Illinois.

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Nine Candidates to Take Over at Indiana After Mike Woodson’s Departure

The Hoosiers have struggled to rejoin the elite programs in men's college basketball, but here is a list of experienced winners and up-and-comers that may be able to turn things around.

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Forde Minutes: Evaluating Coaching Performances Around Men’s College Basketball

From alums taking over their alma maters to home runs in the last hiring cycle to the heated Hurley brothers, coaches have been newsmakers this season. Here's what's gone well—and what hasn't.

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State of the Big Ten: Which Men’s Hoops Teams Have Separated From the Pack

A transformative week made it clear who are the contenders, which programs will be scary in March and who is trending down.

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How Duke Swung From Disappointing Start to Unbeaten Streak With No End in Sight

The Blue Devils have won 10 straight games in dominating fashion with the next most likely roadblock not until February.

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Current KenPom projection has MSU Basketball winning Big Ten

As of right now, Michigan State is projected to win the Big Ten regular season title for the first time since 2020

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Men’s Basketball Watchability: UConn Seeks to Continue Maui Bounce Back vs. Gonzaga

The pair of top-25 teams squares off under the lights in Madison Square Garden. Plus, No. 1 Tennessee heads into a hostile environment for its toughest test yet.

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Predicting When Men’s College Basketball Eight Unbeaten Teams Will Lose

Tennessee leads the final three high-major teams—all from the SEC—unblemished thanks in large part to transfer Chaz Lanier.

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