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Big Ten basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players
Retention is the name of the game in the Big Ten. The league returns 14 of the top-30 scorers from a year ago. No other high-major league returns more than seven. This year's Big Ten looks similar to last year's SEC, where double-digit rosters appear stacked on paper. It speaks to the investment in basketball, and we saw that in the coaching carousel as well. (
CBS Sports)
Records show gambling 'syndicate' targeted NCAA basketball
Sportsbooks flagged dozens of suspicious bets made by gamblers repeatedly wagering against the same small-conference teams in at least 11 men's college basketball games over six weeks last season. As the NCAA and federal authorities investigate alleged point-shaving in college basketball, the documents reveal new details. (
ESPN.com)
Brad Paisley’s World Series tradition: Sing national anthem and plan on extra innings
The 2025 World Series Game 3 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, which went 18 innings and lasted six hours and 39 minutes. It also had something in common with past World Series games that went the extra mile. Country singer Brad Paisley sang the national anthem before the first pitch was thrown. (
USA Today)
Big 12 basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch
The elite NBA prospects? That's
Darryn Peterson (Kansas) and
AJ Dybantsa (BYU) -- the two prospects most have slotted No. 1 and No. 2 in NBA mock drafts. The title contenders? That's Houston, Texas Tech and BYU -- at least. There are two coaches in the Big 12 who have already won national championships -- Kansas' Bill Self and Baylor's Scott Drew. (
CBS Sports)
Tyon Grant-Foster wins case against NCAA, will suit up for Gonzaga basketball in 2025-26
The Tyon Grant-Foster eligibility saga has come to an end. After a hearing spanning two-plus hours at the Spokane County Courthouse, Judge Marla Polin ruled in favor of Grant-Foster, granting a preliminary injunction that will allow him to suit up for Gonzaga in 2025-26. The NCAA had previously denied his waiver for another year of eligibility. (
On3.com)
College football Week 9 highlights: Top games, plays, stats
On Saturday, Nashville, Tennessee, was the center of the college football universe, as Vanderbilt took another step toward the playoff. Week 9 gave us another Virginia escape act, another Texas Tech blowout, another line on Fernando Mendoza's Heisman Trophy résumé at Indiana. This season, the meek have inherited the college football world. (
ESPN.com)
NC State extends partnership with Adidas, runs through 2032
As universities have shuffled apparel deals this offseason, including Georgia Tech agreeing to leave Adidas for Under Armour, and a pair of Nike schools — Penn State and Tennessee — that are now three stripes bound, NC State will not be one of the programs leaving its current manufacturer. The Wolfpack extended its current deal with Adidas through 2032. (
The Wolfpacker)
Inside Brian Kelly's messy firing at LSU: How it all unraveled so quickly in Baton Rouge
Down on the bayou, they’ve got a sayin. C’est tout! It’s pronounced SAY-too and it’s Cajun French for, “That’s all.” And that is all. For Brian Kelly. Sunday was a busy day in Baton Rouge. Meetings. Phone calls. Zooms. Even a drafted resolution for a multi-million-dollar buyout for the school’s fourth-year coach. Kelly's future as LSU’s football coach is over: He’s out. (
Yahoo! Sports)
Candid Coaches: If your son played college hoops, who would you want him to spend four years with?
Media outlets often publish a list of the best coaches in college basketball that's shaped largely by publicly available information like wins and championships. Those are always subjective but also pretty easy to do with more or less the same names slotted near the top each time. But who are the good guys? Not just good coaches but also good men. (
CBS Sports)
UNC Basketball Transfer Tracker: Elliot Cadeau impresses, Ian Jackson struggles, Cade Tyson thrives
Three former UNC Basketball players —
Cade Tyson,
Elliot Cadeau, and
Ian Jackson — have had contrasting preseasons. Cadeau’s Michigan team beat
Ian Jackson and St. John’s 96-94 at Madison Square Garden. Tyson, now at Minnesota, had another big game against another Summit League team. The preseason hasn’t gone well for Jackson. (
Tar Heel Tribune)