College basketball commitments plummet amid big changes in recruiting: 'Nobody knows what to do'

Posted Sep 16, 2025
Diehard fans who follow college basketball recruiting should be seeing their social media feeds regularly popping with commitment announcements from five- and four-star recruits. But that pattern has been mangled as the majority of coaches are squirming over the ever-shifting contours to the sport's recruiting landscape. The reasons are three-fold: (CBS Sports)

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