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Men’s Power Rankings: How far do Kansas, Alabama drop after losses?

Is there some separation — and semblance of calm — coming to 2023-24 college basketball just as we enter the madness of March? After four months of action that saw top-15 teams getting upset seemingly every single night, this past week saw just five losses from teams ranked in the top 16 of last week’s […]

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Should Patriots trade down or draft a QB, WR with No. 3 pick?

More Teams. More Games. Bart Scott and Louis Riddick debate whether the Patriots should draft a rookie quarterback with the third overall pick. (2:15) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been part of 30 NFL drafts. He has pinpointed the 31st as unprecedented for his franchise, calling it the “most anticipated […]

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Gonzaga upsets No. 17 Kentucky as Wildcats lose at home again

More Teams. More Games. John Calipari reflects on the Kentucky Wildcats’ third straight loss. (1:04) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gonzaga felt the energy and history of Rupp Arena, then crafted a milestone that No. 17 Kentucky didn’t want. Anton Watson scored 17 points, including a go-ahead three-point play with 3:49 remaining before adding two key layups […]

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Reed Sheppard, D.J. Wagner and more players following in some large footsteps

As the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 NCAA tournament shuffled toward the KFC YUM! Center for his alma mater’s matchup at Louisville, dozens of Kentucky fans pulled him aside and held up their phones. “Hey, look at that, son!” one father told his child after he snapped a selfie. “You just took a picture […]

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32 men’s college basketball storylines midway through 2023-24

More Teams. More Games. Check out the highlights of a wild week in college basketball, as several teams in the top 10 fall to unranked opponents. (2:13) Each year, college basketball regains national prominence just as the college football season ends and the NFL playoffs wind down. While the die-hards have been following the sport […]

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Purdue star Zach Edey tops Wooden Award Midseason Top 25

More Teams. More Games. Purdue puts the ball in play to Zach Edey for a dunk. (0:21) Purdue star Zach Edey, the reigning Wooden Award winner leading the No. 1-ranked Boilermakers, topped the award’s Midseason Top 25 list announced Wednesday. Edey, a 7-foot-4 center, is looking to become only the second two-time winner in Wooden […]

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Weekend preview: The first conference weekend is here with Illinois-Purdue, Kentucky-Florida, more

But this weekend marks the first true weekend of conference play, and you can’t hide in conference play. That conversation will begin in Clemson, South Carolina, where North Carolina hopes to extend its three-game winning streak. If Clemson beats UNC, it will remove any doubt that it’s a real ACC contender, maybe more. The SEC? […]

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College basketball fantasy draft: The 24 best players halfway through 2023-24

Once again ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, Myron Medcalf and John Gasaway are out to build their very best fantasy rosters with eight picks and one coach. As always, our would-be GMs chose a draft method (snake) and an order (determined by the day of the month of their birthdays). Each roster can have no more than […]

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Men’s Power Rankings: Every team’s needs going forward

Then the Huskies got dropped at Seton Hall by 15 points, and Arizona lost to Florida Atlantic in Las Vegas. How far do both squads drop? Well, not that far. Arizona’s defeat by one point in double overtime did more to help FAU than it did to hurt the Wildcats. UConn is a more intriguing […]

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Men’s college basketball Power Rankings: Pre-Feast Week, Kansas is still No. 1

It begins Monday, with the Maui Invitational and a UConn vs. Texas showdown at Madison Square Garden for the Empire Classic, but it doesn’t slow down from there. Here are a couple of things we’re watching from three key events this week: Maui Invitational: Perhaps the most loaded field we’ve seen for a nonconference tournament. […]

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