College Basketball 2021

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· 5h · on MSN

College basketball tip-off: Expert predictions for NCAA champion, conference winners, player of the year and more

Expect the Blue Devils to challenge for the ACC title, Final Four and beyond.

· 10h

2026 College basketball: Best futures bets, predictions for long shots

· 1d · on MSN

College basketball 2025-26 season preview: Sorting out national championship contenders by tiers

· 7h

2025-26 NCAA women’s college basketball odds: UConn leads, South Carolina and UCLA in the chase

UConn starts the 2025–26 season right where it left off: on top of the mountain.

· 6h

Oklahoma State women's basketball roster: A look at the 2025-26 OSU Cowgirls

· 12h

Oklahoma State men's basketball roster: A look at the 2025-26 OSU Cowboys

· 8h

Who will make the college basketball NCAA Tournament? Our preseason bracket prediction

The Wolverines have an elite transfer class starring forward Yaxel Lendeborg and the Cougars are looking to reach the first Final Four in program history behind freshman AJ Dybantsa.

· 9h

Meet the Alabama basketball roster for 2025-26 season, featuring 4 freshmen, 5 transfers

· 16h

Baltimore-area 2025-26 women’s college basketball preview

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ESPN icon Dick Vitale is back for start of another college basketball season after cancer fight

ESPN broadcasting icon Dick Vitale is back for another season opener after his long fight to return from cancer.

16hOpinion

Men’s college basketball’s opening night is a missed opportunity. Here’s how to fix it

There's only one matchup of ranked teams on the first night of the college basketball season — a night that should be more of a spectacle.

College basketball coach rankings: UConn's Dan Hurley holds off Houston's Kelvin Sampson for No. 1

Most notably, Florida 's Todd Golden has surged from unranked to No. 7 after leading the Gators to a national championship. Kentucky 's Mark Pope, Louisville 's Pat Kelsey and first-year Iowa coach Ben McCollum are also making their first appearances in the ranking of college basketball's top coaches.