Saint Mary's topples Gonzaga despite Joe Rahon's late blunder As Eric McClellan's potential game-tying free throw rolled off the rim and out, Saint Mary's guard Joe Rahon pumped his fist, pointed to the sky and smiled. The missed foul shot transformed the mistake Rahon made a few seconds earlier from a devastating gaffe to merely a harmless funny story. Under the mistaken impression Saint … [Read more...]

Mick Cronin asks senior for more and gets it in Cincinnati win Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin shared with the media some of his thoughts about what has prevented his underachieving team from reaching its potential prior to a Thursday home game against Memphis. Two areas of concern Cronin mentioned were a need to get more out of senior forward Shaq Thomas, who had scored in double figures just … [Read more...]

Skal Labissiere's assertive performance provides glimmer of hope For months, Kentucky has been waiting for a signs of progress from Skal Labissiere, for any hint of why the highly touted 6-foot-11 freshman was considered Ben Simmons' strongest competition to be drafted No. 1 overall before the season began. On Thursday night, Labissiere at long last provided a glimmer of hope. While … [Read more...]

Dodd: Nike set to launch national 7-on-7 league Nike is looking to increase its influence in college football. (Getty Images)Nike is well into launching a national seven-on-seven league, CBS Sports has learned, that has the potential to further change the face of recruiting, NCAA enforcement and college football. That's mostly because it's Nike that's doing it. Part of the new Nike initiative … [Read more...]

Dunk of the year nominee: Donovan Mitchell's put-back slam Malik Beasley never saw Donovan Mitchell coming. As the Florida State freshman prepared to gather the rebound of Damion Lee's missed left-wing 3-pointer on Wednesday night, Mitchell crashed hard from the opposite wing. The Louisville guard soared right over the top of Beasley, caught the rebound with two hands and stuffed it with … [Read more...]

Youthful Washington emerges as surprise team in the Pac-12 In his 14 seasons as coach at Washington, Lorenzo Romar has led the Huskies to six NCAA tournaments and the Sweet 16 three times. Still there was reason to doubt him entering this season after four consecutive years on the outside looking in at March Madness. There is no guarantee at this point in mid-January that the Huskies snap … [Read more...]

Denzel Valentine looks back to normal; Michigan State does not So much for the idea that Michigan State was poised to contend for the Big Ten title after surviving Denzel Valentine's three-week absence with just a single loss. So much for the idea that Valentine's arthroscopic knee surgery might even be a blessing for the Spartans if his teammates grew from having to take more … [Read more...]

West Virginia can't shoot its way past Texas with turnovers scarce No one can be counted on in college basketball this season. Very little seems to be going as it is supposed to. Inconsistency reigns. The sense of surprise is being dulled because surprises come in rapid fire succession like inappropriate comments from Donald Trump. Almost any team in the nation could be used as an example to … [Read more...]

Michigan pulls offer from longtime recruit weeks before signing day Michigan’s first commitment from the 2016 class has parted ways with the Wolverines. Erik Swenson, a four-star offensive lineman who has been committed to Michigan since Nov. 25, 2013, wrote on Twitter that he was opening up his recruitment “due to unforeseen circumstances.” pic.twitter.com/K9V38olEof— Erik Swenson (@Eiek77) … [Read more...]

Texas A&M cements itself as SEC favorite by defeating LSU The favorite to win the SEC this season is neither perennial juggernaut Kentucky nor an LSU team headlined by the nation's best freshman. Those two oft-discussed programs aren't playing at nearly as high a level as under-the-radar Texas A&M. One day after cracking the top 10 in the AP poll for the first time since 2009, Texas A&M gave … [Read more...]