St. John’s Rick Pitino, Texas’ Rodney Terry among first-year college basketball coaches set for quick success

St. John’s Rick Pitino, Texas’ Rodney Terry among first-year college basketball coaches set for quick success

College basketball’s 2023 coaching carousel brought changes at 12 schools in major conferences, beginning with the in-season firing of Chris Beard at Texas and culminating several months later with the ending of Bob Huggins’ West Virginia tenure. In between, brands such as Syracuse, Georgetown and St. John’s also hired new coaches, shaking up the college basketball…

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Dribble Handoff: Duke, North Carolina among picks to snatch No. 1 college basketball recruiting class in 2024

Dribble Handoff: Duke, North Carolina among picks to snatch No. 1 college basketball recruiting class in 2024

Following the commitment of top 50 prospect Annor Boateng last week, Missouri’s 2024 recruiting class surged to No. 1, according to the 247Sports team rankings. While months still remain in the recruiting cycle, the Tigers’ recruiting prowess under second-year coach Dennis Gates is a sight to behold. Save for the one-year blip when it landed five-star…

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College basketball offseason winners and losers: Duke scores continuity, West Virginia plummets from high

College basketball offseason winners and losers: Duke scores continuity, West Virginia plummets from high

Between the transfer market, traditional high school recruiting, summer workouts, foreign tours and all the other commitments required of coaches, there isn’t much of an offseason in modern college basketball. But with the dawn of a new academic year, the 2023 player movement cycle has nearly concluded, bringing the upcoming 2023-24 season into focus. A…

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Dribble Handoff: Kentucky’s DJ Wagner, Duke’s Jared McCain among college basketball’s most intriguing freshmen

Dribble Handoff: Kentucky’s DJ Wagner, Duke’s Jared McCain among college basketball’s most intriguing freshmen

Between the transfer portal giving coaches an avenue to land proven producers and the rise of “super seniors” armed with an extra year of eligibility due to the 2020-21 pandemic, the influence of freshmen in college basketball has waned over the past few years. But even if the not-so-distant “one and done” glory days of…

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Candid Coaches: Is burnout becoming an epidemic among college basketball coaches?

Candid Coaches: Is burnout becoming an epidemic among college basketball coaches?

CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled across the sport’s landscape: some of the biggest names in college basketball, but also small-school assistants in low-major leagues. Coaches agreed to share unfiltered opinions in exchange…

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Candid Coaches: Who is the best college basketball coach yet to make a Final Four?

Candid Coaches: Who is the best college basketball coach yet to make a Final Four?

CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled across the sport’s landscape: some of the biggest names in college basketball, but also small-school assistants in low-major leagues. Coaches agreed to share unfiltered opinions in exchange…

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