TCU and UCLA can add some gold plating to their NCAA Tournament resumes on Tuesday night.
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Or, more technically, every game brings a WAB score between -1 and 1.
Lose at home to Air Force? That's going to be about -0.99.
Winning at home against those poor Falcons would be worth a whopping +0.01.
The tournament expansion talk always feels icky around this time when you realize just how unimpressive some of these bubbly high-major teams are.
Every game brings a 0-1 WAB score, depending on outcome/opponent/location.
Winning @ Duke brings a +0.95~ WAB boost (the average bubble team would only win that game 5% of the time).
Losing at Duke would bring -0.05~ WAB hit, reflecting that the average bubble team would lose 95% of the time.
Forecasting roughly a 5-9 spot drop in WAB for Auburn after a Quad 3 home loss to Ole Miss.
Tigers will probably be in the 47-50 range (fringe at-large territory) in that vital resume metric come morning.
Bubble is starting to get awfully mushy.
What impact will Charles Bediako's 5-game stint have on Alabama's NCAA Tournament resume?
Not much. Unless the committee goes rogue and grabs the scepter of justice while Greg Byrne is literally standing outside the room waiting to be admitted back in.
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Following its win at Ohio State, Michigan is back to No. 1 at KenPom. It’s going to be No. 1 in WAB tomorrow. Was already No. 1 in KPI and Torvik. Could also be No. 1 in the NET.
Seven of its eight wins since the Wisconsin loss have come by double-digits. Wagon.
Texas Tech took first place in my 2024 and 2025 college basketball “ghost roster” rankings.
There is a new king in 2026.
Here's the 1-10 breakdown of which programs have the best ex-players still hooping.
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An overview of how the CBS Sports Bracketology model sees the high-major conference hierarchy entering action on Jan. 24.
Here is the high-major conference breakdown. Still no SEC teams as a No. 1 or No. 2 seed, but the league leads the way with 11 teams entering Tuesday's action.
Like Indiana 🏈, Nebraska 🏀 is a Big Ten team with virtually no history that is doing remarkable things on the national stage.
The unbeaten Cornhuskers are a No. 2 seed in the CBS Sports Bracketology model's latest sim.
Full 68-team field 👇
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Hard to overstate how important Saturday’s game at Santa Clara is for Saint Mary’s
The CBS Sports Bracketology model projects the Gaels’ selection percentage at 83% with a win but just 16.2% with a loss.
More in our latest Bracketology update 👇
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Assuming no bid thieves, here's the high-major breakdown as of 1/15.
Recent surges from Texas A&M and Missouri have helped the SEC, but the league doesn't have a No. 1 or No. 2 seed following Vanderbilt's loss at Texas.
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-- UConn in for Vanderbilt as a No. 1 seed
-- Texas IN after back-to-back wins vs. Vandy/Bama.
-- Wisconsin continues rising 📈
Full field 👇
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Who are college football's 10 most overrated programs of the past decade?
The top 8 are still searching for their CFP debuts.
And it's not due to a lack of trying.
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In a media gaggle this week, Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart didn’t completely shut down the idea of a basketball game at Kroger Field.
It got us thinking at @cbssportscbb.bsky.social: what would be the best outdoor venues for college hoops?
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There were two Walter Claytons on a confetti-filled court. One wore a net.
The other wore the beaming expression of a parent watching their namesake reach heights that most can only dream of.
"He bet on himself, and look where we're at."
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There was "no doubt" who would draw the assignment of guarding Cooper Flagg.
Just a year after shouldering some blame from a season-ending loss to Duke, J'Wan Roberts turned in a legendarily redemptive final 20 seconds.
"Hollywood can't write that."
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Pembroke, North Carolina will be cheering for Houston on Saturday.
As Kelvin Sampson nears the apex of a decades-long coaching journey, the Lumbee are nearing the apex of a long struggle for full recognition.
“He's carrying the banner for our tribe.”
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Three assistants at this Final Four have already accepted head coaching jobs but are deviating from the Jai Lucas blueprint to stick with their squads until the job is done.
Even if that means not sleeping.
"I'd rather have two jobs than no job."
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The obituaries for Cinderella are everywhere after a chalky first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
People are yelling about how NIL and the portal killed what we love about March Madness.
Here's my column on why that take is wrong 👇
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The fact that we’re going to get Caleb Love vs. Duke in the Sweet 16 three years after he ended Coach K’s career in the Final Four is incredible.
No way he can also end the Flagg Run, right?
Pre-NIL we had similar years in 2016, 2017 and 2019 when GONZAGA was the only "mid-major" in the Sweet 16. Zags weren't exactly Cinderella.
She will come back, and we'll appreciate her all the more when she does.
No. 15 seeds Oral Roberts, Saint Peter's and Princeton have all made Sweet 16s in the NIL era.
Cinderella isn't dead. She just missed the ball this time.
Rick Pitino built a roster good enough to dominate the Big East.
If he’s going to build one good enough to dominate college basketball, the Red Storm must go from good to great in NIL.
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First round is in the books!
-- First time since 2017 there is no one from seeds 13-16 in 2nd round
-- The SEC tied both records for most wins (8) and most losses (5) in Round of 64 history
-- Big Ten's 8-0 = most wins without a loss by any conference in any round in NCAA Tournament history
Some of these Saturday coaching matchups are going to be tasty.
Good stuff from @davidwcobb.bsky.social in advance of sports nirvana tomorrow: David ranks all 32 first-round games.
His No. 1 would be 5, 6 or 7 for me. My No. 1 is his No. 10.
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The Greg McDermott coaching tree is having quite a moment.
Darian DeVries to Indiana
Ryan Miller to Murray State
Alan Huss is a rising star at High Point
Steve Lutz is building at Oklahoma State
Pat Sellers is winning at CCSU
Have never felt older than I did in the Florida locker room on Sunday as I watched a TikTok party unfolding.
But the Gators only let the celebration go so far. As Alijah Martin began asking for cigars, he was told to pump the brakes.
"Save 'em for the natty."
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