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• John Calipari Lists Striking Resemblances Between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Derrick Rose That Justify MVP Tag
John Calipari reveals the striking similarities between MVPs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Derrick Rose, from mindset to leadership and humility....2025
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• Arkansas HC John Calipari Signs Another International Recruit, Reinforces “Grown Men” Mentality

Arkansas HC John Calipari’s shift from recruiting "one-and-dones" to finding “grown men” explains the Razorbacks' recent signings of international talent....2025
• Arkansas' John Calipari says Knicks coaching vacancy is 'hell of a job,' remains committed to Razorbacks

The Razorbacks coach plans to stick to college basketball amid NBA rumors...2025
• Arkansas' John Calipari says Knicks coaching vacancy is 'hell of a job,' but remains committed to Razorbacks

The Razorbacks coach plans to stick to college basketball amid NBA rumors...2025
• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our early top 25 rankings for the upcoming men’s college basketball season. After two months of portal madness and dozens of stay-or-go NBA Draft decisions, we finally have a pretty clear picture of what most rosters are going to look like for the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. With that in mind, let’s update some early rankings. 1. Hou...2025
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• Why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander winning MVP makes him the best NBA player to play for John Calipari at Kentucky

The OKC star became the first Kentucky basketball player to win NBA MVP...2025
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closed

Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The team that came excruciatingly close to cutting down the nets in 2025 is the early favorite to get the job done in 2026. The moving and shaking is far from finished, but the closing of the transfer portal leaves us with more clarity about the landscape of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season than we had three weeks ...2025
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• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images A college basketball coaching career unlike any other is on the verge of reaching its apex. In the last four years, college basketball has seen six national championship-winning head coaches announce their retirement from the sport. The number of active head coaches with at least one national championship on their resume? Six. The slew of recent retireme...2025
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• Arkansas’ NCAA tournament success is proof John Calipari can defy odds

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images There were moments this season when Arkansas was doubted, but the Razorbacks still find themselves in the Sweet 16. The 2024 college basketball season has been a whirlwind from start to finish, be it from a player, coach or spectator’s perspective. Looking back at the offseason, among all the transfer portal movement and coaching changes, there was one de...2025
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• Cinderella’s decline might be greatly exaggerated in college basketball’s new era

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Four reasons why we might be overreacting to no Cinderella teams advancing to the Sweet 16. Every year there’s a storyline that develops from the first week of the NCAA tournament that dominates the national sports conversation for those three days that separate the second round and the Sweet 16. Typically, play resumes on Thursday, the focus returns...2025
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images If you can only watch one men’s Sweet 16 game this year, which should it be? The 2025 NCAA Tournament was missing upsets and a lot of drama during opening weekend. But the lack of Cinderella stories and double-digit seeds advancing means a Sweet 16 filled with gigantic matchups between power conference opponents. With only the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC r...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4

Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images At long last, a thrilling March finish. That’s more like it. Let’s get into it. The 3 best games of Day 4 1. (4) Maryland 72, (12) Colorado State 71 (West) We finally got an absolute banger. Trailing by one point with 3.6 seconds to go, Maryland star Derik Queen made the decision easy for his head coach. “I want the fucking ball,” Queen told Kevin Willard....2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images march-madness-2025-highlights-scores-recap-pitino-calipari-gonzaga-houston We’re getting there. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re getting closer. It’s going to happen. This tournament is going to find its stride. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (6) BYU 91, (3) Wisconsin 89 (East) BYU led from start to finish in this one, but that doesn’t mean the vi...2025
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• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March Madness

Photo by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The madness returned in full-force on Thursday. Let’s break down everything that happened. Let’s just get this out of the way straight from the jump: If you were ranking the best opening Thursdays in NCAA Tournament history, this one wouldn’t be near the top. It wouldn’t be somewhere in the middle either. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t great...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament College basketball is in a state of transition, and so too is the idea of the modern college basketball star. The defining players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament do not fit in any particular box. They come from every corner of the world, in all shapes and sizes, each with their own idiosyncratic stren...2025
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"Amari Williams, C, Kentucky Mark Pope had to replace Kentucky’s entire roster after inheriting the program from John Calipari, and luring Amari Williams from Drexel might have been his best move."

2024
"John Calipari hadn’t brought recent success to Kentucky, but that didn’t mean losing him to a conference rival was on the cards."

2023
"Anthony Davis, Devin Booker among top 10 NBA players to come from Kentucky under John Calipari"

2022
"Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari confirmed the accident on Twitter, showing his support for his ex-player and asking everyone for prayers as Ulis works his way back to full health."

2021
"While John Calipari continues to publicly state his commitment to the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program, rumors of his eventual return to the NBA have been going on for years."

2020
"Karl-Anthony Towns' mother remains hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms, per Kentucky coach John Calipari"

2019
"Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler does not appreciate John Calipari suggesting that he bullied Karl-Anthony Towns during his season-plus stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves."

2018
"WATCH: Kentucky coach John Calipari knocks down a half-court shot in warm-ups"

2017
"John Calipari says team of ex-UK players would win NBA title over Warriors, Cavs"

2016
"Malik Monk sets UK record, wins thriller for Kentucky by disobeying John Calipari"

2015
"Allen recently took a picture with Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari."

2014
"The NCAA's Kentucky Wildcats are loaded with talent and looking good early on this season, but Kentucky coach John Calipari was quick to dismiss the notion that his team could beat an NBA team: However, Bledsoe—a former Wildcat—disagrees with his college coach."

• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Illinois men’s basketball built a European pro team in college hoops

Eakin Howard-Imagn Images The Illini have gone all-in on Euro players, and it’s something college hoops has never really seen before. The Illinois Fighting Illini will more closely resemble a European professional squad than a men’s college basketball team for the 2025-26 season. It feels like no program personifies the changing nature of college basketball roster construction than the Fig...2025
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• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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• Arkansas’ NCAA tournament success is proof John Calipari can defy odds
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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• Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Jon Scheyer will be feeling the heat this weekend, but not quite as much as one of his counterparts. The NCAA tournament’s second weekend brings a heightened level of pressure for every coach and every player fortunate enough to participate in it. For some, though, the stakes are just a little bit higher than everyone else. Let’s rank the level of pressure on the ...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4
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• March Madness 2025: Kansas vs. Arkansas Odds, Prediction, & Best Bets
A Heavyweight Coaching Duel in the West: Bill Self vs. John Calipari, But Not Where You’d Expect March Madness always delivers surprises. This time, it gives us a matchup worthy of a Final Four—but instead, it’s happening on the first Thursday of the tournament. Kansas vs. Arkansas. Bill Self vs. John Calipari. Two of college […] The post March Madness 2025: Kansas vs. Arkansas Odds, Predict...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are the most disappointing teams in men’s college basketball so far. Expectations are a slippery slope in this new era of college basketball. With every player in the country essentially on a one-year deal, coaches face the monumental task of keeping their top players on campus, surrounding them with the right fits in the transfer portal, and addin...2025
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• Illinois men’s basketball built a European pro team in college hoops
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• 2 college basketball teams are out-spending the field in men’s transfer portal, and the numbers are wild

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Meet the two biggest spenders in men’s college basketball. It was only a few years ago that college basketball players could not legally make money off their talent. The NIL rules that went into effective in July 2021 changed all that, allowing players to monetize their name, image, and likeness. When the transfer rules changed around the same time — all...2025
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• Arkansas’ NCAA tournament success is proof John Calipari can defy odds
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• Cinderella’s decline might be greatly exaggerated in college basketball’s new era
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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• Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3
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• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March Madness
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• Illinois men’s basketball built a European pro team in college hoops
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• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3
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• College basketball’s 8 most disappointing men’s teams this season, ranked
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with Cooper Flagg saving one lucky team

Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery is going to be one of the marquee events of the season. For all the talent in this draft class, there will be no drama over who gets selected with the No. 1 overall pick. Cooper Flagg is living up to every ounce of hype at the start of his freshman season at Duke. He feels like one of the strongest...2024
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• College basketball’s top-25 men’s teams, ranked, to start 2024-2025 season

David Butler II-Imagn Images The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2024-2025 season, previewed by our experts Another chapter in college basketball begins on Monday as the 2024-25 season kicks off. Last April, UConn, led by head coach Dan Hurley, cut down the nets in at the national championship in Arizona, beating Purdue 75-60. With the transfer portal, new incoming freshmen...2024
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked

Peter Ackerman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images There are some new faces this season who could help their team make a tournament run come March. The 2024-25 college basketball season is approaching quickly and there will be a decent handful of new-look teams, as this offseason was one of the most hectic ones in recent memory with the transfer portal. While there was a lot of movement ...2024
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• Ray Allen Sports 'Basketball Jesus' Shirt in Photo with John Calipari
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• Suns' Eric Bledsoe Believes Kentucky Would Beat 76ers in 7-Game Series
2014

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• John Calipari Thinks Kentucky Could Lose 5-7 Players to the NBA Draft
2015
• Meet the Real DeMarcus Cousins: Strong-Willed, Maturing, Misunderstood
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• From the Bottom to the Top: The Russell Westbrook Story
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• John Calipari Denies Having Discussed Coaching Job WIth Kings
2015

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• John Calipari Says He Doesn’t Regret Turning Down Cleveland Cavaliers Job
2015

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• WATCH: DeMarcus Cousins Leads Kentucky Over UNC Alums
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Illinois men’s basketball built a European pro team in college hoops
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• Men’s college basketball top 25 rankings after transfer portal closed
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• 2 college basketball teams are out-spending the field in men’s transfer portal, and the numbers are wild
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• Arkansas’ NCAA tournament success is proof John Calipari can defy odds
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• Ranking every men’s Sweet 16 game by watchability in 2025 March Madness
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3
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• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March Madness
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• March Madness 2025: Kansas vs. Arkansas Odds, Prediction, & Best Bets
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• Men’s college basketball rankings: Breaking down the top 25 teams after NBA Draft declaration deadline
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• Bruce Pearl can become the face of college basketball, for better or worse, at Final Four
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• Cinderella’s decline might be greatly exaggerated in college basketball’s new era
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst From Day 4
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 3
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• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March Madness
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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