Men's college hoops mega-preview: storylines, predictions, picks
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- Kentucky, Arizona Battle for 5-Star Recruit With Arkansas, USCThe Kentucky Wildcats are in a battle for one of the best recruits in the country. Fittingly, they’re battling with some other Wildcats — the ones from Arizona. Kentucky and Arizona are two of the top-four teams remaining in the running for a five-star recruit who’s currently a senior in high school. That recruit: Adan […] The post Kentucky, Arizona Battle for 5-Star Recruit With Arkansas, USC appeared first on HEAVY.
- Arizona Wildcats’ Bryce James Starting Surprise Isn’t Paying OffBryce James didn’t play a single second of his first college basketball season at the University of Arizona. With the way the rules are written, that was the only way for the Wildcats to preserve that year of eligibility by making Bryce a redshirt. Once it was clear he wouldn’t be a main factor in […] The post Arizona Wildcats’ Bryce James Starting Surprise Isn’t Paying Off appeared first on HEAVY.
- 2028 Top-30 recruit Jakyi Miles commits to Arizona State, reclassifies to 2027Four-star prospect Jakyi Miles, a Phoenix native, tells Rivals he has committed to Arizona State and reclassified into the 2027 class. The 6-foot-3 point guard out of Compass Prep (AZ) is ranked as the No. 27 overall recruit in the 2028 class, the No. 5 point guard, and the No. 2 player in Arizona, according […]
- 3 things we learned about Arizona basketball from its exhibition gamesTommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats cruised through three home exhibition games over the last two weeks, helping to prepare the squad for the 2026-27 college b
- Men's March Madness preseason tiers: Ranking 75 teams' potentialFrom contenders to Cinderellas, these 75 teams will make noise this season -- and, potentially, in March.
- Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has a theory: NCAA is embracing eligibility chaos to leverage federal legislationArizona's coach offers a sharp perspective on why the NCAA is allowing eligibility battles to linger instead of leveling the playing field
- How to watch Arizona vs. Eastern Washington basketball exhibition: TV channel, live stream, timeTommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats take the floor on Friday for one final tuneup before the regular season gets underway on Monday, Nov. 2 against the UCLA Br
- Duke, UConn and Arizona highlight MSG college basketball schedule featuring 14 NCAA champsIt all begins Nov. 8 when St. John’s hosts Iona — where Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino revived his career before jumping to the Red Storm.
- 3 questions Arizona basketball needs to answer in final exhibition vs. Eastern WashingtonTommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats have one final exhibition game before the season officially begins on Monday, Nov. 2 against UCLA in Las Vegas. First up is
- Report: Arizona men’s basketball roster spending trails top programsArizona men’s basketball’s budget for building a Final Four-caliber team is significant, but the UA is far from one of the top spenders in the sport, according to a new report on roster spending. Arizona will spend approximately $15-17.5 million on its men’s basketball roster, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander and Isaac Trotter reported this week. […]
- K-State Has a Chance to Make History Against Arizona State on SaturdayK-State is 0-5 all-time in games at Arizona State, and the Wildcats look to end that streak on Saturday.
- Spartans' Fears, Gators' Haugh near-unanimous picks as preseason All-AmericansFlorida's Thomas Haugh and Michigan State's Jeremy Fears Jr. returned to make their teams among the front-runners to cut down the nets next spring and earned them preseason All-America honors from The Associated Press.
- Arizona's Motiejus Krivas earns preseason AP All-America honorsExpectations are high for Tommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats in 2026-27, coming off the program's first Final Four run in 25 years. Arizona is already in the
- Arizona's Lloyd fumes over fifth-year F RJ Godfrey's eligibility limboArizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd pleaded for an explanation why fifth-year forward RJ Godfrey remains in eligibility limbo.
- Florida opens at No. 1 in the AP poll, its first preseason top spot since 2006The Gators took 47 of 59 first-place votes, and the coaches' poll agrees on the top three but not the fourth spot.
- Now home, Randy Bennett aims to crank up success with ASU basketballRandy Bennett is eager, optimistic as he begins his first season at Arizona State, the school he grew up rooting for.
- Women's college basketball poll snubs: Three teams get way too little preseason respectThe poll is fit for only 25 teams. Virginia, Gonzaga and Arizona State are among the women's college basketball squads not getting preseason respect.
- Nation's top recruit adds juice to Big 12 basketball preseason poll. See our rankingsTyran Stokes gives Kansas some star power, while Arizona looks to get back to Final Four. Check out USA TODAY Sports' Big 12 preseason poll, awards.
- 3 Arizona basketball stars projected as lottery picks in latest 2027 NBA mock draftThe Arizona Wildcats get the college basketball season underway in about two weeks, while the 2027 NBA draft is roughly eight months out. That isn't stopping sc
- Where Arizona basketball landed in the preseason AP Top 25 rankingsTommy Lloyd and the Arizona Wildcats were among the last four teams standing in the 2025-26 season, and expectations are similarly high for the program heading
- BYU Basketball Cracks Top 25 in Preseason AP PollThe AP Preseason Basketball Poll was released Monday, and BYU snuck in the poll at #25. BYU is one of six Big 12 teams ranked along with Arizona (5), Houston (10), Kansas (17), Iowa State (18), and Texas Tech (19). This is a unique top 25, since voters considered fifth-year players differently. For example, teams […]
- Breaking down the men's 2026-27 AP preseason Top 25 basketball pollBiggest games and projected starting lineups for the AP preseason Top 25, from No. 1 Florida to No. 25 BYU.
- Arizona men’s basketball ranked in top 5 of AP preseason pollThere will be no flying under the radar for Arizona men’s basketball this year. Arizona is ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press preseason rankings. Arizona’s preseason ranking is the program’s highest under Tommy Lloyd, topping the 2024-25 season when Wildcats entered the year ranked No. 10. The last time Arizona ranked higher entering the […]
- Ranking the impact of 67 men's college basketball newcomersFrom Stokes to Trimble, the 67 freshmen, transfers and international newcomers who will make an impact.