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Sr. writer/analyst/podcast host for @CBSSports , @CBSSportsHQ . Infrequent host— @RecordsandRiffs pod. Guitar player, wannabe drummer.

Connecticut.

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Joined March 2009

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Matt Norlander

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You can't have a Big Dance without some epic music. So I'm bringing it back. I asked all 68 coaches in the men's NCAA Tournament to name their favorite band/musical artists. The answers are incredible. Here are their picks, + the stories behind them🎸🎤⤵️

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Matt Norlander

4 years

Here’s the best thing you’ll see tonight. Vermont senior Josh Speidel gets the first start of his career and the first points of his career. Speidel was a highly touted UVM recruit before a car accident in high school left him in a coma. Incredible story in Burlington.

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K just approached Armando Bacot before going to media availability and said, “I hope you’re OK, man. You were my player of the year.”

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Before he headed to the bus, Ja Morant went back out into the arena to give his shoes to a young boy.

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In the Final Four, Duke will face either A) Saint Peter’s, setting up the greatest symbolic representation of David vs. Goliath in sports history, or B) North Carolina for the first time in NCAAT history—with K’s retirement in the balance. How is this our universe. Phenomenal.

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The moment it was over for Texas Tech 😜

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Don’t know what sport this is but I’m riveted.

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Tony Bennett guarding Nick Nurse — in 1989. Both men coached their teams to championships 30 years later, barely two months apart. The universe can be freaking incredible sometimes.

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Matt Norlander

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Photo by Tim Nwachukwu, Getty Images

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4 years

HOLY CRAP THIS IS HOW STEPHEN F AUSTIN JUST BEAT DUKE?!?!

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No. 1 Gonzaga: lost. No. 2 Arizona: lost. No. 3 Auburn: lost. No. 4 Purdue: lost. No. 5 Kansas: lost. No. 6 Kentucky: lost. No. 9 Texas Tech: lost. Historic, unprecedented day of destruction in college basketball. I don't care what the calendar says. March is here.

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Golden State takes Patrick Baldwin Jr. Hooooooooo boy. Baldwin, a former No. 1 player in his HS class, could wind up being a top-10 player in this year’s draft class. The Warriors are unfair. Given that front office’s track record, that pick should terrify the rest of the NBA.

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Matt Norlander

1 year

“You’re No. 1 trending in the WORLD right now.” “That’s the best game I’ve ever had.”

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2 years

There’s no chance this crew gets another game in the NCAA Tournament, nor should it.

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Fairleigh Dickinson was a 4-22 team last year that fired its coach and began the season ranked 355th at KenPom. We just witnessed one of the most shocking upsets in sports history. College basketball forever.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

I've been watching this exact Bears-Packers game for the majority of my adult life.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

JUST IN: MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT TIP TIMES, SITES, ANNOUNCING TEAMS. Here is the CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV schedule for the First Four, plus all first round games for Thursday and Friday. Colorado State-Michigan is the first game on Thursday. TCU-Seton Hall is last tip Friday.

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Oh my god Miami just Villanova’d UNC.

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Matt Norlander

4 years

We are 371 days away from the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Matt Norlander

2 months

Literally everyone on this app right now watching Virginia in the 2024 NCAA Tournament

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Matt Norlander

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Samford was robbed of a chance to pull off one of the greatest come-from-behind Cinderella upsets in NCAA history last night because of anticipatory officiating. This is extremely well-handled by Bucky McMillan after the biggest game of his life to date.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

For the real ones out there who like everything in on spot, here is THE bracket. Tip times, sites next to the matchups, the whole deal. It’s just beautiful.

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Matt Norlander

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🚨 FIRST FOUR, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NCAA TOURNAMENT TIP TIMES ARE HERE 🚨

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Matt Norlander

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Dusty May with the FAU radio. FAU radio = one guy. Ken LaVicka. Worked his ass off on this game and lost connection in the closing minutes, only to get back online in the final 30 seconds. Dusty giving him the longest interview of the night, and rightfully so.

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John Calipari and Arkansas have entered into serious talks about its head coaching position, sources told CBS Sports, and Kentucky has been notified on the talks. Calipari’s contract terms mandate he must inform Kentucky if he engages with another school about a job interview.

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BREAKING: UConn does not have a plane to fly to Arizona at the moment, Dan Hurley tells @CBSSports . Was supposed to take off at 6 ET, logistical/mechanical issues with the plane coming in from Kansas City forced significant delays. NCAA handles all trace for NCAAT. More …

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Matt Norlander

2 years

Folks: I’m a reasonable man, and I’m afraid Coach K’s seat of choice has caused a bit of a distraction on the broadcast. The Guster sticker is coming off at this next TV timeout.

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Matt Norlander

8 years

Little Sublime, some Incubus, Linkin. Obviously Chili Peppers. But I'd have to say 311 is still my main jam, Michele

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Matt Norlander

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BREAKING: Scott Drew has passed on Kentucky’s offer and will remain at Baylor, source tells @CBSSports .

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Simply phenomenal. RUTGERS.

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This is Nash, the boy who was given Ja Morant’s shoes last night. His mom says he hasn’t taken them off since Ja surprised him with the gift.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

Coach K wanted a word with Joseph Lindsay — the official who called the charge — and Lindsay, from 40 feet away mouthed to K three times, “I’m not talking to you."

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Matt Norlander

4 years

NEWS: NCAA senior VP of basketball Dan Gavitt tells @CBSSports that despite the fact there will be no March Madness this year, the NCAA has not yet completely killed the idea of building and releasing a 68-team 2020 NCAA Tournament bracket.

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NCAA weighing release of 68-team bracket despite cancellation of 2020 NCAA Tournament over corona...

Though the bracket has not yet been built, there is interest in recognizing teams for their 2020 seasons

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Matt Norlander

2 months

There is a very real chance John Calipari has coached his last game at Kentucky.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

An incredible storyline unfolding. Saint Peter’s, one of the lowest-funded Division I programs in the country, has gone from second place into the MAAC and is strutting right into the Sweet 16. College basketball is the ABSOLUTE BEST. No other sport gives you these stories.

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Matt Norlander

4 years

The only man to ever put Jordan in his place. What an absolute LEGEND. #TheLastDance

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Matt Norlander

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UCF is 25-0 in its last 25 games with two different coaches and two different starting quarterbacks and yet, almost certainly, will still not be allowed to play for a national championship. Fix your system, college football.

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4 years

Credit to UAlbany coach Will Brown for allowing Speidel to have this unforgettable moment and night. Speidel also has his coach, John Becker, and so many more inside Patrick Gym, tonight in tears. College sports are the absolute best.

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Matt Norlander

4 years

Los Angeles authorities are confirming a helicopter crash in Calabasas that reportedly had Kobe Bryant and four others on board.

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LA County Sheriffs

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Five people confirmed deceased, no survivors in #Calabasas helicopter crash. #LASD #Malibu deputies remain with #LA County Fire personnel. Investigation ongoing. Avoid the area until further notice.

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It’s now Tuesday on the East Coast and Colorado St—which is scheduled to play the first game of Thursday’s first round—still has not been told by the NCAA when and how it is flying to Indy to play in the NCAA Tournament, Rams coach Niko Medved tells CBS Sports. Not normal. (1/x)

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Saint Peter’s is one of the stories of the year in sports. I can’t believe Shaheen Holloway is bringing this team into the second weekend of the tournament. Players in tears. Holloway pulling it all off with a sheepish grin. Downright magical.

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College football remains the only sport where you can win ALL of your games and not compete to win a national championship.

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Matt Norlander

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Dusty May impulsively signed a contract in 2018 before seeing FAU's facilities. He immediately regretted it all. He was going to quit on Day 1. "I started crying and said, 'I just committed career suicide,'" May reveals to @CBSSports . Now he's in the F4:

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Dusty May wanted to quit hours after signing FAU contract; now he's coached Owls to improbable...

"I walk in the room and I started crying and said, 'I just committed career suicide,'" May told CBS Sports

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Matt Norlander

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Monday: Virginia, from one-and-done to One Shining Moment. Sunday: Tiger Woods wins his first major in 11 years and his first Masters in 14. There is no storytelling vehicle as captivating and endlessly creative as sports.

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Here's something gross. I just went back and checked. The final two minutes of gameplay between the Clippers and Suns took THIRTY-THREE MINUTES in real time to complete.

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🚨NCAA TOURNAMENT TIP TIMES ARE IN 🚨 First Four and First Round. HERE. YOU. GO.

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Alabama’s practices include highly competitive scrimmages to 8 or 12 points. This is how Oats has broken mid-range shooting habits. The breakdown: 1 point: mid-range/long 2 2 points: at-the-rim 2 3 points: college 3 4 points: Steph/Dame-land Here’s what the court looks like.

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Matt Norlander

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The two programs with the worst all-time Sweet 16 records: Alabama (1-9) Tennessee (1-7)

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Matt Norlander

2 years

The Pistons having Jaden Ivey and Cade Cunningham in the backcourt sounds seriously dangerous in the best way possible. Good god, what a duo they could turn into.

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Matt Norlander

3 months

This feels like an Elite Eight matchup.

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Got one more goodie for you tonight. NCAA Tournament bracket with regions, tip times and channels for every first round game. This is the bracket you print out. The one you cherish as you hold it in your hands. So damn beautiful.

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Matt Norlander

3 years

Breaking, sources tell CBS Sports the NCAA Tournament will use these venues to host the 2021 men’s tournament: Bankers Life Fieldhouse Hinkle Fieldhouse Indiana Farmers Coliseum Mackey Arena Assembly Hall Lucas Oil (two courts) Only one game at Lucas Oil at a time.

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1 year

Found this photo in my phone. 1.25.23 | 9:32 pm ET | Storrs, Conn Jordan Hawkins waits to speak postgame after UConn’s home loss to Xavier—the Huskies’ sixth L in an eight-game span. UConn went 15-2 after this and won the 🏆 And Hawkins turned himself into 1st-round NBA pick.

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Many have a Kobe story; Ryan Badrtalei has hundreds. Most don’t know Kobe's path from All-Star to NBA 🐐 cut through the school in his backyard: UC Irvine. This is how a UCI assistant privately became Kobe’s longtime trainer and confidant—untold until now.

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A powerful friendship between Kobe Bryant and mid-major assistant coach has a community still...

Few know how important a UC Irvine assistant coach became to Bryant's ascent to basketball immortality

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Saint Peter’s. Unbelievable. One of the greatest and most improbable stories in the history of sports. The NCAA Tournament. NOTHING BETTER.

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Instantly legendary ejection from Chris Collins. This is how they used to do it, kids.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

Source: Gonzaga and Michigan St. have finalized their upcoming game on Veterans Day on the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier in San Diego. Game will be on ESPN and tip late afternoon out West/prime time on East Coast. Will be CBB's first game on a battleship since 2012.

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Matt Norlander

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One nation, under ball, with liberty, justice — and madness — for all. Ladies and gentlemen, the United States of College Basketball. 📓🔗

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There was little doubt as is, but this is final: sources just told @CBSSports there is a “0 percent chance” Dan Hurley will leave UConn for Kentucky. It’s not happening. Hurley staying in Storrs, with a deserved big pay bump coming for him + his staff. UK’s search continues.

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Matt Norlander

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Three GREAT @GettySport shots of Zach Edey's decisive late-game block on Dalton Knecht. Body control is incredible by Edey here. Arguably the defining play of his college career on a day where he scored a career-high 40 points to send Purdue to its first Final Four in 44 years.

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Matt Norlander

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The NCAA Tournament is the greatest invention in the history of mankind.

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Matt Norlander

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Can't comprehend that Grant Wahl is gone. That is not computing. If he'd wanted to, Grant would've been THE preeminent scribe in college basketball. Instead, he changed lanes and forever altered the way American soccer was covered and popularized. Legendary. This is a tragedy.

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Here’s the entire final sequence. It’s legitimately borderline unbelievable that this game ended the way it did — with Stephen F. Austin providing one of the all time buzzer-beaters.

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Aaaaaaand Chicago State just won AT Northwestern. 3-9 Chicago State. 335 at KenPom Chicago State. 5.1 wins on average PER YEAR the past nine years Chicago State. Just won at Northwestern. Northwestern that beat Purdue less than two weeks ago. That just happened.

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Good god Va. Tech just went Warriors on Duke. This game is a wrap.

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BREAKING: Louisville dodges major punishments in IARP case, @CBSSports has learned. No postseason ban, $5,000 fine, small reduction in recruiting days and two years of probation. Rick Pitino, Chris Mack avoid punishment entirely. Decision will be made public later this AM.

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Grambling State goes from making its first NCAA Tournament to winning its first NCAA Tournament game in less than 51 hours. That's a really good story. And because it's a tournament win, the Tigers just brought the SWAC millions of revenue dollars in the years to come.

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Matt Norlander

1 year

Never expand the tournament, never change this format. Ever. This moment right here is why it's the best event in sports. Win or lose, Princeton has the country's attention.

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Matt Norlander

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A team that only got into the NCAAs because Merrimack wasn't eligible after winning the NEC tournament just became the second 16 to ever beat a 1. Purdue. NCAA Tournament infamy. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON. NCAA TOURNAMENT IMMORTALITY. NOTHING BEATS THIS TOURNAMENT.

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Matt Norlander

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Sources: In light of losing its game vs. Louisville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky have agreed to come together to play a game on Wednesday that will also raise money for tornado relief funds throughout the region.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

The other side of March.

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Matt Norlander

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Creighton's entire athletic department emerging after weeks of trying to conjure up a nickname for Ryan Kalkbrenner

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Tate Frazier

3 months

I love a Battle of the Bigs

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Matt Norlander

1 year

Dan Hurley on NCAAT expansion: “I think it’s fine the way it is. … I think it’s a privilege to play in this tournament, not a right.” Says some power-conf teams “game the numbers” and he doesn’t like mid-majors getting squeezed. “I don’t think expanding it is a good idea.”

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Matt Norlander

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“This is a tournament team. North Carolina’s going to make the NCAA Tournament.”—Bilas. Well ... Lost to Purdue by nine. Lost to Tennessee by 17. Lost to Kentucky by 29. Lost to Miami by 28. Lost to Wake Forest by 18. Down at home to Duke by 25+. No Q1 wins. Pretty rough.

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Matt Norlander

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Baylor—one of CBB's best programs—opted into building a cozier, high-tech arena and will likely see big benefits in going smaller. Many a school w/ a 12,000-plus seat barn that has the ability to downsize should do so ASAP and follow Baylor's lead. Story:

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Unofficially official: UNC will be the first preseason No. 1 team to fail to make the NCAA Tournament in the 64/65/68-team era.

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Matt Norlander

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Here’s how the NCAA has handled players publicly connected to the FBI investigation and/or its fallout: Silvio De Sousa: two-year suspension Dewan Hernandez: ~1.5-year suspension Brian Bowen: MINIMUM 1-year suspension NCAA suspensions for coaches so far: 0 days.

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BREAKING: Another huge college hoops nonconference matchup is on the schedule. Top-five teams Gonzaga and Iowa have agreed to play each other on Dec. 19 at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, sources told @CBSSports . Details ⬇️

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College basketball schedule 2020-21: Iowa to face Gonzaga in potential top-five showdown in South...

The first month of college basketball's season is shaping up to feature one great game after another

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Absolutely sick one-handed pick by Michigan to clinch it vs. Wisconsin.

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BREAKING: Micah Shrewsberry is leaving Penn State after two seasons and finalizing a 7-year deal to be the next coach at Notre Dame, sources told @CBSSports . Shrewsberry has been ND’s top target for the past two weeks—but talks didn’t begin until PSU was knocked out of the NCAAT.

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Matt Norlander

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Chris Collins with the rare: game-just-ended-AND-I-WANT-YOU-TO-EJECT-ME-ANYWAY; and the handshake with the opposing coach walking off; AND the pump-up-the-opposing-crowd-as-I-walk-to-the-locker-room. Truly genre-shifting. Never seen anything like it. Purdue beats Northwestern.

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Matt Norlander

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This is the one. This is the worst I've seen of it. Damning as hell for the committee. The more I see, the more I think Tennessee is one of the worst mis-seedings in tournament history.

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Bart T🏀rvik

@totally_t_bomb

2 years

Bruuuuuutal

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Matt Norlander

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NEWS: Top Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III is leaving the Bears to join Mark Pope's staff at Kentucky, sources tell @CBSSports . He spent the past eight years under Scott Drew and will be associate HC @ UK. Brooks is highly respected in the profession. It's a major coup for Pope.

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Matt Norlander

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Minnesota vs. Indiana is underway and I can’t shake this. Big Succession energy.

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Matt Norlander

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Breaking NCAA news: Oregon State and Washington State are set to join the West Coast Conference as affiliate members in basketball and all other non-football/baseball D-I sports for the next two seasons, sources tell @CBSSports . Story and full details:

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Oregon State, Washington State invited to join Gonzaga-led WCC in basketball for next two seasons -...

The conference voted Thursday to let the Beavers and Cougars compete in the West Coast Conference starting in 2024

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MICHIGAN STATE IS A 9. Ridiculous, man.

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Matt Norlander

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Kansas State last made the Final Four in 1964. Loyola Chicago last got there in 1963. On Saturday they’ll play each other, an improbable 9 and an 11, and one will finally get back. This 2018 NCAA Tournament is outrageous. And incredible.

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This year in March Madness travel blunders: Grand Canyon arrived in Denver this afternoon, only to discover the airline it flew on didn't deliver its bags/uniforms/athletic gear, per a GCU spokesperson. The team practices in two hours and will be wearing regular GCU T-shirts.

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Matt Norlander

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Breaking: Source tells @CBSSports that Rick Pitino has told his Panathinaikos B.C. players that he is returning to college basketball but will finish out the Euroleague season if/when it resumes. League halted play earlier this week and Pitino is currently in the United States.

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Matt Norlander

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Clean NCAA Tournament bracket with tip times, channel designations and game locales. This is one of the most beautiful things the universe produces on annual basis.

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Matt Norlander

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The Tyson family (biggest Arkansas donor) is prepared to make a major commitment to bring Cal to Arkansas, sources said. Calipari is very close with the Tyson family and has been for years. The story is gaining volume because major boosters are optimistic this can happen.

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Matt Norlander

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Here's the 2022 Maui Invitational matchups/bracket, per sources: Arkansas-Louisville Texas Tech-Creighton Ohio St-San Diego St Arizona-Cincinnati This year marks the event's return to Hawaii for the first time since 2019. (COVID.) Official announcement expected to land Monday.

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Matt Norlander

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Northwestern 92, No. 1 Purdue 88. FINAL. They are flooding the floor in Evanston. Northwestern has two wins in its history over No. 1 teams. Both are against Purdue. Both happened in 2023. Both in Welsh-Ryan Arena. God bless college basketball.

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Matt Norlander

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Breaking news: Kentucky has lined up BYU's Mark Pope to be its next coach, sources tell @CBSSports . Nothing is signed at this hour but the sides are quickly working toward a deal and hope to get it done by the end of the night.

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Matt Norlander

2 years

Nate Oats waiting for Kelvin Sampson’s handshake is PHENOMENAL.

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Matt Norlander

3 years

Sources: Mike Boynton has agreed to a 7-year contract extension worth $3 million annually to stay at Oklahoma St. Boynton was contacted by multiple power-conf programs w/ openings to gauge interest, but is opting to stay in Stillwater. School will announce the deal later today.

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Matt Norlander

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Gonzaga will make the Sweet 16 for a NINTH consecutive tournament. An amazing streak. How amazing? Only one other program in this tournament has a multi-year one going (Houston, 4). GU's run is tied for third-longest ever: UCLA, 14 ('67-80) UNC, 13 ('81-93) Duke, 9 ('98-'06)

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@MattNorlander

Matt Norlander

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You don’t get to the Final Four without taking the road there, and to get there, you need a map. So here it is, the 🗺️ United States OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL 🗺️ for 2019-20.

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@MattNorlander

Matt Norlander

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SWEET 16 TIP TIMES

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