Gary Parrish

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2024-25 CBS Sports Preseason All-America team: SEC, Big East lead way among college basketball's best players

Fifth-year players dominate our annual college basketball preseason All-America team

ACC expert picks: 2024-25 preview, projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch

Led by freshman Cooper Flagg, Duke is picked by CBS Sports experts to edge rival North Carolina in the ACC

Big Ten teams have made it to plenty of NCAA Tournament finals recently, but title drought approaches 25 years

A Big Ten team hasn't won a NCAA Tournament championship since 2000 despite playing in eight title games in that span

Dribble Handoff: Texas, Colorado among 2024 NCAA Tournament teams that won't make it back to Big Dance in 2025

These are the 2024 NCAA Tournament teams we're picking to miss the Big Dance this season

On his way to a possible three-peat, UConn coach Dan Hurley lands commitment from top-25 recruit Darius Adams

Adams, a four-star guard, is the Huskies' first recruit for the Class of 2025

Derrick Rose's legendary 2008 NCAA Tournament run with Memphis bolsters a borderline Hall of Fame resume

Much like his NBA career, Rose's only college season didn't have a storybook ending, but it was still unforgettable

If Memphis is invited to the Pac-12, the Tigers should pack their bags and move on from the AAC

The newly revived Pac-12 would be an upgrade for the Tigers in many ways

End of the road? Penny Hardaway's tumultuous Memphis tenure has sadly taken an exhausting toll

It's never boring at Memphis, but boring sounds nice right now

Candid Coaches: Should the NCAA Tournament remain at 68 teams, or expand to 72 or 76?

Most fans prefer the field to remain as is, but what about the coaches who build their careers around trying to qualify for March Madness?

Candid Coaches: Will UConn at least make a third straight Final Four this season?

The Huskies are looking to win the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season, but it won't be easy

Candid Coaches: Who'll be more successful in next five years, Kentucky's Mark Pope or Louisville's Pat Kelsey?

A fierce rivalry gets a fun reset with two new coaching hires. Come 2029, who's going to be viewed as the better coach?

Candid Coaches: Will a woman be the head coach of a Division I men's basketball team by 2030?

Does women's basketball becoming more popular help the chances of a female being hired to coach men's hoops?

Candid Coaches: Should NCAA athletes get a fifth year of college eligibility if they opt not to transfer?

It's a hyperactive transfer world, but what if the NCAA enabled a dangling carrot to players who remain loyal?

Candid Coaches: Which programs do you believe have the best NIL situations?

We asked more than 100 coaches who they think have the best name, image and likeness programs in place

Candid Coaches: What is the most amount of NIL money someone has asked you or your staff to pay for a player?

We asked college basketball coaches how much NIL money they are being asked to arrange to sign top recruits

Gary Parrish is an award-winning college basketball columnist, television analyst and sideline reporter for CBS Sports where he's worked since 2006. He also hosts the Eye on College Basketball podcast for CBS Sports and the Gary Parrish Show for Grind City Media, which is based in Memphis where Parrish lives with his wife and three children. Parrish previously worked at The Commercial Appeal and has been either a full-time beat writer or national columnist covering college basketball since 2002. He's attended each of the past 20 Final Fours.

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