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Dribble Handoff: The missing piece that Kentucky, BYU and others need in college basketball transfer portal

With fewer options by the day, our staff identifies some of the teams that are one piece away from making a much better roster

College basketball rankings: Kansas in way-too-early Top 25 And 1 after landing No. 1 recruit Tyran Stokes

Stokes committed to the Jayhawks over offers from Kentucky, Louisville and USC

NCAA to expand March Madness men's and women's college basketball tournaments to 76 teams in 2027

The NCAA Tournament is set to soon get an official major makeover, despite being a widely unpopular idea, sources told CBS Sports

College basketball rankings: Arkansas rises as John Calipari adds to loaded Razorbacks recruiting class

Calipari continues to prove that he's clearly winning the breakup following his departure from Kentucky in 2024

College basketball rankings: North Carolina tumbles after Henri Veesaar's NBA Draft declaration

New North Carolina coach Michael Malone lost a would-be roster cornerstone when Veesaar decided to make the leap to the next level

College basketball rankings: Jon Scheyer has built another NCAA title contender at Duke

Scheyer has built another talented team as the Blue Devils navigate the offseason

College basketball rankings: Florida surges to No. 1 in way-too-early Top 25 And 1 as Thomas Haugh returns

With Haugh's announcement, Florida now returns six of the top seven scorers from last season

College basketball rankings: Why UConn is moving up in preseason way-too-early Top 25 And 1

Braylon Mullins is heading back to the Huskies and Duke's Nikolas Khamenia has committed to UConn coach Dan Hurley

College basketball rankings: Indiana lands higher quality of transfers, jumps in way-too-early Top 25 And 1

Hoosiers coach Darian DeVries' transfer haul looks better than last season's

College basketball rankings: This time St. John's lands elite PG, jumps up in way-too-early Top 25 And 1

Rick Pitino secured a commitment from Quinn Ellis, a PG from England

College basketball rankings: Arizona rises in way-too-early Top 25 And 1 after landing two transfer guards

The Wildcats climbed higher into the top 10 as Arizona aims for another Final Four run

College basketball rankings: Louisville cleans up in transfer portal, moves into way-too-early Top 25 And 1

The Cardinals landed commitments from Kansas big man Flory Bidunga and Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad

College basketball rankings: Michigan, No. 1 in way-too-early Top 25 And 1, lands Tennessee's J.P. Estrella

The Wolverines don't waste any time adding a key piece out of the transfer portal

Way-too-early college basketball rankings for 2026-27: TCU, Texas tumble after portal losses

The Horned Frogs lost a major piece in the first few days of the transfer portal window

Way-too-early college basketball rankings for 2026-27: Michigan starts off preseason as No. 1

Dusty May has the Wolverines starting where they left off the 2025-26 season - at the top

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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