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Matt Norlander

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Tyrese Haliburton's origin story: How Pacers star went from skinny freshman at Iowa State to NBA Finals

Haliburton has gone from three-star recruit worrying about his role in Ames to top-10 NBA player. Here's how it happened

UConn, Kansas agree to home-and-home series beginning in 2025; Jayhawks will host first game this December

The Jayhawks and Huskies are responsible for three of the four most recent national championships

Knicks vs. Pacers: Jalen Brunson vastly outplays Tyrese Haliburton -- now he has to do it two more times

In the Knicks' Game 5 win, Brunson definitively outplayed Haliburton for the first time this series

Otega Oweh withdraws from NBA Draft: Kentucky's top player returns, gives Mark Pope a loaded roster for Year 2

After a strong portal cycle, Kentucky now has a top-10 case thanks to Oweh running it back with the Cats

Tahaad Pettiford withdraws from NBA Draft: Sophomore guard returns to Auburn after Final Four season

The Tigers get a rising star back on campus — and in the process help their case as a factor again in the SEC

College basketball 2025 coaching changes: North Florida's Matthew Driscoll takes assistant job at Kansas State

Matt Norlander has information on all 56 Division I men's basketball coaching changes for the 2025 cycle

Greatest shot of Tyrese Haliburton's life and best game of Aaron Nesmith's career stoke Pacers-Knicks rivalry

What transpired Wednesday night at MSG was historic. It was legendary. It was exactly what this rivalry -- and the NBA -- needed in 2025

Boogie Fland transferring to Florida: National champions land former Arkansas standout and five-star recruit

The sophomore-to-be showed flashes of high-level play last season in the SEC -- and now he'll stay in the conference with the Gators

Notre Dame hires alum Pat Garrity to trailblazing role overseeing both men's and women's basketball teams

The 1998 ND alumnus will be the general manager for both programs, as Notre Dame readies for the next major phase of college athletics

ACC to reduce number of games in men's basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 after multiple down years

The conference is coming off a historically bad season by its standards and is looking to beef up its nonconference performance

Florida, UConn agree to play 2025 Jimmy V Classic in battle between two most recent national champions

The game will also be a rematch: Florida beat UConn in the 2025 NCAAs en route to its national title

St. John's replacing UCLA in 2025 CBS Sports Classic: Rick Pitino set to coach vs. his former team, Kentucky

Pitino vs. his pupil, Mark Pope, in what could be a top-10 matchup the weekend before Christmas. An elite game just got added to college hoops' calendar

Grading college basketball's 2021 coaching carousel: How hires fared at UNC, Arizona, Indiana and more

The fairest way to grade hires is to wait a few years and see what develops, so here's Matt Norlander's look at the Class of 2021

New face, new place, big wins: Here were the best Year 1 coaches in college basketball for the 2024-25 season

After just one year on the job, we identify the dozen changes from a year ago who paid off right away. Will the good times roll into 2026?

Two-way contracts in college basketball? One mid-major coach's bold idea to adapt to transfer portal chaos

Albany's Dwayne Killings has a plan to bring a little more stability to programs decimated by players transferring out

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