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While Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart mulls basketball games at Kroger Field here are other outdoor venues we want

UK vs. Louisville in front of 60,000 fans would be epic and here are more outdoor venues that might be fun to try

Kentucky's Mark Pope wants 40-game regular season, portal opening moved to after NCAA Tournament

Pope also gave a full offseason update on the Wildcats in advance of Year 2 on Thursday's Eye on College Basketball podcast

Dribble Handoff: Kansas' Darryn Peterson, Florida's Boogie Fland among splashiest roster additions for 2025-26

These are the college basketball team newcomers we think will have the biggest impact in 2025-26

NCAA to keep 2026 March Madness men's and women's basketball tournaments at 68 teams

Monday was a big win for basketball fans who prefer the NCAA Tournament to remain untouched, but expansion still looms

Predicting next coach to win first NCAA Tournament title: Duke's Jon Scheyer, Kentucky's Mark Pope among picks

Amid a generational shift in college basketball's coaching ranks, who will be the next to cut down nets?

The Top 25 (And 1) biggest stories in men's college basketball since 2000

The players, coaches, games, moments and off-the-court stories that had the greatest impact in college hoops in the past 25 years

As college basketball enters its most uncertain era yet, few believe the new rules will stop the flow of money

College basketball's next phase in the revenue-sharing era has many questioning what's real and if cheating will come back in a big way

College basketball recruiting: Coaches weigh in on NCAA Tournament size, intel on top prospects and more

A hearty notebook from Matt Norlander, who spent time at Adidas and Nike events talking to coaches and scouting future NBA lottery picks

Here's the math and data that prove why the NCAA Tournament doesn't need to expand

Matt Norlander busts the biggest myth regarding tourney expansion and lays out the stakes for a historic week in college athletics

Players Era Festival 2025 schedule: St. John's, Houston, Auburn lead field battling for millions in NIL money

Full details on the 18-team event, women's teams included, with more than $20 million in NIL money in Las Vegas this November

Ohio State, Virginia agree to nonconference game, increasing positive trend of high-profile February matchups

Great news: The February high-profile, high-major non-con matchup is coming back into style in college basketball

NCAA votes to increase college basketball schedules to 32-game season beginning in 2026-27

The move is being done to encourage even more high-profile nonconference games in November, December ... and January and February

Cedric Coward's path to the NBA Draft shouldn't be possible

Coward's inconceivable rise from D-III obscurity to lock first-round pick is a journey basketball's never seen.

2025 NBA Mock Draft: Cooper Flagg is top pick; Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey round out top three selections

Flagg is the top player in this year's class as Matt Norlander offers up his one and only mock draft for 2025

College basketball rules will have coach's challenges like the NBA, but more needed to reduce monitor reviews

The NCAA's rule changes are a good step — but not far enough to ensure games don't get bogged down by the refs

Matt Norlander is a national award-winning senior writer in his 15th season covering college basketball for CBS Sports. He also co-hosts the Eye on College Basketball podcast and is a college hoops analyst and insider for CBS Sports HQ and CBS Sports Network. In addition to college hoops, Norlander covers the NBA Draft, is CBS Sports' lead Olympics columnist and occasionally writes on golf. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons, is an avid guitarist, amateur drummer and enthusiastic skier. You're happily invited to send him story tips and music recommendations.

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