Mike Rutherford

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College basketball fans need to not take exhibition games so seriously

There are hard truths we all have to face at some point when we’re growing up: Not everyone is going to like you, your parents aren’t perfect, Rainbow Road can be fun...

College basketball’s top 10 Wooden Award candidates for 2025-26

With a spectacular freshman class joining a sport that was already returning a healthy dose of its star power from the previous season, the preseason outlook for college basketball’s top individual award...

Identifying the first big test for every preseason top 25 team in men’s college basketball

For all the complaints that people have about the “modern era” of college basketball, there’s one thing pretty much everyone can agree on: The non-conference scheduling in the sport has never been...

Purdue tops preseason AP men’s basketball poll for first time

For the first time in program history, the Purdue Boilermakers will enter a college basketball season as the No. 1 team in the country.Matt Painter’s team, which fell in the Sweet 16...

College basketball’s age of the men’s super freshman is back and better than ever

One of the unanticipated byproducts of the NIL/transfer portal era in college basketball has been the decrease in importance of “superstar freshmen.”Three seasons ago, just one freshman who has been ranked in...

College basketball rankings: Men’s top 25 teams with one month to go till season starts

Exactly one month from today, there will be college basketball played across the country.Wirth this goosebump-inspiring offseason mile-marker upon us, let’s take an updated look at SB Nation’s preseason top 25 for...

March Madness expansion that no one asked for is almost here

The seemingly inevitable change that absolutely nobody wants appears to be closer to happening.According to a report from On3’s Ross Dellenger, executives are “inching closer” to an agreement to expand the NCAA...

College basketball’s Players Era Festival tightens its chokehold on November

Less than a year after its debut, it’s becoming more and more apparent that the Players Era Festival is here to stay, and that it’s going to change college basketball in November...

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