David Cobb

6 days ago | cbssports.com | Isaac Trotter |David Cobb |Adam Finkelstein |Travis Branham

The college basketball transfer portal has been on fire in the last week with enormous names hitting free agency, aiming to cash in on the influx of money in a historic cycle. It calls for a fresh rankings update, and there was a heated debate at the top between two AAC rivals: Memphis' PJ Haggerty and UAB's Yaxel Lendeborg.  Parsing the differentiators between two unquestioned studs is not easy.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Isaac Trotter |David Cobb |Adam Finkelstein |Travis Branham

Darian DeVries had the concept of a roster, but you famously can't hoop with four guys on the team. In two days, Indiana's roster has nearly doubled in size. DeVries has racked up three commits in 48 hours, and his first IU squad is starting to take shape. Sam Houston State transfer Lamar Wilkerson is the jewel. The Hoosiers ponied up the big bucks to outlast Kentucky and Auburn for one of the premier sharpshooters in this portal haul who has drawn comparisons to Chaz Lanier.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Isaac Trotter |David Cobb |Adam Finkelstein |Travis Branham

Chris Beard got his first head coaching gig at Fort Scott Community College in small-town Kansas where Junior College rosters flip-flop like fish. So renovating an Ole Miss roster that lost six of its top seven players to graduation is no new task, and Beard is clearly unafraid to take big swings after making the Sweet 16 and leveraging Texas' interest into even more resources.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | David Cobb

South Carolina star Collin Murray-Boyles is declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft after earning second-team all-SEC honors as a sophomore, according to ESPN. The 6-foot-8 forward is regarded as a potential first-round pick after exceeding modest expectations as a four-star prospect from the Class of 2023. Murray-Boyles blossomed into one of the nation's top freshmen during the second half of the 2023-24 season following a bout with mononucleosis that derailed the beginning of his college career.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Isaac Trotter |David Cobb |Travis Branham

New Xavier coach Richard Pitino had one heckuva Saturday. Pitino reeled in three (!) portal commits in 12 hours at three critical positions of need. Montana guard Malik Moore, Evansville wing Gabriel Pozzato and Florida Atlantic forward Tre Carroll all hopped on board, and each of them project to be Day 1 starters. Moore may shape up to be the jewel of Pitino's first Xavier club. The 6-foot-5 guard owns a silky-smooth jumper and a polished handle.