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Court Report: How Michigan cracked code to play two bigs; Cooper Flagg's season resembles Ben Simmons' at LSU

Matt Norlander's insider notebook is stuffed this week, including Mick Cronin's Big Ten issues, reader questions and much more

Johni Broome injury: NPOY frontrunner out indefinitely after MRI reveals left ankle sprain for Auburn star

Critically, Broome will not need surgery, which means he could return before too long due to it being a lower-ankle sprain

Mick Cronin puts ejection, loss to Maryland in perspective as wildfires impact his team, UCLA and Los Angeles

'The basketball stuff's secondary,' Cronin said Friday after the Bruins' fourth loss in five games

Cooper Flagg is dominating at Duke -- so why isn't he dominating the conversation?

The co-hosts of CBS Sports' Eye on College Basketball podcast weigh in on a surprising lack of national interest in Duke's latest sensation

Court Report: Rutgers could be first team to miss NCAA Tournament despite having two top-five NBA Draft picks

Matt Norlander's weekly notebook also has three ranked teams to fade and Tennessee's March outlook after its loss to Florida

North Carolina, Arizona land razor-close wins in crucial road games and maybe changed their seasons

Saturday's two big winners were a pair of teams picked top-10 in the preseason that needed victories in order to avoid the doom

Court Report: Florida State players suing Leonard Hamilton reveals deeper NIL issues throughout college sports

Matt Norlander also examines a profound problem for the ACC and makes 10 big predictions for 2025

College basketball 2024 in review: The 24 biggest stories in college basketball from the past year

Among the biggest headlines: UConn, John Calipari, NC State, Cooper Flagg, the SEC, major NIL deals and more

Ohio State, North Carolina find different ways to nab big victories and potentially save their seasons

The CBS Sports Classic offered a couple of big plot twists, with two underdogs finding drastically different ways to win on Saturday

The Court Report: How Bill Belichick's hiring at North Carolina could potentially impact Tar Heels basketball

Matt Norlander's insider notebook has more on AJ Dybantsa, plus some revealing nuggets on under-the-radar teams and players

Court Report: The details on why AJ Dybantsa chose BYU and how much NIL money the No. 1 recruit is set to make

Matt Norlander's weekly college basketball notebook also takes a look at how absurdly good the SEC has become this season

Rick Pitino honors St. John's legend Lou Carnesecca with 'Looie Sweater,' wins first game since legend's death

Pitino went to a tailor and had a replica sweater made in honor of Carnesecca, who died Nov. 30 at 99 years old

Creighton loses second-leading scorer Pop Isaacs to hip issue; Texas Tech transfer will take medical redshirt

Isaacs is coming off a season-high 27 points in Creighton's win over Kansas earlier this week

UConn gets much-needed win by beating ranked Baylor; Dan Hurley admits 'part of the problem has been me'

The shorthanded Huskies stepped up in what Hurley said was a win his team absolutely had to have

Court Report: The million-dollar NIL event worked; Big East's big week; a needed tribute for Lou Carnesecca

The season debut of Matt Norlander's notebook takes you around the sport, starting with millions of dollars made in Las Vegas

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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