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Matt Norlander

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Sr. writer/analyst/podcast host for @CBSSports. Guitar player, wannabe drummer, avid skier. More CBB coverage: bsky.app/profile/norlan…

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News: College basketball's regular season is expanding. The change will be made official later this afternoon, barring an extremely unlikely motion to reverse legislation, sources tell CBS Sports. Story: cbssports.com/college-basket…

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While it's undeniably true that plenty of coaches are in favor of expansion due to self interest, there are also coaches who prefer the tournament as a 68-team event. Dan Hurley famously spoke out against it expansion amid UConn's back-to-back championship run.

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This dunk alone was reason enough to make sure Alijah Martin got drafted in the top 40. One of the best throwdowns in Final Four history.

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With Tyrese Proctor going 49th to the Cavs, Duke's starting lineup was drafted this year, making the Blue Devils the 19th team to have 5+ players drafted in a single year. Here are the other schools that did it, per CBS Sports research. Only a few won a national title.

With Tyrese Proctor going 49th to the Cavs, Duke's starting lineup was drafted this year, making the Blue Devils the 19th team to have 5+ players drafted in a single year. 

Here are the other schools that did it, per CBS Sports research. Only a few won a national title.
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The most convincing argument against expanding the NCAA basketball tournaments from 68 teams is pretty simple. Almost no one is asking for it. For ESPN espn.com/mens-college-b…

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News: College basketball's got a nice trend bubbling up. February non-con games between power-conference programs are becoming in vogue again. Ohio State and Virginia will meet on Valentine's Day next season, sources tell CBS Sports. cbssports.com/college-basket…

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Syracuse will play 3 games in the Players Era Festival. But the Orange is going to play a 4th game on its trip to Las Vegas. h/t to Matt Norlander for this scheduling nugget