All of ESPN.
All In One Place.
📍Watch on ESPN
Favorites
Customize ESPN
ESPN Apps
ESPN Sites
College basketball megapreview, predictions for this season
PROJECTING THE FIELD OF 68
Men's Bracketology: Who gets No. 1 seed nods in final preseason edition?
Purdue, Florida and Duke round out the top line as tipoff to the 2025-26 season nears.
Illustration by ESPN
Ranking 80 teams by March Madness potential
From contenders to Cinderellas, see where teams with the highest NCAA tournament potential land.
Top Headlines
AWESOME, BABY!
Dick Vitale's men's college basketball teams, storylines to watch
From reigning champ Florida to the Bluegrass Rivalry to Diaper Dandies galore, 12 reasons to be excited about the season.
Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports
ANDSCAPE
Andscape
How Thierry Darlan went from G League professional to Santa Clara
Jeff Bottari/NBAE via Getty Images
NCAA Men's Basketball
Who takes home the SEC Basketball Media Days Skills Challenge?
SEC basketball coaches and players test their skills in pop-a-shot and claw machine contest to compete and see who can crown their respective schools the winner!
2:40
NCAA Men's Basketball
A quick lookahead to the 2025-26 NCAAM season
Myron Medcalf breaks down some of the teams to look out for ahead of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season.
1:02
Top Headlines
- Top '27 recruit Dooney Johnson commits to Zags
- Loyola-Chicago to wear Sister Jean jersey patch
- NCAA delays date when bets on pro sports allowed
- Former OKC F Singler, 37, charged with assault
- Sankey asks NCAA to rescind betting rule change
- Grant-Foster granted injunction to play for Zags
- Top-30 senior Johnson decommits from Ohio State
Trending Now
- AP Photo/Michael Conroy
Bilas' men's NCAA basketball 2025 preseason All-America teams
From three transfers on the first team to four freshmen on the second, here are Jay Bilas' preseason All-America teams.
- AP Photo/Michael Conroy
AP men's college basketball preseason Top 25 poll breakdown
Here's what to know about each team in the AP men's preseason Top 25, from No. 1 Purdue to No. 25 North Carolina.
- Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire
Men's March Madness 2026 schedule, sites, locations
Everything to know about the 2026 men's NCAA tournament, from Selection Sunday to the Final Four and championship game.
