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Ranking Which Top Men’s College Basketball Teams Are Contenders and Pretenders

Michigan dominated in the Players Era tournament to rise as the top championship threat, while Iowa State and Houston aren’t convincing yet.

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College Basketball AP Top 25: There’s Already a New No. 1 in NCAA Hoops

Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars top this week’s rankings, while Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm plummet.

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Sports Illustrated’s Men’s College Basketball Preseason Top 25: No. 1 Houston

Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars enter 2025–26 as the nation’s most complete team and as hungry as ever for that long-awaited national title.

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Men’s College Hoops Coaching Carousel: North Carolina’s Hubert Davis Leads Hot Seat Tracker

After a wave of exits, pressure mounts on coaches from bluebloods to rebuilds. Plus, the list of big names who could retire.

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Men’s College Basketball Way-Too-Early Top 25: Houston No. 1 After Rosters Settle

Following the NBA draft withdrawal deadline, we have a clearer picture of what the 2025–26 season will look like.

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Houston's Milos Uzan is withdrawing from the 2025 NBA draft to return to the Cougars

Houston's Milos Uzan is withdrawing from the 2025 NBA draft to return to the Cougars.

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Houston, Coach Kelvin Sampson Agree to Extension After Final Four Run

The Cougars have become one of the nation's most feared programs.

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Houston's Kelvin Sampson Had Touching Message for Emanuel Sharp After Title Game Loss

Sharp turned the ball over on Houston's final possession, sealing a national championship loss to Florida.

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SI:AM | Houston’s Agonizing Final Possession

It’s tough to think of a more brutal way to lose a championship.

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Houston’s Kelvin Sampson Had Brutally Honest Comment About Terrible Final Play

He seemed to throw his player under the bus with this one.

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Frantic Final Play Bounces Florida’s Way to Seal National Title, Continue Houston’s Heartache

Walter Clayton Jr. capped the season with the national championship’s defining play to give the Gators their first title since 2007.

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How Houston’s Tight-Knit Team Came to Terms With Season’s Disappointing End

Culture is an often overused phrase in college sports, but the Cougars fully embrace the family mentality and continuity that led them to the title game.

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Houston rue ‘incomprehensible’ collapse to hand Florida NCAA title

The Cougars committed five of their nine turnovers in the final 3:24, including four on their last four possessions where they failed to get off a single shot attempt

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Kelvin Sampson Looked So Defeated in Final Moments of Houston's Loss to Florida

Houston Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson looked defeated after devastating national championship loss to Florida.

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Kelvin Sampson Explains Reason Behind 'Don't Sleep on Houston' Message

Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson explains why he said 'don't sleep on Houston' after upsetting Duke over the weekend."

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Kelvin Sampson Has High Praise for Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. Before Title Game

The Houston Cougars coach spoke highly of Walter Clayton Jr. ahead of Monday's national championship.

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Houston's Kelvin Sampson Has Son Earmarked As Coach in Waiting

The Cougars play for the national championship on Monday night. If Houston's Kelvin Sampson were to retire, his son would be the new head coach.

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March Madness men’s final predictions: the winner and a missing giant

Will Walter Clayton Jr’s ongoing Steph Curry impression carry the Gators to a third national title? Or will the Cougars’ suffocating defense unlock the program’s first?

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The Redemption of Kelvin Sampson and Houston Is on the Line in Title Game

The Cougars coach would become the oldest to ever win a national championship if he leads the Cougars to their first trophy.

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Houston Coach Kelvin Sampson Dancing In Locker Room After Final Four Win Was Too Good

Take a bow, Coach.

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J’Wan Roberts Embodies Houston’s Discipline Mantra to Seal Final Four Win With Clutch Free Throws

The Cougars have had their share of NCAA tournament disappointments, and the comeback win over Duke was extraordinary yet rooted in their ordinary.

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Duke Goes Cold in Second Half, Collapses Around Cooper Flagg’s Efforts

The Blue Devils made just one field goal in the final 10 and 1/2 minutes of the game as Houston notched a berth in the national championship game.

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Kelvin Sampson Calls Out Lack of Love for Houston After Stunning Comeback Win vs. Duke

'Don't sleep on Houston,' the head coach proclaimed after overcoming Duke in the final seconds of the Final Four.

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Family Ties: Steven Pearl and Kellen Sampson Supporting Their Final Four Fathers As Assistant Coaches

On the Auburn and Houston benches sit the next generation of head coaches with familiar surnames to their successful, longtime bosses.

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Men’s NCAA Tournament Shaping Up to Have Final Four Fireworks

There was a lack of madness in March, but the games in San Antonio feature all No. 1 seeds, top KenPom teams and player of the year candidates.

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