NC State is hiring Tennessee assistant and former Wolfpack guard Justin Gainey as its next coach, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. Gainey, 49, has spent the last five seasons on Rick Barnes’ staff with the Vols and has held the title of associate head coach since 2022. Gainey, a Greensboro, North Carolina, native,…
Getty Images The Sweet 16 of the Big Dance wraps-up on Friday with the Final Four to be determined by Sunday. Are you ready?! The Elite Eight will be determined by Friday night with (5) St. John’s facing (1) Duke and (2) UConn taking on (3) Michigan State in the East Regional Semifinals and (4)…
The Sweet 16 continues on Friday night as there are more heavyweight battles with a ticket to the Elite Eight on the line. As Hall of Fame coaches and superstar players will take the court in Chicago and Washington D.C., we’ll have your updated scores here at CBS Sports. The night begins with a showdown…
The North Carolina job has been officially open for over 36 hours, and unsurprisingly, it has become one of the biggest stories in college basketball, even amidst Sweet 16 action beginning on Thursday. With many of the potential top candidates still in NCAA Tournament play and available to the media this week, they have already…
The final eight spots in this year’s Sweet 16 will be decided on Sunday as the 2026 NCAA Tournament continues with eight compelling second-round matchups. Without major upsets on Day 2 of the first round, the result is a slate filled with marquee games. One of the biggest themes is elite coaching matchups. At the…
Getty Images March Madness continues across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV with eight second-round games on Sunday. Paramount+ subscribers will be able to watch every game airing on CBS, while the March Madness Live app will have every game, period. There’s also HBO Max, which carries all the games going up on TBS, TNT and truTV. Sunday begins with three…
Eight precious tickets remain for next week’s Sweet 16 as the NCAA Tournament enters the final day of its first weekend on Sunday. Fans won’t have to wait long for the excitement to ramp up with (7) Miami and (2) Purdue kicking things off (12:10 p.m ET CBS, March Madness Live) The second game on the…
Tickets to next week’s Sweet 16 will be punched in Saturday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament action. No. 4 seed Nebraska, fresh off its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, will face upstart Vanderbilt for a trip to the second weekend in one of Saturday’s most enthralling clashes (8:45 p.m., TNT March Madness Live). No. 1 seed Michigan is also…
It’s about that time. The 2026 NCAA Tournament is through its first two days, and the bracket is sure to deliver some bangers across the first and second rounds of competition over the next four days. The field of 68 teams has already shrunken to 64 as the roller coaster continues with 16 more teams…
Friday’s NCAA Tournament slate arrives after Thursday’s action, already delivered early upsets that began shaking up brackets. The first round of the Big Dance continues with No. 7 seed Kentucky facing No. 10 seed Santa Clara (12:15 p.m., CBS, March Madness Live), with the winner advancing to meet either No. 2 seed Iowa State or…
