'An awesome Robin': Kon Knueppel helped Cooper Flagg — and made this Duke team one of the best we've ever seen He's the best No. 2 in college hoops. This is how Knueppel went from Wisconsin to Duke — and quietly became a one-and-done lottery pick

"Some food, a gun and Kon Knueppel."

The best wingman in CBB carries a killer jumper, an acerbic wit and makes sure his roommate, Cooper Flagg, is always running on time.

Here's how Kon Knueppel has quietly thrived as the Robin of college basketball—and made Duke elite.

"A bad motherfucker."

He grew up idolizing Tim Tebow, but now Florida's Thomas Haugh is carving his own legacy during Final Four run Haugh had the best game in his college career against Texas Tech in the Elite Eight

Florida big man Thomas Haugh grew up idolizing Tim Tebow. Now, he’s carving out own legacy at Florida during the program’s Final Four run.

“Hopefully I get to meet (Tebow) one day,” Haugh told me on the Chase Center floor after the win over Texas Tech. www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

2025 NCAA Tournament bracket: Scouting each team in the Sweet 16 as March Madness rolls on A closer look at all the matchups ahead in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16

Wrote 2,000+ words for @cbssportscbb.bsky.social previewing the Sweet 16 www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

March Madness 2025 scores, winners and losers: SEC off to slow start, ACC outright stumbles out of gate Two of college basketball's most powerful conferences have work to do after the first day of the NCAA Tournament

The ACC fell on its face to open the NCAA Tournament and the SEC is out the gates with a stumble.

Here’s a look at our winners and losers from the first round of March Madness on Thursday:
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March Madness 2025: Duke's Cooper Flagg, Texas' Tre Johnson headline list of top freshmen in the tournament Flagg, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, headlines a star-studded group of freshmen in the NCAA Tournament

Duke's Cooper Flagg, Texas' Tre Johnson headline list of top freshmen in the tournament www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

Rick Barnes stumps for Texas as NCAA Tournament team after painfully poetic win over close friend Rodney Terry Rick Barnes knows all too well the discomfort embattled Texas coach Rodney Terry is feeling

As Tennessee dealt a potentially crippling blow to Rodney Terry, there was painful poetry for Rick Barnes.

He once sat on the same hot seat now inhabited by his protégée.

"Really you feel like you're playing against your family, and it's tough."

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McNeese's student manager has a boom box, 'aura' and now an NIL deal as Cowboys head to NCAA Tournament Amir Khan is cashing in on his breakout month with the NCAA Tournament-bound Cowboys

Fun news in CBB land: McNeese’s boom-boxing student manager, viral sensation Amir Khan, has signed an NIL deal.

The agreement provides escalating financial incentives for every NCAA Tournament game the Cowboys win.
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Iowa coaching candidates: Ben McCollum, Darian DeVries among options to replace Fran McCaffery Here are some of the first calls that should be made by athletic director Beth Goetz

The Fran McCaffery era at Iowa is over. Here are five candidates Iowa could target in its coaching search. www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

Iowa fires Fran McCaffery: Longtime coach out after Hawkeyes miss NCAA Tournament for second straight season Iowa finished 12th in the Big Ten in the regular season, the worst during the 15-year McCaffery era

Breaking: Iowa has cut ties with Fran McCaffery.

Story:

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College basketball hot seat rankings: Where 17 underwhelming coaches stand as high-major carousel picks up Polling our college basketball experts on where high-major coaches stand amid shaky seasons

Our squad at CBS Sports broke down where several high-major coaches stand in the hot seat conversation as March looms.

With multiple ACC jobs open and at least one blue blood in the market, how busy will this carousel get?

Full breakdown ⬇️

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College basketball scores, winners and losers: Kentucky rebounds, Kansas falls to rival, top two teams go down No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Duke lost Saturday as part of a chaotic day across the nation in college basketball

@davidwcobb.bsky.social, @cameronsalerno.bsky.social and I tag-teamed the weekly Winners and Losers at CBS Sports recapping what turned out to be a wild Saturday in CBB.

Fun stuff on tons of happenings, incl. on Auburn, Duke, Akron, Omaha’s trash can and more: www.cbssports.com/college-bask...

Fun night of Big Ten hoops. Big win by UCLA over USC.

Reminder: Every Saturday, @kboone.bsky.social, @cameronsalerno.bsky.social and @davidwcobb.bsky.social join forces and put out a winners/losers piece that recaps the day in college ball. Follow all those guys. We pride ourselves on having—by far—the most written daily coverage of CBB out there.

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