The 2025–26 college basketball season has barely begun, but the impact of the nation's top freshmen is already undeniable. Touted as one of the deepest recruiting classes in recent memory, these first-year players have quickly shed their rookie status,

But what we've already learned through nine days of this season is that even if Peterson, Dybantsa and Boozer are in a tier by themselves in some regards, the list of elite freshmen is much longer than three names, and Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr. announced himself as part of it with a great performance in Tuesday's 96-88 victory over Kentucky.

Coming off a pair of impressive wins over power conference constituents, Gonzaga eyes a third for its résumé as it heads south for a matchup with Big 12 partici

Adrian Wojnarowski retired from reporting in 2024 to take on a new role beyond broadcasting. The 56-year-old is currently the general manager of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies basketball team, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1991.

Hannah Hidalgo makes Notre Dame and NCAA history, Audi Crooks has a historic night, too, UConn and Houston take care of business and more from Wednesday's college basketball action.

Not long after Kevin Young took over the basketball program at BYU and started into his first season there, he was asked a question that stood out even more this week for controversial reasons. He was asked the difference between coaching college basketball and coaching in the NBA,

One of the risers into the top five was Duke. The Blue Devils jumped two spots to No. 4 after a win over Texas in the first game of the Cameron Boozer era. UConn moved up one spot to No. 3 after blowout wins over New Haven and UMass Lowell to open the season.