Gary Parrish

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Dribble Handoff: Miami, Arkansas among picks to finish with college basketball's best 2025 recruiting class

For as much as the transfer portal means in recruiting, recruiting five-star freshmen is still a guiding principle for most programs

Cooper Flagg dominated Peach Jam last year and, just 12 months later, looks like basketball's next big thing

Flagg burst upon the scene here as a 15-year old, but will have a much bigger audience when he suits up for Duke this season

NIL and relaxed transfer rules have changed recruiting at 'the most stress-free Peach Jam in history'

There isn't as much pressure on coaches to recruit players in high school and that's changed the intensity of Peach Jam

Dribble Handoff: Aaron Bradshaw, AJ Storr lead college basketball transfers with 2025 NBA Draft potential

These 2024 transfers may be first-round picks in the 2025 NBA Draft

College basketball rankings: Arthur Kaluma boosts Texas as Longhorns give SEC most selections in Top 25 And 1

The transfer from Kansas State adds to a roster with NCAA Tournament expectations next season

Way-too-early 2025 NBA Mock Draft: Duke's Cooper Flagg bucks trend, goes No. 1 ahead of Rutgers' Ace Bailey

Flagg is the favorite to snap a two-year streak of French players being selected first in the NBA Draft

How can you hate on Lakers drafting Bronny James? Here's why it's one of my favorite picks of 2024 NBA Draft

LeBron James was raised without a father -- and now he gets to make NBA history with his son

2024 NBA Mock Draft: France's Zaccharie Risacher makes move to top, selected by Hawks at No. 1 over Alex Sarr

Gary Parrish's final mock draft has Risacher jumping over Sarr, who falls to No. 2

2024 NBA Mock Draft: UConn's Donovan Clingan moves up to No. 3; Kentucky's Rob Dillingham in top 10

France's Alex Sarr is No. 1 and Reed Sheppard goes No. 2 in Gary Parrish's latest mock draft

Dan Hurley understandably turns down Lakers rather than walk away from a possible three-peat at UConn

Hurley made the right call by staying at place where he belongs and avoiding a less-than-ideal situation in Los Angeles

2024 NBA Mock Draft: Tennessee's Dalton Knecht jumps up, Providence's Devin Carter moves into top 10

France's Alex Sarr leads Gary Parrish's latest mock draft

Dribble Handoff: Bronny James, Alex Karaban highlight questionable 2024 NBA Draft decisions

We are second-guessing the NBA Draft stay-or-go decisions made by these players

College basketball rankings: Arkansas moves up in Top 25 And 1 after Trevon Brazile decides not to transfer

Brazile removed his name from the transfer portal and will play for John Calipari's Razorbacks this season

College basketball rankings: Mark Sears' return to Alabama bumps Tide to No. 2 in Top 25 And 1

Alabama got a big boost when Sears withdrew from the NBA Draft

College basketball rankings: Arkansas rises in Top 25 And 1 as John Calipari continues to add transfers

DJ Wagner is the latest addition to Calipari's first roster as coach of the Razorbacks

Gary Parrish is an award-winning college basketball columnist, television analyst and sideline reporter for CBS Sports where he's worked since 2006. He also hosts the Eye on College Basketball podcast for CBS Sports and the Gary Parrish Show for Grind City Media, which is based in Memphis where Parrish lives with his wife and three children. Parrish previously worked at The Commercial Appeal and has been either a full-time beat writer or national columnist covering college basketball since 2002. He's attended each of the past 20 Final Fours.

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