Bruce Pearl joining TNT and CBS Sports as a college basketball analyst

Bruce Pearl will still be a part of the college basketball scene this season, even though he isn't coaching any more. TNT and CBS Sports announced on Thursday that Pearl will be an analyst for their coverage this season. Pearl will be on TNT's studio team with Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn, Chris Webber and Adam Lefkoe during its first season of doing Big East and Big 12 games.

Confidence high in Auburn locker room as Steven Pearl takes over as coach

Steven Pearl took the podium on Wednesday at SEC Basketball Media Days, his first as head coach of the Auburn men’s basketball team. It’s new but familiar territory for the man who roughly three weeks ago succeeded his father, Auburn’s all-time winningest coach Bruce Pearl. The younger Pearl has been on the staff for 11 years, working his way up to associate head coach and defensive coordinator over the past two seasons.

Arkansas coach John Calipari vows to retire before adopting transactional approach

Arkansas coach John Calipari, whose one-and-done era at Kentucky saw NBA talent come and go nearly every season, criticized what he is seeing in the name, image and likeness portal era, saying he will not become a “transactional” coach or he “won’t do this anymore." The 66-year-old Calipari said he welcomes some changes in college athletics more than others after three-plus decades of head coaching. “I want to help 25 to 30 more families,” Calipari said Tuesday at SEC basketball media days.

No. 6 Duke picked to win ACC again; NC State’s Darrion Williams named Preseason Player of the Year

The No. 6 ranked Duke Blue Devils have been picked to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference champions despite losing Cooper Flagg and four other players to the NBA draft, while N.C. State senior forward Darrion Williams was pegged as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year. Duke received 34 of 49 first place votes from the panel of media voters. No. 11 Louisville, which lost to the Blue Devils in the 2025 ACC championship game following a stunning bounce back season under first-year coach Pat Kelsey, received the other 15 first-place votes and was selected to finish second.