Gary Parrish

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End of the road? Penny Hardaway's tumultuous Memphis tenure has sadly taken an exhausting toll

It's never boring at Memphis, but boring sounds nice right now

Candid Coaches: Should the NCAA Tournament remain at 68 teams, or expand to 72 or 76?

Most fans prefer the field to remain as is, but what about the coaches who build their careers around trying to qualify for March Madness?

Candid Coaches: Will UConn at least make a third straight Final Four this season?

The Huskies are looking to win the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season, but it won't be easy

Candid Coaches: Who'll be more successful in next five years, Kentucky's Mark Pope or Louisville's Pat Kelsey?

A fierce rivalry gets a fun reset with two new coaching hires. Come 2029, who's going to be viewed as the better coach?

Candid Coaches: Will a woman be the head coach of a Division I men's basketball team by 2030?

Does women's basketball becoming more popular help the chances of a female being hired to coach men's hoops?

Candid Coaches: Should NCAA athletes get a fifth year of college eligibility if they opt not to transfer?

It's a hyperactive transfer world, but what if the NCAA enabled a dangling carrot to players who remain loyal?

Candid Coaches: Which programs do you believe have the best NIL situations?

We asked more than 100 coaches who they think have the best name, image and likeness programs in place

Candid Coaches: What is the most amount of NIL money someone has asked you or your staff to pay for a player?

We asked college basketball coaches how much NIL money they are being asked to arrange to sign top recruits

Candid Coaches: Who was college basketball's best high-major coaching hire of 2024?

We asked coaches for their opinion on who was the big winner of the most recent coaching carousel

Dribble Handoff: Arizona, UCLA among most impactful college basketball realignment moves for 2024-25 season

Here are the college basketball realignment moves that will have the biggest impact

Candid Coaches: Who will be college basketball's best team in 2024-25?

Our annual Candid Coaches series begins by asking more than 100 coaches who they think this season's top team will be

Duke, Baylor among top college teams with players who could win an Olympic gold medal in 3x3 basketball

With 3x3 basketball attracting attention in the 2024 Paris Olympics, our experts look at top trios in college basketball

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

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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