This is going to be a CBS Sports sort of day.

On the Hardwood

CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish with his Top 25 and 1 and Texas Tech is at No. 7:

This ranking is based on the Red Raiders returning two of the top four scorers — specifically JT Toppin and Christian Anderson — from a team that finished 28-9 and advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That core will be joined by Washington State transfer LeJuan Watts, UNC Greensboro transfer Donovan Atwell, Villanova transfer Josiah Moseley and redshirt freshmen Marial Akuentok.

CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone on why players with no eligibility are entering the transfer portal:

With so much uncertainty surrounding that case and how it may be ruled on, players seem to be portaling with no remaining eligibility on the hope of keeping flexibility open. Technically doing so is legal, though at the moment it amounts to no more than a waste of clerical work.

CBS Sports ranks the transfers and Darrion Williams is ranked No. 6, but LeJuan Watts is at No. 29:

The scout: Triple-double threat with elite passing vision and feel. Watts is a 6-6, 233-pound forward who creates from the mid-post, cuts well, and shoots 42% from 3-point range. With two years left, he’s a high-major steal.

CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander on teams that are operating on $10 million budgets and Texas Tech is allegedly one of them:

Arkansas
BYU
Duke
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisville
Michigan
North Carolina
St. John’s
Texas Tech

On the Gridiron

CBS Sports’ John Talty on $40 million rosters and Texas Tech gets a few mentions:

Texas Tech, which currently has 247Sports’ top-ranked transfer portal class, has been the most aggressive ahead of the revenue share era. Its top boosters saw an opportunity, decided that money was no object, and went all-in on landing a class that included recent Stanford transfer edge-rusher David Bailey, who multiple sources said will make more than $2.5 million to suit up for the Red Raiders next season.

“They are insane,” one NIL agent said, almost in awe. “They are crazy and do not care. I think they are like, we have one shot before this gets figured out to build a team, and we’ll just overpay people.”

CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello on players who sign NIL deals, cash checks, then bolt before playing a game. This happened at Arkansas with QB Madden Iamaleava, who is the brother of Nico who had his own saga at Tennessee:

In the past, programs were reluctant to pursue legal remedies due to negative headlines, but multiple schools and collectives are now exploring legal action against players who do not honor their contracts, sources in the NIL industry told CBS Sports on Tuesday.

Personal opinion, yes, they should absolutely pursue legal remedies if an amount has been paid and no services rendered.