NCAA basketball 2025-26 predictions: from Sarah Strong to Darryn Peterson, the names you’ll know by March

The college basketball season tips off on Monday across the United States. Can the Florida men do a rare repeat? Who can fill Paige Bueckers' star void? Our writers weigh in

I'll go with the St Thomas-Minnesota men's team, eligible for the NCAA Tournament for the first time after making an unprecedented jump from Division III to Division I. They enter as Summit League favorites and now boast a $175m arena that's given them a major recruiting pull. A March run could cement the Tommies as the Gonzaga of the midwest. Bryan Armen Graham