The CBS Sports Classic is getting a high-profile swap for 2025: UCLA is out, St. John's is in. That means a highly anticipated nonconference event on the college basketball calendar just got juicier.

The CBS Sports Classic will lose its other important acronym for the 2025 event, with UCLA deciding to withdraw from the annual made-for-TV doubleheader to focus on scheduling games that require less ...

Rick Pitino is set to face one of his former teams next season with St. John's scheduled to play Kentucky during the 2025-26 ...

UCLA basketball has been a fixture on mid-December Saturday afternoons on CBS Sports. For the past several years, the Bruins have been part of the event currently known as the CBS Sports Classic ...

Thus, UCLA has pulled out of its game with Kentucky during the CBS Sports Classic, according to The Athletic's Joe Rexrode. "UCLA vs. Kentucky might have had more of a blue blood feel, but St ...

W hen UCLA announced it would withdraw from the CBS Sports Classic in 2025, the college basketball world was thrown for a surprise. The event is considered one of the sacred places of rivalry ...

UCLA recently backed out of participating in the 2025 CBS Sports Classic, opening the door for St. John’s to slide into their spot. That move helped facilitate a highly-anticipated non ...

The CBS Sports Classic is getting a high-profile swap for 2025: UCLA is out, St. John's is in. That means a highly anticipated nonconference event on the college basketball calendar just got juicier.