2011-12 College Basketball season preview
CBSSports.com college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman and Eye on College Basketball bloggers Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello get you ready for the 2011-12 season.
| 2011-12 Season Preview | |||
| Date | Feature | Date | Feature |
| Oct. 13 | Preseason Top 25 (and one) | Nov. 1 | Top freshmen |
| Projected NCAA tournament field | Nov. 2 | Top transfers | |
| Goodman and Parrish bracket picks | Nov. 3 | Under the radar players | |
| Oct. 14 | Team profiles: 'Cuse | UConn | UK | UNC | Nov. 4 | Breakout players |
| Oct. 17 | Preseason All-Americans | Nov. 5 | Best shooters |
| Oct. 18 | Top 100 players | Nov. 6 | Best defensive players |
| Oct. 19 | Positional rankings: Point guards | Nov. 7 | 68 things ... |
| Oct. 20 | Positional rankings: Wing men | Nov. 8 | Ranking the preseason tourneys |
| Oct. 21 | Positional rankings: Big men | Nov. 9 | 50 can't miss games |
| Nov. 10 | Coaches on the Hot Seat | ||
| Ranking the conferences | |||
| Preview date | Conference | Tournament site | Dates |
| Oct. 1 | 32. Great West | ||
| Oct. 1 | 31. SWAC | Garland, Texas | March 7-10 |
| Oct. 2 | 30. MEAC | Winston-Salem, N.C. | March 6-10 |
| Oct. 3 | 29. Southland | Katy, Texas | March 6-10 |
| Oct. 4 | 28. America East | Hartford, Conn. | March 1-3, 9 |
| Oct. 5 | 27. Ohio Valley | Nashville, Tenn. | Feb. 29, March 1-3 |
| Oct. 6 | 26. Big West | Anaheim, Calif. | March 8-10 |
| Oct. 7 | 25. Patriot | Campus sites (higher seeds) | Feb. 29, March 3, 7 |
| Oct. 8 | 24. Big Sky | TBD -- regular-season champion | March 3, 6-7 |
| Oct. 9 | 23. Sun Belt | Hot Springs, Ark. | March 3-6 |
| Oct. 10 | 22. Big South | Campus sites (higher seeds) | Feb. 27, March 1, 3 |
| Oct. 11 | 21. Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 3-6 |
| Oct. 12 | 20. MAC | Cleveland | March 5, 7-10 |
| Oct. 13 | 19. Southern | Asheville, N.C. | March 2-5 |
| Oct. 14 | 18. Northeast | Campus sites (higher seeds) | March 1, 4, 7 |
| Oct. 15 | 17. Atlantic Sun | Macon, Ga. | Feb. 29-March 3 |
| Oct. 16 | 16. Ivy League | No Tournament | |
| Oct. 17 | 15. MAAC | Springfield, Mass. | March 2-5 |
| Oct. 18 | 14. WAC | Las Vegas | March 7-10 |
| Oct. 19 | 13. Horizon | Campus sites (higher seeds) | Feb. 28-29, March 5-6 |
| Oct. 20 | 12. Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 1-4 |
| Oct. 21 | 11. Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 8-10 |
| Oct. 22 | 10. Colonial | Richmond, Va. | March 2-5 |
| Oct. 23 | 9. Atlantic 10 | Atlantic City, N.J. | March 6, 9-10, 12 |
| Oct. 24 | 8. Conference USA | Memphis, Tenn. | March 7-10 |
| Oct. 25 | 7. West Coast | Las Vegas | Feb. 29-March 5 |
| Oct. 26 | 6. Pac-12 | Los Angeles | March 7-10 |
| Oct. 27 | 5. Big Ten | Indianapolis | March 8-11 |
| Oct. 28 | 4. Big 12 | Kansas City, Mo. | March 7-10 |
| Oct. 29 | 3. SEC | New Orleans | March 8-11 |
| Oct. 30 | 2. ACC | Atlanta | March 8-11 |
| Oct. 31 | 1. Big East | New York | March 6-10 |
