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.

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 ...

Y ou know by now that UCLA basketball backed out of the CBS Sports Classic. The St. John's Red Storm and Rick Pitino, not the Bruins, will face Kentucky this December in Atlanta. As we noted, UCLA ...

UCLA’s Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond released a statement on Thursday about UCLA’s decision to no longer be apart of the CBS Sports Classic, with St. John’s replacing the Bruins to ...

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.

UCLA Exits CBS Sports Classic. The UCLA Bruins have opted out of the midseason celebration. Brock Vierra | May 2, 2025. Mar 22, 2025; Lexington, KY, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Mick Cronin reads ...