UCLA guard makes huge decision on future in basketball

UCLA guard David Singleton isn’t ready to hang up his shoes just yet.

Singleton is coming back next season and taking the extra year of eligibility, Bruins coach Mick Cronin said Wednesday. The NCAA gave every player on a roster in 2020-21 an additional year of eligibility due to COVID-19 if they want it, and Singleton’s taking it.

Singleton is shooting 49% from the field and 46.5% from three-point territory — the best rate in the Pac-12 this season. He averages 5.9 points per game in 18.3 minutes per game for UCLA this season, and scored 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting — including 6-of-8 from downtown — in the Bruins’ 76-50 win over Washington on Feb. 19.

He arrived in Westwood as a four-star recruit from the Class of 2018 and the No. 7 recruit in California, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. During his four years as a Bruin, he’s averaged 4.9 points per game on 43.3% shooting, including 44.1% three-point shooting.

UCLA is 20-5 overall and 12-4 in Pac-12 play. The Bruins currently sit 2.5 games back of conference-leading Arizona ahead of a game against Oregon Thursday night.

UCLA comes in at No. 13 in CBS Sports’ Top 25 and 1

In what seems to be a weekly occurrence, college basketball produced another top 10 upset on Tuesday night. No. 8 Villanova went on the road and fell to the Connecticut Huskies, who are ranked No. 21 in the latest AP poll. With the result, there is an updated CBS Sports Top 25 and 1.

CBS Sports Top 25 and 1

1. Gonzaga (-) 23-2

Tuesday result: Did not play

2. Arizona (-) 24-2

Tuesday result: Did not play

3. Kansas (–) 23-4

Tuesday result: 102-83 win over Kansas State

4. Auburn (–) 24-3

Tuesday result: Did not play

5. Purdue (-) 24-4

Tuesday result: Did not play

6. Duke (-) 23-4

Tuesday result: Did not play

7. Kentucky (-) 22-2

Tuesday result: Did not play

8. Providence (+1) 22-3

Tuesday result: Did not play

9. Wisconsin (+1) 21-5

Tuesday result: Did not play

10. Texas Tech (+1) 22-6

Tuesday result: 66-42 win vs Oklahoma

11. Baylor (+1) 23-5

Tuesday result: Did not play

12. Villanova (-4) 21-7

Tuesday result: 71-69 loss at Connecticut

13. UCLA (–) 20-5

Tuesday result: Did not play

14. Illinois (-) 19-7

Tuesday result: Did not play

15. Tennessee (-) 20-7

Tuesday result: 80-61 win at Missouri

16. Arkansas (+3) 22-6

Tuesday result: 82-74 win over Florida

17. Connecticut (+3) 20-7

Tuesday result: 71-69 win over Connecticut

18. Texas (-2) 19-8

Tuesday result: Did not play

19. Houston (-2) 22-4

Tuesday result: Did not play

20. USC (-2) 23-4

Tuesday result: Did not play

21. Ohio State (-) 17-7

Tuesday result: Did not play

22. Saint Mary’s (–) 22-6

Tuesday result: Did not play

23. Murray State (-) 26-2

Tuesday result: Did not play

24. Alabama (+1) 18-10

Tuesday result: 74-72 win at Vanderbilt

25. Iowa State (+1) 18-9

Tuesday result: Did not play

26. Iowa (NR) 19-8

Tuesday result: 86-60 win vs Michigan State