"In a memo sent to college conference offices from the College Licensing Company (CLC), dated June 26, 2025, CLC put out a request for proposal (RFP) to create a college basketball video game in November 2024. According to the memo, five companies expressed formal interest, and three filed formal bids.

EA Sports appears to be capitalizing on the wildly successful recent return of its college football franchise -- and is now playfully teasing what looks like a long-awaited comeback for the college basketball version.

After more than 15 years away, EA Sports announced Monday that it is bringing back a college basketball video game. “Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back,” EA said in a teaser announcement on X. Gamers and college hoops fans have been clamoring for a college basketball game to return since EA’s revamped college football game debuted in 2024.