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Editor's Note: In the buildup to Midnight Madness, we are taking an in-depth look at Joe Lunardi's top-five seeds in a series called Countdown To Madness. In addition to the Insider pieces, Eamonn Brennan will offer Three Big Things about each team a...

1. New Mexico coach Steve Alford won gold at the 1984 Olympics, when he was a player at Indiana. That gold medal was eight years before the 1992 Dream Team. The debate about whether to send amateurs and professionals has arisen again, with NBA commis...

1. UNLV coach Dave Rice said that heralded freshman Anthony Bennett isn't eligible yet and won't be in summer school. "He's been admitted to UNLV, but the NCAA clearinghouse eligibility center is still evaluating him. It's not unusual. But we're very...

While other coaches are preparing to evaluate high school talent at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Lehigh coach Brett Reed is in Los Angeles for the ESPYS. He got to L.A. on Tuesday and went out with local alumni who wanted to talk basketball, specifically M...

College coaches are set to embark on yet another revision to the summer evaluation period. The new recruiting plan calls for coaches to be out from 5 p.m. Wednesday to 5 p.m. Sunday this week. The same 5 p.m. start and end times occur for July 18-22...

John Calipari said he will meet with the Dominican federation in Las Vegas later this week to discuss the future with the national hoopsl team. He said he is non-committal about his involvement going forward.

As Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski begins his final Olympic campaign with Team USA, it's still hard to find any negative effect on the Duke program. Remember when it was popular to assume the Blue Devils would take a hit with Coach K so involved in inter...

1.Jerry Colangelo, who is the chair of USA Basketball's board of directors and the essential general manager of the USA national team, said he believes Jim Boeheim will be fine. He said the current crisis at the school will have no bearing on Boehei...

Kentucky's John Calipari was charged with getting the Dominican Republic basketball program to its first-ever Olympic berth. He came close at the FIBA Americas tournament in Argentina, falling short in the semifinals to Brazil before finishing up ...

The World University Games is usually the one international competition, outside of the Olympics, the U.S. expects to win. Elite European players aren't usually in school. And in an Olympic qualifying year, the likelihood that national teams would ...

Team USA brass hoping NBA lockout doesn't drag into 2012, affecting play in the London Games

Rick Pitino's up-tempo style should be a good fit for the Puerto Rican national team's current makeup, but Pitino still must overcome some hurdles to ensure that his voyage into international coaching is a success. USA national team assistant coach ...

Mike Krzyzewski isn't far away from collecting a Social Security check, but good luck getting him to slow down. The Team USA coach enters his 30th season at Duke with the same high expectations.

The favored Americans salvaged a bronze medal with a 91-80 victory over Israel Saturday at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.

Russia stunned the United States Friday in the World University Games semifinals, nipping the favored Americans 69-68 at Belgrade Arena in Serbia.

Bulgaria played zone and the Americans made 16 of 29 shots from 3-point range in a 96-66 quarterfinal victory at Belgrade Arena.