Teams and players who stood out this weekend

Here's my take on the weekend's best and worst in college basketball. Remember, these apply only to this weekend's games, not the whole season. Best ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

Thinking about the first round -- and Saint Mary's

American Guts: American guards Derrick Mercer and Garrison Carr are barely tall enough to get on the rides at Disney World, but they played with grea...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2009

How does one define toughness in basketball?

You have doubtless heard, countless times, about a coach preaching "toughness" to his team. A team or player needs to be tougher, or their toughness i...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2009

Dennis Scott the greatest 3-point shooter ever

Here are the 25 greatest shooters since the inception of the 3-point line, writes Jay Bilas.

Story | Conversation | July 07, 2008

Better analysis would help parse wins and losses

Jay Bilas notes that better analysis of the games behind the wins and losses would help in the evaluation of at-large teams.

Story | Conversation | October 01, 2006

You could see these teams breaking into the polls

Jay Bilas looks at some of the possible dark horses that could be outside the Top 25 heading into the 2006-07 season.

Story | Conversation | August 30, 2006

Big Ten, Big East look best thus far

With conference season upon us, Jay Bilas looks at how some notable leagues have performed thus far.

Story | Conversation | January 03, 2006

The 13 top freshman this season

UConn's Rudy Gay and Oregon's Malik Hairston are among the best freshmen I have seen this season.

Story | Conversation | January 26, 2005

Right now, ACC only a lock for four

There's still plenty of season left, but if today were Selection Sunday, only four ACC teams could rest easy.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2005

Great teams abound elsewhere, too

There are a lot of really good teams in the ACC, but there are also really good teams outside of it – and that seems to be getting lost.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2004

No favorite, plenty of surprises, so far

The non-conference season proved plenty, but left us wondering about just as much.

Reaching into the Bilas mailbag

ESPN's Jay Bilas answers a few questions each week from ESPN.com users.

ESPN's Jay Bilas answers another batch of email questions from users this week.

Bilas' Bytes: Chemistry, roles and underrated players

Jay Bilas takes a closer look at team chemistry, role players, underrated players and asks whether it's still a guards' game.