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Observations from Day 1 at the Maui Invitational

Jay Bilas

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are my thoughts on the early action at the Maui Invitational: • Gonzaga had problems guarding Colorado's Princeton offe...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Sizing up the field at the Old Spice Classic

Fran Fraschilla

Starting Thanksgiving Day, I'll be broadcasting from the Old Spice Classic down at Disney's Wide World of Sports. While the field isn't quite as stack...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Favors' shot-blocking skills stand out

Fran Fraschilla

...reason. He has a nice combination of NBA size -- a great frame to add muscle -- agility and basketball acumen. He will get much stronger over the next three or four years as he puts on...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

DeCesare starts anew in Chicago

Christopher Lawlor

It was all too familiar for Gary DeCesare Monday night. In many ways it was the same for DeCesare who officially returned to the high school game f...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Pondexter heads thin list of college seniors

Chad Ford

College seniors continue to be a dying breed in the NBA draft. The thinking is simple: After four years, all the good players have already left school...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

US(C) Open

Molly Knight, ESPN The Magazine

Still coming out from the shadow of an embarassing scandal, the USC basketball team is attempting to rebuild its program. This article ran in the November 30, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

It's hard not to be impressed by the Orange

Doug Gottlieb

Syracuse dominated in two consecutive nights at the Garden with blowouts of two teams ranked in the top 12, but its Coaches vs. Cancer title game win ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009

Not to rain on Syracuse's parade, but …

Doug Gottlieb

In today's day and age of overreactions, I give you Syracuse University. From a preseason loss to LeMoyne -- which put it on some people's proverbi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Ebanks epitomizes players with volatile stock

Chad Ford

For the last decade we've gone about building our Top 100 by surveying NBA scouts and executives on their take on the top prospects in the world. Gen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Roberts signs with Red Storm

Christopher Lawlor

The allure of playing in the Big East and at Madison Square Garden was too much for Ronald Roberts (Jersey City, N.J./Saint Peter's) to resist, which ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

San Juan tourney keeps getting better and better

Fran Fraschilla

...Ole Miss, Kansas State). Meanwhile, Indiana continues Year 2 of Tom Crean's project to resurrect Hoosier basketball, and two very good mid-major programs, George Mason and Boston University, round out the field. The...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Thoughts on Kentucky and triple-doubles

Jay Bilas

...to win it, get fouled or go to overtime at worst. Both viewpoints are valid in college basketball (in the NBA, I would foul when up by three with less than five seconds to play...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Recruits mustn't forget common courtesy

Jay Bilas

Decisions, Relationships, Courtesy and News: I am not one of those old guys who pines for the way things used to be. I think the players now are gen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Prospects look for fruitful showing in Big Apple

Fran Fraschilla

Not only will the 2KSports Classic, benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, provide some high-quality games Thursday night, it will also offer glimpses of seve...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Sheehey heading to Indiana

Christopher Lawlor

Will Sheehey (Stuart, Fla./The Sagemont) is cerebral by nature and he lived up to his rational demeanor. Instead of running with his emotions followin...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009