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John Gasaway ranks teams that have the best shot of winning a national title next season. Louisville, despite the loss of Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng, returns enough talent to challenge for a repeat championship.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

John Gasaway uses Joe Lunardi's first projected 2014 NCAA tournament bracket to identify some potential surprises, disappointments and pick his Final Four teams and national champion.

Story | Conversation | April 17, 2013

John Gasaway provides his final ranking of the top 25 freshmen in the nation, based purely on performance at the college level.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2013

John Gasaway writes that while the common narrative this college basketball season has been that there are "no great teams," Duke's performance with Ryan Kelly suggests that the Blue Devils may defy that argument by season's end.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2013

John Gasaway updates his ranking of the top 25 freshmen in the nation, based purely on performance at the college level.

Story | Conversation | February 14, 2013

John Gasaway ranks the Top 25 freshmen in college basketball, based on performance so far this season. Kansas' Ben McLemore takes the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2013

John Gasaway writes that in order to fulfill their lofty preseason expectations the Louisville Cardinals were going to have to improve significantly on offseason in 2012-13 -- and that's exactly what they've done so far.

Story | Conversation | December 28, 2012

John Gasaway ranks the top 25 freshmen in college basketball for the first month of the season -- based on production, not potential. UNLV's Anthony Bennett earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | December 06, 2012

John Gasaway writes that Kentucky fans shouldn't panic after Thursday night's loss to Notre Dame. While it's clear that this season's UK team isn't as good as last season's title-winning unit, the Wildcats still have Final Four potential.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2012

John Gasaway introduces "The Eliminator," a regular feature examining how top contenders' performance metrics stack up against past national champions and Final Four entrants. This edition looks at the top seven preseason teams.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2012

John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus projects the nation's five best defenses for the 2012-13 season.

Story | Conversation | August 29, 2012

John Gasaway offers his list of impact transfers for the 2012-13 season and makes some predictions on how well the likes of Alex Oriakhi, Aaric Murray and others will fare with their new teams.

Story | Conversation | August 06, 2012

John Gasaway ranks the top five recruiting underachievers compared to recent NCAA tournament success.

Story | Conversation | July 31, 2012

To gauge a school's true recruiting prowess, we must compare it to programs with similar success. John Gasaway does this and comes away with college basketball's top five recruiting overachievers.

Story | Conversation | July 30, 2012

After missing out on the NCAA tournament this season, the Arizona Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers should expect next year to be different. ESPN Insider John Gasaway writes that they will be part of March Madness in 2013.

Story | Conversation | April 05, 2012

John Gasaway previews the NCAA title game between Kansas and Kentucky. In the end, Kentucky is too talented and Gasaway sees the Wildcats cutting down the nets.

Story | Conversation | April 01, 2012