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Fran Fraschilla ranks the top 25 impact players in college basketball through the end of the regular season. Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. tops the list.

Story | Conversation | March 12, 2013

Jay Bilas and Chad Ford examine the nation's top players from mid-major conferences, highlighting the best under-the-radar players and ranking mid-major prospects with the highest NBA draft stocks. Plus, rising prospects and key games to watch.

Story | Conversation | February 11, 2013

Here's a look at what each team in the Midwest region is losing after this year, what kind of recruiting classes they're bringing in and what it means to their hopes of making future NCAA tournaments.

Story | Conversation | March 13, 2012

Fran Fraschilla offers answers to some of the early season questions regarding Virginia, Indiana, Baylor and Pitt. Is UVA really the ACC's third-best team? Is Baylor as good as its unbeaten record? Is Pitt off its game despite its solid mark?

Blog | Conversation | December 20, 2011

They are the pests, the stoppers, the gamblers, the glass eaters and the rim protectors. Here are Fran Fraschilla's top defensive players for the 2011-12 college basketball season.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2011

Doug Gottlieb evaluates five teams that are strong candidates to have breakout seasons in 2011-12, including Baylor, FSU and Cal.

Blog | Conversation | October 18, 2011

Doug Gottlieb analyzes some of the top returning seniors in college basketball and projects how they may impact their teams in pursuit of March Madness success.

Blog | Conversation | July 26, 2011

Doug Gottlieb

Blog | Conversation | January 15, 2011

With the college basketball season around the corner, Chad Ford goes conference by conference in previewing the top draft prospects scouts are watching. In the Pac-10, UCLA owns the cream of the crop, but an Arizona sophomore is making waves.

Blog | Conversation | October 29, 2010

Sometimes one great skill is enough to earn you a spot on an NBA roster. Fran Fraschilla breaks down this year's crop of shooters, shot-blockers and energy guys as teams look to fill specific needs in both rounds of Thursday's NBA draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 22, 2010

Organizational strategy plays a large role in the draft, and more and more teams are using advanced metrics to guide their selections. Chad Ford gets access to three teams' metric-based top-10 lists and unveils those rankings, in addition to other notes.

Blog | Conversation | June 08, 2010

The Class of 2010 has wrapped up. Which freshmen will be arriving on campus with serious hype? Doug Gottlieb gives us his 10.

Story | Conversation | May 24, 2010

With the NBA draft combine underway in Chicago, Fran Fraschilla identifies the five biggest snubs from the festivities and explains why they could end up on NBA rosters next fall.

Blog | Conversation | May 20, 2010

After attending the Nike Hoop Summit, Chad Ford breaks down some of the most promising 2011 draft prospects, including presumptive No. 1 overall pick, Harrison Barnes, a host of young European players and some of the other top high school seniors.

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2010

The report card is out, and Doug Gottlieb has the final grades for some of the best mid- and high majors and the schools from the top six conferences.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2010

Chad Ford examines prospects in the South Regional of the NCAA tournament and finds that this quarter of the bracket is devoid of elite talent. There are a few players who could rise with solid tourney runs, though.

Blog | Conversation | March 17, 2010