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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

Chad Ford offers his short list of top NBA prospects from the ACC.

Blog | Conversation | October 09, 2012

There are only four weeks until the start of March Madness. What can we expect from now until then?

King's Court blows the whistle on shoddy officiating before turning its attention to Rivalry Week.

Joe Lunardi recaps the changes he made to his projected 2012 NCAA tournament bracket. With its trio of stars staying in the NBA draft, the Texas Longhorns suffer the biggest fall.

Blog | Conversation | May 11, 2011

Florida State forward Chris Singleton gives a player perspective on the NBA scouting process. These guys are watched far more often than fans realize.

Blog | Conversation | November 23, 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

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

Purdue's Final Four dreams ended in devastating fashion this season after losing Robbie Hummel to injury. But with Hummel returning to a senior-laden squad, the Boilermakers are the early favorites as the top team in 2010-11.

Chad Ford explores which NBA teams may be willing to swap a first-round pick for another commodity as the NBA trade deadline approaches.

Blog | Conversation | February 15, 2010

Chad Ford examines why NBA teams usually turn up their noses at college seniors come draft day and names the top 10 four-year players with a chance to crack the first round in June. Plus, other updates to his Big Board.

Blog | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Chad Ford runs through the college and international players that helped and hurt their stock the most this summer, including a Kansas guard who could overshadow Sherron Collins and Wake Forest's Al-Farouq Aminu, who continues to disappoint.

Blog | Conversation | November 12, 2009

College basketball is an interesting clique. There are some dysfunctional elements to the game (like the path some travel to recruit players through intermediaries), and some elements that display their utter perfection every year (like the NCAA tour...

Blog | Conversation | November 02, 2009

To kick off our Summer ShootAround series, we begin in the ACC and look at the top storylines, the key players and the freshmen and games we can't wait to see ... oh yeah, and some predictions.

The top programs in the ACC have brought in talent that should help the conference continue to thrive.