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From giving the goods on Coach K dressing up like Rocky Balboa to revealing guard Jon Scheyer's messy tendencies, Duke's high-flying swingman, Gerald Henderson gives an insider's view on what it's like to be a college basketball player.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Shabazz Muhammad began his scoring barrage against No. 5 DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) with a dunk just moments after the opening tip. He put the game away in the same manner with a ferocious fourth-quarter jam. In between, the Bis...

Related: Sixth grader may be next hoops phenom As an assistant coach at Boston University, Boston College and Ohio State and head coach at Wright State for a combined 17 years, Paul Biancardi, now the director of basketball recruiting for ESPN, k...

Shabazz Muhammad will admit this much, that when he got to school Wednesday morning he wondered what schools would show up on the last day of the NCAA's contact period. After all, college coaches had been coming to Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) ...

Fresh off an impressive showing at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 in Cali (including one-on-one battles with Kemba Walker AND John Wall), Upper Room Christian's Rodney Purvis refocused his basketball recruitment. You might remember that Purvis had comm...

Every week throughout the 2009-10 season, ESPN RISE will bring you the inside scoop on the boys and girls basketball scene with quick-hitting news, notes, and tidbits.

Elton Brand averaged 25.9 points and 16.2 rebounds per game as a high school senior and lead his team to two state titles -- but even he needed help getting recognized.