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ESPN Insider Jay Bilas writes that the time has come to downsize Division I basketball. By following a model closer to college football's, the NCAA would have a better hoops product and smaller schools would compete with more similar teams.

Blog | Conversation | May 09, 2012

Penn State basketball has always needed football. Men's hoops coach Patrick Chambers knows this. What's different now? Football, with new Nittany Lions coach Bill O'Brien at the helm, needs basketball, field hockey and just about everything else more than ever.

Could a full-time college football writer who only seasonally moonlights in the world of basketball really draft a better portfolio of NCAA tournament teams than three guys who live, breathe, eat and sleep college hoops? The answer -- thankfully, for...

When you think about it, we Americans have a rather strange way of deciding our champions. We have tournaments, playoffs, best-of-seven series (unless, of course, we're talking about college football, which, let's not), all of which operate under one...

Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas will leave his post by July 1, he told ESPN.com on Wednesday at the college football commissioners' meetings.

It's court-storming season in college basketball, so Page 2 offers a primer.

Jay Bilas, Fran Fraschilla, Doug Gottlieb and Joe Lunardi revisit their preseason Final Four predictions and update their picks.

Story | Conversation | January 10, 2012

Jay Bilas analyzes a USA Today article, looking at whether NCAA coaches have too much power.

Blog | Conversation | January 02, 2012

Jeff Gold introduces the Sweat Barometer to college basketball fans, a measure of how much teams cover -- or don't cover -- the spread.

Blog | Conversation | December 07, 2011

Hopefully, you ignored college football. Hopefully, you procrastinated putting up your Christmas decorations. Hopefully, after Kentucky's thrilling win over North Carolina this afternoon, you stayed plopped in that couch groove, remote in one hand an...

Uni Watch's college hoops preview warns of gray days ahead.

It might not qualify as March Madness in November, but our writer is going to appreciate the college game in the here and now as long as the NBA is dark.

There's a chance you've seen this by now, but it warrants some discussion all the same. On Monday, 300 major college football and men's basketball players sent a formal petition to the NCAA asking the organization for, in so many words, TV rights mon...

More than 300 major college football and men's basketball players are telling the NCAA and college presidents they want a cut of ever-increasing TV sports revenue to fatten scholarships and cover all the costs of getting a degree, with athletes picking up

Needing someone strong and savvy to mend the Big 12, the league has turned to a former Big Eight commissioner who also helped usher in the era of college football as big business.

In Part 1 of a two-part series, our resident bracketologist uses a formula measuring program strength in football and basketball to realign the entire NCAA into the best possible super-conferences.

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2011