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Oh, what a day: Marathon Tip-Off roundup

Andy Katz

...basketball floor? Reese's owned the paint, PNY had the coaching box, Bud Light, Spider Tech and O'Reilly Auto Parts all over the floor … wow. • I am not sure what, if anything...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Horns-Cowboys, Trojans-Ducks and more picks

Bruce Feldman

...his teams are very good on the road (14-3), and I don't think Cuse's O-line (71st in sacks allowed, 101st in rushing) will be able to handle a fierce Cincy pass...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

For whatever reason, these players fly under radar

Jay Bilas

EDITOR'S NOTE: Each week leading up to the season, one of our experts will offer up a list previewing some aspect of college basketball. Previous entr...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Final candidates for Colorado Springs revealed

Andy Katz

The Under-19 national team trials next month should offer a glimpse of what could be expected next season for key players and their teams hoping to ma...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

Cal wasting no time turning UK into contender

Andy Katz

...this quickly. He still is not ready to anoint the Wildcats a title contender. My colleague Dana O'Neil detailed their meteoric climb in a column Wednesday. But it's hard to ignore the talent...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 20, 2009

Ulatoski toots his Horn

Bruce Feldman

...the rest of Bruce's blog sign up for ESPN Insider. Random Stuff • Experience on the O-line can be a great barometer for a team's success, as The Wall Street Journal recently...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009

Heels have Sparty on the ropes at half

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- They were right. The players and coaches who insisted this game wouldn't be a repeat of the December meeting between North Carolina and Mic...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Bird and Magic recall a magical night

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- The game is remembered as the one that changed the complexion of college basketball, but one of the lead actors in the epic 1979 national c...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Football atmosphere inside and out of Ford Field

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- On the way to basketball's national championship, a football atmosphere broke out. Everything in and around Detroit right now screams la...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Shouldn't the Spartans be talking this over?

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- Got one simple question here: Is Tom Izzo saving his timeouts for another game that we don't know about? Michigan State needs to find a w...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

MJ not needed in this one

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- They just introduced Michael Jordan here as part of the halftime festivities honoring the newest Hall of Fame class. Sort of seems like p...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Strange setup at Ford Field

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- Bizarre, that's my first impression of this court setup. My courtside view, certainly better than most everyone else's in Ford Field, is no...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2009

It's like a football Saturday in East Lansing

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- Connecticut could be up against the ultimate home-court advantage. It's St. Patrick's Day green in here -- and LOUD. But more than that, ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2009

UConn's second-half game plan is clear

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- Clearly Jim Calhoun had a simple message at the half: Get the ball to Hasheem Thabeet. After getting the big man just six touches in the fi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2009

Lawson, Reynolds take different paths to Detroit

Dana O'Neil

DETROIT -- They shared a region, one growing up in Herndon, Va., on the southern side of the Washington, D.C., hemisphere, the other raised in Marylan...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009