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1. Baylor coach Scott Drew could have had a myriad problems had he lost Cory Jefferson and Isaiah Austin to the NBA draft. Instead, Drew's primary offseason focus is what to do at the point. He has plenty of time to discuss, dissect and analyze over ...

Fran Fraschilla breaks down the games of several returning college basketball stars who can take their games to the next level with improvements this offseason.

Blog | Conversation | April 30, 2013

Last week, when Creighton star Doug McDermott announced he would return for his senior season, I tweeted the following: My next question: How is @doublegfor3 for going to find another year of eligibility between now and Oct? Perhaps a Leon Sandcastl...

Doug McDermott's decision to stay at Creighton means he is getting a rare chance to play for the same school, in the same arena, but have a completely different experience in a new league -- a Big East.

1. The preseason Big East Player of the Year has never played a minute of basketball in the Big East. 2. His dad can breathe a sigh of relief. 3. Dude. Awesome. Those were the first reactions, precisely ordered, that fired through my synapses Th...

All-American forward Doug McDermott will return to Creighton for his senior season, he announced Thursday.

1. A number of college stars still have major decisions to make this week on their NBA draft plans and, according to either coaches or family members, the decisions are down to 50-50 for Miami's Shane Larkin, Michigan State's Adreian Payne, Creighton...

1. The new American Athletic Conference has asked for bids to host the 2014 men's basketball tournament. Memphis, Hartford (UConn), Cincinnati, Philadelphia (Temple), Orlando and possibly a few others are expected to submit their proposals. The confe...

1. Creighton's Doug McDermott is nowhere near close to making a decision on whether to declare for the NBA or return to the Bluejays, his father and coach Greg McDermott said. Greg McDermott said Doug will take this call down to the NBA's April 28 de...

To win six games in a row in the NCAA tournament, there's an element of hard work that naturally comes with the quest for college basketball supremacy. In the same vain, there's also an element of fate. Karma, if you will. Imagine if Trey Burke ...

The Big Ten dominated the 10-member John R. Wooden All-American team with four players.

Doug McDermott made Creighton history last season when he was selected as the school's first player on the AP All-America team. Now he's done it again.

With one flick of the wrist, Victor Oladipo ended the debate. At least in my mind. For the last few months, I'd been leaning toward putting the Indiana guard at the top of my final Wooden Award ballot. Oladipo's game-clinching 3-pointer in last weeke...

1. Who was the best team in the 2011? If you said UConn then you're only talking about the NCAA tournament. The Huskies finished 9-9 in the Big East and were the hottest team in the tournaments. They won 11 games in a row to win the Big East tourname...

PHILADELPHIA - The sixth- and 24th-best offensive teams in the country got together for a little round-of-32 game in the NCAA tournament on Sunday evening. Naturally it went exactly as was expected. That is, what is to be expected from a game in t...

With just over a minute left in a six-point game, Creighton's Doug McDermott was swarmed by a pair of Cincinnati defenders. Trying to escape the trap, McDermott turned and swung his elbow upward, catching the Bearcats' Shaquille Thomas in the face.