Point guard crop is weak for 2010 draft
Chad FordThe 2009 NBA draft may go down as one of the greatest point guard drafts of all time. A whopping 12 point guards were picked in the first round, inclu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Shooting up the draft board
Fran FraschillaAs the NBA stays on the lookout for shooters at the college level, there are some important distinctions between the two games that NBA personnel must...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
Stock Watch: Turner's injury a very bad break
Chad FordWe're now one month into the college basketball season, the Thanksgiving holiday tournaments are over and every player has roughly seven or eight game...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Breaking down the one-and-doners
Chad Ford...The last time a college senior was selected among the first five picks was in 2006, when Duke's Shelden Williams went No. 5 to the Atlanta Hawks. The truth is that youth and upside...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Ten burning questions for 2009-10
Jay Bilas, ESPN.comHow good is Kansas? Does the ACC's size matter? Will the Big Ten perform? It's time for 10 burning questions.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009
The individual matchups I can't wait to see
Fran Fraschilla...up this season. This, to me, could be the classic individual matchup in college basketball this season. Duke's frontline vs. North Carolina's frontline OK, so this is not exactly an individual matchup. Nevertheless...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 08, 2009
What many are thinking, but won't say publicly
Doug GottliebCollege basketball is an interesting clique. There are some dysfunctional elements to the game (like the path some travel to recruit players through i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
Enough madness to go around
Andy Katz...a rugged SEC East. • I saw it Thursday at Cameron Indoor Stadium and then again during Duke's Midnight Madness event: Hall of Fame and Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski is in as good a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009These 12 styles get the job done in college hoops
Doug Gottlieb...Self's style is both popular and effective. Also used at: Illinois State and St. John's. Duke This program's pressure defense, epic charge-taking and dribble-penetrating offense is well-known. But in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Dissecting Sagarin's all-time rankings
Pat Forde, ESPN.comPat Forde loves the first 1,195 pages of the "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia." But when it comes to Jeff Sagarin's all-time rankings, well … let the debate begin.
Story | Conversation | October 04, 2009Bzdelik's work cut out for him at Colorado
Andy KatzJeff Bzdelik likely would have gone to Minnesota had the offer come earlier in the summer. He met with Timberwolves executive David Kahn in Las Vegas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2009Weekly Watch: Duke, LSU's Thornton take honors
By Andy Katz, ESPN.comAndy Lyons/Getty Images XXX. Editor's note: This edition is for games played from Sunday, Nov. 15, through Sunday, Nov. 22. Player Of The We...
Page | ConversationCronin all smiles after Stephenson commitment
Andy KatzLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin can't seem to wipe the grin off his face. He knows he has a good thing going after adding Lance...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009U.S. U-19 team captures first gold since 1991
Andy KatzJamie Dixon, Matt Painter and Chris Lowery wore their gold medals around their necks Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand. They had them on as the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009Red-hot rivalries burn down the house
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWhen it comes to red-hot rivalries for the 2009-10 season, Tobacco Road takes a back seat to Kentucky and Louisville.
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