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King's Court makes an offseason cameo with the top 10 things to watch for the 2013-14 season, including the new ACC, NCAA tournament sleepers and Louisville going for a second straight national title.

Rick Pitino loves horses. Last season he started a new custom in his hobby of naming horses for his own Louisville players. The honor was first bestowed last summer to Peyton Siva ("Siva") and Gorgui Dieng ("Dieng"), which was followed by "Russdiculo...

When last we convened to take stock of the standings in our 2013 Tourney Draft -- wherein myself and my colleagues Myron Medcalf, Jason King and John Gasaway get together, draft tournament teams and talk a fair deal of lighthearted smack -- we had ju...

ATLANTA -- The Louisville Cardinals are your 2013 national champions after beating Michigan 82-76. Overview: It was everything a national title game should be. Great offense, great pace, great performances, great stories and, having withstood all ...

Kevin Ware couldn't play Saturday against Wichita State, but he still found a way to be involved in Louisville's comeback, writes Eamonn Brennan.

The Final Four has plenty of personal dramas, but Eamonn Brennan can't wait for the business at hand. He's ready for the two games to determine which team will take the national championship.

"Digging In" is our in-depth look at what makes each of the Final Four teams tick, with an assist from the coaches who scout and prep for these teams all season. Our final scout: Louisville. How good is Louisville? Good enough to make opposing coa...

All the talk is almost over. It's time for the games. Before the Final Four begins, our writers taking a shot at predicting Saturday's semifinals.

College basketball suffered through a full-fledged existential crisis this season, where art collided with science. If one thing is certain, however, it's that the game has cornered the market on crazy and this field of 68 is no exception.

Notre Dame's five-overtime victory over Louisville included many of the elements that are wrong about college basketball. But in the end, the game also was a reminder of basketball's magical possibilities.

Eamonn Brennan and Myron Medcalf meet at the watercooler to discuss Joe Lunardi's latest NCAA bracket.

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of tonight's best basketball action. It has a turtle. It will never not have it. Pittsburgh at No. 5 Louisville, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: Perception-wise, I'm not sure this game could come at a worse time for the Louisv...

Editor's note: For two weeks, we're rolling out Blue Ribbon previews for every team in the country. We'll also have comprehensive preview coverage of the nation's top 10 conferences. As part of that, we're asking our writers to share what they're mos...

In the buildup to Midnight Madness, Insider and our college hoops team are collaborating on a preview of one high-profile college hoops team per day -- based on Joe Lunardi's top 20 teams in his offseason Bracketology. We're calling it "Countdown To ...

Basketball strategy, like strategy in all sports, evolves in fits and waves. The game changes, and teams change with it, from player body types to positional traits to coaching philosophies and defensive styles. The game becomes more physical, or les...

College sports' wacky uniform trend began, as most athletic apparel trends do, in Oregon, where for the past decade or so the Nike-backed Oregon Ducks have used a constantly shifting array of uniform colors and combinations to lure the once-averse ey...