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Paul Biancardi picks his 10-man Dream Team from the Class of 2013 basketball recruits.

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2013

Adam Finkelstein sheds light on five underachieving teams or non-traditional powers that could be transformed by their incoming class.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2013

With Wednesday's release of our final ESPN 100 for the Class of 2013, the player rankings for the basketball recruits in the current senior class can finally be etched in stone. Although every rankings update throughout the year is full of diffic...

The top 10 instant-impact freshmen in college basketball for 2013-14.

The top 10 instant-impact freshmen in college basketball for 2013-14.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2013

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: Which class benefited most from player rankings update?

Story | Conversation | February 19, 2013

Paul Biancardi breaks down five players who raised their stock the most in the updated ESPN 100 recruiting rankings.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2013

After a busy week of high school hoops that included last weekend's loaded Spalding Hoophall Classic, this week's Friday notebook includes a comparison of Aaron Gordon to Blake Griffin in high school, why top-10 junior Justise Winslow is wired correc...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- There's something about the annual Spalding Hoophall Classic. It's like the best of the best save themselves up for that final Monday of action. While there wasn't a breakout off-the-radar guy at this year's event, the stars...

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: Midway through the high school season, what prospect has been the most surprising so far?

Story | Conversation | January 23, 2013

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The City of Palms Classic is the best pre-Christmas high school basketball event in the country. And just imagine if top-10 senior Julius Randle (Dallas/Prestonwood Christian) hadn't been injured and elite junior Joel Berry (Orlan...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Our list of top centers in the 2013 class is littered with guys who "coulda, shoulda, might be." Fact is, there's not a lock McDonald's All-American center. Guys will have opportunities to punch their ticket to the game, but t...

After watching a week of college basketball, it struck me how few teams have two legitimate big men worth playing together. The game has evolved so much that we're seeing a different style of play. The trend is to trade bigs for guards, and it's hard...

Though the West Coast Conference's top three teams -- Gonzaga, Saint Mary's and BYU -- have accrued a lot of talent in the 2012 and '13 classes, LMU easily has the most well-rounded group.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2012

BYU head coach Dave Rose landed a verbal commitment from power forward Luke Worthington (Mequon, Wisc./Homestead) on Monday, The Deseret News is reporting. The 6-foot-8 Worthington chose the Cougars over offers from Davidson, Penn and Princeton. H...

Jabari Parker (Chicago/Simeon), the top-ranked senior in the nation, was on BYU's campus Thursday meeting with head coach Dave Rose, ESPN.com has learned. The 6-foot-8 Parker is a practicing Mormon who has been considering the Cougars along with D...