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Mark Titus -- you may know him from Club Trillion -- debuts on ESPN Insider and offers fans an inside view of the Big East conference: Names you don't know but should, best student sections and cheerleaders, and much more.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2010

When smart teams draft, they don't use a 1-to-30 ranking; they utilize a tier system that accounts for team need and player talent. Chad Ford, after talking to numerous teams, divides this year's crop into tiers and explains how the system works.

Blog | Conversation | June 18, 2010

Trades, surprising picks, sleepers -- we're hearing all kinds of rumors about the 2010 NBA draft. Chad Ford reports on a wide array of news: the jumbled lottery picture, college stars ready to make noise in the second round and trades in the works.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2010

Organizational strategy plays a large role in the draft, and more and more teams are using advanced metrics to guide their selections. Chad Ford gets access to three teams' metric-based top-10 lists and unveils those rankings, in addition to other notes.

Blog | Conversation | June 08, 2010

The biggest story of Day 1 at the Chicago combine was the number of no-shows. However, some prospects made strong impressions, a couple of highly regarded players had rough interviews with teams and an International Man of Mystery emerged.

Blog | Conversation | May 21, 2010

With the seemingly blank canvas that many young draft prospects present to NBA teams, the pre-draft workouts and the "combine" in Chicago often offer coaches and front office people a different perspective. All that sounds great as players get a chan...

Blog | Conversation | May 04, 2010

It's that time of year when college players announce their intentions to stay in school or head to the NBA. Underclassmen should be wary, though: The road to NBA riches is paved with bad decisions.

Story | Conversation | April 30, 2010

The report card is out, and Doug Gottlieb has the final grades for some of the best mid- and high majors and the schools from the top six conferences.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2010

Every season produces lasting memories, and the 2009-10 season produced some truly great moments. Here is what I will remember: • ... that there was not a single historically "great" basketball team this season, but there were several tru...

Blog | Conversation | April 08, 2010

Jon Scheyer of Duke and Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia are among 10 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as men's college basketball player of the year.

Kentucky's John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are the first freshmen teammates to be selected to The Associated Press' All-America team.

Ryan Corazza rounds up some notable college basketball personalities in the NCAA Tournament who will be dishing out updates on the Web about their March Madness experiences.

Chad Ford checks in with his weekly NBA draft Stock Watch, with Evan Turner soaring. Could he dethrone John Wall as the No. 1 pick?

Blog | Conversation | March 01, 2010

Fran Fraschilla breaks down the top two wings in the draft -- Ohio State's Evan Turner and Syracuse's Wesley Johnson -- to see which one is the best selection after John Wall.

Blog | Conversation | January 27, 2010

Chad Ford looks at six key January matchups you won't want to miss, because they'll have a massive impact on the NBA draft. Among the list: a battle between a pair of ACC big men projected to go in the top five.

Blog | Conversation | January 08, 2010

Chad Ford analyzes early performances to see whose NBA draft stock is rising and falling. While Evan Turner's prospects took a hit because of his back injury, others -- such as Wesley Johnson and Kyle Singler -- are moving on the board for other reasons.

Blog | Conversation | December 08, 2009