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David Thorpe says UNC forward John Henson would offer many options for the fledgling Pistons offense.

Blog | Conversation | May 03, 2012

To preview the college basketball season, Chad Ford looks at the top NBA draft prospects in the Big East.

Blog | Conversation | October 20, 2010

Mike Hume looks at five key questions for the Big East this season, including how good the Pitt Panthers are and whether the foul line will help or hurt Villanova.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2010

For the next month or so, our friends at The Mag are previewing one high-profile school per day for their Summer Buzz series. For the sake of all that is synergistic, yours truly will be attempting the same, complementing each comprehensive Insider p...

The Summer Buzz series heads to Georgetown, where the Hoyas' offense could take on a whole new look this season without veteran bigs on the blocks. Jay Bilas and Joe Lunardi add analysis of what's to come.

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2010

There are a number of NBA players who don't have the prototypical size to match their natural positional skill set, but there are many more talented players who never got a chance because of that fatal "tweener" moniker. David Thorpe examines why.

Blog | Conversation | June 20, 2010

WASHINGTON -- Good thing I put Georgetown in the top 25. Despite losing center Greg Monroe to the NBA draft, the Hoyas are confident they'll be in the mix for the Big East title, with one of the top backcourts in the country. "We all know [Monroe ...

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

For a while there, it looked like Greg Monroe was going to do something entirely unlikely: stay for another year of college. Monroe is a lottery pick. Most lottery picks go to the NBA draft. But Monroe was a lottery pick after his freshman season,...

Georgetown center Greg Monroe has declared for the NBA draft and plans to sign with an agent, skipping his last two seasons of college eligibility.

With Gordon Hayward gone, there are very few prospects still to declare for the NBA draft. Kyle Singler is one of them, but he says his brain is still "scrambled." There are already well over 50 underclassmen declared for this year's draft , though s...

Other than perhaps Kyle Singler and Greg Monroe, Gordon Hayward was the one big name in college basketball who hadn't declared, one way or the other, whether he was going to declare. Would he stay for another year and go back at the title with Butler...

Georgetown center Greg Monroe says Thursday's 97-83 loss to Ohio wasn't his last game as a Hoya.

Chad Ford examines prospects in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA tournament, which, not surprisingly, is highlighted by Ohio State's Evan Turner. It's a loaded region, though, and in addition to his top five players, Ford has his eye on a rising sleeper.

Blog | Conversation | March 15, 2010

NEW YORK -- Terrific first half worthy of the Saturday night bright lights of New York City. I'll be surprised if this doesn't go down to the wire. The teams are both playing too hard and too well for anyone to break ahead by much. Some quick thou...

Michael Heiman/Getty Images/Howard Smith-US PRESSWIREGeorgetown's Greg Monroe or West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler: Who will walk away as the Big East tournament's most outstanding player? NEW YORK -- A good friend pulled John Thompson III aside after ...