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Colorado State, Kansas State and Miami are in the hunt for conference titles. And they're doing it with recent coaching hires who did more than maintain a level of success at their new programs. They've raised it to new levels.

Alex Oriakhi had a career-high 22 points to go with 18 rebounds, three blocks and a central role in a second-half fracas of No. 21 Missouri's easy 98-79 victory over Mississippi on Saturday.

The Duke Blue Devils are a much weaker team on both offense and defense without Ryan Kelly, writes John Gasaway. Plus, potential issues for Missouri and Kentucky.

Story | Conversation | January 12, 2013

Jay Bilas provides his Nov. 28 edition of The Bilas Index, his ranking of the top 68 teams in the nation. Tom Crean's Indiana team earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2012

After falling victim to the ultimate Cinderella (Norfolk State) in the NCAA tournament, it's time to turn the page at Missouri. A new conference. Basically a new roster. Outside Kentucky, no national contender from 2011-12 had as much of an offseas...

John Gasaway offers his list of impact transfers for the 2012-13 season and makes some predictions on how well the likes of Alex Oriakhi, Aaric Murray and others will fare with their new teams.

Story | Conversation | August 06, 2012

From the SEC to the West Coast, John Gasaway spans the country for the five most underrated players in college hoops.

Story | Conversation | July 11, 2012

Modern NCAA champions in men's basketball have followed a specific pattern, one that goes against the 2013 odds of UCLA, Indiana and other preseason darlings. Drew Cannon lists the historical championship hurdles facing some of the top preseason teams.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2012

On Sunday, 20 schools officially joined new conferences. In their own words, representatives from each school describe what the moves mean for their men's basketball programs.

Fran Fraschilla breaks down five teams that won't get much (or any) love in the preseason polls, but will be challenging for NCAA tourney bids and spots in the top 25 by season's end. At the top of the list are the Miami Hurricanes.

Blog | Conversation | June 21, 2012

Fran Fraschilla takes his "red pen" to Andy Katz's early top 25 rankings, giving his opinion on the teams that are getting too much or not enough love at this point in the offseason.

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2012

Jay Bilas breaks down Friday's stunning upsets of No. 2 seeds Missouri and Duke at the hands of Norfolk State and Lehigh. Turns out the smaller schools used the strengths of the Tigers and Blue Devils against them.

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2012

OMAHA -- Quick thoughts from Florida's 71-45 victory over Virginia Friday at the CenturyLink Center. Overview: Florida advanced to the round of 32 of the NCAA tournament, but the Gators probably didn't throw much of a scare into their future oppon...

The NCAA tournament selection committee stayed true to one facet of its new mantra: trying to keep teams in their region as much as possible.

Dick Vitale says with conference realignment, games like Saturday night's Border War between Kansas and Missouri are going to be harder to come by.

Border rivals Missouri and Kansas met the same fate this week in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, ceding ground after losses to unranked Big 12 opponents.