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Team preview: Memphis

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Hansbrough playing with purpose

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Tyler Hansbrough can enhance his legacy with a title this season. Who else can use the NCAA tournament to change perceptions?

Story | Conversation | March 17, 2009

Katz's Regional Breakdowns: West

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

The field of 65 is set. Allow Andy Katz to break down each region, starting out West.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009

Big Dance: Who takes the crown?

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From Selection Sunday to the Coen brothers to the players under pressure, The Minutes -- Big Dance edition! -- runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2009

Let's hear it for the little guy

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From Morehead mania to the possible fourth No. 1 seed to Chief Kickingstallionsims, The Minutes runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | March 10, 2009

UNC nudges Pitt as coaches' No. 1

ESPN.com

Here's another reason for coach Roy Williams to get all choked up: His North Carolina basketball team has returned to No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.

Story | Conversation | March 09, 2009

UConn reclaims No. 1 in coaches' poll

ESPN.com

Connecticut reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today men's college basketball poll, while four of the 31 head coaches who make up the voting membership gave their nod to Memphis.

Story | Conversation | March 02, 2009

No. 1 seeds not locked up

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From potential No. 1 seeds to provocative questions to coach of the year candidates, The Minutes runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | February 24, 2009

Pitt No. 1 for second time this season

ESPN.com

In the new ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll released Monday, Pittsburgh became the logical choice to bounce from No. 4 to No. 1 -- the second time the Panthers have hit No. 1 this season.

Story | Conversation | February 23, 2009

Forde Minutes: Stretch-run story lines, monopolies and underachievers

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From the stretch-run story lines to the multi-bid monopoly to the underachievers, The Minutes runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2009

Weekly Watch: Kentucky's Meeks, Arizona take honors

By Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Liam Foley/Icon SMI After sweeping the L.A. schools, Arizona is in the Pac-10 hunt. Editor's note: This edition is for games played from Sunday...

Page | Conversation

Wildcats out of the wilderness and back in the Pac-10 title race

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Arizona could have packed it in and given up on interim coach Russ Pennell and the season. But the Wildcats have now won three straight, and after a convincing win over UCLA, are back in the Pac-10 title race.

Story | Conversation | February 14, 2009

Hoops schools vs. non-hoops schools

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From the differences between hoops schools and non-hoops schools to ruggedness on the floor to the hots and nots, The Minutes runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009

Washington moves to head of the Pac

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Washington skidded out of the gates, but the Huskies have recently played like the team many thought they'd be in the preseason, including in Saturday's win over UCLA. U-Dub's win headlined a day full of hoops.

Story | Conversation | January 24, 2009

The good, the bad and the ugly

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

From the good (Wake Forest, Louisville) to the bad (Arizona) to the just plain bizarre (Providence), Andy Katz looks at what we learned from Saturday's hoops action.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2009