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In ESPN The Magazine, Andy Katz interviews Kentucky coach John Calipari about how much longer he'll be the Wildcats' coach.

The prediction in the spring, the summer and the fall hasn't changed one bit for Josh Pastner. He had the toughest job of any new coach in the country. Pastner took over the Memphis program after John Calipari led the Tigers to a national title gam...

Kentucky coach John Calipari was planning to sit down with his team on Tuesday to go over the expected ascension to No. 1 next week. Of course, the Wildcats have to beat Arkansas on Saturday for that to happen. "This was an NIT team last year," s...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- If Florida is to be an NCAA tournament team again -- if it's to snap a two-year hiatus after consecutive NCAA titles -- the Gators must start a roll Saturday against LSU. They came close to upsetting Kentucky on Tuesday night, c...

There are a number of hot topics to discuss this afternoon: • On Wednesday, Cornell plays at top-ranked Kansas at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN360.com. The Jayhawks, who crushed Temple in Philadelphia on Saturday, have won 50 straight home games,...

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Sunday, Outside the Lines aired a segment on the Renardo Sidney situation. That can viewed by clicking here. Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury is understandably worried this week about Renardo Sidney's capacity to handle the ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- As John Wall ran up court during Friday's shootaround at the University of Kentucky's Craft Center, an NBA scout turned to me and said he wasn't going to write up a report. There is no need, the scout said, since all Wall needs ...

In roughly six weeks, you'll know if Vanderbilt is a real serious player for the SEC East title. By that time, the Commodores could be through the Maui Invitational with a title, or at least with two wins over projected NCAA teams Cincinnati and...

Some quick hitters after nearly five hours of our coverage of Midnight Madness on Friday night on ESPNU: • The Kentucky event was unprecedented. I'm not sure I've ever seen an entrance like John Calipari's at Kentucky. It was part Bono at a U2...

Quick hitters for Wednesday: • America East coaches privately doubted that Binghamton coach Kevin Broadus would even make it to Friday for the opening of practice. Clearly, they were correct in their prediction. Wednesday's announcement that...

Mike Jarvis is down to one car, which his wife drives. So rather than get a rental while he waits to get another, he has his son, Mike Jarvis II, pick him up every morning to take him to work at Florida Atlantic University. "It's allowing me to f...

Jeff Bzdelik likely would have gone to Minnesota had the offer come earlier in the summer. He met with Timberwolves executive David Kahn in Las Vegas. The discussion was about making Bzdelik a top assistant coach to be the nuts and bolts inside, whi...

Louisville coach Rick Pitino will have to face the taunts directed toward him when the Cardinals play on the road this season, regardless of what happens this fall during the extortion trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher, the woman who, according to police...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The chatter about getting rid of the July evaluation period makes sense for high-profile programs like Kentucky, Michigan State and UCLA. But not for the majority of programs in Division I, and that's the reason why a pu...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin can't seem to wipe the grin off his face. He knows he has a good thing going after adding Lance Stephenson to an already surging team for 2009-10. Picking up Stephenson, one of the top players i...

Jamie Dixon, Matt Painter and Chris Lowery wore their gold medals around their necks Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand. They had them on as they made their way to the airport for the return trip back to the United States on Sunday. Dixon, Pa...