Jay Bilas

Jay Bilas

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Jay Bilas provides expert color commentary from courtside on college basketball games, and serves as a studio analyst and as the co-host of ESPN's popular studio shows College Gameday and College Gamenight. He also writes for ESPN.com, and contributes numerous reports for SportsCenter. Since 2003, Bilas has provided in-depth player scouting and analysis for ESPN's coverage of the NBA Draft.

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Reaction to Monday's games and hot topics

Jay Bilas

Some thoughts and analysis on Monday's games and the latest hot topics in college hoops … Simply amazing: Milestones are great prompts to celeb...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Ten burning questions for 2009-10

Jay Bilas, ESPN.com

How good is Kansas? Does the ACC's size matter? Will the Big Ten perform? It's time for 10 burning questions.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009

New NCAA rules: The Good, the Bad, the Goofy

Jay Bilas

Several new NCAA rules have been passed or proposed recently. Here are my thoughts on a few of them: Phone Call Sensibleness: The NCAA is on the way ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Despite NCAA, camp experience a good one

Jay Bilas

...it. Breaking Down The Talent For an assessment of the top college and high school players Jay Bilas coached at the LeBron James Skills Academy, click here. When you shine a light on Nike...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2009

Plenty of reasons to like this draft class

Jay Bilas

The conventional wisdom has been that this is a weak NBA draft, and I do not necessarily disagree with that line of thinking. This draft does not hav...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2009

Wait a minute -- that congressman said what?

Jay Bilas

The basketball games on the court are over, but the draft is right around the corner and the college basketball offseason never seems to be "off." The...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 16, 2009

Can't everyone just take a deep breath?

Jay Bilas, ESPN.com

Up in arms about the alleged NCAA violations that took place at Memphis under John Calipari? Fine. But before penalties are issued and reputations are ruined, shouldn't we take a closer look at what exactly we're so fired up about?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Evaluating the draft process and other musings

Jay Bilas

The NCAA's decision to limit the time a college player can test the waters in the NBA draft process is a good one, but it does not go far enough. N...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2009

A few answers for Sonny Vaccaro

Jay Bilas, ESPN.com

It's not a matter of whether Jeremy Tyler has the right to drop out of high school. It's a matter of whether it's the right thing to do. By taking on many of the assertions made by advisor Sonny Vaccaro, Jay Bilas draws his own conclusion.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 06, 2009

Making sense of draft process

Jay Bilas

I have never been a big fan of the "test the waters" rule that the NCAA set forth several years ago in which college underclassmen can declare for the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 23, 2009

Final thoughts from the Final Four

Jay Bilas

...on Tom Izzo for getting into an up-tempo game with North Carolina, remember that Trent Johnson, Jay Wright, Mike Krzyzewski and Mark Few let that happen, too. The truth is, it is really difficult...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009

Flying elbows out of control

Jay Bilas

I cannot get over the number of purposeful and intentional elbows that have been thrown this season. Swinging an elbow is not toughness; it is not com...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 08, 2009

Thank goodness college hoops decides its champion on the court and not in the polls

Jay Bilas

Nothing generates more discussion, frustration and anger than a Top 25 poll. Everybody with a pen has a power ranking or poll, but there is very littl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 13, 2009

Take some time to look at the big picture

Jay Bilas

Each game during a season is a snapshot. The season is the big picture. Sometimes the snapshots can distort the big picture. Some got in a rush to dra...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 04, 2009

Make that back-to-back for Hansbrough

Jay Bilas, ESPN.com

Tyler Hansbrough most likely will be named national player of the year again for one simple reason: He delivers.

Story | Conversation | December 30, 2008