Agents and coaches battle for prospects
Andy Katz, ESPN.comAgents have been around college hoops for years. But they seem to be multiplying these days, reaching out to players at a younger age while both infuriating and befriending coaches at all levels.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009Dyson: Back and better than ever
Andy Katz, ESPN.comWatching in street clothes as your team makes a run to the Final Four is tough. Watching as they fall short of a title is even tougher. You think UConn's Jerome Dyson is excited to start the season?
Story | Conversation | September 11, 2009Energy high as Rose hits the road again
Andy Katz...It just happened. This is all amazing.'' • There is some non-news to update: Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik still hasn't heard from Minnesota about being the top assistant for the Timberwolves' next coach...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 05, 2009Hoyas schedule gets tougher in 2009-10
Andy Katz...s gold-medal winning Under-19 World Championship team in New Zealand. After coaching Shelvin Mack and Gordon Hayward, Dixon said what he learned was "don't schedule Butler." Matt Howard, perhaps the Bulldogs' best...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009Pick-by-pick predictions for tonight's first round
Andy KatzThe trade between the Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks late Wednesday may have shifted the landscape of the draft for one of the more enigmatic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2009Picking the 25 best not an easy task
Andy Katz, ESPN.comNow that we know who's in and who's out, Andy Katz offers up the final version of his preseason top 25 -- at least until the fall.
Story | Conversation | June 15, 2009Final candidates for Colorado Springs revealed
Andy Katz...his Demon Deacons will know whether point guard Jeff Teague will be back next season. The deadline...Cheek will likely be a key element. Drew Gordon, UCLA: Gordon was in and out of the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009Six more weeks to sweat it out
Andy Katz, ESPN.comSome schools have a Plan B. Some do not. Regardless, for the programs that have players testing the draft process without an agent, it is a nerve-racking time.
Story | Conversation | April 30, 2009Jayhawks the team to beat ... for now
Andy Katz, ESPN.comThere will be plenty of movement between now and November, but Kansas tops next season's initial Top 25.
Story | Conversation | April 10, 2009Is Wake Forest the best team in the country?
Andy Katz...site wins and one monster home win over Carolina. "We're a confident group," said sophomore guard Jeff Teague. "I do feel like something special is going to happen this year." Teague is on quite...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009Sampson receives NCAA's harshest penalty
Andy Katz, ESPN.comFormer Indiana coach Sampson, now an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks, received a five-year show-cause penalty -- one of the harshest the NCAA can levy against an individual.
Story | Conversation | November 25, 2008Wake hits refresh button with exciting freshmen
Andy Katz...season's heralded freshman class was. Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo and Eric Gordon -- all lottery picks -- had developed bodies that were well beyond their collegiate class. "Those guys were older...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2008Tar Heels on top as season sets to begin
Andy Katz, ESPN.comNorth Carolina is undoubetdly the No. 1 team as the 2008-09 season gets underway, but the rest of the field isn't a runaway decision.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2008Indiana agrees with NCAA's allegations of wrongdoing
Andy Katz, ESPN.comIndiana University agreed with the NCAA's five allegations stemming from Kelvin Sampson's tenure.
Story | Conversation | May 12, 2008Early entrants leave teams playing the waiting game
Andy Katz, ESPN.comWith the deadline for college underclassmen to declare for the NBA now past, teams can take stock of what their rosters will look like in 2008-09. But it's not easy, since many players are just testing the waters and could return to school, writes Andy Katz.
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