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With Wednesday's release of our final ESPN 100 for the Class of 2013, the player rankings for the basketball recruits in the current senior class can finally be etched in stone. Although every rankings update throughout the year is full of diffic...

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: What is your one bold prediction for a player in the Class of 2013?

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2013

Chad Ford discusses the 10 top prospects for the 2014 NBA draft after the Nike Hoop Summit and several other recent all-star events.

Blog | Conversation | April 22, 2013

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: Aside from Kentucky, which college program has assembled the most impressive recruiting class in 2013?

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2013

Dave Telep's Starting 5: The latest on Kansas-bound Joel Embiid, the impact of the college coaching carousel on recruiting, and introductions to one of the nation's best rebounders and one of the nation's best freshmen.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Recruiting is a tricky deal to figure out sometimes. There's Duke, which knew it had to replace seniors Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly with a stud frontcourt player in this recruiting class. But conversely, did the thought of potentially having to ...

Talent evaluation is an inexact science. However, over the last 15 years, because of advances in technology and the ability to see prospects more, be it live on TV or through the Internet, we now know more about players on every level. However, what ...

There's no arguing the quality of this year's Jordan Brand Classic rosters, which were announced on Tuesday. The game is stocked with 22 players, and that means some of the fat has been trimmed off the event. Typically, this event constructs its ...

History tells us that lurking somewhere at the bottom end of a top-100 prospects list or possibly even outside the list entirely are future college basketball stars. Current college standouts like Trey Burke, Doug McDermott and Seth Curry were all ei...

Kansas head coach Bill Self announce two signings on Thursday. Joining the Jayhawks will be center Joel Embiid (Cameroon/The Rock School) and ESPN 100 SG Brannen Greene (Monroe, Ga./Tift County). "Joel's potential is untapped," Self said of Em...

Class of 2013 center Joel Embiid (Gainesville, Fla./The Rock School) announced his commitment to Kansas on Tuesday, ESPN.com has confirmed. The rising senior big man from Cameroon had narrowed his choices to the Jayhawks, Texas and Florida. Embiid...

The Kansas Jayhawks won a significant recruiting battle and received a verbal commitment from four-star center Joel Embiid.

Welcome to The Heard, HornsNation's weekly in-depth look inside the never-ending world of Longhorns recruiting with news, notes and interesting tidbits on the latest happenings around the program. We'll release this every Thursday. Talk about it i...

There are five uncommitted ESPN 100 centers remaining. While Joel Embiid (Cameroon/The Rock) is not currently ranked, his recent play should land him on the next list so we'll count him as one. The clear top dog out of the men in the middle is 6-foot...

When you think of Kansas, you immediately think of the long list of big-time players the program has produced. Celtics star Paul Pierce comes to mind, and so do the Morris twins and Thomas Robinson -- all of whom were lottery picks. Pierce was a h...

Center Joel Embiid (Cameroon/The Rock) lost the final game of his junior season as his Montverde squad gave up 47 points in the final quarter and overtime in a heartbreaking loss to Findlay Prep at the National High School Invitational. Embiid, just ...