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While Kentucky will enter the season as preseason No. 1 and defending champ Louisville will be formidable, Michigan State may have its best team since Tom Izzo arrived in East Lansing and could be a title contender.

Most of the recruits have committed and players have declared for the NBA draft, which means it's time to take an early look at the best teams in college basketball in 2013-14, starting with John Calipari's reloaded Kentucky squad.

The national title has found a home in the state of Kentucky for two straight years, and Dick Vitale says either Kentucky or Louisville will make it an in-state three-peat in 2014.

Kentucky hadn't lived up to sky-high preseason expectations, but Tuesday's win at Ole Miss put the Wildcats back on track.

Dick Vitale got a first-hand look at John Calipari's newest Kentucky Wildcats, who survived a scare against Maryland and now face a challenging Duke squad.

Dick Vitale says John Calipari and Tom Crean should find a way to continue the Kentucky-Indiana rivalry series, with so many others in college basketball already coming to an end.

Dick Vitale says Nerlens Noel will step in and keep things rolling for Kentucky, while Shabazz Muhammad will help restore UCLA.

Dick Vitale wraps up the 2011-12 college basketball season by looking back at 20 magical moments from a special season.

Dick Vitale says John Calipari is more than a great recruiter -- he's a great coach who finally filled in the missing piece of his resume with a national championship.

Dick Vitale says Kentucky can be happy with Saturday's win for now, but the Wildcats know they're still one win short of their goal for the season.

Dick Vitale says if the season ends with a loss for Syracuse or Kentucky, it doesn't invalidate all the success those teams had this season.

John Calipari said his Kentucky Wildcats needed a challenge. They got it at Vanderbilt, and passed with flying colors.

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

Dick Vitale looks back on 12 memories from last season.

Dick Vitale breaks down the men's Final Four matchups and predicts who will win the national championship.