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Editor's Note: This month, ESPN Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts are teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season. Today's featured program: Kentucky . Chec...

For Insider's "Freshman Impact" series, Seth Greenberg and Dave Telep examine how Kentucky's incoming freshmen could help the Wildcats win a national title.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 2013

What's the NBA's hottest throwback trend in the playoffs? Iman Shumpert's haircut? Jay-Z's ownership of an NBA franchise being "zero" rather than "trace amounts"? No, it's actually coaching. After several years of avoiding anything resembling relevan...

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.

From the first time Nerlens Noel worked out at Kentucky, John Calipari knew he had something special on his hands. "He had something in him; he could take it all to another level," Calipari of Noel. "He had that will to win. I've had players like th...

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013

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.

I know, I know. More Kentucky hype. Enough is enough already, right? Well ... no. John Calipari has signed five of the top-9 prospects in America (Julius Randle, Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson and James Young), according to ...

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.

The Maui Invitational is pretty great. I think the gym has a lot to do with it. Instead of Random Sterile Corporate Arena X or a strangely converted hotel ballroom space, the Lahaina Civic Center looks and sounds like a high school basketball gym, at...

RecruitingNation basketball experts on top performers and recruiting buzz from this past weekend's major AAU events.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2013

John Calipari and Tom Izzo give their thoughts on the proposed changes in fall practice scheduling. Plus, other head coaches weigh in on the shot-clock debate.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari announced the signing of three more student-athletes on Thursday to the top-ranked class in the country. Officially inking with UK were ESPN 100 PF Julius Randle (McKinney, Texas/Prestonwood Christian) and ESPN 10...

Kentucky All-American and top NBA draft prospect Nerlens Noel will forgo his sophomore season and turn professional.

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | April 10, 2013