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

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2013

In the weeks leading up to the June 27 NBA draft, we'll be taking a look at the 20 schools that have produced the best pros in the modern draft era (since 1989, when the draft went from seven to two rounds). Click here to read Eamonn Brennan's explan...

The SEC was not very good last season. Some of that was because of Kentucky's surprising struggles, and because of the eventual season-ending knee injury suffered by Nerlens Noel; when Kentucky isn't Kentucky, the SEC won't win any of those oh-so-fun...

If I were an 18-year-old college basketball star, I would want to play for Team USA. Maybe it's because I grew up playing soccer, and representing your state, region or country at various age Olympic Development Program levels was always the goal (on...

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

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013

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