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1. Memphis coach Josh Pastner had former Missouri guard Michael Dixon on campus Tuesday for a face-to-face visit. Dixon's case is complicated, as ESPN.com's Jason King reported, and there is plenty he must do to become eligible. There are a few issue...

1. The new Big East pulled off an officiating coup from its competitor the American Athletic Conference when it landed veteran official John Cahill as its coordinator. Art Hyland, who is retiring as the old Big East's coordinator, will stay on as a c...

The NCAA men's basketball rules committee couldn't get enough support to even vote on reducing the 35-second shot clock but introduced more replay at the end of regulation and overtime for out-of-bounds and shot-clock violation calls.

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...

1. Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall has always said he has a million-dollar job and it would take something special to take him from his current position. The Shockers dismantled Pitt on Thursday in the NCAA tournament, and Marshall should again be...

1. Kentucky cured any hangover from the Robert Morris loss by getting a commitment Wednesday from Julius Randle. The Wildcats will have as heralded an incoming class next season as they did in John Calipari's first and third seasons in Lexington. But...

1. The NIT gets criticized for being the junior varsity. But the importance of the games can have a lasting effect. The Robert Morris home game against Kentucky will do more for RMU than had the Colonials been a 16 seed and lost in Dayton. The Robert...

1. Highlights from Tuesday's Katz Korner show on ESPNU: Kentucky coach John Calipari didn't hold back his feelings about the SEC tournament. Calipari said the tournament is for the fans and noted a number of UK fans at the SEC tournament don't normal...

In the season's final weeks, Kentucky and Notre Dame are compelling in distinctly different ways, writes Andy Katz.

1. Kentucky's NCAA tournament fate is probably closely related to what happened to Purdue in 2010, when the Boilermakers were headed toward a No. 1 seed before Robbie Hummel tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a late-February game at Minnesota. Th...

Kentucky doesn't have to be as deep, talented or efficient as last season's team. So don't bother comparing the two. Or the year before that, or the year prior under John Calipari. The rest of the country isn't comparable, either. There are no dom...

1. Ole Miss spent Wednesday dealing with a double dose of bad news. The Rebels were still stunned over Nerlens Noel's dominating 12-block performance for Kentucky in a humbling 87-74 home defeat by the Wildcats. Then came word that forward Aaron Jone...

1. San Diego State coach Steve Fisher watched the Fresno State game on the bus ride home late Wednesday night and kept rewinding Jamaal Franklin's Dominique Wilkins-esque dunk over and over and over again. Franklin threw the ball off the backboard, c...

In ESPN The Magazine, Andy Katz interviews Kentucky coach John Calipari about how much longer he'll be the Wildcats' coach.

Kentucky coach John Calipari isn't upset at all over losing to Duke Tuesday night. He needed to figure out his team and the loss has allowed him to zero in on some issues. He said the issues are: Alex Poythress has to be a strong man inside. Ky...

ATLANTA -- Seth Curry was the last Duke player to come onto the court for a shootaround Tuesday afternoon. He had a cameo or two on the court. But he didn't do much. Who knows how long he'll have to be a part-time practice player. But the Blue ...