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Remember when the 2013-14 Kansas Jayhawks were going to be a shaky proposition? I do! Just two weeks ago, Kansas was the team losing all five of last season's starters, among them four seniors and one freshman top-five draft pick. Left in their wa...

The Champions Classic, a two-game, one-night November event conjured up two years ago, was pretty much always guaranteed to be a success. Indeed, it was just what the sport needed -- a big, marquee event featuring four of the game's best programs and...

No, we're not talking about the imbeciles on Twitter, the people who take time out of their day to write horrible things to an 18-year-old kid because he chose to attend a school different from the one they root for (and probably didn't even attend t...

Andrew Wiggins maintained a clandestine approach to his recruitment, but there's nothing secret about the 2014 potential of his choice: Kansas is right back in the driver's seat.

Eamonn Brennan examines how landing top recruit Andrew Wiggins would impact North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas and Florida State.

In 2011, when Hunter Mickelson committed to John Pelphrey at Arkansas, he was highly regarded. He was the No. 8-ranked power forward in the class, the No. 55-ranked overall player, and a key part of the recruiting class that was supposed to save Pelp...

There was some very big news on the recruiting front Monday: Andrew Wiggins, the top prep player in a loaded 2014 class and by many accounts the best since Kevin Durant, announced the cancellation of his remaining home visits with North Carolina, Kan...

It is officially the time of year when my friends and family ask me for bracket advice. And why not? They know someone who follows this stuff year-round, and could possibly give them an advantage in the office pool, and I am happy to provide whatever...

You remember last March, right? Good times: Kentucky's triumphant promenade through the bracket, two No. 2 seeds upset on the same first-round afternoon, Louisville's unlikely, Russ Smith-led Final Four run, achieved while wearing those widely despis...

It's like our Saturday observations, but on Wednesday instead! A few end-of-day thoughts from another tremendous evening of college hoops: 1. Kansas stole one at Oklahoma State. Don't get it twisted: I'm not saying the Jayhawks didn't deserve to w...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action. It was really weirded out by Taylor Swift. No. 24 Marquette at No. 20 Georgetown, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN This wasn't supposed to be a vintage year in the Big East. Vintage, in ...

It left Kansas fans disgusted, TCU fans dumbstruck, and Horned Frogs coach Trent Johnson wandering among court-storming students, offering high-fives and twirling around and looking like a man who had no idea what to do next. It was the biggest up...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of tonight's best basketball action. It has a turtle. It will never not have it. Pittsburgh at No. 5 Louisville, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: Perception-wise, I'm not sure this game could come at a worse time for the Louisv...

After two-plus months of college basketball, we've reached a bewildering, thrilling, and altogether unusual point in the season: We don't know who the best team in the country really is. Is it Duke with Ryan Kelly? The uber-efficient Florida Gator...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of tonight's best basketball action. It tried really hard to wedge a "Manhattan" reference in the headline, but it was a little too corny for its taste. No. 13 Michigan State at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN: Such...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action. It is super psyched about conference play. No. 8 Minnesota at No. 12 Illinois, 9 p.m. ET, BTN: I love this time of year. We're off and running with all-out conference play ...