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Chad Ford provides a sneak peek at some NBA draft combine participants.

Blog | Conversation | May 15, 2013

To win six games in a row in the NCAA tournament, there's an element of hard work that naturally comes with the quest for college basketball supremacy. In the same vain, there's also an element of fate. Karma, if you will. Imagine if Trey Burke ...

The Big Ten dominated the 10-member John R. Wooden All-American team with four players.

A few stats to remember from Duke's 76-71 victory over Louisville when the two met Nov. 24 in the final of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. A fast but inefficient game Louisville scored 71 points on 73 possessions, its fifth-low...

INDIANAPOLIS - A quick look at Duke's 71-61 victory Friday over Michigan State in the Sweet 16: Overview: The NCAA tournament, coaches like to say, is all about matchups. Duke versus Michigan State was supposed to be about Ryan Kelly and M...

Kevin Pelton breaks down what the scouts and stats are saying about the NBA's top draft prospects.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS -- Before the NCAA tournament started, Steven Izzo was working on his bracket. He had a game he just couldn't pick. He did what lots of kids do in that situation. He asked his dad for a tip. "I said, 'What game?' He said, 'I got yo...

College basketball differs from the pro game in innumerable ways, so for now let's just focus on one: the importance of stars. In the NBA, especially in the postseason, star power is everything; you can't win a title without at least two All-Stars...

With one flick of the wrist, Victor Oladipo ended the debate. At least in my mind. For the last few months, I'd been leaning toward putting the Indiana guard at the top of my final Wooden Award ballot. Oladipo's game-clinching 3-pointer in last weeke...

PHILADELPHIA - The sixth- and 24th-best offensive teams in the country got together for a little round-of-32 game in the NCAA tournament on Sunday evening. Naturally it went exactly as was expected. That is, what is to be expected from a game in t...

PHILADELPHIA -- A quick look at Duke's 66-50 win over the Creighton Bluejays in the second round of the NCAA tournament: Overview: Mason Plumlee owned the Duke headlines early this season, getting attention as a national player of the year candid...

On Thursday, the 32 teams competing in the NCAA men's basketball tournament combined to shoot 41.1 percent from the field. The Elias Sports Bureau tells us that's the second-worst field goal percentage by all teams combined on a single day in the rou...

Seth Curry scored 26 points, Mason Plumlee had 23 and second-seeded Duke beat Albany 73-61 on Friday in the second round of the Midwest Regional.

Everyone knows the big-name Wooden Award finalists playing in the Big Dance. But Dick Vitale's got 12 other players you should get to know before Thursday.

Chad Ford provides a look at the top NBA prospects in the Midwest Region of the 2013 NCAA tournament.

Blog | Conversation | March 19, 2013

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- With less than seven minutes left Friday night -- and his team leading by double figures -- Maryland's Dez Wells slapped the floor, Duke-style, as he shuffled back on defense. He said he wasn't trying to disrespect his opponent...