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Editor's note: ESPN.com's Summer Shootaround series catches up on the offseason storylines for each conference. For more on SEC, click here. Five offseason storylines in the SEC ... 1. Life is good in Lexington: At any other program, with any o...

Losing a lottery pick can be crippling to a college basketball program -- but it's not always, writes ESPN.com's Jason King. It all depends on what's waiting in reserve. While schools such as Connecticut and Illinois will be in rebuilding mode after ...

The 2012 NBA draft was a familiar scene. Kentucky players heard their names called in suitably historic fashion -- Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist became the first teammates of the modern era to be selected Nos. 1 and 2 overall -- en rout...

That headline ought to be fairly self-explanatory. Here are the 10 things I'm most intrigued to see in Thursday night's NBA draft: 1. Who goes No. 1 overall? (Kidding. I hope I have your attention now.) 2. OK, seriously, who goes No. 2? ...

1. Baylor coach Scott Drew said he is coming to Newark to witness history: three Baylor players taken in the NBA draft. All three -- Perry Jones III, Quincy Miller and Quincy Acy -- have a legitimate chance to be in the first round. Miller is on the ...

1.Kentucky coach John Calipari will be in Newark Thursday to see what he hopes is another record night. He has been touting a stat that is hard to beat: Every Wildcats starter for the past three seasons has been or will be an NBA draft pick. The onl...

There is no debate about No. 1 in the upcoming NBA draft. Anthony Davis has that one locked up. But who should go No. 2? Three of our writers weigh in on which player they'd take if they were drafting second overall: Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchr...

Every year, when we wave farewell to NBA-bound players and begin to analyze the coming season's rosters, we cast our flailing glares at recruiting class rankings. You can't really blame us: Every year, there are at least a handful of truly elite fres...

Kentucky's title run altered the perception of freshmen teams. Granted, their ability to compete at the highest levels is not a new trend. Ask Magic. But until Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist anchored a young UK squad's national champions...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Kentucky contingent went through two practice runs on the dais to make sure they got it just right. No one, after all, wants to mess up the procession into the East Room and the presentation of a jersey, ring and ball to Presid...

Editor's note: It's the offseason edition of The Watercooler. Eamonn Brennan and Myron Medcalf talk NBA draft decisions, the preseason's No. 1 team, UCLA's upside and more. Myron Medcalf: What's up, Eamonn? Feels like we left New Orleans months a...

One by one they said thank you, making like Oscar or Emmy winners during the award season -- acknowledging the directors (their parents), the producers (their coaches), the co-stars (their teammates) and ticket buyers (the fans) -- before walking off...

Five Kentucky underclassmen, including projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Anthony Davis, announced Tuesday night that they are all declaring for the NBA draft.

Five Kentucky underclassmen, including projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Anthony Davis, are expected to announce their draft intentions at a joint news conference.

Kentucky is Kentucky, and UCLA is back. Those are the two immediate takeaways from Wednesday night's big college hoops recruiting announcements, when the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the Class of 2012 -- center Nerlens Noel and small forward Shabazz...

NEW ORLEANS -- How did the Kentucky Wildcats just win the 2012 national title? "We were the best team this season," coach John Calipari said. "They were playing with pros," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "That didn't hurt, either." Simple enou...