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1. Texas lost 18 games last season. The Longhorns won seven in the Big 12 and were shut out of the NCAA tournament for the first time since head coach Rick Barnes arrived in 1998. Sheldon McClellan and Julien Lewis were third and fourth, respectively...

1. Syracuse wasn't the only newcomer the ACC took care of in scheduling. Notre Dame has a tremendous first-year schedule in the league with home games against North Carolina and Duke. Three Big Ten nonconference games are also on Mike Brey's daunting...

1. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Thursday on our ESPNU College Basketball podcast that underclassmen should be able to work out for NBA teams before making a decision on whether to remain in the draft. That was the rule before the change by the...

1. A number of college stars still have major decisions to make this week on their NBA draft plans and, according to either coaches or family members, the decisions are down to 50-50 for Miami's Shane Larkin, Michigan State's Adreian Payne, Creighton...

1. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Tuesday on "Katz Korner" that he told Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski that at least two ranked Big Ten teams might not get byes in the conference tournament, stressing how difficult it will be when the tourney kicks o...

Michigan State won't start guard Branden Dawson and center Adreian Payne at Penn State Wednesday night because of a scuffle the two players were involved in earlier in the day at the Nittany Lion Inn, the school announced.

1. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo doesn't just play the marquee games anywhere, any place and any time. Izzo once again proves he's willing to bust the scheduling model for elite programs. The Spartans won at Bowling Green on Tuesday night. That was a...

As part of the NCAA's six-game suspension that started in March, Durand Scott was forced to sit out Miami's first three games of this season. Among those games: a stunning 63-51 loss at Florida Gulf Coast. Need any more evidence as to how valuable ...

1. Big 12 and SEC officials were working on the details of an event for next season similar to the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The SEC has 14 teams and the Big 12 has 10, so the SEC would rotate in 10 of its 14 to be involved in the matchup. Of course, to...

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 ...

Michigan State lost a tight game in its season opener to Connecticut on Friday. It was one that the Spartans were convinced they were going to win. So, what happened after the game? Did Tom Izzo and the players sit in the locker room and sulk? Har...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- The Connecticut players circled around Kevin Ollie and hugged him. Then, one by one, they ran over to congratulate their former coach, Jim Calhoun, who had watched his successor's debut, as a fill-in radio analyst. The...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Kevin Ollie's voice was hoarse. But his energy was unchanged. Sitting in the stands was UConn athletic director Warde Manuel, getting a strong look at his new "head" coach, in whom he was so confident that he gave Oll...

1. Leadership at point guard will determine a likely champion of a league and/or the nation. That's why it is disturbing that three schools are dealing with issues at the position. Michigan had to suspend Trey Burke. Texas isn't playing Myck Kabongo ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- 1st Sgt. Davidson Christmas sat up in his bed as Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and captains Derrick Nix and Russell Byrd walked into his hospital room, ecstatic that he had visitors, even for just a few minutes. Christmas was i...

Ramstein Air Base, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany -- From the moment he stepped onto the USS Carl Vinson last season to the second he stepped off, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was in awe. He wanted to experience that feeling again. So when the call cam...