Counting down the most prestigious programs since 1984-85

How do you evaluate the 50 best programs in the modern era of college hoops? That's the issue ESPN's researchers tackled with the Prestige Rankings. Here are Nos. 11-20.

UCLA's class could help Bruins to another Final Four

With the late signing period coming to an end, Antonio Williams ranks ESPN.com's top 25 2008 basketball recruiting classes.

Hook 'em Horns: Texas pre-preseason No. 1

It's never too early to look ahead and try to predict the Top 25, and the Texas Longhorns are the pre-preseason No. 1, writes Andy Katz.

LA Song/Tom Izzo, Mich. St.

...in LA about Kobe and the Lakers. Then, Michigan State's Tom Izzo says great guard play and...

Audio PodCast | March 05, 2008

CBE Classic Michigan State v Missouri KANSAS CITY, MO - NOVEMBER 19: Raymar Morgan #2 of the Michigan State Spartans reacts after sinking a three-pointer during the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic semifinal game...

NBA Local: September 13

LeBron can see better than ever and more in today's NBA Local.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2007

White, Gordon give Sampson reason to smile

Now that Indiana is accustomed to Kelvin Sampson and Kelvin Sampson has D.J. White and Eric Gordon at his disposal, the rest of the Big Ten should watch out, writes Jeff Shelman.

Top 10 of the last 10: Best teams

In the second part of a weeklong look at the past decade in college basketball, ESPN.com anoints its top 10 teams from the past 10 years.

Hard to look past Gators' run

While Florida nearly missed meeting the criteria for the top 10 individual teams of the last 10 years, the Gators deserve top billing, Joe Lunardi writes.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2007

Spartans' performance stacks up against anyone's

In examining the best programs of the past decade, Andy Katz discovered something surprising: The best of all might be Michigan State.

Top 10 of the last 10: Best programs

In the first part of a weeklong look at the last decade in college basketball, ESPN.com anoints its top 10 programs from the past 10 years.

Utah introduces Boylen as new coach

Utah introduced Jim Boylen as its new basketball coach Tuesday, giving the former Michigan State assistant a five-year contract and the belief that he can turn around a program that has posted two consecutive losing seasons.

Michigan State improving as holes get filled

Jay Bilas takes a look at the job Tom Izzo has done, who's the country's best shooter and UConn's easy schedule in his weekend notebook.

Story | Conversation | December 22, 2006

A whistle is a whistle

Jemele Hill says the idea of Tom Izzo coaching football isn't as crazy as it might seem.

NBA Groupings

...Plus, John L. Smith will get fired by Michigan State

Audio PodCast | November 01, 2006