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1. The NCAA's random date of April 16 to declare for the NBA draft isn't pressuring a number of players into making quick decisions. Coaches are now savvy to the date as being meaningless. That's why Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk may wait to decide until th...

Minnesota is close to finalizing a deal with Florida International coach Richard Pitino, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

1. UCLA, USC and Minnesota are finding out what Oregon and others have discovered in how difficult it is to extract coaches from good situations. On the surface the jobs are perceived as better jobs than what some of these coaches currently have, but...

1. Minnesota coveted VCU's Shaka Smart, but his former boss, current Golden Gophers athletic director Norwood Teague, couldn't convince Smart to come to the Twin Cities (he should know Smart is loyal to VCU) for the head-coaching job from which Tubby...

1. Tubby Smith and his staff had no idea they were about to be fired Monday morning as they sat in a staff meeting at 10 a.m. going over recruiting, offseason workout plans and evaluations of the Gophers' loss to Florida the previous day. Members of ...

1. Michigan sophomore guard Trey Burke has nothing but respect for Ohio State guard Aaron Craft. Craft defended Burke as well as any player has in his brief career. Burke said Craft wouldn't let him use any screens. Michigan coach John Beilein contin...

This is not the Big Ten we've been used to seeing of late. This is now the place where the players play every day all day. The new B.I.G. 10: The NCAA basketball version of the football in the SEC.

MINNEAPOLIS -- With South Dakota State standout Nate Wolters sidelined by an ankle injury, Minnesota had essentially won the game before it started. But the program's intriguing surge, the current plotline in Tubby Smith's inconsistent tenure, contin...

College basketball is a multibillion-dollar sport. With so much money at stake -- along with the prestige and exposure that comes with consistent success -- there's always pressure on coaches to win. The following list doesn't necessarily include ...

Minnesota coach Tubby Smith says returning star forward Trevor Mbakwe is "lucky to be on the team" following a guilty plea for driving while intoxicated last month.

One of the benefits of writing about college basketball pretty much every day for three years (and change) is that you get to see players develop, and careers blossom or implode, on both macro and micro levels. One of the drawbacks is that it's ea...

This morning, my man Myron Medcalf honed in on the Indiana Hoosiers. He spoke with coach Tom Crean about Cody Zeller's similarities to Andrew Luck -- which go deeper than "they're both really good" -- and the massive preseason expectations the Hoosie...

With several underclassmen and recruiting decisions in the books, Andy Katz takes another look at the Top 25 for 2012-13.

Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe got the sixth season of eligibility he wanted. The school also welcomed the NCAA's decision.

There are only four weeks until the start of March Madness. What can we expect from now until then?

1. Kentucky, which has elite freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague, could have been the biggest beneficiary if the NBA had changed the draft rule to two years out of high school. But ESPN's Ric Bucher reported Tuesday nigh...