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A surprising number of returning stars, a freshman class that's been salivated over for years and a bevy of national title contenders has us already counting down the days until the 2013-14 season.

Russ Smith is staying at Louisville to chase another NCAA championship and a degree.

John Gasaway looks at four teams that are being hurt by early-entry NBA draft decisions.

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2013

Leave it to Metta World Peace to top a severed goat's head for lunacy. Elsewhere, Spike Albrecht's tweet to Kate Upton surely is lost on Vin Scully in this week's "The Buzz That Was."

Russ Smith's future may not be resolved after all.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino has won induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, a source told ESPNNewYork.com on Friday.

Rick Pitino looks to claim John Calipari's throne after last year's Final Four exit.

Ted Sevransky surveys the tournament field and identifies the five best bets for the title, including Louisville and Syracuse.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2013

Louisville coach Rick Pitino visited with me for a Katz Korner piece in this week's ESPN The Magazine. Here is the full version of the Q&A I had with Pitino: What has made your press so effective over the years? Pitino: It's probably three asp...

Jay Bilas provides his preseason edition of The Bilas Index, his ranking of the top 68 teams in the nation. Rick Pitino's Louisville team earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2012

Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Maurice Cheeks said Friday night that he has been informed he did not receive the necessary votes for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals have scores to settle, and I'm not only talking about the fact that John Calipari has the last win over his buddy (tongue in cheek), Rick Pitino. Rick of Louisville is trying to win his fifth straight po...

There's a symmetry to the career arcs of Rick Pitino and John Calipari. ESPN.com interviewed several former and current colleagues and players, friends and administrators to attempt to trace the lineage of their careers from their roots to New Orleans.

Rick Reilly takes a look a the new Rick Pitino.

Maybe I was naive at times, but I never believed Rick Pitino was leaving Louisville. Not once. Not when stories surfaced that he was looking at the NBA or even another college job, especially after news of his sordid affair and subsequent extortion...

Fran Fraschilla provides his list of the next coaching legends in college basketball, a group that includes Rick Pitino, Thad Matta and Brad Stevens.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2011