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Editor's Note: This month, ESPN Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts are teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season. Today's featured program: Louisville. Che...

John Gasaway and Adam Finkelstein take a look at how Louisville's incoming freshmen and transfers will fit with the Cardinals' returning players, writing that three talented guards should earn playing time in Louisville's loaded backcourt.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The small group with a literal vested interest in the racehorse gathered in the grandstand to watch the brief workout. Some stood, some sat, some sat on the railings. They made small talk and traded a few zingers, but mostly they w...

The NBA draft early entry deadline has passed, so we now have a solid image of what most teams will look like in 2013-14. Recruits have signed letters of intent, many transfers have picked new schools, coaches have been hired and fired, and standout ...

Rick Pitino loves horses. Last season he started a new custom in his hobby of naming horses for his own Louisville players. The honor was first bestowed last summer to Peyton Siva ("Siva") and Gorgui Dieng ("Dieng"), which was followed by "Russdiculo...

College basketball's incoming freshmen class promises to be one of the best in years. Add that talent to some rising sophomores and upperclassmen, and it's easy to understand why the 2013-14 pre-preseason All-American teams are loaded.

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

Derby contender Goldencents gives owners, Hall of Fame trainer rare shot at a Derby victory, Dana O'Neil writes

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.

In the moments that followed Louisville's national championship victory over Michigan earlier this month, Rick Pitino's players reminded him about the bet. Prior to their title run, Pitino had promised his team that he would get a tattoo if the Ca...

Louisville coach Rick Pitino followed through on his promise to get inked if his Cardinals won the national championship.

Louisville's Russ Smith and Rick Pitino discuss why Smith decided to stay in school instead of departing for the NBA draft....

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

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2013

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

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2013