Breaking down each Big Ten/ACC Challenge game

...with Al-Farouq Aminu and Ishmael Smith, but L.D. Williams and the surrounding pieces have struggled with the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Smith verbally commits to Bruins

Josh Smith, the top-ranked center in the ESPNU 100 who couldn't make a layup as a fifth grader, verbally committed to UCLA, his AAU coach, Daryll Hennings, said Tuesday afternoon.

Reaction to Monday's games and hot topics

...played against lesser opponents, and very few triple-doubles. Turner reminds me of former Washington star Brandon Roy, who I called the best all-around player in the country in his senior season. Turner is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Americans pass first true road test

Serbia had a 3-pointer to win the game, but the shot by Ivan Paunic didn't go down. So on Tuesday night in Belgrade, the U.S. team escaped with a ...

What to watch for in '09-10, from A to Z

School is out. Draft names are in. What better time to offer up an A-to-Z of players -- and one team -- whose names we'll come to know quite well next season.

USC has plenty of options, starting with Dixon

...that has as many recruiting advantages as USC, with its proximity to players. Dixon is from the L.A. area, but Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson isn't fretting over the current situation because of...

WASHINGTON - MAY 11: University of North Carolina Men's basketball head coach Roy Williams (L) presents U.S. President Barack Obama with a team jersey at the White House May 11...

Six more weeks to sweat it out

Some schools have a Plan B. Some do not. Regardless, for the programs that have players testing the draft process without an agent, it is a nerve-racking time.

DETROIT - APRIL 06: (L-R) Head coach Roy Williams and Tyler Hansbrough #50 of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrate after they won...

Dreams and nightmares for 64 teams

What's the best-case scenario for your team? What's the worst thing that could happen? Pat Forde breaks it down for all 64 teams in the NCAA tournament.

Heels will be fine once Lawson returns

...the ball, too, pretty good.'' North Carolina coach Roy Williams wasn't fretting the Tar Heels' standing with...

No. 1 seeds not locked up

From potential No. 1 seeds to provocative questions to coach of the year candidates, The Minutes runs through it all.

Demon Deacons establish Detroit ceiling

After holding off North Carolina on Sunday, Wake Forest showed that it has the potential to reach the Final Four in Detroit, writes Andy Katz.

Tar Heels scoff at 'testing the waters'

"Testing the waters" might be common vernacular for underclassmen declaring for the NBA draft, but the UNC trio of early entrants -- Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green -- all say they're in the draft to get into the league this year, writes Andy Katz.

Tar Heels' Hansbrough, Lady Vols' Parker claim Wooden Award

He already earned an armful, but Tyler Hansbrough took one last bit of brass Friday night.