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Dave Gavitt's vision -- a Northeast alliance of basketball schools called the Big East -- came to life at Madison Square Garden.

When and where: Nov. 17-18 at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. Naismith Bracket Nov. 17: Ohio State vs. Rhode Island (5 ET, ESPN3); Seton Hall vs. Washington (7:30 ET, ESPN3) Nov. 18: Third-place game (7 ET, ESPN3); championship game (4:30 E...

Franklin Howard (Washington, D.C./Gonzaga College) has been driving lanes long before he could drive a car. By doing so, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard is driving college offers up as well. A star in the class of 2015, Howard -- who still doesn't hav...

Continuing Insider's series, Jay Bilas ranks the 2012-13 Big East, with the Louisville Cardinals at No. 1.

Story | Conversation | July 23, 2012

Here is a look at who each team in the Big East is targeting in the 2013 class.

Story | Conversation | May 31, 2012

The top three candidates for the No. 1 pick are all off to slow starts and their stock is falling. But while Anthony Davis remains No. 1 on most scouts' boards, Harrison Barnes could be dropping soon.

Blog | Conversation | December 13, 2011

Jason King with all the latest from the past week of action in college basketball.

At this time last year, Ben Hansbrough's name didn't appear on the Wooden Award preseason watch list. Five months later, he edged out Connecticut's Kemba Walker for Big East Player of the Year. Using that as a backdrop, let's remember that the list...

ESPNU 100 SF Kyle Anderson, No. 5 overall in the 2012 class commits to UCLA.

Don't follow recruiting religiously? Let Eamonn Brennan and our guru Dave Telep take you through the players and latest developments you need to know for the Class of 2012.

Javan Felix's stock soars on the second day of adidas Super 64.

Former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez thinks the Pirates would be in the NCAA tournament if he was still coaching.

That's the thesis of this Associated Press story from a couple days back, and it's hard to argue with the numbers. To wit: Yet when the nation's best high school players gathered last summer for the Elite 24 game, no New Yorkers were on the court. W...

The "elephant in the room" is an English idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. There are plenty of those in the sport of college basketball. It's a sport where people love to talk, chatter and even "hate" on each oth...

Blog | Conversation | October 29, 2010

Each Wednesday, your humble college basketball hoops blogger (er, me) will respond to your questions, comments and nonsensical rants in this space. To submit, visit this page by clicking the link under my name in the upper right-hand corner of the pa...

The trials and tribulations of Bobby Gonzalez are mostly behind him. What lies ahead? After his dismissal from Seton Hall -- which followed a 19-win season, a slew of bad player behavior and an extremely unflattering profile in the New York Times, an...