ESPN Search

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In 2011-12, the Big 12 will be the only power-six conference playing a true round-robin schedule to determine a regular-season champ. And if the decision were up to the men's basketball coaches (although it never is), they would ...

Here are some quick hitters during this crazy week in college sports ... • Villanova is trying to use its rising football program as a way to get in somewhere in the ACC or a Big 12/Big East hybrid. The school is hoping the Philadelphia mar...

The current 10-team Big 12 has only one season as it's currently configured. What a shame. When Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12) bolted, the league was left with 10 schools that are all on the upward trend. There are no bad teams. None. All...

The villains are missing. The hatred, the jealousy and the nastiness are no more. Rivalries have tamed in college basketball. My two favorites from covering the sport for the past 20 years -- outside of the obvious North Carolina-Duke -- were obs...

Nebraska and Colorado can't get out of the Big 12 fast enough for the remaining 10 schools to relish the most competitive college basketball league in the country. "If you look at who we lost and where they've been basketball-wise, we got stronger,'...

A number of influential people inside and outside of college athletics mobilized over the past week to save the Big 12 Conference, stave off the Pac-10's move to expand to 16 schools, and prevent a massive reorganization of college athletics.

The Big 12 tournament tips off Wednesday in Kansas City. Here are five things to look for during the opening-day action.

There will be plenty of movement between now and November, but Kansas tops next season's initial Top 25.

Davidson's Stephen Curry and Texas' A.J. Abrams are going through a transition of taking over the point from integral members of their respective Elite Eight runs a year ago. Curry is replacing Jason Richards on the ball. Abrams is taking over fo...

The full schedules have yet to be released. But with some schools releasing their nonconference slates, it's time to take a look at what we know, writes Andy Katz.

Texas guard Myck Kabongo must sit out 23 games for accepting impermissible benefits and giving false statements during the investigation, the NCAA announced Friday.

NEW YORK -- Midnight Madness has become anticlimactic. But if that's the casualty of coaches getting more access to players, then no one will complain. By the time practice officially begins for Division I men's teams Friday night, the majority alr...

Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis told ESPN.com that he has secured commitments from 16 schools to participate in a two-tournament event in honor of Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday.

If the most pressing issue for the Big 12 in its new configuration is how to schedule West Virginia road trips, there isn't much to be concerned about going forward. The Big 12 men's basketball coaches wrapped up their meetings Tuesday in Phoenix wi...

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

Andy Katz has 20 questions to ponder as the fourth annual Tip-Off Marathon gets underway on ESPN.