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John Gasaway ranks teams with new head coaches based on the amount of talent each new coach is inheriting. Steve Alford figures to be in good shape at UCLA, as he takes over a skilled and experienced roster.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2013

RecruitingNation's Dave Telep grades the 2013 basketball recruiting classes in the Big 12 following the late signing period.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2012

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2012-13 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2012

Seth Greenberg writes that Billy Gillispie's problems at Texas Tech did not merely stem from his being a "tough" coach -- he simply wasn't able to earn his players' trust, which a coach needs in order to work them hard and get the most out of them.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2012

Fran Fraschilla looks at the 2012-13 Big 12 conference, ranking the teams from best to worst.

Story | Conversation | July 24, 2012

Doug Gottlieb dishes out 2011-12 grades for every Big 12, Big East and Big Ten team.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2012

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2011-12 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2011

Reputations are won and lost in the month of July and two guys from Team Philly are walking away as big winners. Team Philly began the month without a sure thing high-major prospect on their roster, but leave the month two players now holding hi...

Blog | Conversation | August 01, 2011

Doug Gottlieb analyzes how he thinks several transfer players will fit in with their new teams, including the Wear twins, Devoe Joseph and Gary Franklin.

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2011

With Oklahoma's Jeff Capel and N.C. State's Sidney Lowe being the latest victims of the 2011 coaching carousel, the number of potentially available recruits continues to increase. While few would admit it, many coaches still looking to fill spots in ...

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2011

In the Conference Voices blog, our bloggers give out the postseason awards for each of their leagues.

Blog | Conversation | March 08, 2011

Doug Gottlieb ranks five teams that could surprise in their respective conference tournaments, including the Miami Hurricanes in the ACC. Also, scouting reports and buzz from around the country.

Blog | Conversation | March 05, 2011

Fran Fraschilla breaks down every team in the Big 12 from top to bottom, including the rising Texas A&M Aggies, who have a bona fide star player in Khris Middleton.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2011

Doug Gottlieb

Blog | Conversation | January 15, 2011

Doug Gottlieb ranks each of the major conferences, evaluating every team. The results? Duke, Ohio State, Kansas and Pittsburgh are sitting pretty.

Blog | Conversation | January 01, 2011

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