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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.

ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas covers his new book, title contenders, the importance of experience in March, the NCAA's policies, the demise of the Big East and more....

The Big Ten is the subject of today's King Court and the CBB Live Extra video, so we decided to have our writers answer a few questions on the nation's top conference. Among the Big Ten's title contenders, which one is best built for a deep March ...

Michigan has matched the best start in school history, and any discussion about national title contenders must now include the Wolverines.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- In the offseason, Trey Burke told the media he thought the Wolverines were national title contenders. At the time, it seemed like a stretch. There were questions worth asking: How good were the freshmen? Would the Wolverines defe...

Andy Katz, Dana O'Neil and Seth Greenberg identify the title favorites and sleepers for the 2012-13 college basketball season....

The SEC has two new members (Missouri and Texas A&M) and a defending national champion (Kentucky), along with legitimate league title contenders (Florida, Tennessee) and plenty of potential sleepers. We asked our writers to share their thoughts o...

Are the Michigan Wolverines a national title contender in 2012-13? Star sophomore-to-be point guard Trey Burke certainly thinks so, and he wasn't afraid to say as much to the Detroit Free Press's Mark Snyder: "I'm really happy," Burke said Thursday a...

Doug Gottlieb, Andy Katz, Dana O'Neil and Eamonn Brennan discuss the top national-title contenders and potential problems that face each....

As ESPN.com reveals its top five teams for the 2011-12 season, our writers answer a few questions about these prime national-title contenders.

It was a light night on the chopping block. Only seven teams were definitively trimmed from the list of national title contenders Monday, reducing the field to 189 and setting the stage for bigger cuts to come. The toughest cuts came in the Colon...

OK, OK, so I'm clearly exaggerating. The Penn State Nittany Lions are not Big Ten title contenders. But like all exaggerations, this one is born from at least a kernel of truth, which is the simple fact that in their past four games, if you couldn't ...

Are you brave and/or crazy enough to watch the entire 24-hour Tip-Off Marathon on the ESPN family of networks? Andy Katz -- who is attempting to do just that -- has come up with 24 things to watch.

In routing Arizona on the Wildcats' home court, North Carolina provided the most declarative win of all title contenders, Andy Katz writes.

Texas has gone from contender to pretender back to title contender, and the Longhorns have enjoyed the ride.

Roy Williams started it all. Bill Self and Bruce Weber filled in behind. Now all three have title contenders.