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RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2013

In the weeks leading up to the June 27 NBA draft, we'll be taking a look at the 20 schools that have produced the best pros in the modern draft era (since 1989, when the draft went from seven to two rounds). Click here to read Eamonn Brennan's explan...

Tom Izzo has long since established his reputation for honesty. It's part of why he's so widely respected: With minimal diplomatic exception, he'll tell reporters, fans, staff members and players pretty much what he thinks, whether positive or negati...

John Gasaway writes that veteran players -- not freshmen -- will be the key to Michigan State's season. But that could be a very, very good thing.

Story | Conversation | June 05, 2013

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013

CHICAGO -- The Big Ten reported another record revenue total for the past fiscal year, and although its members on average sponsor many more sports than their counterparts in the SEC, athletic directors say their football programs have the financial ...

While Kentucky will enter the season as preseason No. 1 and defending champ Louisville will be formidable, Michigan State may have its best team since Tom Izzo arrived in East Lansing and could be a title contender.

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013

1. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Thursday on our ESPNU College Basketball podcast that underclassmen should be able to work out for NBA teams before making a decision on whether to remain in the draft. That was the rule before the change by the...

Andy Katz and Seth Greenberg discuss the early entries for the 2013 NBA draft, their offseason top 25, and talk to Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo....

Sometimes we get too excited about experience. We assume players and thus teams get better with age, and that experience automatically leads to improvement. And it often does! But every year, it seems, a team whose main quality is "everyone is back" ...

People within Michigan State's basketball program, including coach Tom Izzo, and those on the outside expected Adreian Payne to skip his senior season because teams in the league projected him to be a first-round pick.

Alvin Ellis III will be joining Michigan State's recruiting class after he was released from his commitment to Minnesota.

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and as the amazing continues to happen, the Grantland crew wants to help you buff up on some of the lesser-known faces who will be populating basketball's second season. Who Is He? Draymond Green. Where Is He...

John Calipari and Tom Izzo give their thoughts on the proposed changes in fall practice scheduling. Plus, other head coaches weigh in on the shot-clock debate.

In the weeks since Louisville cut down the nets, we've heard of two rules change proposals winding their way through the NCAA's vast tangles of procedural bureaucracy. The first was Tom Izzo's acknowledgment that the sport, with its coaches' support,...