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John Gasaway ranks the top 25 freshmen in college basketball for the first month of the season -- based on production, not potential. UNLV's Anthony Bennett earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | December 06, 2012

New Tulsa head coach Danny Manning's staff will have a distinct Kansas flavor.

Danny Manning, the Kansas assistant and former star for the Jayhawks, has agreed to coach the Tulsa men's basketball team.

As an assistant, Danny Manning has helped Kansas become one of the best programs in the nation at developing post players. And he's proved he's more than ready for his next challenge at Tulsa.

Kansas assistant coach Danny Manning has agreed to become the next head coach at Tulsa, sources close to the situation told ESPN's Neil Everett.

Tulsa athletic director Bubba Cunningham has agreed to a contract extension, bringing an apparent end to his courtship to take the same job at Kansas.

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2010-11 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Trades, surprising picks, sleepers -- we're hearing all kinds of rumors about the 2010 NBA draft. Chad Ford reports on a wide array of news: the jumbled lottery picture, college stars ready to make noise in the second round and trades in the works.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2010

Organizational strategy plays a large role in the draft, and more and more teams are using advanced metrics to guide their selections. Chad Ford gets access to three teams' metric-based top-10 lists and unveils those rankings, in addition to other notes.

Blog | Conversation | June 08, 2010

The report card is out, and Doug Gottlieb has the final grades for some of the best mid- and high majors and the schools from the top six conferences.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2010

Insider's Giant Killers blog welcomes NCAA bracket pickers to the world of the upset, showing which teams in the field are most likely to drop a top team.

Blog | Conversation | March 10, 2010

Twice a week -- Monday and Friday -- bracketologist Joe Lunardi checks in with a "state of the NCAA tournament field" column. This is the edition for Friday, Feb. 19. If you're a Purdue fan, smile wide. If you're a South Florida fan, maybe not.

Story | Conversation | February 19, 2010

Joe Lunardi breaks down an ACC battle for one of the final spots in the tournament, plus details why Kansas and Syracuse have all but locked up No. 1 seeds.

Story | Conversation | February 08, 2010

Great (adjective) [greyt]: notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding; being such in an extreme or notable degree. "A great college basketball team." You may have heard me say it and say it many times. And you may think it sounds unkind and ...

Blog | Conversation | February 04, 2010

Joe Lunardi trots out the NCAA tournament odds for teams on the bubble and those clamoring for a No. 1 seed. Plus more details on who's in, who's out, who's strong, who's weak and who could use some more meat in its diet.

Story | Conversation | February 01, 2010

Chad Ford examines why NBA teams usually turn up their noses at college seniors come draft day and names the top 10 four-year players with a chance to crack the first round in June. Plus, other updates to his Big Board.

Blog | Conversation | November 24, 2009