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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...

On Sunday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that rising UNLV sophomore Katin Reinhardt would leave the Rebels in favor of a transfer, possibly to play for USC. This decision drew an immediate wave of criticism. It didn't help that Reinhardt r...

On Tuesday afternoon, UNLV forward Mike Moser made Oregon coach Dana Altman so happy the coach couldn't contain his beverage: "He said he spilled his coffee all over himself," Moser told the Oregonian. "He was really excited." Why all the excitemen...

The statue should match the man. I don't really know all that much about statues, honestly, but I like them, and at the very least I know how often sports statues can go hilariously awry. There is just the one rule: If you're going to build a sta...

It's like our Saturday observations, but on Wednesday instead! A few end-of-day thoughts from another tremendous evening of college hoops: 1. Kansas stole one at Oklahoma State. Don't get it twisted: I'm not saying the Jayhawks didn't deserve to w...

A handful of observations from IU-Michigan and the rest of Saturday night's college hoops action: Indiana and Michigan just played the best game of the year. No, it didn't end with a buzzer-beater finish. But that was the only thing it lacked. ...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action. No. 14 NC State at Maryland, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2: Despite its 3-0 ACC start, the fact of the matter is that NC State's defense -- much like the nonconference portion of the se...

Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action. It is super psyched about conference play. No. 8 Minnesota at No. 12 Illinois, 9 p.m. ET, BTN: I love this time of year. We're off and running with all-out conference play ...

In the buildup to Midnight Madness, ESPN Insider and our college hoops team are collaborating on a preview of one high-profile college hoops team per day -- based on Joe Lunardi's top 20 teams in his offseason Bracketology. We're calling it "Countdow...

Few things excite a fan base like the addition of an elite, top-10 recruit; freshmen of that caliber cause widespread epidemics of optimism. They are rebirth personified. But few things can be more deflating for a fan base than learning that such a p...

As part of our Summer Shootaround series, here are the best- and worst-case scenarios for each team in the Mountain West: Air Force Best-case: In the past five years, the Falcons have failed to win more than 16 games in any season. Could 2012-1...

Thanks to the new NCAA rule allowing coaches to work with players for a few hours a week during the summer (provided those players are enrolled in summer school), most college practice gyms across the country look exactly like the one you'll see in t...

Much of the talk of UNLV's exciting upcoming season has centered on the frontcourt, where a handful of players, both new and returning, could make the Runnin' Rebels one of the nation's most exciting teams. Khem Birch transferred in from Pittsburgh. ...

For most of the past two years, conference realignment has been about two things: football and football money. But as we've seen in this year's major Big East, Atlantic-10, and Colonial shuffles, the trickle-down effects of football-oriented realignm...

When Dave Rice was installed as UNLV's newest head coach last spring, he spoke frequently about putting the running back in Runnin' Rebels. In its glory days under Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV was a high-tempo, run-and-gun team. Former coach Lon Kruger w...

Realignment ruins everything. That is the typical and typically warranted and, yes, somewhat childish response to the past two years of TV-rights-induced conference realignment, a phrase I can no longer even type without wincing. I just winced. See? ...