Big Ten ShootAround: League's elite aim for Final Four berth in Indy

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Team preview: Michigan State

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Team preview: Michigan State

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Point guard crop is weak for 2010 draft

The 2009 NBA draft may go down as one of the greatest point guard drafts of all time. A whopping 12 point guards were picked in the first round, inclu...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Davis has career-high 22; UNC holds on despite Spartans' late push

Ed Davis scored a career-high 22 points Tuesday night to help North Carolina (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) beat No. 9 Michigan State 89-82 in a rematch of last season's national championship game won by the Tar Heels.

Syracuse rises to No. 9 after upset

North Carolina, which lost to Syracuse in the 2K Sports Classic Championship last weekend, dropped sharply in the latest ESPN/USA Today men's college basketball top 25 poll, slipping from No. 4 to No. 12.

Mar 29, 2009; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Kalin Lucas (1) shoots...the midwest region of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium. Michigan State beat...

Kansas, 11 followers remain in order

One weekend of the 2009-10 NCAA men's basketball season was not enough to affect the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. The top 12 teams in the rankings, led by No. 1 Kansas, remained as they were in the preseason poll.

CAPTION: Mar 27, 2009; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self (right) during...midwest regional semifinals in the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament against the Michigan State Spartans at Lucas...

Mar 29, 2009; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Kalin Lucas (1) prepares...the midwest region of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament against the Louisville Cardinals at Lucas Oil...

Apr 3, 2009; Detroit, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo speaks...the Final Four in the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai...

Detroit prospect opts for East Lansing

...State and all-city honors as a sophomore. He also played for the gold-medal winning 2009 USA Men's U16 National Team at the FIBA Americas championships at Cordoba, Argentina, in June. Kearney's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

What many are thinking, but won't say publicly

College basketball is an interesting clique. There are some dysfunctional...If not … 9. Cut off the western United States in terms of true national championship contenders...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Enough madness to go around

...The hype over the Wildcats and their coach is something we've never seen before in college basketball. Calipari can handle the attention and is embracing it, but he also has said to me many...

...Abell/Getty Images) Mar 29, 2009; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Kalin Lucas (1) during...the midwest region of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament against the Louisville Cardinals at Lucas Oil...