Last Season's Dynamic Freshman (Kyrie Irving):Last season was often an up-and-down roller coaster ride for fans of the Duke men's basketball team. That certainly could have been predicted.As a freshman, Kyrie Irving, had been called upon at the beginning of his career to lead the team as the primary ball-handler.The major weakness of the Blue Devils entering the 2010 season was at the point guard position, due to the graduation of All-American Jon Scheyer. As ...

Recruiting is a big part of success in college basketball. Being able to land big recruits is key, and these 30 recruits are the biggest of the 2012 class.These talented players will be put on display starting in the 2012-13 season.Perhaps this is jumping the gun a bit, but these are the 30 best recruits in the 2012 class, with predictions about where they will be playing.Begin Slideshow

Let's be honest, not many fans are able to remember regular season college basketball games. Most of the memorable games come from the NCAA tournament or conference tournaments.That's not to say that the regular season isn't filled with some pretty spectacular moments, it's just those games aren't nearly as important in the long run. Basketball isn't like football in which losing a game could mean the end of a national championship opportunity, so naturally, fans ...

This list of top players is based on their production last year. There are no projects on this list. With the graduation of senior players and the early departure of Reggie Jackson from Boston College and Iman Shumpert from Wake forest, that leaves us with several players from North Carolina! Last year Harrison Barnes was voted unto the preseason All-America team, as a freshman. It was widely thought to be very presumptuous, and this was justified when ...

Hello, back-to-back national champions. Wow—I am at a loss for words. The South Carolina Gamecocks have done it again; with a 5-2 win over Florida, the Gamecocks became the 2011 College World Series National Champions. Tanner has been known to whittle down his lineup during the postseason, but using only three different starting pitchers and three relievers? One would assume that the bullpen would be strapped and unable to perform up to par. Not here. Gamecock ace pitcher ...

Vacation is a term mostly used for a relaxing period of time away from the stress and procedures of our everyday lives. However, in the life of John Calipari, the term is far from describing something enjoyable. Calipari, the current head coach of the University of Kentucky, has been forever tarnished by the previous stops along his brilliant, yet tumultuous coaching career. Calipari resurrected two programs, Memphis and UMASS, from lonely depths and lead them to ...

When the casual fan thinks of college basketball, once they get past some of the top programs in the country like Kentucky and North Carolina, the first thing they usually think of is March Madness and brackets.  According to most, college basketball is defined by its postseason tournament like no other sport in the United States.There are two reasons for this.  For starters, the early season games don't get the publicity they deserve as the ...

Aside from slam dunks, the blocked shot may be the most exciting play in the game of basketball.Having a player who takes pride and joy in blocking shots gives a team a decided advantage on the defensive side of the ball.Players driving the lane for a chance at a layup, dunk or tear-drop will have that fierce shot blocker in the back of their minds, and that can change the outcome of ...

Luke Winn thinks that the lack of star power was the reason for the USA team finishing in fifth place at the Under-19 world championship in Riga, Latvia recently. According to Winn, USA basketball invited 49 players and only 20 accepted. 29 players said no, including three players from Duke: Quinn Cook, Austin Rivers and Josh Hairston. These three players could not have been expected to play for USA then come back and start practice ...

The Kansas Jayhawks may be in for a down year after losing a number of players to the NBA Draft and graduation including Marcus Morris, Markieff Morris, Tyrel Reed, Brady Morningstar and Josh Selby.Still, a "down" year for this program in recent years has meant bouncing around the bottom of the top 25 and receiving a four or five seed in the NCAA Tournament.With the departures of the core of the team, head coach Bill ...