Kentucky’s recent national championship victory raised some questions about just how good was this Wildcat team. Could they beat the 2003 Connecticut team featuring Emeka Okafor, or the Tyler Hansbrough led 2009 North Carolina team?Certainly Anthony Davis is one of the best freshman defensive big men I’ve ever seen. Of course we’ll never know because the teams will never play, but hey, it makes for some fun discussion.Let’s size up the team. 1. North Carolina Tar ...

Every year, the NBA Draft is full of players who were exceptional college basketball players. Players like Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving and, in the case of 2012, Anthony Davis were all destined to entertain us for one season before taking their talents to the NBA.But for every Irving, there is a Tobias Harris. Some players that leave the college ranks early and leave us all wondering why they would make such an enormous jump when ...

We've seen kids get tons of accolades and attention out of high school, only to fall flat in college or the NBA. Well that isn't who Shabazz Muhammad is.He isn't Felipe Lopez or Dajuan Wagner. I'm not going as far as saying he's LeBron James either, but this kid's mental and physical makeup makes him as can't miss as a kid can be.There are simply no major deficiencies that can't be worked through with hard ...

Following Kentucky's national championship, the draft stock for the Wildcats players entering the NBA is on the rise. Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and their cohorts present some of the best options in this year's pool, and in the cases of Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist, they will pay huge dividends for whichever teams are lucky enough to select them in the lottery. The Wildcats will have three or four players go in this year's first round, and ...

With the 2011-12 NCAA basketball season coming to a close earlier this week when Kentucky defeated Kansas in the national championship, all attention has officially turned to the 2012-13 season. Andy Katz and ESPN have even released their very early preseason rankings for next year, putting the Indiana Hoosiers on the top of their list. The biggest reasoning behind this incredible ranking has to be that the Hoosiers have a pair of McDonald’s All-American’s on their ...

One of South Carolina's top young players has been given permission to seek a transfer from the university after the recent coaching change.Anthony Gill was granted permission from USC to be released from his scholarship in order to find another school to continue playing college basketball.Gill was a top recruit for the 2011-2012 season for former coach Darrin Horn and showcased loads of potential that had him ranked as one of the top high school ...

The Kansas Jayhawks' run in the 2012 NCAA tournament was nothing short of breathtaking—literally.Five of the six games involved last-minute theatrics that decided the outcome.Although the Jayhawks were picked as preseason co-favorites—along with Texas A&M—to win the Big 12, one local sports commentator declared that Bill Self's squad wouldn't finish within the top five.Others, while not ready to travel to the depths of the aforementioned extreme, were also hesitant to anoint the Jayhawks as kings ...

While Shabazz Muhammad has been getting all the attention by scouts, reporters and college basketball fans, the real recruit worth drooling over is UCLA's Kyle Anderson.The 6'8", 225-pound Anderson is ranked the No. 5 recruit by ESPNU 100, a ranking that's well earned. Anderson is a small forward who could play all perimeter positions very well, and seems to excel as a point forward.While Muhammad is being compared as a cross between Kobe Bryant and ...

Nerlens Noel has been on the minds of college basketball fans everywhere since he put on an all-world display at the 2012 Hoophall Classic. A 6'10" center from the Tilton School in New Hampshire, Noel has all the tools to have an Anthony Davis-like impact on whichever school he chooses to attend.So the question on everyone's mind is just that: where will Noel choose to play next season?Noel has cut his list of potential landing ...

Former Detroit Pistons great Isiah Thomas has been removed as the head coach of the Florida International Golden Panthers, according to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com.Parrish first reported the news via Twitter: Isiah Thomas has been removed as coach at FIU, a source told CBSSports.com. Story coming.— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) April 6, 2012 In a full report, Parrish noted that the school confirmed Thomas' removal in a news release."We want to thank Isiah Thomas for his three ...