After combining for a Big East title alongside Georgetown and national champion Louisville in 2012-13, as well as an Elite Eight performance, it's safe to say that Buzz Williams has things handled in Milwaukee.The Golden Eagles are the preseason favorites to win the new Big East, though they will get stiff competition with Butler, Georgetown, Creighton and Xavier. And despite losing Vander Blue as an early entrant to the NBA draft, expect a fourth straight ...

Just as every fan claims that his or her team is the best, every conference is anxious to prove that it is best in the land. While conference records aren't a true measure of a league's strength, if a conference does exceptionally well in Week 1, you can bet it will be trumpeting its success.So even though the college football season is more than two months away, it's not too early to predict what each conference's record will be after Week 1.Begin Slideshow

Michigan football will go as far as Devin Gardner takes it in 2013, and expectations are as high for the program this season as they've been in years.Gardner, as the team's quarterback, is certainly the most important single player on Brady Hoke's roster this season. That said, he's not the only key player who will determine whether the Wolverines succeed or fail.Football is certainly a team sport, and it takes a team-wide effort to consistently ...

Nebraska football fans are mourning the loss of some key contributors from the 2012 team. But they are not mourning all of them. Although some former starters will be missed dearly, the departure of a few will not cause too much angst. On Monday, we looked at the hardest starters to replace in 2013, due to their on-field performance and the depth of talent available to fill their roles. Now, let’s leave pleasantries aside, be ...

With realignment changing the face of NCAA basketball’s major conferences, the Player of the Year races will look very different in 2013-14. The newly formed AAC will bestow its first-ever POY award, while several other leagues will have serious new contenders. One of the most striking examples will be the new-look Big East, where Butler, Creighton and Xavier join the Catholic schools from the previous version of the conference. As much talent as the original ...

Urban Meyer’s first season as head coach of Ohio State was, well, perfect. The Buckeyes finished 12-0. After the season ended, Meyer quickly focused on recruiting. His biggest goal; plant a scarlet and gray flag in Cincinnati. Meyer, a 1986 graduate of the University of Cincinnati, recognized the disconnect between Ohio State and the Queen City. For years, the top players from Cincinnati went elsewhere. The city has often seen their top players go to ...

This is it! The final round of drafting for the All-Time Husker Greats Fantasy Draft is upon us! For your recollection, here are how the teams sit after 18 rounds. RED TEAM WHITE TEAM QB: Frazier, Tommie (1) QB: Gill, Turner (2) IB: Ahman Green (33) IB: Rozier, Mike (4) FB: Solich, Frank (27) FB: Davis, Tony (34) OG: Brown, Bob (9) OG: Shields, Will (8) OG: Taylor, Aaron (35) OG: Dean Steinkuhler (24) OT: Wiegert, Zach (17) OT: White, Daryl ...

Really, it’s amazing that just three years removed from playing in the BCS title game that it would be somewhat of a brazen prediction to proclaim, “The Longhorns will win the Big 12 in 2013!” But, the truth is since 2009 when Texas went 13-0 only to get beat 37-21 by Alabama in the BCS championship it’s been, well, it’s all been downhill. How bad has it been? The Longhorns are 22-16 since that night ...

John Calipari wants to go undefeated, and he's not hiding from it. He told a group in Ohio in April. He told Andy Katz after Kentucky's 2012 national title. He addressed it a couple of weeks ago in his we-didn't-get-Andrew Wiggins-but-we're-still-awesome press conference. Per Kyle Tucker of The Courier-Journal, he said: We’re chasing perfection. We’re chasing greatness. We’re chasing things that have never been done in the history of our game.  ... Now, I’m not sitting there saying, ...

Once 5-star cornerback Jabrill Peppers decided to join the Michigan football program on Sunday, the clock began ticking for some of the nation's top uncommitted defensive backs.The Wolverines are unlikely to bring in more than two cornerbacks in their 2014 recruiting class. This means that the first prospect to commit will finish out Michigan's recruitment at the position. As of now, 5-star corner Adoree' Jackson and 4-stars Parrker Westphal and John "Juju" Smith are the ...