The Kentucky Wildcats are arguably the most storied program in college basketball. With eight national titles and names like Issel, Riley, Prince, Walker, Mashburn, Wall and Davis calling Lexington home, the rich history of Kentucky basketball dates across many generations.For a blue-blood program like Kentucky, it is near-impossible to make a best-ever list without leaving off well-known players whom someone could make a case for. In fact, the honorable mentions for Kentucky could more than likely ...

We've seen some incredible pitchers' duels at the 2013 College World Series, but with so many excellent position players still in the tournament, there are bound to be some offensive fireworks in the final games. NC State and North Carolina will battle it out on Thursday night in an elimination game to see which team will face UCLA in the semifinals.On the other side of the bracket, Mississippi State and Oregon State have already punched their ...

The 2013 College World Series is in full swing from Omaha, where only four teams will be left standing after Thursday night's elimination game.Mississippi State, Oregon State and UCLA have all booked a trip to the semifinals and will be joined by either NC State or North Carolina. But while several championship contenders and stars have emerged in Omaha, some others have given college baseball fans reasons to doubt.Below we'll highlight a trio of players ...

In seemingly every college basketball season, there are a handful of teams that make the leap from good to great. These squads can be historically excellent programs that had a solid, but not spectacular, effort the year before—think Louisville going from the second round in the 2011 NCAA tournament to the Final Four in the 2012 version—or upstart programs that finally arrive. The 2013-14 season will be no different. Read on to see the five ...

And then there were five. With just one game left to play before semifinals action, the College World Series is nearing its crescendo. In the tournament’s double-elimination format, there won’t be more than five games to play before deciding the championship matchup. For Oregon State, NC State and North Carolina, reaching the finals means winning out. All three squads have already dropped a contest in the College World Series, and either North Carolina or NC ...

The nation's best college baseball teams have gathered in Omaha, Neb. for the 2013 College World Series, and that means there are a handful of future MLB players among them.While we all watch for the moments and the stories from each team, it all comes down to which has the best players. These teams may not be the best from top to bottom, though, as some struggled through the CWS despite having loaded rosters.Let's take ...

The 2013 MLB draft has come and gone, but amateur baseball fans everywhere are already tuning up for the 2014 draft. A great way to see some of the prospects who are likely to be drafted early is to watch the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.Although only five teams are remaining in the tournament, all of them have some players who will probably be a factor in next year's draft. Collegiate players must be ...

North Carolina can't afford another letdown performance on Thursday night when it faces NC State for the right to move on to the 2013 College World Series semifinals.The No. 1-ranked team in the nation at the end of the regular season, North Carolina has already lost one game in the Series and will be eliminated if it loses its next contest.Interestingly enough, the team that beat the Tar Heels is their next opponent. Wolfpack ace Carlos Rodon ...

After crushing Louisville, 11-4, in the loser’s bracket of the College World Series, Oregon State met Indiana in a quarterfinal tilt on Wednesday night to determine who would play Mississippi State in the semifinals. With both teams facing elimination with another loss, the Beavers rose to the occasion as Matt Boyd pitched the game of his life, going the distance in a four-hit effort to hold Indiana scoreless in a 1-0 shutout.Catcher Jake Rodriguez provided Oregon ...

Andrew Wiggins, arguably the most highly touted basketball prospect since LeBron James, will write the next chapter of his lauded career as a member of Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks.But while the high school hype machine pegged both players as being a cut above the competition, their respective cuts derive from two starkly different cloths.June 15, Toronto's one-man aerial assault arrived in Lawrence. In less than a week, he found himself in the eye of a ...