North Carolina has a long tradition of producing NBA talent. Through the '80s and '90s, UNC reigned supreme with the likes of Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison. All of those former Tar Heels were recruited by the great Dean Smith, and now, they are all either retired or reaching the end of their careers. Roy Williams has recruited a lot of collegiate talent in his time at Chapel Hill, ...

In college basketball, any team can win on any night when a talented big man is on his game. A well-delivered post move and dunk, a streak of total domination on the glass or a thunderous block can demoralize the opposition and send the fans into fits of ecstasy or rage, depending on home court. The college game currently has plenty of solid size, some playing for power programs and some flying under the national radar. The ...

Kentucky basketball is arguably the most storied NCAA program, full of history stretching back to the early 1900s. There is a plethora of trivia questions you can ask about the Wildcats from any decade due to their success. For those die-hard members of Big Blue Nation, they may want to be challenged and be asked a question that involves Kentucky playing its home games in Buell Armory Gymnasium. The following five questions though, are not meant to ...

Even before their final high school seasons tip off, the 5-star prospects in NCAA basketball's freshman class of 2014 have their eyes on the NBA. More often than not, they can find a pretty good approximation of their own skill sets among the big names getting the big bucks in that league. Stanley Johnson, one of California’s top high-school hoopsters, has a power forward’s game at the small forward spot. He can only hope the combination ...

This summer has generated a lot of positive momentum for Duke basketball recruiting. The Blue Devils already received a commitment from Grayson Allen, one of the best shooting guards in the country, and they are in contention with many of the other top prospects in the class of 2014. While most schools are hoping to land a prospect who could have a major impact in his freshman season, Duke is pursuing a number of players who project ...

We all know that fan. The “diehard” that struggles to name more players on their favorite team than the amount of fingers on their right hand. The one who breaks out their favorite team’s colors (in Butler’s case, blue and white) just in time for March Madness to roll around each year, conveniently enough. For the other 11 months in the calendar year, those clothes collect dust. The one who learned everything they know about basketball from instant ...

Roy Williams has one clear message for the media. Stop! Enough with the P.J. Hairston questions. "I've read about it all damn summer, I'm tired of reading about, tired of talking about it," Williams told Andrew Carter of the News & Observer on Wednesday at a charity golf tournament. "If you want to talk about anything else, I'll talk about anything." Whew. I'm tired of it too, Coach. And I'm sure those North Carolina reporters are tired of ...

Zach Hodskins only has one arm. Now he has an offer from Florida to play basketball. Hodskins will be a senior at Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga., and according to his former coach David Boyd, the one-armed baller has been offered a preferred walk-on spot by the Gators. Yahoo! Sports' Cameron Smith added that Hodskins has also received interest from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and Birmingham Southern. Cool story, right? It is. But it's much more than that. Hodskins ...

It's a dunk-off. The only thing missing from this video might be Billy Zane introducing the entire thing. Aside from that, the highlight reel of dunks spotted by The Big Lead is slamming at its most spectacular. The two high-flying artists in the video are Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart and Kentucky's Julius Randle, and they like to pass their time by defying gravity and generally entertaining the entire Internet for a couple of minutes. TBL's Jason McIntyre gives ...

The Ohio State basketball program has high expectations heading into the 2013-14 season, but there will undoubtedly be some pitfalls along the way. The Buckeyes are deep and talented on the perimeter, but their interior play could very well leave much to be desired. Amir Williams is a question mark, freshman Marc Loving is talented but a bit undersized for the Big Ten and post depth is virtually nonexistent. This could lead to some mismatches during the ...