On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the NCAA released attendance figures from the 2012-13 college basketball season. It should come as no surprise that Kentucky, Syracuse, Louisville, North Carolina and Indiana comprised the top five in average home attendance last season. What may come as a surprise is which school had the highest average home attendance of all the teams in the western U.S. That would be BYU with an average of  15,986 fans per home game, giving the ...

Summer is coming to an end, which means Indiana basketball's prime recruitment period will soon be over. The Hoosiers are in pursuit of a number of players in an attempt to fill the 2014 recruiting class.  Where does IU stand with the players it is after? Who is close to committing, and who is off the radar? This slideshow will provide an update on Indiana's top targets. Begin Slideshow

Summer is not the offseason for aspiring high school basketball players. This is the time when up-and-coming hoops stars get to display their talents in front of a full selection of college coaches and their staffs in gyms from Vegas to Orlando. With the July evaluation period behind us, it's a great time to take a look at the recruiting class of 2015. Here are the top three players at each position among the rising juniors. If you ...

In spite of its struggles during the early 2000s, the Michigan basketball program has plenty of history behind it. There are plenty of trivia questions one could ask about the Wolverines and their successes in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some could even reach all the way back to the earliest years of college basketball and ask a great question.  The following five questions, though, are not meant to be brain-busters. In fact, everyone considering himself/herself ...

An experienced roster, led by a talented senior class, can occasionally be overrated in college basketball. Look at these happy lads from Louisville, for instance. It's easy to forget that the national champions lost only one impact senior, that being point guard Peyton Siva. This season's Cardinals, thanks to the NBA defection of fearsome center Gorgui Dieng, are likewise a fairly young bunch with only three seniors on scholarship. How do the Cards' trio of seniors stack up ...

The Indiana Hoosiers lost four starters from last year's squad that advanced to the Sweet 16. Point guard Yogi Ferrell is the only returning starter, and he will take on a greater role—offensively and as a leader. Senior forward Will Sheehey will likely start for IU, and Arizona State transfer Evan Gordon should be a regular in the rotation as well. Head coach Tom Crean and Indiana fans know what kind of production those three players will have ...

College basketball surprises us in a new way every season, and that is truly the beauty of the sport. It features the best postseason in the country, which lends itself to miraculous shots and inspiring underdog tales, as well as engaging personalities on the sideline, raucous fanbases and future NBA stars. Throw in the pageantry of college sports and annual rivalries, and it is the perfect concoction for drama and surprises. Read on to see the 10 ...

One way to look at North Carolina's late-season resurgence a year ago was that by moving P.J. Hairston into the starting lineup and going small, Roy Williams was able to put his best five players on the floor. Another way to look at is that the Tar Heels changed their identity because of the lack of progression in James Michael McAdoo's game. The hope around Chapel Hill a year ago was that McAdoo would become a star ...

Tyus Jones announced on Tuesday over Twitter when and where he will be making his visits this fall. When the top point guard in the 2014 class tweets, it's news. So alert the masses. Jones was visiting Minnesota on Tuesday on an unofficial visit, then he said he'll make official visits to Baylor (Aug. 30-Sept. 1), Kentucky (Sept. 27-29), Kansas (Oct. 18-20) and Duke (Oct. 25-27).  Jones is visiting Baylor, Kansas and Duke with Jahlil Okafor, the ...

Forecasting Michigan State in the Final Four is a safe guess. Since taking over the program in 1995, Tom Izzo has been to six of them. He won it all in 2000, and if not for facing North Carolina’s "Team of Destiny" in 2009, he would have a pair of championship victories. In 2012, the Spartans had to rebound without star Draymond Green. Adreian Payne took on a bigger role and helped lead the team to the ...