Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner is going to turn a lot of heads this year. Gardner has failed to see much playing time over the last few seasons, mainly due to the emergence of Denard Robinson as a dual-threat, big-play star. Gardner was only on the field in the latter part of the 2012 season after Robinson got injured. In five games, he led the Wolverines to three wins and a pair of losses. Entering last season, Gardner ...

While you and college basketball analysts everywhere devote the lion’s share of their recruiting attention to the will-they-or-won’t-they-play-together saga surrounding Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones, center Myles Turner of Texas has rapidly turned into one of the best prospects in the country. While many of the same schools interested in Turner are those in on Okafor, Turner is nobody’s big-man backup plan. Ignore his potential and game-changing talent at your own risk. The 5-star Turner is listed ...

The summer months are a mostly quiet time for collegians. They don't have AAU tournaments with critical eyes watching their every moves like during their prep days. We don't hear quite as much about college guys, but some were out improving their stock as counselors at the shoe camps or participants in international competition. These are 10 players who stood out. Warning to the rest of the country: It has been a good summer for the champs. Begin ...

Every college basketball program falls on hard times sooner or later. Some are able to bounce back quickly, while others stay down for quite a while. Seven teams that endured a mediocre, or in some cases just plain awful, 2012-13 season are ready to rebound right away. The process is usually expedited if a program can recruit at a high level or does not have significant roster turnover. None of these seven teams made the NCAA tournament ...

Inspiration and sports go hand in hand, especially when it comes to college basketball.  Sometimes it can be an individual person overcoming an injury on the court to help lead the team to victory. Other times it can be a story off the court that inspires an entire school to come together. With that in mind, read on to see the five most inspirational stories in Kentucky's basketball history.  Begin Slideshow

Every school that changes a coach hopes for the immediate turnaround. Can the new boss find that one motivational tactic that will turn a ragtag team into a finely-tuned machine? Most of them can't. However, some coaches do come in with a reputation that can alter the perception of his new program overnight. These 10 coaches—presented alphabetically—are new to their jobs, and a couple are new to being head coaches altogether. Some are veterans who know their way ...

Sports constantly offer up stories of inspiration. Sometimes, it’s an individual accomplishing something that seemed impossible. Other times, it’s a group coming together as a team to meet an insurmountable goal. These stories help create the memories that make it exciting to be a fan of a particular player or team. Duke basketball has many of these stories. From personal achievements to team triumphs, the Blue Devils have a rich history of inspirational moments. The following list features Duke’s five ...

On Thursday, the Big 12 announced its league schedule this year. That brought with it the dates that were immediately circled on every college basketball fan's calender: Kansas vs. Oklahoma State. Or, for those who love the stars, Andrew Wiggins vs. Marcus Smart. It has been awhile in college basketball since the sport had as many known stars heading into a season as is the case this upcoming year. Some of players, like Wiggins, have yet ...

This is what a long offseason does to us—we are about to breakdown prospects in the class of 2015, who frankly are probably more concerned about who they are going to ask to homecoming in a few months than where they are going to play college basketball. That being said, recruiting is a year round game for the power programs and coaches in the NCAA. The 2015 class will be on campus before we know it, ...

Nobody’s perfect, not even the biggest stars heading into what stands to be an exciting college basketball season. Every player has his Achilles' heel—even the ones who aren’t recovering from Achilles tears. Baylor’s Isaiah Austin is a 7’1” center who can knock down perimeter jumpers and dominate the paint with his long arms. Even with all those assets, though, the 220-lb rising sophomore is susceptible to smaller players who have the muscle to push him around. Read ...