After falling one game short of the Final Four in March and an offseason that saw some critical additions, the Duke basketball team has high expectations heading into the 2013-14 campaign. Among the notable roster changes were the losses of Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly and the additions of uber-talented prospect Jabari Parker and transfer Rodney Hood. Coach K will have some rotation decisions to make as the Blue Devils contend with a loaded ACC. While attention ...

Much has happened on the Indiana recruiting front this week. The Hoosiers added a second player to their 2014 class, while another target decided to take his talents to a different program.  Additionally, two more elite high school players are still deciding if IU is the right choice. Let's take a look at the status of Indiana's 2014 recruiting class.  Begin Slideshow

What happens when you lose a superstar in Ben McLemore and a plethora of senior leaders like Jeff Withey and Travis Releford?  The answer in the case of the Kansas Jayhawks is to load your roster with a dynamic freshman class that can easily contend for a national championship this season.  The biggest name in the freshman class is some guy named Andrew Wiggins, who according to everybody on planet Earth is the best thing since sliced ...

Kemba Walker magic aside, the UConn Huskies' best years since the turn of the century have been those with a dominant big man.  Emeka Okafor is seen as the premier Husky, as the 2004 NCAA championship team was anchored by the UConn legend. Hasheem Thabeet is still a UConn hero, as his performances from 2006-2009 far outweigh his NBA shortcomings. Even Andre Drummond, whose college career fell well short of what was expected, is projected to ...

No player in college basketball has generated more buzz than Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, and he started the exhibition season off with a bang against Pittsburgh State.  It looks like Wiggins' head is above the rim on this monster alley-oop: Wiggins also distributed an alley-oop, this lob to Joel Embiid: Wiggins finished with 16 points, six boards and two blocks in Kansas' 97-57 win.Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com

A timely pass deflection or interception could be the deciding factor during Saturday's Michigan vs. Michigan State contest.  Wolverines quarterback Devin Gardner, firmly set in his first year as starter, will face the best secondary of his young collegiate career when throwing against a group of exemplary Spartans defensive backs.  Having suffered through a turnover-prone spree earlier this season, the 6'4", 210-pound redshirt junior must now find a way to push those errors into the far reaches ...

Nebraska football fans have had a rough week, seeing NU get upset by Minnesota and wondering about the future of head coach Bo Pelini. A smart and particularly handsome analyst has already listed five coaches who might replace Pelini if Nebraska makes a change at the end of the season. But Pelini is still the head man, and Nebraska still has a shot to win the Legends Division and make sure NU athletic director Shawn Eichorst ...

The Tennessee football program already was teetering on the brink of making a coaching move when Missouri rolled into Knoxville last year. A four-overtime, 51-48 victory by the Tigers put yet another nail in Derek Dooley's ultimate big orange coffin. Mizzou quarterback James Franklin found then-freshman Dorial Green-Beckham for a 25-yard touchdown pass with 47 seconds left to send the game into overtime. After regulation ended, neither team could stop the other. Both scored touchdowns on their first ...

UCLA's freshmen offensive linemen are getting some serious on-the-job training. Caleb Benenoch and Alex Redmond made their first career starts Oct. 19 against Stanford, the nation's top sack-creating defense in 2012 that is third-ranked this season. Fellow frosh Scott Quessenberry joined them last week, making his collegiate debut against Oregon, the nation's No. 16 sacking defense.  Injuries across the Bruins front five forced head coach Jim Mora to patch holes with first-year players, and the result hasn't ...

With the second week of BCS rankings released, there were naturally still some teams that were ranked too high based off of what they've done so far this season. There wasn't much debate as to who should be No. 1, with the Alabama Crimson Tide looking for their third straight national championship.  Meanwhile, teams like Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State are looking to stay undefeated and grab the No. 2 spot to play Alabama at ...