Even with the one-and-done marquee names having left for the NBA draft, college basketball’s rising sophomore class is loaded with star power. Mighty Kentucky held on to more of its freshmen than ever before under John Calipari, and the Wildcats have no monopoly on elite talent coming back for a second season on campus. One of the biggest surprises among 2013-14’s freshmen was Texas point guard Isaiah Taylor. The novice floor general put the Longhorns back ...

Canton Kaumatule is a 4-star defensive end from Honolulu who is a hot commodity on the recruiting trail. Hawaii may be considered a lovely destination by a lot of people, but Kaumatule has made it quite the opposite for opposing players in the state. He has excellent size and strength, plus he is always hustling on the field. Many college coaches are vying for his services, but the defender will only be able to choose one school. Kaumatule ...

Nebraska football fans have seen spring practice for 2014 be put into the books and are settling in for a long summer’s wait until fall practice begins and the college football season arrives. But before we leave spring practice altogether, it’s worth taking time to review where we stand and see who the winners and the losers are before fall camp begins.Begin Slideshow

The 2015 class features a ton of great recruits who hail from Big Ten country. Typically, Big Ten country consists of the states in the Midwest, but the region has expanded in 2014. Maryland and Rutgers are set to join the Big Ten, so prospects from New Jersey and Maryland will be included on this list. While rankings will fluctuate throughout the recruiting cycle, this will be a current rundown of who the top players are ...

The Bradley Braves may be a mid-major program, but they scored a big recruit in their class of 2014 on Tuesday as 4-star forward Josh Cunningham announced his commitment to the school.    Terrence Payne of CollegeBasketballTalk.com reported the news, and Jeff Borzello of CBSSports.com pointed out the marquee basketball powerhouses Cunningham passed up to land in Peoria: CSN Chicago's Scott Phillips alluded to the winning pedigree Cunningham brings with a decorated career to date: According to 247Sports' composite ...

At the end of spring practice, Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt hands out awards to individual players who did well on the field. The awards range from MVP on offense and defense to who was the hardest worker. The Bulldogs had several players step up their game this spring and it will pay dividends in the fall. And there are a few players that took a step back and will have to work even harder ...

Dana Altman's 2015 class is off to a fast start.  Mayfair High School (Lakewood, Calif.) point guard Kendall Small had offers from around the country, including programs like Connecticut, Gonzaga and Stanford, but on Tuesday, he gave his verbal to Altman and the Oregon Ducks.    He announced his decision via Twitter:  The 4-star recruit, per 247Sports' composite rankings, cited Eugene's small-town feel as reasoning behind his decision, via 247Sports' Matt Prehm:  I liked the weather out there. I love ...

Spring practice is over, and fans are now faced with the task of going all summer without college football.  But now that the spring season is over, it's time to see where every team is at in the Big 12.  As always, every team's spring game is taken with a grain of salt. Coaches rarely expose much of the playbook as teams are still in the infancy stage of developing as a unit for the fall.  But nevertheless, ...

Although Alabama's spring game gave Tide fans a small glimpse of what is in store for 2014, there was enough action between the A-Day game and the rest of spring ball to identify some of the strengths and weaknesses of this year’s squad. Nick Saban's defense once again looks salty, while the Tide's offense skill talent is among the nation's best. However, things remain unsettled at positions such as offensive line and quarterback. What ...

In a motion that will undoubtedly spark quizzical interest from Happy Valley all the way to NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, attorneys for former Vanderbilt player Brandon Vandenburg allege Penn State head football coach James Franklin and another coach contacted the woman who accused Vandenburg and four other players with sexual assault last year.      The filing, obtained by Tony Gonzalez of The Tennessean, features a litany of allegations of impropriety from prosecutors and university officials regarding the case. It ...