You may have seen this fun, time-wasting game making the rounds on the Internet since Tuesday, courtesy of @BallIsLife: It got me thinking about if I could do that just with players from John Calipari-led Wildcat teams. And, what do you know, it actually works out really well. For a guy who has been at Kentucky for only five seasons, he's already coached more talent than most other coaches have had in a lifetime. The toughest part ...

The Syracuse basketball team will have a completely new group of leaders in 2014-15. There will be new trendsetters on the court as well as on the stat sheet. Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant and C.J. Fair led the Orange in most statistical categories last season, and now they are all off to the NBA draft. That leaves the returning players and incoming freshman to work to fill the box score. So who is going to fill the ...

News, notes and thoughts from the college basketball world. And a few other things, too. I spent Tuesday afternoon in Houston watching former NBA head coach John Lucas II work out players at “The Lab,” which is Lucas’ name for the gym at Lutheran North High School. Watching Lucas coach and listening as he dresses down a pupil for a stupid mistake is one of my favorite parts of my job. Lucas’ old-school style is refreshing in ...

As the calendar nears June and the temperature heats up across the country, almost all is quiet on the college basketball front. Most of the coaching vacancies have been filled, and almost all of the recruits and transfers have picked a school. While fans are hitting the beaches and players gear up to dominate summer leagues, coaches are hot on the recruiting trail. A majority of players for the class of 2015 remain uncommitted, and many still have ...

Gonzaga basketball has been on hiatus following their elimination from the 2014 NCAA tournament, but the Bulldogs have a lot of momentum heading into next season after dispatching Oklahoma State in Round 2. This offseason has been an exciting one. It has been fun tracking all of the story lines led by the bevy of talented recruits and transfers entering the program this coming season. With some new faces confirmed for arrival and some surprising, and not so ...

After a slow start in which everyone counted the Kentucky Wildcats out, head coach John Calipari and his team full of talented freshmen made an improbable run to the national championship game. A 60-54 loss to UConn not only left a bitter taste in the team's mouth, but it prompted most of the players, even some with promising NBA draft statuses, to return for the 2014-2015 season. Combining one of the top recruiting classes in college basketball ...

Bring on the baseball.  While the sporting world focuses on the NBA and NHL playoffs, the French Open and the building anticipation of the World Cup, the NCAA baseball tournament is about to begin. Sure, it might not receive the hype of other college sports or the spotlight of some of the bigger events in the wider world of sports, but any college baseball fan will tell you that this tournament is a blast.  So for the ...

The 2014 NBA draft continues to inch closer—the annual rite of passage will take place on June 26. The Los Angeles Lakers will be picking at No. 7 in the first round, which narrows down the choices to some extent. Ask yourself this question, however—if the Lakers could sign Blake Griffin for $2.5 million, would they? Of course they would. That’s exactly what Aaron Gordon brings to the table—plus some added versatility. Maybe the comparison has been beaten ...

College basketball's Conference Player of the Year awards provide us with the most holistic snapshot of a season in a sport that consists of more than 350 teams spread across 49 states. All it takes is one quick look through names like Doug McDermott, Shabazz Napier, Nick Johnson, Scottie Wilbekin, T.J. Warren and Fred VanVleet on the list of 32 players who received awards this past season, and we instantly remember some of the most intriguing stories ...

Nebraska football fans know that summer is for following recruiting. While others may be watching baseball or grilling brats, Nebraska fans will be wanting to keep up on how Bo Pelini will be filling out his 2015 class. Here are five of the top targets Nebraska is chasing for next year’s recruiting class.Begin Slideshow