Had he been injury-free, Joel Embiid would have very likely been taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 overall pick. Falling to the Philadelphia 76ers at No. 3 constituted something of a slide, but if you ask Embiid himself, things could have been much worse. The 20-year-old talked about his draft experience on The Dan Patrick Show, and according to CSNPhilly.com's Enrico Campitelli, "He thought, after suffering the stress fracture in his foot, he ...

Fresh off a surprise national title run by Kevin Ollie’s UConn Huskies, college basketball could easily see a second straight newcomer join the ranks of championship-winning coaches. Although the usual suspects, such as Mike Krzyzewski and John Calipari, will have a lot to say about which team cuts down the nets next March, an exceptionally deep crop of coaching commoners are clamoring at the gates this season. One such hopeful is Arizona head man Sean Miller. ...

With most of last season's epic recruiting class back for a second go-around, the Kentucky Wildcats have a rare level of experience to add to their usual array of talent. There would appear to be no SEC opponent capable of standing up to such a juggernaut. But last preseason brought the term "40-0" into the college basketball lexicon, and we saw how that worked out. It's true that no SEC opponent has the top-to-bottom athletes that UK ...

Minnesota Golden Gophers senior wide receiver Logan Hutton looks like he's pretty athletic.The team's official Twitter account posted this impressive trick by Hutton. Not only does he do a backflip, but he also catches two footballs at the same time.That's right. Not one, but two footballs. You can see the catch in slow motion below.[YouTube, h/t Yahoo Sports]Read more College Football news on BleacherReport.com

Like any team, the 2014 Nittany Lions have some bright spots and some...not so bright spots on the roster. Christian Hackenberg and Jesse James are names people will know this fall. As long as the offensive line allows it, of course. Here's a look at each position on the Nittany Lions' roster from weakest to strongest.Begin Slideshow

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie, the architect behind the organization's massive rebuilding project, has maintained that this painstaking process will take some time.  When All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday was traded for Nerlens Noel and a future first-round pick at last year's draft, the first jab was thrown. The trades and the dumping of assets that followed during the ensuing season built up to the loaded 2014 draft—with two lottery picks, seven total—for Hinkie's eventual ...

Nearly six months have gone by since former Louisville head coach Charlie Strong was named the 29th head football coach for the Texas Longhorns. If the Longhorns faithful want Texas to return to the top of the college football ranks, they will have to give Strong time to do it the right way. Only six months into the job, Strong has put together an entirely new staff, worked to build relationships with the team he inherited, kept ...

In continuing our summer series of major college basketball conference projections for the 2014-15 season, this Friday we're diving into the Big Ten. The Big Ten has long been regarded as one of the best conferences in the country, but it has been quite some time since it produced a national champion. Since Michigan State cut down the nets in 2000, Connecticut has won three titles and Duke, North Carolina and Florida have each won two, ...

The rosters and teams for "The Opening 2014," the biggest summer showcase of high school football talent in the country, were released Friday afternoon, and man, is this year's lineup loaded. Of the 33 consensus 5-star players in the 2015 class, 31 are attending. The two absentees, defensive linemen Trent Thompson and CeCe Jefferson, check in as the respective No. 1 and No. 4 overall players in the country, but that only has a slight diminishing ...

Last season, the Wisconsin football team went 9-4, losing all the close calls and losing its first game by more than a touchdown for the first time in years. In Gary Andersen's second season, graduations have stripped the cupboard that he started with. James White and Ryan Groy are gone, but the Badgers still boast an excellent backfield and offensive line, which shouldn't surprise anyone who has followed Wisconsin football in the past. In what feels like ...