All-Star point guard Stephen Curry had his inaugural SC30 Select Camp this summer, where some of the top high school guards in the country were invited to participate in a four-day instructional camp with some of the most elite coaches in the country at the helm. Rising senior Malik Newman is the top-ranked shooting guard in the 2015 class and had the opportunity to go one-on-one with Curry in an exclusive film breakdown session. What advice did Curry ...

With the July live period in full swing, the Villanova Wildcats have had a chance to make their case to a few key recruits in the class of 2015. Head coach Jay Wright will have attended numerous tournaments featuring a ton of high-profile prep stars to see who will be the best fit in his system. With a few recruits listing Villanova as one of the schools high on their respective lists, Wright will have to make ...

The idea of being "successful" is a relative concept, regardless of the situation. It's hard to really put a barometer on what it takes for someone or something to be considered a success, certainly not without clearly defined benchmarks and expectations. Yet in the world of sports, success is one of the most commonly argued notions. Teams and players are either successful or they're not, but how we come to that conclusion varies depending on the ...

Position battles are inevitable, and the Miami Hurricanes head into fall camp with three major spots up for grabs. The 2014 edition of the 'Canes faces a pair of obvious competitions, one oft-discussed topic and a newly created major issue. Since Miami focuses so much on rotations, spots on the offensive and defensive lines demand depth over a top starter. This suggests finding a true starter is not necessarily an integral task. However, a final battle—a role the ...

During the past three years, Michigan coach Brady Hoke has been in steady contention for the highest-profile recruits. He wins some, he loses some—he lives to recruit another day. Entering this fall, the Wolverines’ head man has a pair of former 5-star prospects waiting to cut their teeth, carve their niche and establish reputations as consistent, high-level contributors: sophomore quarterback Shane Morris and sophomore running back Derrick Green. The time for Green is near; for Morris, the ...

Alabama fans are all too familiar with Nick Saban’s dislike of preseason depth charts. As AL.com’s Michael Casagrande explained during spring practice, Saban prefers that his players focus on improving daily in favor of jockeying for roster position. "I think some guys about now start to worry about the depth chart and where they are on the depth chart," Saban said. “Well we really don't have a depth chart.” However, with fall camp set to get underway in ...

After seven weeks of projected standings, the time has finally come for our first projected bracket of the 2014-15 men's college basketball season. My odds of accurately predicting the entire 68-team field in July are about as good as your odds of picking a perfect bracket in March, but that isn't going to stop either of us from trying. As was the case throughout last season, we'll take a look at the last five teams into the ...

Nebraska football fans know that fall camp is about to start, and with fall camp comes the depth chart battles that will help define the 2014 season. So while there are no official depth charts, we can speculate as to where things are at least starting out as fall camp opens. Of course, the battles in fall camp will go a long way toward determining what Nebraska’s depth chart will look like on August 30 ...

LAS VEGAS — Multiple times each week, the Varsity Club meets in the Pauley Pavilion weight room. Some days it’s a cardio workout on the treadmill or stationary bike. Other times they pump iron or focus on their core. The group only has four members, but UCLA coach Steve Alford and his three assistants don’t hesitate to boast about their fitness accomplishments when the Bruins players straddle in for their own session an hour later. “They call ...

As the long wait before the start of fall camp draws to an end, the major storylines for Notre Dame Fighting Irish heading into the 2014 season are well-documented. But the Irish are only half of the story. The other half? Their 12 opponents. As with any Notre Dame schedule, the slate is littered with some of the marquee players in college football. Who are the best at their respective positions among the teams the Fighting ...