We all feel like we know who college basketball's stars will be in the 2014-15 season. Duke adds freshman Jahlil Okafor, Louisville's Montrezl Harrell will spend his entire junior season in beast mode, Kentucky still has a deep blue sea of talent returning from the so-called greatest recruiting class ever, yada yada yada. But a big portion of the fun in the offseason lies in anticipating the wild cards. Who are the players who will make ...

Updates from Monday, July 14 Zack Rosenblatt of the Arizona Daily Star talk to Ray Smith about his decision to commit to Arizona: Original Text The Arizona Wildcats have shot themselves near the top of the 2015 recruiting rankings after securing the commitment of small forward Ray Smith, per Scout.com's Josh Gershon: Smith confirmed on Twitter that he's heading to Tucson: According to 247Sports' composite rankings, Smith is the 13th-best recruit in the country and third-best small forward. Before getting the 5-star ...

Right now, it's easy to assume that Caleb Swanigan is Michigan State's for the taking.  On most fronts, everyone but the Spartans are considered filler suitors when it comes to courting the 6'8", 265-pound power forward/center out of Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Homestead. However, while there may be a little something to that notion, it's not necessarily something worth taking to the bank.  While at the LeBron James camp in Las Vegas, Swanigan—the No. 3-ranked center of 2015, per ...

You won't discuss college basketball's greatest coaches for very long before the name Mike Krzyzewski is brought up. Winning more games than any coach in Division I history speaks to the Duke icon's abilities in molding players into cohesive, disciplined teams. If there's one blemish on Coach K's resume, however, it's in his training of other head coaches. The Krzyzewski coaching tree looks more like a sad, neglected shrub compared to the legacies of other famous ...

The top high school quarterbacks in America tested their skills in Beaverton, Oregon, this week. Challenges at the Elite 11 finals and The Opening revealed plenty about each passer. The collection included several committed standouts and a strong collection of California prospects. We were on the sidelines for all of the action at Nike's world headquarters and ranked the top five quarterbacks in attendance based on their performance and potential. Begin Slideshow

Getting to the Final Four is not easy. Even the best programs don't get there all of the time.  The last time Arizona made it to the NCAA tournament's national semifinals was when it played Duke in the 2001 title game. That was 13 years ago. Last year, it seemed like the Wildcats' drought was going to be over. Sean Miller's squad started off the 2013-14 season by winning its first 21 games (13-0 in nonconference and ...

North Carolina is welcoming in one of its best recruiting classes of the past decade, as the trio of prospects headed to campus this fall resulted in a No. 3 overall ranking by 247Sports. How much those players impact the 2014-15 season might not be as important as what they do the year after, though, especially if Carolina doesn't get the ball rolling on its recruiting class for 2015. Guard Joel Berry and forwards Justin Jackson and ...

Clemson represented well at Nike's The Opening camp this week, with four commits taking part in the week's activities. Each of the four performed well in their respective events and could see a jump in the next recruiting rankings. The Tigers had some potential targets at the camp as well.   Deon Cain Is an 'Elite Talent' ESPN ranks Deon Cain as the No. 4 overall athlete, but the 4-star could be moved higher in the rankings. Per ...

A college basketball coach can be a tactical genius or a silver-tongued recruiter, but if he doesn't fit with his institution and the diehard fans who support it, he won't last long enough to make any spectacular impact. Kentucky found the man who fits it, and the Big Blue Nation, better than anyone else possibly could when it contacted John Calipari about its vacant job back in 2009. And his impact qualifies as spectacular by any ...

Elite defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie's commitment to Tennessee on July 10 was a huge get for the Volunteers, and he joins a long list of standout athletes who chose to spend their college careers in Knoxville. Throughout most of his tenure as head coach of the Vols, Phillip Fulmer was widely regarded as a top-notch recruiter who pulled in elite talent to Rocky Top. In fact, he inked the No. 2-ranked class in 2002, the No. ...