The Michigan basketball program has enjoyed quite a run in the last decade, and along the way it has seen some of its players (Trey Burke, Manny Harris, etc.) explode for some breathtaking single-game performances. Whether it's high-scoring outbursts, triple-doubles or big performances in the NCAA tournament, it's all covered in this slideshow. So what follows here are the five-best single-game performances by Michigan players in the past decade. This subjective list consists of players who put ...

Every few seasons, a new mid-major college basketball powerhouse emerges from seemingly nowhere, and we're about due for another school to join the ranks of the recent greats. Less than 20 years ago, most of us had never even heard of Gonzaga, but the Bulldogs have now been to 16 consecutive NCAA tournaments. Butler sprang to power around the same time, winning at least 22 games every season from 1996-2003. Long before the days of Dougie McBuckets, ...

With the college basketball season tipping off in just four short months, it is never too early to look ahead at your team's opponents for the upcoming year. The Big Ten will be as deep as ever in 2014-15. Wisconsin is a national title contender, while second place in the league appears to be up for grabs. Illinois' midseason struggles kept them out of the 2014 NCAA tournament, though the Fighting Illini rebounded well to end ...

LAS VEGAS — Sam Dekker said he returned to Wisconsin for his junior year to get better. He never realized he’d get bigger, too. Dekker was listed at 6’7” during his first two seasons with the Badgers. But in the past month, he’s been measured at 6’9” on multiple occasions. The two-inch increase in Dekker’s height is noticeable at this week’s LeBron James Skills Academy, where Dekker is going through daily drills and scrimmages with a ...

UNC basketball pulled off some of the most impressive wins in the country in 2013-14—and some of the worst losses, too. The Tar Heels’ No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament owed a great deal to ugly defeats against the likes of UAB and Wake Forest, performances the Final Four hopefuls on next season’s roster must avoid at all costs. For North Carolina to go from occasional brilliance to consistent winning, Roy Williams’ troops will need ...

Last season wasn't a total wash for Fordham's Antwoine Anderson. While the freshman guard was ruled ineligible and had to sit out the entire 2013-14 campaign, that didn't prevent him from using the time off to do what he could to improve his game. Still, it wasn't easy for Anderson, who found himself on the sideline of the sport he loves. "It was real difficult," Anderson said after Fordham's workout on Tuesday. "It was very challenging, but at the ...

The Syracuse basketball team has been on one of its most successful runs of late. The team wouldn't have been able to have so much success without the accomplishments of some great players. Jim Boeheim has been on a roll lately with players such as Jonny Flynn, Dion Waiters, Wes Johnson, Michael Carter-Williams and Tyler Ennis turning into high NBA draft picks. Other players such as Brandon Triche, Kris Joseph, Scoop Jardine and Andy Rautins didn't find ...

Consistency is difficult to maintain in any sport, but it's almost impossible in college basketball. The nature of the game, with elite talent always a threat to leave for the NBA or transfer to some other school, renders any player a potential vagabond. The coaching carousel is a threat to tear away the face of any program that threatens to break into the elite. Most of the programs that win year after year are models of ...

In the past 10 years, the Kentucky basketball program has continued to be one of the most prestigious and dominant programs in college basketball. A large part of this is due to the coaching of Tubby Smith and John Calipari. Heck, you could even say Billy Gillispie because of some dominant single-game showings while he was head coach. Since 2003-04, the Wildcats have made three Final Fours and five Elite Eights. Throw in a championship in ...

North Carolina's Roy Williams will not always be the Tar Heels' head basketball coach. With former UNC star Rashard McCants' recent academic fraud allegations being weighed by school and NCAA officials, some might think he could be (or should be) leaving Chapel Hill sooner rather than later. It is not clear whether he will be forced out with the most recent investigation or head into retirement on his own terms. What we do know is that, someday, ...