Deon Thompson scored a career-high 20 points to help top-ranked North Carolina beat Kentucky 77-58 on Tuesday night despite playing yet again without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough. ...more

November 19, 2008

The Chicago Bulls potentially have a franchise-altering decision ahead in Thursday's NBA draft. Who's the No. 1 pick? By all accounts, it's either Kansas State forward Michael Beasley or Memphis point guard Derrick Rose, who each played one season of college basketball. ...more

June 25, 2008

If you love men's college basketball, this is your day. First, the most compelling game in the short history of the mid-major Bracket Buster series - Drake (23-3) at Butler (25-2) on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. Then, the best nonconference game of the season - Tennessee (24-2) at Memphis (26-0) on ESPN at 9 p.m. ESPN's Jay Bilas and Fran Fraschilla weigh in on the big day/night of basketball: Fraschilla on the Drake-Butler matchup: "Fittingly, it's going to be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse, where they filmed 'Hoosiers.' The fun part about this game is both teams are similar - low turnovers, high 3-point shot attempts, not much inside play, kind of the epitome of a 'Hoosiers' style. Bilas on Memphis coach John Calipari against Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl: "When they were hired, some people said they weren't sure about the fit - two Northeast-type guys in a Southern state. It just goes to show you that winning sells anywhere. The quality of the coaches has led to the quality of these programs. I can't wait to see how loud their sports coats are going to be on Saturday night." Fraschilla on how much Butler can gain today: "I think Butler's No. 8 ranking in the polls is too high. Not to take anything away from the season they are having. But based on their strength of schedule, whether they beat Drake or not, they are probably still in that 5-6 seeding range. They might get some residual effect from what they did in the past, although the NCAA Selection Committee swears they judge a team from year to year without looking to past performance." Bilas on the intangibles to watch in Tennessee-Memphis: "Memphis hasn't been a great shooting team. Last season they shot 62 percent from the free-throw line and got it up to 72 percent during the NCAA Tournament. I don't know if they have an on-off switch for that or what. The X-factor might be Tennessee guard Chris Lofton, always a difficult challenge. Then there's Tennessee's Tyler Smith, who can just overpower a defending guard. I don't know that there's a good matchup for him." ...more

February 23, 2008

Bob Knight, known as much for his fiery temper as his basketball brilliance, resigned Monday at Texas Tech, handing the team over to his son. ...more

February 5, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Central grad makes second road appearance against USF, this time as West Virginia's leading scorer. ...more

January 28, 2008

They cheered as he went by in the pre-game lay-up line. They roared every time he touched the ball, and jokingly jeered when he gave it up to a teammate. 'Give it to Alex' they cried over and over again. ...more

January 28, 2008

Twenty-six days. Dick Vitale went that long without speaking. The unmistakable voice, synonymous with ESPN's coverage of college basketball for nearly three decades, was shut down Dec. 18 after ulcerated lesions were surgically removed from his left vocal cord. ...more

January 27, 2008

Courtside: Maryland Coach Gary Williams The Maryland Terrapins (12-7, 2-2 ACC) are in high gear after last weekend's 82-80 upset against No. 1-ranked North Carolina. Maryland has won six of its last seven games. And that streak came after back-to-back home losses against Ohio and American (the Terps had been 131-3 in nonconference home games under Coach Gary Williams). ...more

January 26, 2008

Skip Prosser is gone, but his memory thrives in the rafters at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, home of the Wake Forest basketball team. ...more

January 20, 2008

For the last month, watching college basketball on cable network ESPN has been about as exciting as watching paint dry. ...more

January 15, 2008