As you would expect, programs like UCLA, UNC and Memphis have serious talent coming to campus in the fall. But guess who’s crashing the party with the No. 4-ranked recruiting class in the nation?
How long will it be before Rutgers is a true national basketball power?

This is kinda crazy.

Tyler Hansbrough (photo. UNC)
Maybe he realizes that life after Chapel Hill won’t be anywhere as sweet as it is now. Maybe he wants to add a championship trophy alongside his collection of POY honors. Either way, Tyler Hansbrough will be back for another year in a Tar Heel uniform, with his number already going into […]

Is Jennings the next Derrick Rose?
(photo. Kelly Kline)
The ‘07-08 NCAA freshman class was one of the deepest and most talented groups we’ve seen in a while. But with at least a dozen players from that group having already declared for this year’s NBA Draft — most notably Michael Beasley, Eric Gordon, O.J. Mayo, Kevin Love […]

Wade is half of No-10 (photo. Mannion)
What’s the basis for your decision when picking teams in the tournament? Which uniform you like better? Fiercest mascot? For years my make-or-break criteria has been the backcourt. The ‘08 Dance was a perfect example of that, as superior guard play was the determining factor between wins and losses. […]

Is DeMarcus Nelson a pro? (photo. Duke)
As usual, once the national championship game is in the books and focus turns to the NBA Draft, everyone is talking about which underclassmen are going pro while the seniors are being ignored. To be honest, this past season’s senior class wasn’t all that — when Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster […]

Derrick Rose (photo. Joe Wigdahl)
Under the Flashing Lights on the biggest stage in college hoops, Derrick Rose and Sherron Collins paced their respective squads with the gritty, tough style indigenous to the Windy City. Both guards played with the trademark aggressiveness that’s necessary to make it on Chicago’s courts.
In 1988, when Isiah Thomas was […]

Paul Pierce on Dime #5
When Kansas and Memphis hook up tonight to decide the 2008 national championship, it will be a meeting between one of the most storied programs in college basketball history and a program that’s only become a national powerhouse recently. The Jayhawks can claim one of the game’s greatest players, Wilt Chamberlain, […]

Beasley got jipped (photo. KSU)
Tyler Hansbrough.
It’s almost as if people think that the Big 12 is a mid-major conference. While Michael Beasley’s 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds per night are better than the 25.8 and 11.1 figures of last year’s Naismith POY, Kevin Durant, they are not good enough to get him the […]

Is Rose the MOP?
Even though the Memphis Tigers’ mascot is sporting a shirt that says “Joey Dorsey for Mayor,” everyone knows that Derrick Rose is the Tigers’ leader. After being named the Most Outstanding Player of his region, Rose is making the supremely athletic Darren Collison look foolish trying to guard him through the first […]