Female strength coach? It won't work. That was Bill Self's initial thought on Andrea Hudy. But if you ask him and his players now, they'll say she is as big a part of Kansas' success as anyone. King »
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The little guy has become a power player in realignment. For better. And worse. Dana O'Neil »
Six weeks after the title game, Bill Self talks to Jason King about the latest happenings at KU.
It's not so surprising that VCU is going to the A-10, but that the Rams are doing so immediately.
Kentucky has raised the bar even higher for mega-hyped freshmen classes to come. Is it fair? Myron Medcalf »
Indiana remained No. 1 in our way-too-early preseason Top 25, but one of our prominent voters disagrees. Who does Dick Vitale have at the top? And what Joe Lunardi think? Read on.
• ESPN.com's revised Top 25 | Others to watch
• Fraschilla's red pen | Your turn: Rank 'em
• Bracketology: Offseason projection | Lunardi
• Dickie V's Top 40 | More Vitale | Nation blog
No youngster should ever have to suffer due to cancer, which is why Dick Vitale's annual gala to support the V Foundation is aiming to raise $1 million for pediatric cancer research.
It's time to ponder the most fascinating what-if scenarios for the 2011-12 college basketball season.
John Gasaway looks at the toughest coaching jobs in America, and a pattern emerges: With Duke and North Carolina, the ACC is brutal on coaches trying to gain traction and compete for recruits.
An Illinois tenure that began with so much promise ended in mediocrity for Bruce Weber. It didn't take him long to resurface at Kansas State, where he's got a second wind and plans to remember the lessons learned in Champaign.
Like almost everyone else, college athletes have latched onto the social media craze. And that has led to problems for a few programs and their student-athletes, which is why more schools are relying on firms to police their social media activity.
Conferences:
LaPlante: Grading the SEC teams 
There's no surprise that Kentucky leads the SEC, but Auburn sneaks into the top three, writes Mike LaPlante.
ESPN 100 power forward Amile Jefferson gives Duke some necessary frontcourt depth. Paul Biancardi 
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