The last time a men's college basketball player averaged at least 30 points per game for an entire season, the only dribbling in Marcus Keene's life was the drool down his two-year-old chin. But after the awe subsided from Keene's recent 40 burger against Green Bay—his fifth consecutive game with at least 31 points and his eighth time reaching 30 in just 10 games—the college hoops nation is left wondering whether Central Michigan's 5'9" lead guard ...

Try as we might to predict the future, no one saw Luke Kennard's scoring, Indiana's turnover margin or North Carolina's three-point shooting coming. Four weeks into the 2016-17 men's college basketball season, every team in the AP Top 25 has (at least) one surprising statistic that no crystal ball could foresee. Some of them are team-wide advanced metrics. Others are basic individual counting stats. Some are good numbers that might get these teams into the Final Four if ...

Since the college basketball season is already a quarter of the way in, we have a pretty decent idea of what teams and rotations could look like for the rest of the 2016-17 season. With the early signing period also in the past, it means we can get a good feel for what kind of talent might be coming into college basketball next season. There are going to be plenty of programs that need a lot ...

Less than four weeks ago, there were 351 men's college basketball teams with dreams of going undefeated. We're already down to nine, and it would be a surprise if there are more than four still standing on New Year's Day. Using KenPom.com's projected winning percentages as a guide, we've ranked each of the remaining zero-loss teams in ascending order of likelihood of lasting the longest before suffering a loss—if they suffer one, at all. What? Just because Duke lost ...

Less than four weeks into the college basketball season, all we have are hints as to how things may play out. What has occurred so far provokes more questions than answers. An early-season upset here or there can be given too much weight, often causing fans to draw premature conclusions about a team or player. However, those November games expose some strengths and weaknesses of teams and players, and they provide a framework for what might happen ...

When Duke fell to Kansas last month in the Champions Classic, it was easy to discount that two-point loss as being the product of not having its full assortment of weapons. Once the Blue Devils had all their guys, it would be a different story. The Blue Devils still aren't at full strength and may not be for a while, but Tuesday's 84-74 win over No. 21 Florida in the Jimmy V Classic shows there's no ...

Duke Blue Devils forward Harry Giles is still recovering from knee surgery that he underwent at the beginning of October and has yet to make his collegiate debut.   Continue for updates. Latest on Giles' Timeline to Return Tuesday, Dec. 6 Head coach Mike Krzyzewski told the media after Duke's 84-74 win over Florida on Tuesday night that the team is hoping that Giles can return for the two games before Christmas, via Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com. Those two games ...

The No. 5 Duke Blue Devils still aren't a finished product this season, and that should scare the rest of the nation after they handled the No. 21 Florida Gators with relative ease Tuesday at the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden, 84-74.    Although it is still playing without Harry Giles because of knee surgery, Duke moved to 9-1 on the campaign and already has quality wins over Michigan State and Rhode Island to pair with ...

No. 5 Duke 84, No. 21 Florida 74  Luke Kennard and Amile Jefferson powered the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils to a win over the No. 21 Florida Gators on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.  Kennard did most of his work from behind the three-point line, as he contributed 29 points on 11-for-16 shooting.  Jefferson recorded his fifth double-double of the young season with 24 points and 14 rebounds.  The Gators tried to keep pace with the well-rounded Blue ...

It all starts in the backcourt, or it doesn't ever get started. Guard play is essential to success in college basketball, since that's where possessions begin and from where scoring chances are created. The players who operate on the perimeter are tasked with taking care of the ball, setting up the offense and either finding the open man or creating scoring opportunities for themselves. Having one good player in the backcourt is great, but it's even better ...