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No one helped their draft stock more down the stretch of the 2012-13 college season than Trey Burke. He continued his impressive Player of the Year season on the game's biggest stage in March, leading Michigan to the National Title game -- and nearly helping them win the whole thing. Scouts took notice and moved him up draft boards as one of the best point guards available.

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Texas Tech hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 2007. In fact, the Red Raiders haven't even posted a winning season since they made the NIT field in 2010. And they only managed 8 total victories this past season. But they did make a relatively big splash -- at least in terms of name recognition -- when they hired Tubby Smith in early April. Can he turn the program around?

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Indiana spent much of last season as the favorite to at least make the Final Four -- if not win it all. But a rough outing against Syracuse in the Sweet 16 put an end to those hopes, and a number of key contributors are now on their way out. What can we expect from the Hoosiers in 2013-14?

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UPDATE: Memphis transfer Antonio Barton will announce where he'll finish his college career later this week, according to a report today.

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Dave Telep nailed it. While many people were projecting Indiana as the winner of the Theo Pinson sweepstakes on Wednesday, Telep projected North Carolina to be the slight favorite over the Hoosiers.

On Wednesday, despite Indiana's best efforts to lure him to Bloomington, Pinson opted to stay home and play for the Tar Heels. Here's what that means for Roy Williams' squad.

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Tarik Black's decision this week to transfer to Kansas will force another one of his suitors, Duke, to go with a small lineup this season.

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So much attention regarding LSU basketball these days is on its incoming class of talented big men and the expectations that it'll help replenish an under-manned frontcourt. Perhaps overlooked is the news Tuesday that two members of the backcourt have decided to remain in Baton Rouge after rumors of their departure in recent weeks.

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Nearly two weeks ago, it looked like a done deal: Marshall's talented transfer DeAndre Kane was set to finish his college career at Pitt, choosing the Panthers over USC.

Fast-forward to today, and things have changed.

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UPDATE: Alabama transfer Trevor Lacey had to miss his visit to North Carolina two weekends ago, but the Tar Heels are one of four schools he's still considering.

NC State, Miami and Pitt are the other three vying for the 6-foot-3 wing, according to an update this week by Evan Daniels of Scout.com.

"I’m in a [NCAA] Dead Period,” Lacey told the website. “I’m supposed to go Pittsburgh and Miami next week. I don’t have an official date on Pittsburgh or Miami. All my visits will be after Memorial Day.”

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Tiny 2014 point guard Ahmaad Rorie committed to the Cal Bears as a sophomore playing at Clover Park High in Lakewood, Wash. (home of the best donut shop in the world, by the way). Since then, he transferred across town to play at Lincoln High as a junior, and now there's news that the 6-foot, 150-pounder will finish his prep career in Florida.

We have to wonder how this could impact the future for Rorie, who has been on Cal's commit list since March of 2012.

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UPDATE: Sheldon McClellan still hasn't decided where he will transfer to, but he's getting closer.

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Since being introduced as UCLA's next head coach, Steve Alford and his staff have not made much noise on the recruiting trail. Bryce Alford, his son, was the sole recruit who committed to UCLA, and while Alford managed to keep both Zach LaVine and Noah Allen to honor their commitments, Alford has yet to make a splash in the southern California recruiting scene (there have even been some grumbles that Alford is too focused on recruiting the midwest). However, it would appear that the new UCLA staff is gearing up for their first in-state recruiting battle, which centers around one of the top wings in the 2014 class.

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Even before Sheldon Jeter announced he was transferring from Vanderbilt, the assumed destination was Pitt. The Pennsylvania native was rumored ready to leave the SEC-based school, and with a bountiful block of frontcourt minutes available, the Panthers made the most sense as Jeter's destination. However, there might be a hold-up that prevents Jeter from transferring to the ACC program.

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We wrote earlier about how the presence of Tarik Black might impact Joel Embiid, but what is most fascinating about Kansas is how quickly Bill Self's squad has gone from fringe top 25 team to preseason national title contenders. The addition of Andrew Wiggins vaults the Jayhawks to arguably the nation's second-best recruiting class (Kentucky still obviously has the top group of newcomers), and now that the former Tiger big Black is on the roster, both the frontcourt and backcourt are deep enough to sustain foul troubles next season.

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