Carl Berman

Unfortunate knee injuries to Derrick Rose and Iman Shumpert have made the Eastern Conference playoffs quite a bit clearer. Rose, who missed over a third of Chicago's games this season with a variety of injuries to his back, foot, ankle and groin, went down with a torn ACL with 1:20...

UCLA has joined Kentucky as one of the top two 2012 recruiting classes with the addition of top-25 prospect Tony Parker on Monday. Parker, listed at 6'9", 280-pounds will join 6'10", 305-pound Joshua Smith to help comprise one of the top frontcourts in college basketball next season. They'll be joined...

Our top college scout, Dave Maron, came up with this list of our ten best NBA prospects who participated at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. We cannot pretend to know what a particular team values. For example, many teams in the second round draft specialty players such as stretch fours, fives...

The World Select Team captured an 84-75 win over the USA Junior National Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday night at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.

The USA fought back from an 18-point deficit to take a 75-74 lead with 3:20 remaining in the game before...

This year I was in Denver for the Women's Final Four and I have to say that it was a pleasure to watch a Final Four in a basketball arena rather than in a football stadium.

Rarely will you see two players who don't possess great offensive skill sets dominating...

First Team

Anthony Davis (Kentucky) 6'10, Fr., forward, 14.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 4.6 bpg

Draymond Green (Michigan State) 6'7, Sr., forward, 16.2 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.8 apg

Doug McDermott (Creighton) 6'7, Soph., forward, 22.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg

Thomas Robinson (Kansas) 6'9, Jr., forward, 17.7 ppg, 11.9 rpg

Tyler Zeller (North...

This edition of the NCAA Basketball tournament has brought some exciting basketball and startling upsets over the first three rounds. I attended the Portland regional and NetScouts Basketball had representation at many of the other sites. Here are some of our observations:

Of course everyone has been talking about the...

NetScouts Basketball has named junior center Brittney Griner of Baylor as our Women's National Player of the Week ending February 14, 2012. The 6'8 Griner led Baylor to wins over Oklahoma and Texas A&M, the two second-place teams in the Big 12 race. She led all scorers in both games...

NetScouts Basketball has selected Utah State forward Ashlee Brown as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Feb. 5.

Brown, a 6-0 senior from Chandler, AZ by way of UCSB, posted her sixth double-double of the season with game highs of 30 points...

Tiffany Hayes of Connecticut is our NetScouts Basketball Women's Player of the Week ending January 29th. Hayes, a 5'10 senior, averaged 34 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 75% (8-of-12) on three-pointers as she led the Huskies to wins over Syracuse (95-54) and USF (77-62).

Against Syracuse, Hayes poured in...

NetScouts Basketball has selected High Point's center Cheyenne Parker as our Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 22.

Parker had an amazing game in the Panthers 80-65 win over Coastal Carolina. Parker had 14 points, 22 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 blocks and...

NetScouts Basketball has selected Purdue guard Brittany Rayburn as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 15.

Rayburn, a 6-0 senior from Attica, Ind., tied an NCAA record with 12 three-pointers in a 72-55 win at Minnesota. She scored 38 points on...

NetScouts Basketball has selected Delaware forward Elena Delle Donne as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 8.

Delle Donne, a 6-5 junior from Wilmington, Del., averaged 38.5 points in two CAA wins at home over Towson and on the road at...

NetScouts Basketball has named Georgetown guard Sugar Rodgers as its Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Jan. 1. Rodgers, a 5-11 junior guard from Suffolk, Va., averaged 36.5 points in two games in Dartmouth's Blue Sky Classic, matching a career high with 34...

NetScouts Basketball has selected our National Players of the Week for the week ending on December 25, 2011.

Stanford forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike is our Women's National Player of the Week. Ogwumike, a 6-2 senior from Cypress, Texas, scored 42 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the No. 5 Cardinal...

Last year I wrote an article that supported the view that the Atlantic-10 conference was stronger than the Pac-12. This year the case is stronger.

At the time this article is being written, in the RPI rankings the A10 is ranked #7. The conference has six teams in...

It was a night of nights at Madison Square Garden, the inaugural State Farm Champions Classic, a sold-out arena and the Division 1 head coaching win record for Mike Krzyzewski. It reminded me of college basketball's golden age at the old Garden where capacity crowds watched doubleheaders featuring the stars...

Each year NCAA schools sign more and more international players to scholarships. Many come directly to the college from their country and many go to prep school in the United States first and then are signed at an NCAA school. There are hundreds of international players that will participate in...

Spain successfully defended their EuroBasket title with a powerful 98-85 victory over France in the Final in Kaunas, Lithuania. Juan Carlos Navarro led five Spanish players in double-figures with 27 points.

Spain won as a result of the support they were able to provide Navarro both in the final game...

Yesterday was the final day of the first round brought some surprises to Eurobasket 2011.

Luol Deng's 28 points and 14 rebounds helped Great Britain to an 88-81 win and eliminated Poland from advancing to the second round. Joel Freeland scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter...