Taking You to School: The Resurgence of New England Hoops

On this week's edition of "Taking You to School," host Joe Parello, editor Jeremy Conlin and Roundball Daily's Kels Dayton discuss the suddenly stellar play of New England college basketball teams. Is UConn a legitimate national title contender, and are UMass and Providence for real?

Plus, what do we make of phenom Andrew Wiggins' play thus far? Is he underwhelming, or simply the victim of his own hype? And, how big is tonight's Heat-Pacers game, both for Indiana's psyche, and for home court advantage?

All this, and more, on "Taking You to School."

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Taking You to School: Basketball is Back

Has Duke's Jabari Parker been the most impressive freshman so far this year?

Our "Taking You to School" basketball podcast returns with host Joe Parello, editor Jeremy Conlin and Roundball Daily's Kels Dayton discussing the biggest hoops stories of the day.

This week, the gang tackles which fantastic freshman will have the best college season, and then NBA career. Plus, which disappointing team in the East can recover, and are the Clippers the favorites in the West? How about Michigan State, are they the best college basketball team in the country?

All that, and more, on this week's edition of "Taking You to School."

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Points In The Paint - November 14

Andrew Wiggins has moved on up to the college ranks, but he won't be there for long. (Flickr)

By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin)

We've been playing NBA basketball for two and a half weeks now, so there's no time like the present to talk a stroll around the league and check in on a few happenings here and there. But before we get to the pros, let's take a quick look at the amateur ranks.

The Kids Are All Right

Freshman Phenoms Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Julius Randle introduced themselves to the nation at large on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic from Chicago. They did not disappoint.

The Anti-Decision: Andrew Wiggins and the Biggest Basketball Signing of a Generation

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Everybody remembers "The Decision."

In about five seconds, LeBron James pissed off 29 cities (Nearly bringing the apocalypse to Cleveland) and coined the phrase "Taking my talents to…"  It is a preface that every Blue Chip college football/basketball player now uses when they commit to a program.

It was a decision so Earth moving that ESPN gave it a damn hour special, a ridiculous idea considering we all tuned in to hear one sentence. But LeBron was a special, once in a generation type of player, so we allowed him to grab the spotlight and hold it as long as he pleased.

Andrew Wiggins is a little bit different.

Taking You to School: Mother's Day Edition

On this week's edition of "Taking You to School" Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello talk the NBA playoffs, the Maloofs playing chicken with the NBA and where No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins will end up.

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