Five esteemed HoopSpeak U writers sat down to talk about Jim Boeheim's Syracuse Orange. Strengths, weaknesses, predictions, Scoop Jardine. It's all here.

Here's my new weekly column for HoopSpeak U, a piece that's 100% dedicated to Big Ten hoops. Go check it out.

An in-depth look at Terry Henderson, a 6'4 SG committed to play for Coach Huggins in Morgantown starting next year.

Meander on over to HoopSpeak U for our Wednesday edition of Full-Court Press, where we gab about underrated venues, coaches we'd love to play for, and offer up predictions for tonight's Kansas/Kansas State game.

In the first installment of a triweekly roundtable session at HoopSpeak U, we talk about Gates' light suspension, some of our favorite freshmen early on, and the most valuable player in college hoops not named Sullinger.

This is just nutty. In reaction to the press that his son was getting for Twitter-cizing head coach Jim Calhoun, Alex Oriakhi's father took to The UConn Blog's Facebook page. Here goes:

"i am alex sr. he called coach calhoun boss simple and i stand by him without a doubt. u all zip it and stop the foolishness. if any of u got a problem see me on saturday after the game"

Social media, take a bow.

My latest creation over in the ESPN TrueHoop Network's college free-for-all, focusing on stat-stuffing Iona point guard Scott Machado. Come on people, how can you ever turn down a pie chart?

Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn continues to churn out some of the best work in the biz. His weekly power rankings, a collection of insightful, detailed observations on the nation's top 15 teams, might just top the list of definitive must-reads in the hoops industry. Here's his first of the new season, complete with a brand new defensive stat (The Turnometer) Winn actually created.

We love this. The Dagger's Jeff Eisenberg caught up with Ryan Pearson (George Mason), Rian Pearson (Toledo), and Ryan Pearson (Northeastern) for a ridiculously broad Q&A session. The results, however, will probably blow your mind, as none of the three turn out to be related. Still a cool read.

Along with picking up Nick's slack while he's busy spreading nonsense at NBC Sports this season, I'm proud to announce that I'll be writing for HoopSpeak U in the ESPN TrueHoop Network. Here's my second contribution to 'The U', with an in-depth look at the big man battle from last night's Mississippi St.-Akron game.