The 2020-21 college basketball season is scheduled to begin Nov. 25. As the countdown continues, ESPN will make sure you're prepared with breakdowns of the national picture, all the highest-profile leagues and the top stars from coast to coast.
National rankings/predictions/other coverage
McGee: College Basketball's return, what it means, and why it matters
Lunardi: Updated Bracketology for 2020-21 -- How 68, 48 and 16-team brackets would look
Schlabach: Your guide to college basketball's ongoing NCAA investigations
Panel: Final Four picks, player of the year predictions for 2020-21
Lunardi: How playing the NCAA tournament at one location impacts Bracketology
Gasaway: National, conference records that could fall in 2021 and beyond
Borzello: Second-year coaches -- Who's ascending, who's stagnating
Conference previews/predictions
Big East predictions/roundtable: UConn's back as Villanova chases another national title
Big 12 predictions/roundtable: Is the Big 12 college basketball's best conference?
The American predictions/roundtable: Memphis, Wichita State under different kinds of scrutiny
ACC predictions/roundtable: Duke's mega-talented again, UNC's primed to bounce back
Big Ten predictions/roundtable: B1G is stacked, but is there a national title contender?
Pac-12 predictions/roundtable: Oregon the team to beat, UCLA on the rise
SEC predictions/roundtable: Kentucky's a national contender, Tennessee might be, too
Mid-Majors predictions/roundtable: Gonzaga transcends labels and can win first national title
New faces in new places
Borzello: Newcomer impact rankings -- College basketball's top new faces
Borzello: Rick Pitino and college basketball's second-chance coaches discuss new challenges
Borzello: Winners and losers of college basketball's transfer season
Borzello: How good does transfer Olivier Sarr make Kentucky?
Gasaway: Does Steve Forbes have the formula to win at Wake Forest?
Gasaway: Billy Donovan and seven other guys who should be coaching college basketball today
Coronavirus pandemic-related features
What the Ivy League's cancellations mean for college basketball in 2020-21
Bracketology: What NCAA tournament forecasters expect from odd 2020-21 basketball season
Medcalf: Why mid- and low-major college basketball programs are in big trouble without buy games
Gasaway: Smaller NCAA tournament field, shorter schedule would not be new phenomena
Medcalf: UC Riverside among programs with uncertain athletics future due to pandemic
Medcalf: How is Hawai'i going to play basketball in 2020-21?