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 Panel: Final Four picks, player of the year predictions for 2020-21
 Lunardi: How playing the NCAA tournament at one location impacts Bracketology Lunardi: How playing the NCAA tournament at one location impacts Bracketology
 Gasaway: National, conference records that could fall in 2021 and beyond Gasaway: National, conference records that could fall in 2021 and beyond
 Borzello: Second-year coaches -- Who's ascending, who's stagnating 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 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? 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 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 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? Borzello: How good does transfer Olivier Sarr make Kentucky?
 Gasaway: Does Steve Forbes have the formula to win at Wake Forest? 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 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? 
 
