The 2019-20 college basketball season begins Tuesday, Nov. 5. As the countdown continues, ESPN will make sure you're prepared with a breakdown of the national picture, all the highest-profile leagues, and the top stars from coast to coast:
National rankings/predictions
• Bilas: Preseason Bilas Index for 2019-20
• Final Four picks, Player of the Year predictions
• Borzello: Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2019-20
• Lunardi: Updated Bracketology for 2019-20
• 10 years of No. 1s -- Can Michigan State break the preseason No. 1 curse?
• Initial BPI rankings for 2019-20
• Lunardi: Who scheduled their way into / out of an NCAA tournament berth?
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Gasaway: Top 25 players in college hoops for 2019-20, version 1.0
• Gasaway: The biggest problems for the top 25 teams
• Gasaway: Path to the title for every top contender
• Chalk: College hoops bets we like for 2019-20
Conference previews/predictions
• Big Ten predictions/roundtable: Can Michigan State live up to its promise?
• SEC predictions/roundtable: Is Florida a legit threat to Kentucky?
• Big 12 predictions/roundtable: Can Kansas handle the microscope?
• ACC predictions/roundtable: Defending national champs ranked ... 4th?
• Big East predictions/roundtable: Villanova, or the field?
• AAC predictions/roundtable: Will Memphis deliver on the hype?
• Pac-12 predictions/roundtable: Is the Pac-12 really back?
• Mid-major predictions/roundtable: What's a mid-major, anyway?
New faces in new places
• Medcalf: Newcomer impact rankings -- College basketball's top new faces
• Transfer rankings for 2019-20 and 2020-21
• First-year coach tiers: Who makes the NCAA tournament in year one?
• Gasaway: Which players, teams are ready to take a step forward in 2019-20?
• Coaching changes -- Biggest challenge for every new coach in college hoops
• Medcalf: The once and future Mayor -- Can Fred Hoiberg really win at Nebraska?
• Borzello: Why St. John's believes in Mike Anderson (even if you might not)
• Borzello: Does well-traveled Eric Musselman have the right formula at Arkansas?
• Medcalf: Buzz Williams' Texas A&M challenge: 'I still think that I have an edge'
• Medcalf: Why Mick Cronin's move to UCLA isn't just about basketball
More coaches doing work
• Second-year coaches in college hoops -- who's ascending, who's stagnating
• Borzello: How Penny Hardaway put Memphis back on the map -- a timeline
• Biancardi: Tom Izzo Q&A -- 'I hate getting kids on a transfer'
• Confidential: Michigan hire, Penny's progress have college basketball's attention
• Class Rankings: Duke takes early lead for 2020 class
