Kansas’ season may hinge on the point guard trio of senior Elijah Johnson, sophomore Naadir Tharpe and freshman Anrio Adams.

“Right now if I was nervous about a position, it would be our point-guard play, just because it’s not as natural for Elijah, Naadir’s unproven and Anrio’s never done it,” Self said.

Johnson is the incumbent at the position after starting six games last season.

“We’ve got some talented kids back there, but getting the pieces to fit, it’s a lot easier making the pieces fit if you’re playing with two point guards than it is when you’re playing maybe with half a point guard,” Self said. “To put our best team out there right now, you’re looking at a team that’s not a great ballhandling and passing team. There’s going to be some pressure on Elijah to play well this year.”

Ben Howland has been playing Larry Drew and Kyle Anderson in the same lineups.

“It’s really fun to watch,” Howland said. “They’re two guys that can pass, that like to pass, and can really see the floor. Offensively, those two guys together are going to do well when they’re in.”

Drew transferred from North Carolina midway through his junior year.

“Larry’s got something to prove,” Howland said. “He’s got a lot of doubters out there after the way things went.”

Kaleb Tarczewski has gained 30 pounds since arriving on the Arizona campus earlier this summer.

Tarczewski, a seven-footer, weighed just 230 pounds a year ago.

"I need to learn to play with the added weight," Tarczewski said.

"I definitely need to get used to it, and playing with the guys. Obviously with the new guys, people do different things."

William Wesley, popularly known as World Wide Wes, has become a bigger factor in recent years on the college basketball level.

Wesley is an agent for coaches within Creative Artists Agency, the same agency as Leon Rose.

Nearly 100 college coaches were asked if Wesley is a factor in college recruiting or if his influence is overblown. Sixty-three percent of respondents said he is a factor, while 37 percent characterize it as overblown.

“He's an agent who cheats. He's a bag man,” said one coach.

“We have all become so sensitive to just him. There are more just like him, he just gets all of the attention,” said another coach.

“Wes' presence is drastically overblown," said a coach. "His power is only perceived at best, and only because naïve/desperate coaches empower him. If he had any power, he would certainly be using it to the benefit of John Calipari and Kenny Payne, who he has known for 25 years. The fact that coaches are hiring him as an agent is laughable, and the fact that the NCAA does not treat him as an agent due to his close affiliation with Leon Rose is an absolute injustice!”

In a poll of nearly 100 coaches, North Carolina's Roy Williams was voted as the most overrated coach in college basketball.

Williams received 23 percent of the vote.

"He's won at Kansas and UNC. But who couldn't do that ... besides Matt Doherty?" asked one coach.

Rick Barnes of Texas received 17 percent of the vote to come in second, followed by Baylor's Scott Drew with 11 percent.

Steve Lavin of St. John's, Villanova's Jay Wright, UCLA's Ben Howland, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Harvard's Tommy Amaker rounded out the top-eight.

Otto Porter, a small forward from Georgetown, averaged 9.7 points and 6.8 rebounds in 29.7 minutes during his freshman season.

Porter showed his improved game during this summer's LeBron James Skills Academy.

Scouts appear to be in consensus that Porter could become a lottery pick in the 2013 NBA Draft.

Tony Mitchell of North Texas had an impressive performance at the LeBron James Skills Academy and is projecting as one of the best returning sophomores in the country.

"If he was at Missouri instead of North Texas, we'd be talking about him as top-5 pick in the upcoming draft," one NBA scout said. "He's that good and the draft is that bad. But he's got all the tools to be a very effective NBA player."

Mitchell averaged 14.7 points and 10.3 rebounds in 29.4 minutes in 11-12.

Isaiah Austin, an incoming freshman at Baylor, had an impressive showing at the Adidas Nations camp last weekend.

"I think he's a better prospect than Perry Jones or Quincy Miller," one NBA scout said. "I wish he was 25 pounds heavier and I wish Baylor had guards that would get him the ball, but I do think he's got a chance to be the best freshman in his class."

Austin is a seven-foot center.

Cody Zeller is the player that college coaches would most want to have on their team for the 12-13 NCAA season. Zeller, who is set to begin his sophomore season at Indiana, received 35 percent of the vote.

Shabazz Muhammad received 12 percent of the vote as he begins his freshman season at UCLA.

Juniors Aaron Craft of Ohio State and Doug McDermott of Creighton each received nine percent.

Murray State's Isaiah Canaan and Kentucky's Nerlens Noel received sseven percent, and Trey Burke of Michigan received five percent.

Fran Dunphy of Temple is the most underrated college coach in the NCAA according to a poll of nearly 100 coaches.

Dunphy received 14 percent of the vote, while Randy Bennett of Saint Mary's received nine percent. 

Rick Byrd of Belmont, Bill Self of Kansas, Buzz Williams of Marquette and John Calipari each received seven percent.

Davidson's Bob McKillop and West Virginia's Bob Huggins received five percent of votes.

"His teams always win," said a coach of Dunphy. "They are just like him. Quiet, unassuming. He's a good guy and just wins."