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Sports Central February 8, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
Calling Cinderella: Who Will Crash This Year's Tournament? Everybody loves an upset. Here are three to keep an eye on during this year's NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central March 12, 2012 Andrew Jones |
NCAA Tournament Thoughts and Provocations I love the NCAA tournament. This week is my favorite week in the entire year. From Selection Sunday until the final game the following Sunday, I am addicted to basketball. |
Sports Central February 23, 2009 Andrew Jones |
March Madness Conference Predictions Here's a look at who will potentially represent each conference, focusing especially on the mid-majors and who actually has some potential to make it past the first weekend. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
March Madness Preview: Breaking Down The Bracket Two missed free throws with no time left on the clock cost the Memphis Tigers a spot. The Buffalo Bulls were denied their invitation courtesy of a last-second game-winning shot in overtime by Ohio University. |
Sports Illustrated March 11, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel College hoops writer takes NCAA pairings questions... |
Sports Central February 5, 2008 Seth Doria |
39 Days to Selection Sunday This week in basketball saw one team step above the rest, others move up or down the ladder of momentum, and some individual performances that make your jaw drop. |
Sports Central January 16, 2013 Greg Suttich |
March Madness Starts in January As we near the end of another NFL football season, we start to feel the blues. But then March comes and the event called March Madness gets us back on our couches cheering and fist-bumping over our favorite team while keeping our brackets and a pen within arms reach. |
Sports Central March 24, 2009 Wailele Sallas |
Lessons Learned From March Madness Never underestimate the 'nobody believed in us' angle... Don't get caught up in the madness... The Big 10 is overrated!... The Big East is for real!... etc. |
Sports Central March 16, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
The Committee Gets an A This is the best job the NCAA Selection Committee has done in years. |
Sports Central February 20, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The Season to Expect the Unexpected As a college basketball fan, I can't begin to keep track of the number of times someone has told me, "The regular season doesn't mean anything. I'm just waiting for the tournament to start." No, I would always say or think. |
Sports Central March 18, 2008 Seth Doria |
2008 NCAA Tournament Preview Two days till the greatest weekend of the sporting year. Here are some thoughts on the bracket. |
Sports Central March 17, 2011 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: NCAA Tourney Bric-A-Bracketology What happens in the dark room once the NCAA Selection Committee convenes? |
Sports Central March 17, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Sports Central's Roundball Roundtable Sports writers compare notes and predictions about college basketball. |
Sports Central March 23, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
The Real NCAA Tournament At this point, the nonsense of Selection Sunday is well forgotten and the real NCAA tournament will tip off this weekend. |
Sports Central February 4, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NCAA Contenders and Pretenders As of the week 13 rankings released on January 28, 10 teams have been in the AP top five at one point or another this season: Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, and Kentucky. |
Sports Central March 15, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
Your Date For the Big Dance When you fill out your brackets, pick upsets with confidence. And, of course, pay attention to this analysis. |
Sports Central February 8, 2012 Andrew Jones |
Why Murray State Deserves a No. 1 Seed Murray State is 23-0. They have beaten one ranked team (Memphis) and only face one more before the end of the season (Saint Mary's). They currently hold a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today Poll and a No. 9 ranking in the AP poll. |
Sports Central March 19, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
The Madness Has Begun That is not to say that projecting a perfect bracket is impossible; indeed, there are a finite number of possibilities, even fewer when Liberty and Alabama State are removed from Sweet Sixteen (let alone Final Four) contention. But can it be done? |
Sports Central February 26, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Sorting Out the One Seeds From the Twos As the college basketball season winds down, we're met with questions of bubble teams, road wins, strength of schedule, and my personal favorite debate this time of year: who deserves the number one seeds. |
Sports Central March 21, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
Coaching the Cause Behind Weak First Weekend I love the NCAA tournament. And that's what makes this that much harder to say: this year's tournament has sucked. |
Sports Central March 23, 2004 Brian Cook |
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times For two days, this was the worst NCAA tournament ever. Higher seeds were 28-4 in the first-round. |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
March Madness: Weekly Picks Kent State vs. UNLV... West Virginia vs. Arizona... San Diego vs. UConn... Davidson vs. Gonzaga... |
Sports Central January 22, 2004 Eric Williams |
Good Things in Small Packages The re-emergence of the ACC can be traced directly to the depth of the guards in the conference. Georgia Tech, Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest, with their exciting freshman point guard Chris Paul, arguably make the ACC the toughest conference in America. |
Sports Central March 18, 2009 Jeffrey Boswell |
NCAA Tourney Bracketeering Did the selection committee get it right with its four No. 1 seeds? |
Sports Central February 12, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
New Rules For March Madness There is but one sporting event that lives up to its annual hype -- March Madness. The first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament should be a national holiday. Here are some new rules for those who care about following the tournament. |
Sports Central February 16, 2009 Corrie Trouw |
Five Simple Rules For Picking a National Champ Which teams are contenders in the NCAA basketball tournament? Well, if past tournaments are any indication, we can eliminate quite a few candidates right now with a few rules. |
Sports Illustrated February 20, 2001 Seth Davis |
Bubble Trouble With so many bids to the NCAAs locked up, the fight for the remaining few will be frenzied... |
Sports Central March 11, 2009 Seth Doria |
The NCAA Bubble Shuffle With so many conference championships going on this week, it's easy to lose focus on the few games that hold the most meaning. But there are other games that serve as critical dominos in the dance before The Dance - call it the bubble shuffle. |
Sports Illustrated March 12, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers The lowdown on the NCAA tournament |
Sports Central March 24, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Back to the Future Some Sweet 16 thoughts on what's past and coming up. |
Sports Central February 21, 2011 Adam Russell |
College Hoops Surprises and Disappointments With only about three weeks remaining in the college basketball season, many fans and pundits are starting to look at the potential March Madness brackets. |
Sports Illustrated March 13, 2001 |
Taking a gamble Thank goodness for gambling. There, I said it. Sue me, curse me, ban me, flog me. My wails of pain will not drown out the obvious truth: The NCAA tournament owes its wild popularity to gambling, from the $10 office pool to the $10,000 parlay... |
Sports Central March 17, 2009 Corrie Trouw |
What the Tournament Committee Really Said What did the NCAA tournament selection committee really tell us and the other sects of the basketball world on Selection Sunday? |
Sports Central March 28, 2011 Adam Russell |
March Madness? How About March Insanity? Who would have thought that this year's Final Four would be comprised of an eight-seed, an 11-seed (both being mid-majors), and a couple traditional powers not seeded No. 1? |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2000 |
Chat Reel: Tim Crothers College basketball - lack of depth will haunt Duke |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
2007 March Madness Predictions What's the key to winning during March Madness? Play the underdogs |
Sports Central March 21, 2006 Matt Russell |
Madness Geographied: Weekend in Review Comments and predictions about the NCAA basketball tournament. |
Sports Central March 11, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Is This the Year a 16 Beats a 1? One of my favorite aspects of the NCAA men's basketball tournament to predict is what will be the biggest upset in the first (well, I guess now we call it the second) round of the tournament. It seems like each time we have a new number one, they lose. |
Salon.com March 19, 2001 King Kaufman |
The beat-down round The upsets of the NCAA Tournament's first two days give way to order being restored over the weekend, but there are still some thrills. |
Sports Central January 29, 2008 Seth Doria |
46 Days to Selection Sunday A look at the last week in college basketball. |
Sports Central April 1, 2004 Tony Arnoldine |
UConn Eyes Title One of the biggest sports spectacles in the world continues this Saturday when Duke plays Connecticut and Georgia Tech matches up with Oklahoma State. |
Sports Central January 14, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
Teams Revealing Who They Really Are In college basketball, records can be quite deceiving. Not only is there a much wider disparity in who those records are built against (strength of schedule), but "talent" seems to be far less consistent in college hoops. |
Sports Central January 15, 2008 Seth Doria |
60 Days to Selection Sunday A look back at the last week in college basketball. |
Sports Central April 13, 2004 Jonathan Lowe |
Making Good Use of Home Cookin' Since the NCAA women's tournament began in 1982, dominant teams have had the luxury of extending their postseason success to the cheers and admiration of a home crowd. |
Sports Central March 22, 2010 Scott Shepherd |
Why March Madness is Overrated Not only do I not believe that everyone loves March Madness, I'm not sold on the fact that they even believe it. |
Salon.com March 18, 2002 King Kaufman |
Hit the road The NCAA Tournament's new "pod" system works just fine, but it needs an adjustment to prevent this weekend's "home" games... |
Sports Central March 31, 2006 Chris Cornell |
Sifting Through the Madness March Madness is one of the most over-used phrases in sports, but never has a tournament so lived up to the adage. |
Sports Central March 15, 2007 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Final Four Picks What four teams will advance to the Final Four in Atlanta? What are some of the tournament's most intriguing matchups? |
Sports Central March 25, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead. |
Salon.com March 12, 2002 King Kaufman |
Open the NCAA Tournament to all comers A 324-team field would add excitement and give hope to underdogs. Almost as good, it'd get rid of the dumb conference championships... |