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Sports Central October 15, 2005 Seth Berkman |
Preseason Sweet 16 Power Rankings Everybody was raving about Duke this summer and it's hard to argue with the talent they have coming back. |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
Prelude to Madness True hoopheads like us, of course, are thinking basketball all year long, but now that the greatest month of all is upon us, here are a few nuggets to ponder before the blessed Madness begins... |
Sports Central October 27, 2004 Eric Williams |
College Basketball Teams to Watch Their eyes are on the prize: Arizona's Wildcats... Kentucky's Wildcats... Illinois' Fighting Illini... Michigan State's Spartans... Wake Forest's Demon Deacons... Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets... North Carolina's Tar Heels... Kansas' Jayhawks... |
Sports Illustrated January 2, 2001 Seth Davis |
Season has had its casualties Coaching major-college basketball has never been the most stable profession, but this is an unusually perilous time to be prowling the sidelines. The season isn't half over and we've already seen an inordinate number of casualties... |
Sports Central December 18, 2004 Cory Danner |
Who's Up to the Challenge? Looking over the remaining undefeated college basketball teams, of which there are 10 in the top 25, here are the three teams that have the best chance to run the table in the regular season and cut down the nets in April. |
Sports Illustrated April 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Duke, Florida waiting on early entries If Boozer, Brown, White and Williams are all playing college ball next season, look for Florida and Duke to be 1-2 in the preseason polls. If any or all of those guys bolt to the play-for-pays, those two schools will have to make do with what they have, which is still plenty... |
Sports Central November 23, 2005 Alan Rubenstein |
Early-Season Matchups Provide Insight The college basketball tournaments to begin November give an interesting insight in the teams and players to watch for in 2005-06. |
Sports Central October 13, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For this NBA Season (Pt. 3) Here's a look at the preseason favorites to win some of the NBA's most prestigious awards. |
Sports Central August 11, 2005 Alan Rubenstein |
NBA Draft Changes NCAA Landscape Who enters their name into the NBA draft, who withdraws, and which players return or leave can have an impact on the college basketball landscape for the following two to three years. |
Sports Central August 24, 2007 Scott Shepherd |
Team USA: A Fresh Start Jerry Colangelo has breathed life into a dying basketball program and is in the process of bringing USA basketball back to the level that it should have never left in the fist place. |
Sports Central March 15, 2005 Mark Chalifoux |
Sports Gospel's March Madness Report College basketball All-Americans: Dee Brown, Illinois... Chris Paul, Wake Forest... Andrew Bogut... etc. |
Sports Central December 22, 2010 Ross Lancaster |
Atlantic Coast Calamity As of last week, the ACC had just one ranked team, normally an unthinkable phenomenon in most seasons approaching the holidays and conference play for everybody. |
Sports Central January 15, 2008 Seth Doria |
60 Days to Selection Sunday A look back at the last week in college basketball. |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
March Madness Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its free SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest March Madness Champions. |
Sports Illustrated December 11, 2000 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Does Duke have what it takes to cut down the nets in April, without a strong backup for Carlos Boozer when he gets in foul trouble?... It's becoming clear that ACC teams play "softer" than teams from some of its rival conferences... etc. |
Sports Central July 24, 2013 Andrew Jones |
14 Teams to Watch in 2013-14 The NBA season is still a ways away, but the offseason has been an interesting one. Here are 14 teams to watch in the upcoming season, some for obvious reasons ... others for not so obvious reasons. |
Sports Illustrated November 15, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Some Top 20 surprises My annual preseason college hoops tour has come to a close, but not without some memorable moments... |
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 December 17, 2008 Ross Lancaster |
Praise For the Heels, X-Men Somehow, the North Carolina Tarheels have exceeded expectations thus far. And Xavier is really getting it done on the defensive end. |
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 Central October 27, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 5) The "82 things to watch for this NBA season" countdown concludes with a look at how the Eastern Conference stacks up in reverse order of projected finish. |
Sports Central November 26, 2007 Seth Doria |
2007 College Basketball Preview A look at players, coaches, conferences and playoff predictions for college basketball teams. |
Sports Central July 3, 2007 Eric Anderson |
The Value of the No. 1 Pick A quick look at the top five picks in each of the last 10 NBA drafts suggests those sure-fire-can't-miss picks aren't always what they're cracked up to be. |
Sports Central January 13, 2006 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
NBA, You Call This a Sport? (Part 2) Discontent with the NBA. |
Sports Central December 27, 2004 Eric Williams |
College Hoops Holiday Wish Lists For the Kansas Jayhawks, a healthy Wayne Simien... For the USC Trojans, a head coach... For the George Washington Colonels, more publicity.... For the Gonzaga Bulldogs, more national respect... etc. |
Sports Central November 8, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Down Year For the Dukies? For the first time in what seems like an eternity, Duke University is not the favorite to win the ACC. |
Sports Central November 12, 2008 Ross Lancaster |
A Quiet, Exciting Beginning You don't have to be one of these huge college hoops fans to know that North Carolina is the prohibitive favorite to take home the title. |
Sports Central April 5, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Why Kobe is Better Than LeBron If you had to bet the mortgage on who will win this year's NBA Finals, is it the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers or the Cleveland Cavaliers with LeBron James? |
Sports Central December 24, 2005 Andre Watson |
ACC Season Beginning to Heat Up The Atlantic Coast Conference has long been one of the best conferences in college basketball. And this year is no exception. |
Sports Illustrated October 10, 2002 Seth Davis |
Growing by leaps and bounds College Basketball preview: Expect these sophomores to assume more prominent roles. |
Sports Central February 12, 2005 William Geoghegan |
Illini Look Good, But How Good? For all the accolades and high rankings and impressive numbers, the Illini are not a complete basketball team. They have holes inside. They aren't that deep. They haven't had to win any nail-biters. |
Sports Illustrated December 3, 2002 Seth Davis |
Kansas' problems are numerous Kansas, like every other college basketball team in America, has some weaknesses. What we didn't know was that those weaknesses were so numerous and so problematic. |
Sports Central July 7, 2009 Seth Doria |
Cincinnati Back in the Big East Game Unless you're a complete college basketball junkie, the sport wasn't exactly a hot topic around your Fourth of July barbecues this weekend. |
Sports Central January 22, 2006 Alan Rubenstein |
Lineage Important to Success at Top Programs Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina have a basketball lineage that dates back to the sport's founder, Dr. James Naismith. |
Sports Central February 9, 2011 Matt Thomas |
Individuals Who Have Shaped College Hoops Beyond topical changes to the game, some individuals have been so dominant that they themselves necessitated rules changes that still impact the college and pro games alike. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10 NBA Colleges The schools listed here have proven that they are the masters at creating NBA players. Read on for the line-up. |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2002 Seth Davis |
Hard Lessons With league play getting under way, here's a look at what has been learned so far... |
Sports Central November 20, 2003 Eric Williams |
A New Beginning The hiring of Roy Williams to take over the struggling and proud North Carolina basketball program has brought newfound optimism. |
Sports Central November 22, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
NCAA Men's Hoops About to Get Crazy Ask a diehard NBA fan what the true tragedy of the NBA lockout is, and they'll tell you it comes at the worst possible time. |
Sports Central October 12, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 2) It's time for some bold predictions. |
Sports Illustrated January 24, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Let's give Stanford its due As a former (recovering?) East Coast basketball writer myself, I know there's a lot of ignorance about West Coast basketball. But some of the statements made about Stanford lately have been as unintentionally hilarious as Digger Phelps... |
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 Illustrated December 5, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Big 12 is best thus far The Big 12 is the best conference in the land for college basketball today... |
Sports Central November 29, 2004 Eric Williams |
First Impressions of the New Season The college basketball season has started anew and the first impressions of the new season have been made. |
Sports Central March 9, 2005 Eric Williams |
March Madness: The Winds of Change Kansas is no longer my favorite to win the NCAA title. I have a new favorite to win the title now, and a darkhorse candidate to be my favorite's opponent in the national title game. |
Sports Central December 13, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Why College Hoops is Better Than Pro Hoops Why is college basketball so much better than the NBA? Here are ten reasons to dribble and dunk on. |
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 Central October 11, 2003 Eric Williams |
The More Things Change The impending defections of Miami, Virginia Tech, and B.C. aside, don't cry for Big East basketball. |
Sports Central March 17, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Sports Central's Roundball Roundtable Sports writers compare notes and predictions about college basketball. |
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? |