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Sports Central November 1, 2007 Seth Doria |
Five Months to March When you look at the Missouri Valley Conference going into the 2007-08 season, it's tempting to focus only on all the talent that's gone. |
Sports Central December 7, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
Under the Radar These college basketball players have performed highly, but aren't as well-known by the average college basketball fan. |
Sports Central November 20, 2007 Jean Neuberger |
Hidden Valley You have to love the parody in college basketball. |
Sports Central January 22, 2007 Seth Doria |
MVC: Most (Over)Valued Conference Here's a thought: maybe the Missouri Valley Conference is overrated. Maybe the top teams just aren't as good as everybody is making them out to be. |
Sports Central February 15, 2008 Brian Cox |
All the Rage of Mid-Majors Mid-majors are now, in some cases, mainstays around Top 25 polls, and within the respectable range in RPI rankings. Here are five mid-majors teams to be mindful of. |
Sports Central January 30, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part I A look at teams from the Pac-10, SEC, Colonial, and Missouri Valley conferences. |
Sports Central February 6, 2008 Jonathan Lowe |
Who's Making Headlines? Thank goodness for college basketball. At least something is heating up as we get into February. |
Sports Central April 2, 2007 Seth Doria |
NCAA Men's Basketball Review Observations from the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament and a few predictions for next year. |
Sports Central February 12, 2008 Seth Doria |
32 Days to Selection Sunday In lieu of a verbal highlight reel of the past week, a look at the general landscape of college hoops with barely more than a month until the madness |
Sports Illustrated January 8, 2003 Seth Davis |
Triple Threat Kyle Korver of surprising Creighton is no longer just a three-point artist. |
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 November 26, 2007 Seth Doria |
2007 College Basketball Preview A look at players, coaches, conferences and playoff predictions for college basketball teams. |
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 March 14, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
Rolling Through the Big Time Here are a couple of things to know about the 2007 installment of March Madness for your office, home, and on the go. |
Sports Central December 26, 2007 Jean Neuberger |
College Hoops Highs and Lows Some awards for the best and worst of the early college basketball season. |
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 March 6, 2005 Alan Rubenstein |
Championship Week Begins the Madness The 2005 conference tournaments will have many interesting plots and sub-plots to follow. Some teams will be jockeying for a place into the NCAA Tournament, while others want to solidify their seed. |
Sports Central February 20, 2007 Seth Doria |
NCAA BracketBusters Breakdown Outside of the conference action, the BracketBusters series will prove to be a pivotal moment of the season for several teams. |
Sports Central December 5, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
Who's Impressed So Far? In college basketball, Texas, Duke, and Butler have been extremely impressive and could be big players at the end of the season. |
Sports Central December 11, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Six Mid-Majors to Watch Come March We'll take a look at basketball teams who have been traditionally looked at as mid-majors (though that may be changing for some of them in the very near future) and look at their chances to make some serious noise come March. |
Sports Illustrated March 5, 2002 Seth Davis |
March Badness Conference tournaments work for mid-major leagues, but they encourage top teams to tank... |
Sports Central February 12, 2007 Seth Doria |
NCAA BracketBusters Preview Here's a look at 14 televised college basketball games, plus a few others that may well have an affect on the madness to come. |
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 February 6, 2005 Adam Russell |
History Against Unbeaten Teams In what has seemed like a topsy-turvy year in college basketball, with ranked teams knocking each other off almost nightly, there has remained two constants: Illinois and Boston College. |
Sports Central February 6, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part II Between now and the NFL draft, college basketball has the stage to itself: Three on the Way Up... Three on the Way Down... Could Go Either Way... etc. |
Sports Central November 15, 2006 Seth Doria |
NCAA Tournament Sleeper Watch The seeds for tournament runs are always planted in the fall. Pay attention now, and you just might have something to brag about come March. |
Sports Central February 16, 2011 Jean Neuberger |
Worst Case Scenario: Must Win or Get in? Take a look at some mid-major programs that are sitting at or near the top of their conferences. |
Sports Central January 19, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
The Year of the Major Conference In college basketball, this year may go down as the Year of the Major Conference. |
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. |
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 10, 2005 Vince Grzegorek |
Champaign Still Good 'TIl Last Drop About a month ago, some friends and I were sitting around discussing sports over some beers. The subject of the then undefeated Fighting Illini came up --- what are their chances? |
Sports Central February 26, 2005 Alan Rubenstein |
More Than the Illini in Illinois Hoops With a 28-0 record and the nation's number one ranking, the considerable Orange and Blue shadow has stolen most of the spotlight in Illinois for college basketball this season. |
Sports Central March 7, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
Memphis: Both Underrated and Overrated? When the Selection Committee selects and seeds teams this week in an unknown Indianapolis hotel meeting room, one of the more interesting cases they will look at will be the 27-3 Memphis Tigers. |
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 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 January 12, 2008 John Hocter |
Tigers Taking Aim at Perfection Te Memphis Tigers sailed unscathed through the first wave of quality non-conference competition, not only surviving, but dominating good teams from big conferences. |
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 Central February 23, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
BracketBuzzkillers BracketBusters represents a diversion in the college basketball season that is unnecessary to the teams involved and claims objectives that are increasingly either irrelevant or downright false. |
Sports Central January 24, 2008 Seth Doria |
51 Days to Selection Sunday A recap of the past ten days in college hoops. |
Sports Central December 4, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Cinderella in 2010: December Edition This year may be young, but some teams are starting to show their true colors already. Who can shock the nation-wide audience like Northern Iowa and Cornell did last year? |
Sports Central February 22, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Mid-Majors Vie For Chance to Bust Brackets Sorting out the chaos that was the 2007 BracketBuster weekend. |
Sports Central January 29, 2008 Seth Doria |
46 Days to Selection Sunday A look at the last week in college basketball. |
Sports Central June 16, 2008 Jean Neuberger |
College Basketball: Buy or Sell? It's never too early to look at which college basketball teams are going to be ones to watch, as well as the teams that will see a decline from the 2007-08 season. |
Sports Central October 1, 2005 Alan Rubenstein |
College Basketball's Measure of Success The key to long-term success, it seems, is to have a big-name coach who can recruit nationally and build a big-name program. |
Sports Central January 15, 2004 Danny Sternfield |
Big 10 is Truly the Mediocre 11 It all seemed to happen so fast. The Big 10 turned into the Mediocre 11. A conference that used to be counted on to send six or seven teams to the NCAA tournament might get four in this year. It can't be that bad, right? Wrong. |
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 18, 2013 Jonathan Lowe |
Hoops Preview: Stop and Stare The second installment of the 2013-2014 college tourney preview shifts the focus out West. |
Sports Central December 9, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
Trying to Earn Their Wings Even with the new college basketball season only a few weeks old, there are already signs of growth across the land. |
Sports Illustrated December 18, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions I admire teams such as Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke, Illinois, Arizona and North Carolina for playing such difficult non-conference schedules. Coaches know that come tournament time it will pay off, even if it means a couple more losses... |
Sports Central March 14, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Selection Committee The NCAA Basketball Selection Committee is in many ways like the Supreme Court. Its decisions are done behind closed doors and many are outraged after the verdicts are reached. |