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Sports Central
December 22, 2009
Paul Foeller |
Early Season Review: What We've Learned Even in a season where so much is uncertain, we do know some things without a doubt.   |
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
March 11, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
9 Reasons to Expand the NCAA Tournament It's time for the NCAA tournament to expand to 347. |
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 22, 2010
Seth Doria |
Recovering From a Busted Bracket Needless to say, I was one of the millions of poor saps who put our trust in Bill Self, Sherron Collins, and Cole Aldrich to lead the top overall team in the country, the Kansas Jayhawks, to the promised land. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Brian Cook |
Spartans' Lofty Expectations Have Them NIT-Bound Why did Michigan State men's college basketball coach Tom Izzo saddle his team with a Bataan Death March of a schedule? For the same reason AP pollsters ranked the Spartans third in the preseason: both horribly overrated Izzo himself. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Preview: Red vs. Blue There are four states in the union where college basketball takes on a cultural and sporting significance unlike the other 46: North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. |
Sports Central
February 21, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Colossal `Cats Conventional wisdom says that 2012 is a year in which no one team will be known as a great team in the annals of college basketball history. |
Sports Central
March 3, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Here We Go Again Even the top of the conference is anything but a sure bet against quality opponents. |
Sports Central
April 6, 2011
Ross Lancaster |
The Tournament Team The NCAA tournament has proven not only that a variety of players with differing talent levels can win a title, but that there are an infinite number of ways to win the necessary games. |
Sports Central
March 24, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
Back to the Future Some Sweet 16 thoughts on what's past and coming up. |
Sports Central
April 1, 2008
Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Standing The four teams left standing are, over the course of the season, the four strongest teams. |
Sports Central
November 16, 2011
Andrew Jones |
College Basketball 2011-12 Buy or Sell The college basketball season is now underway and there is a lot of speculation floating around about if certain teams are for real and if early losses or close calls are just flukes. |
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 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 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
March 7, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Early Bracket-Busters Every year after Selection Sunday, the second-guessing of the Selection Committee's decisions begins for fans everywhere. It's so much fun, I just couldn't wait any longer, and compiled a list of teams that will be ranked too high or too low in a couple weeks |
Sports Central
April 7, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
NCAA Tournament Winners and Losers From the first day until the last heave by Gordon Heyward that just missed, March Madness outdid itself this year. |
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
April 6, 2004
Eric Williams |
The Future is Now The McDonald's game gives the college game the opportunity to replenish its ranks with star athletes and, more often than not, provides a team on the cusp of winning a championship, the difference-maker it needs to get over the hump. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2013
Kevin Beane |
The Other Tournaments of March The main one of these, of course, is the NIT, but two more have recently arrived on the slate to ensure that virtually every Division I basketball team with a winning record will playing somewhere with hardware on the line. Let's take a look at each. |
Sports Central
March 16, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
Who Can Take Down Kentucky? The Kentucky Wildcats will attempt to become the first 40-0 team in the history of college basketball over the next three weeks during the NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2004
Eric Williams |
The Season of Dreams The Stanford Cardinal and the St. Joseph's Hawks both enter this last week of February with unblemished records and are bidding to become the first pair of teams to enter the NCAA tournament without a loss |
Sports Central
March 17, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Sports Central's Roundball Roundtable Sports writers compare notes and predictions about college basketball. |
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
February 3, 2011
Andrew Jones |
Tourney Expansion: Is Bigger Better? If expansion of the NCAA college basketball tournament continues, inconsistencies will need to be addressed so that the dream of Cinderella can stay alive. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2010
Seth Doria |
It's NCAA Tournament Bracket Prep Time When you're making big decisions in mid-March, these are the things you need to take into consideration. |
Sports Central
February 9, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
Consistency Propels Jayhawks This year, for North Carolina's shocking collapse and Kentucky's triumphant rise back into the college basketball elite, there is the continued greatness of the Kansas Jayhawks. |
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
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
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
April 27, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
Why 68 is Great College basketball fans should be pleased and even optimistic that a 68-team tournament can produce fantastic tournaments. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2011
Kevin Beane |
The Greatest College Sports Upsets I'm a connoisseur of upsets. If it's not one of my favorite teams playing, I almost always root for the underdog. |
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
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 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
April 4, 2012
Jean Neuberger |
After the Madness: Final Thoughts Sixty-eight teams began a trek for a national title three weeks ago. And to the surprise of few, the heavily favored Kentucky Wildcats were the one team left standing at the end. |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
March Madness Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its free SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest March Madness Champions. |
Sports Central
March 25, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead. |
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
February 11, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
Taking Bracket Notes College basketball seems to be at a quiet roar this year. |
Sports Central
January 30, 2006
Andre Watson |
Random College Basketball Thoughts Surprises in the ACC... Blunders in the Big East... Knockout in Knoxville?... NCAA should do something about scheduling... |
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. |
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
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. |
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... |
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
November 11, 2013
Andrew Jones |
Bold Predictions For 2014 March Madness The college basketball season is underway and so far there have been few surprises. There are some familiar names in the preseason rankings. Indeed, it is a veritable who's who of college basketball. |
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. |
Sports Central
December 5, 2005
Piet Van Leer |
10 Questions For College Hoops Season Who will win Conference USA?... Does anyone really believe in the Big 12 powers?... Will Duke win it all this year?... etc. |
