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Sports Central March 31, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Breaking Down the Final Four A breakdown of this year's Final Four team-by-team, and by matchup. |
Sports Central April 5, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Jim Calhoun Wins, Butler Loses When people remember this game, years from now, it will be about Calhoun winning with a young team, and Butler's offensive struggles. |
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 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 17, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Sports Central's Roundball Roundtable Sports writers compare notes and predictions about college basketball. |
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 March 30, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
Final Four: The Finality of Incentive After four-plus months of buckets, boards, blocks, and blown whistles, we've reduced the field of college basketball championship contenders to four. |
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 March 14, 2007 Corrie Trouw |
Making Sense of the Madness Predictions for the NCAA basketball tournament. |
Sports Central March 25, 2008 Seth Doria |
NCAA Sweet 16 Power Poll Here's a look at the remaining Sweet 16, power poll-style. |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Seth Davis |
Lavin, UCLA are still kicking Thoughts on the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16... |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
March Madness: Sweet 16 Predictions Last year the underdogs ruled the first two rounds of this tournament. Is history set to repeat itself? |
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 March 29, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
Final Four: College Hoops Truly Gone Mad This year, we not only have the most unlikely Final Four in the modern tournament era (since 1980), but we have the annual coaching carousel spinning at frantic speed. |
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 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 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 24, 2008 Seth Doria |
51 Days to Selection Sunday A recap of the past ten days in college hoops. |
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 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 March 25, 2013 Corrie Trouw |
Winning the March Lottery Schools looking for an ascending coaching star shouldn't let a few days in March outweigh a lifetime's worth of basketball coaching performance. |
Sports Illustrated July 31, 2001 Seth Davis |
College Basketball: Butler Did It UConn's Caron Butler shed his reticence to become the top scorer for the U.S. team... |
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 March 12, 2007 Seth Doria |
NCAA Tournament Preview At the risk of repeating everything you may have already heard, here are 20 thoughts on the 2007 NCAA tournament bracket. |
Sports Central March 26, 2015 Jean Neuberger |
Outgrowing the Glass Slipper Though Gonzaga's earned it for years now, while Wichita made their emphatic statement last Sunday, they both share the same title as we head into the regional semifinals. |
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 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 6, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Retractions and Predictions With two months of college basketball since I made five predictions about this season, it's time to look back at what was said and make the final revisions before the madness begins. |
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 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 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 March 13, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
The NCAA Postseason's Little Brother The National Invitational Tournament has lost the luster that it once held. However, for 32 teams, the distinction of playing in one of basketball's holy floors, Madison Square Garden, can carry its own prestige. |
Sports Central April 12, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Is it the End of an Era? Are the San Antonio Spurs the team of the 2000s? |
Sports Central October 25, 2013 Corrie Trouw |
Ranking the Preseason Hoops Tournaments With so many classics and tip-offs on the calendar for college basketball, here is a quick guide to the ones we should most look forward to this year. |
Sports Central November 5, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Valid Excuses When everything settles down on December 2nd, we'll have our championship matchup for this year. Assuming the Ducks, Wildcats, and Irish all win out, it should be fun to find out which team gets the chance to validate more than just their fans' parking at the area hotels in Miami. |
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 December 30, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
The Healing Hoosiers College basketball suffers when historic programs plunge below their typical standards. |
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 January 7, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Becoming a True Cinderella These are the programs that help make March special in the realm of sports. Their journeys to the NCAA tournament, along with their attempts to knock off the traditional giants, help to build the brand of the Big Dance. |
Sports Central February 23, 2015 Corrie Trouw |
No More Goliaths College basketball's Davids might not stand level to its Goliaths, but their sling-arms are yoked. |
Sports Central November 26, 2007 Seth Doria |
2007 College Basketball Preview A look at players, coaches, conferences and playoff predictions for college basketball teams. |
Wired December 22, 2008 Kevin Poulsen |
One Hacker's Audacious Plan to Rule the Black Market in Stolen Credit Cards Max Butler had a bold plan to rule the black market in stolen credit cards. But angry hackers and pesky Feds had other ideas. |
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 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 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. |
Sports Illustrated February 20, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Gonzaga's seed distort Where, oh where, do the Zags belong in the NCAA basketball tournament? |
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 April 5, 2012 Adam Russell |
Four Things Missing From the Final Four After watching this year's Final Four and NCAA championship game, I started to think back on the games and asked myself, "What was different about these games from previous ones?" |
Sports Central October 24, 2011 Paul Foeller |
Better Than You Think There are three college basketball teams that aren't being talked about as elite right now that should be. Let's take a look at those teams, along with a player on each team that might have a breakout year. |