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Sports Central
July 7, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
Spotlights and Hot Seats: Predictions It's time to take a look at some college football teams whose coaches are under the gun to win this season, as well as some teams who are entering new eras as they say goodbye to their former conferences.   |
Sports Central
April 10, 2010
Andrew Jones |
Could This Be the Year For Boise State? The Boise State Broncos will need some help to get to the National Championship Game. Here are some scenarios that will help. |
Sports Central
August 23, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
An Independent Streak of Lunacy? BYU's program is stable enough that it doesn't need a conference. |
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
October 13, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Week 1 College Basketball Preview As the college football season gets into full swing, we will soon have yet another "favorite sports time of the year" for this writer. |
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 Central
January 13, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
If the BCS Came to Basketball... After the forever-long bowl season, I thought of what could happen if the BCS took a basketball turn. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2012
Kevin Beane |
The Rise and Fall of the WAC The WAC has gone, in the last 30 years, from second tier to third to fourth to conference non grata and, in all likelihood, is not going to be a conference beyond 2013, or at very least not one that plays football at the Division 1-A level. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Corrie Trouw |
A League of Their Own These are the end days of the current college sports conference structure. Recent developments have all-but-assured the destruction of the Big East, and even best of breeds like the SEC and Big Ten will look much different than their obsessively regional previous incarnations. |
Sports Central
April 4, 2011
Jonathan Lowe |
Ride That Darkhorse I gotta admit, I'm flying high right now. My Sports Christmas came and went with fantastic basketball, and the start to my favorite week of the year included an unusually tight pair of semifinals in Houston. |
Sports Central
October 30, 2013
Jonathan Lowe |
Hoops Preview: Luaus & Layups Each year, 14 college basketball programs get to visit Hawaii for some fun, sun, and basketball. Here's a peek at this season's lucky participants. |
Sports Central
May 23, 2012
Jean Neuberger |
The Newest Game Changer It was just an announcement of a bowl game. Yet, in this never-ending maze of realignment in college athletics, it was a day that could possibly live in football infamy. |
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 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
March 8, 2012
Adam Russell |
Confusing Geographical Lines When I was a kid, I excelled at U.S. geography, partially because I knew my college football conferences like the back of my hand. And they all made sense. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2013
Jean Neuberger |
The Rise of the New Big East While realignment killed some rivalries and made dramatic changes to the geographic map, seven Catholic schools got it right. Instead of creating new leagues and identities, they went back to their roots. They'll be better off for it, as will college basketball. |
Sports Central
February 1, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Players Flying Under the Radar to Watch Most in college basketball are familiar with the exploits of Dee Brown, Raymond Felton, J.J. Reddick, Chris Paul, and Hakim Warrick, but there are many other stars in college basketball who are leading their teams to outstanding seasons. |
Sports Central
April 9, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Everybody Gets a Trophy There is a recent trend brewing in men's college basketball -- the growth of tournament play. And the focus of college basketball has been splintered. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2011
Andrew Jones |
Rants and Predictions Sounding off on inconsistency and cheating in sports. Plus predictions for the upcoming college football season. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2013
Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |
Sports Central
March 16, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
March Madness: A Quick Overview As millions of us scramble to pencil in our brackets and plan ways to sneak in a radio or TV during work, here's a quick rundown on what I see before the Madness really kicks into gear. |
Sports Central
November 18, 2010
Kevin Beane |
College Basketball Odds and Ends I'm just enthusiastic about life, and this is yet another one of those favorite-time-of-the-year periods: when college football and college basketball converge. |
Sports Central
October 18, 2012
Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys: The Dark Horses It has been five years since Anaheim had its chance to host a holiday tournament. While the state of Hawaii has been a college basketball destination for nearly 30 years, the city of Honolulu has only held their own event for four. |
Sports Central
December 15, 2008
Jean Neuberger |
The Top 10 Coaches of 2008 Some of these college football coaches should be looked at to fill vacancies. Others can't be touched, but should be looked at for how they run a program, as well as the assistants that they hire. |
Sports Central
September 30, 2011
Andrew Jones |
2011-12 College Basketball Preview As the NBA lockout makes little progress and rumors about players heading overseas abound, college basketball awaits, ready to play because you can't get locked out when you don't make any money. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
The Exclusionary Tactics of the BCS Conferences The unchecked metaphorical parliament of the BCS believes that the Mountain West Conference has not reached its electoral threshold, despite evidence to the contrary, and has the current system locked in until 2013. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
The New Texas/Oklahoma: USC/Utah? Now that the Pac-10 and has become the Pac-12, splitting out into two new revenue-enhancing divisions, college football fans are going to have to get used to a new way of doing things. |
Sports Central
May 6, 2010
Kevin Beane |
The Curious Case of Michael Loyd, Jr. Lloyd played for BYU, a Mormon school with strict standards and a culture that a black, non-Mormon kid from Sin City may have a hard time relating to or immersing himself in. And, it would appear that you would be right. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2013
Ross Lancaster |
The Best Way to Go Dancing If a conference isn't truly sending one of its best teams, the chance of madness goes down. And unless you're that obsessive about making your bracket the "perfect" one, no one should want less of March in for this week. |
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
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
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 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
December 29, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
When Madness Goes Insane Talks are ramping up to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament again. |
Sports Central
November 24, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
Are We Important Yet? In this era of scholarship limitations, basketball teams that were meant to be fodder are now capable of playing with the big dogs. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
First and 10: 10 Burning Thoughts Ten thoughts that are racing to the top of my head as we're now less than 100 days until college football kicks off? |
Sports Central
February 11, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
Taking Bracket Notes College basketball seems to be at a quiet roar this year. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2004
Mason Williams |
Fantasy (Hoops) is Reality Knowledge means nothing in fantasy basketball. |
Sports Central
March 3, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
The Forgotten West While the Pac-10 is underrated, it has received Dallas Cowboys-like coverage compared to the Mountain West. |
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
January 15, 2014
Jonathan Lowe |
American Bad Rap-sody UConn basketball is left on an snowy island. They are trying to forage a new identity as the perceived bell ringer for the newly-formed American Athletic Conference. In doing so, it appears that they've taken a major hit in terms of marketability through no fault of their own. |
Sports Central
November 22, 2010
Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
Feeling Blue: Boise State's Sad Reality For a team that hasn't lost on the field in more than a year, the Boise State Broncos just cannot win off of it. |
Sports Central
September 2, 2015
Jonathan Lowe |
2015 CFB Preview: Question Quantity When a new college football season comes calling, fans are looking for answers. |
Sports Central
November 16, 2006
Kevin Beane |
The Joy of Overlapping Seasons The glorious overlap between college football and basketball... Keeping an eye on early-season basketball matchups... Riffing on bad announcing... The Bob Knight slap a non-story... This week's picks college football picks... etc. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks? |
Sports Central
October 19, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
Sports Illustrated
November 27, 2000
Alexander Wolff |
Philly is back When all is right with Philly basketball, all is right with the world. And basketball in the City of Brotherly Love is looking pretty lovely right now... |
Wild West
June 2007
Hart & Lalire |
Baseball in the West Our national pastime developed in the eastern United States, but it spread across the Mississippi far sooner than you might think. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2005
Daniel Collins |
The Not Important Tournament For college basketball, this is the time when legends are made, hearts are snapped in half, and champions are crowned. |
