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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 29, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
From Holiday to Celebrate Last week, college basketball's holiday tournaments wrapped for the season. I noted before that this is one of my favorite parts of the sport's calendar. |
Sports Central September 26, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys: Kick Starters The joy of a tournament atmosphere. Teams playing for a trophy and bragging rights in a one-and-out scenario. Man, March is too far off. Then, the light bulb flickers on. We don't have to wait six more months for tournament action. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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? |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
2007 March Madness Predictions What's the key to winning during March Madness? Play the underdogs |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
March Madness: Weekly Picks Kent State vs. UNLV... West Virginia vs. Arizona... San Diego vs. UConn... Davidson vs. Gonzaga... |
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 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 April 4, 2006 Kiarash Banisadre |
The Sweet Sixteen: Part One With the 2005-2006 college basketball season officially come and gone, it's time to look at the most memorable aspects of this year's big dance -- while the memories are still fresh. |
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 March 24, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Back to the Future Some Sweet 16 thoughts on what's past and coming up. |
Sports Central March 10, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
The Winds of Change How long does the "honeymoon" phase of a new college basketball coaching tenure take? I figure that the first year is well within that timeframe. |
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 April 4, 2006 Mark Chalifoux |
Wrapping Up the Madness There are 10 key things to take away from the NCAA tournament. |
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 March 25, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead. |
Sports Central March 17, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
Sports Central's Roundball Roundtable Sports writers compare notes and predictions about college basketball. |
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 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 March 16, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
A Primer For Round One The first two days of the NCAA tournament are the best, plain and simple. There are so many games, so many matchups, and so many chances for "magic" to happen. |
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 2, 2011 Jonathan Lowe |
Their "Middle" Name is Danger In college basketball, watch out for these groups to oust one, or more, of their well-known foes. |
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 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 22, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Mid-Majors Vie For Chance to Bust Brackets Sorting out the chaos that was the 2007 BracketBuster weekend. |
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 24, 2009 Wailele Sallas |
Lessons Learned From March Madness Never underestimate the 'nobody believed in us' angle... Don't get caught up in the madness... The Big 10 is overrated!... The Big East is for real!... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 12, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers The lowdown on the NCAA tournament |
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 March 31, 2006 Chris Cornell |
Sifting Through the Madness March Madness is one of the most over-used phrases in sports, but never has a tournament so lived up to the adage. |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2000 |
Chat Reel: Tim Crothers College basketball - lack of depth will haunt Duke |
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 November 26, 2007 Seth Doria |
2007 College Basketball Preview A look at players, coaches, conferences and playoff predictions for college basketball teams. |
Sports Central April 11, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
"Logic" Problems? It happens in every sport and at every level. In the days following a season, pink slips are shown to coaches that haven't lived up to their potential (and haven't built up their teams to said potential). College basketball is no different. |
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 February 21, 2011 Adam Russell |
College Hoops Surprises and Disappointments With only about three weeks remaining in the college basketball season, many fans and pundits are starting to look at the potential March Madness brackets. |
Sports Central October 30, 2012 Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys: The Heavy Hitters The "infant" tourneys seem to be on a rotation of which one gets the studded lineup. This year, two selections are headlining the new wave. |
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 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 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 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. |