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Sports Central October 21, 2008 Brian Cox |
Trouble in Terrapin Land? In the six years since winning the national title, Maryland has struggled to recapture the magic that lead them to the Final Four in back-to-back years. |
Sports Central December 24, 2005 Andre Watson |
ACC Season Beginning to Heat Up The Atlantic Coast Conference has long been one of the best conferences in college basketball. And this year is no exception. |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2002 Grant Wahl & Seth Davis |
A Staggering Achievement Steadied down the stretch by the unflappable Juan Dixon, Maryland overcame a multitude of errors to win its first national championship... |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2003 Seth Davis |
College Basketball: Cutting Duke Down to Size In a resounding victory, Maryland revealed the Blue Devils' weaknesses |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Seth Davis |
Grand finale Expect Arizona, Duke to survive the Final Four... |
Sports Illustrated March 16, 2001 Albert Chen |
What We Learned The neutral crowd is one of the most overlooked factors in NCAA tournament games... Maryland's inconsistencies prevail again... The shoe fits for Georgia State... |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2001 Alexander Wolff |
Three's the Charm Clutch three-point shooting was key as coach Mike Krzyzewski completed his own trifecta, leading Duke to its third NCAA title in 11 years... |
Sports Central February 19, 2014 Corrie Trouw |
The Death of the Middle Class Rivalry What happened to college basketball's middle class rivalry? |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2001 Seth Davis |
Momentum to Maryland Dixon's emergence keyed Terrapins' Final Four run... |
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 Illustrated December 4, 2000 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Morris has the talent to be a first-team All-American, but he isn't showing it. And without him playing at his best, Maryland is not the Final Four team we expected entering the season... |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
Prelude to Madness True hoopheads like us, of course, are thinking basketball all year long, but now that the greatest month of all is upon us, here are a few nuggets to ponder before the blessed Madness begins... |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Duke by a whisker to win another NCAA title... |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Fit to Be Tied By creating a three-way logjam in the ACC, Florida State got a chad up on a BCS bid... |
Sports Illustrated March 31, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
A vote for the Hoosiers If Indiana is to beat Maryland in the NCAA men's basketball championship game, here's how it'll happen... |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2001 Seth Davis |
Fight to the Finish Shane Battier is our choice in a tight race for player of the year... |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Kansas is still very much in the hunt for the championship... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 |
Final Four breakdown Sports Illustrated asked coaches and assistants, who this season have broken down hours of tape preparing game plans to use against the Final Four teams, to tell us what they saw and offer insights on how to play those teams. Here are some of their observations... |
Sports Central January 12, 2005 William Geoghegan |
Tar Heels Will Leave Footprint On ACC The Tar Heels are good. Really good. It's safe to say that they're on another plane of existence in the college basketball world. |
Sports Illustrated April 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Duke, Florida waiting on early entries If Boozer, Brown, White and Williams are all playing college ball next season, look for Florida and Duke to be 1-2 in the preseason polls. If any or all of those guys bolt to the play-for-pays, those two schools will have to make do with what they have, which is still plenty... |
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Blake vs. Williams will decide Maryland-Duke game... |
Sports Central October 7, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The ACC, Not Just For Basketball In the final year of the BCS, the ACC has its best chance since the heyday of Bobby Bowden and Chris Weinke to win a title. |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Senior leadership Glamorous freshmen bring publicity and street cred to a program, but if you want to win the big trophy, you need something more. You need seniority. Here, then, are 10 seniors who, for better or worse, will play pivotal roles over the next six weeks... |
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. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2001 Jack McCallum |
Be of good cheer There's a fine line between fans and fools... |
Sports Central January 15, 2008 Seth Doria |
60 Days to Selection Sunday A look back at the last week in college basketball. |
Sports Central December 8, 2009 Corrie Trouw |
The Hidden Exhibition Season Why don't we voice the same complaints about college basketball's exhibition season as we do for pro football's pre-season? |
Sports Central November 8, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Down Year For the Dukies? For the first time in what seems like an eternity, Duke University is not the favorite to win the ACC. |
AskMen.com February 22, 2013 Jon Finkel |
Duke Basketball As a person who would put himself in the category of not being a Duke fan, I always wondered what it would be like to exist in the Durham bubble, to live in a world where you worship Coach K. |
Sports Illustrated December 11, 2000 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Does Duke have what it takes to cut down the nets in April, without a strong backup for Carlos Boozer when he gets in foul trouble?... It's becoming clear that ACC teams play "softer" than teams from some of its rival conferences... etc. |
Sports Illustrated April 1, 2002 Seth Davis |
Unpredictable and inexplicable Indiana's run exemplifies the tournament's charm... |
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. |
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 Illustrated March 12, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Sixteen's dreams To reach the unreachable star, no matter how hopeless... For a few days, before the Madness begins, we can champion the lowest of the lows. Winthrop, Holy Cross, Boston University and whomever wins the Alcorn St./Siena play-in game -- these are the tournament's Sweet Sixteens... |
Sports Central September 4, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
Muzzling the Turtles Fans at the University of Maryland have been sent a clear message: we want your money, we want your enthusiasm, but we don't want the way you choose to express it. |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2001 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Maryland is still the pick to win it all in the NCAA... |
Sports Illustrated March 5, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Trying to predict the NCAA Tournament seedings... |
Sports Central November 12, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
Early Lessons in College Basketball When you're trying to evaluate college basketball teams, it's best not to draw too many conclusions based off just a game or two. Any team with a coach worth his salt will improve considerably between now and March. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2001 B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions First of all, let's give Duke its props. The Blue Devils ruined my timely prediction of an upset (so, so close), but they showed tremendous heart and desire in erasing a 10-point deficit in the final minute of regulation... |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Duke-Arizona Q&A Once again, Battier does the little things... |
Sports Illustrated January 17, 2001 Grant Wahl |
The country's top gun Whenever he plays, I can't wait to see the box score the next day. Whenever he shoots, which is very, very often, I can safely expect that it won't go in. But you know another one's coming, just as surely as your next breath, and every so often he'll make a few... |
Sports Central January 22, 2004 Eric Williams |
Good Things in Small Packages The re-emergence of the ACC can be traced directly to the depth of the guards in the conference. Georgia Tech, Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest, with their exciting freshman point guard Chris Paul, arguably make the ACC the toughest conference in America. |
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 December 8, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
The Empire Strikes Back If the country's gag reaction to Duke's return to the college hoops spotlight is any indication, 2010 is just another year in the Blue Devils' reign of disdain. |
Sports Illustrated August 22, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
Don't fear the Turtle With star tailback Bruce Perry out, Maryland is in for a long football season. |
Sports Illustrated December 1, 2000 Alexander Wolff |
A player to remember Bennett by It's a cold, I thought. It's Wisconsin. It's after Thanksgiving. Your immune system would be suppressed, too, if you were coaching a team with expectations elevated by the fresh memory of the least likely of Final Four appearances... |
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 Illustrated September 4, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Burning Questions What happens to Virginia Tech's running game without Lee Suggs?... Who has the smoothest road to emerge as a surprise at midseason?... Can losing ever be good for a team?... |
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 January 13, 2015 Corrie Trouw |
The Other Guys In the gentle Southern winter, a blue juggernaut of impressive basketball talent is getting ready for March. Oh, and Kentucky is pretty good, too. |