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Sports Central
July 11, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
Fitting in the "Final Four" The NCAA is expected to announce this week their new format for the Division I Men's tournament, as March Madness now welcomes 68 to the party. Let's hope the NCAA chooses to place a mixture of both at-large teams and automatic qualifiers.   |
Salon.com
July 19, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
One too many The NCAA wants to expand its men's basketball Tournament from 64 teams to 65. It's an outrage! |
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
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
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
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
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
March 14, 2011
Ross Lancaster |
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Selection Committee The NCAA Basketball Selection Committee is in many ways like the Supreme Court. Its decisions are done behind closed doors and many are outraged after the verdicts are reached. |
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
March 19, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
The Not-So-Sweet 16 March Madness needs a different type of play-in game. |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Seth Davis |
March Badness Conference tournaments work for mid-major leagues, but they encourage top teams to tank... |
Sports Illustrated
March 6, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
Another dispatch from the Dungeon So we sit in the Dudgeon Dungeon, waiting out the rest of Championship Week, desperately hoping that Creighton, despite losing in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, can land an at-large bid... |
Sports Illustrated
January 8, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
Power play Trying to kill exempt events is simply a money grab by major conferences... |
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 Illustrated
February 26, 2002
Grant Wahl |
For Love of Ivy The Ivy League race is a college backetball purist's dream, without a tournament to dilute it... |
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
March 4, 2013
Jonathan Lowe |
No Matter What? The author discusses the ups and downs of a single season for college football and basketball teams. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
What the Tournament Committee Really Said What did the NCAA tournament selection committee really tell us and the other sects of the basketball world on Selection Sunday? |
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
March 23, 2004
Brian Cook |
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times For two days, this was the worst NCAA tournament ever. Higher seeds were 28-4 in the first-round. |
Sports Central
April 9, 2014
Jonathan Lowe |
Tourney Learning For the second time in four years, and the fourth time in 16 seasons, the Huskies became the rulers of men's college basketball (only to be joined by the women's team Tuesday night). |
Sports Central
October 7, 2012
Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys: The Underappreciated There are several college basketball tournaments going on during the holiday season. With showcase games all over the country, some can get lost in the shuffle. |
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. |
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... |
CIO
March 15, 2003
Tom Wailgum |
Ready for March Madness It's a good bet that end users at your company will create Internet bandwidth spikes on March 20 and 21, when the men's NCAA basketball tournament tips off with 32 first-round games starting during business hours. |
Salon.com
March 18, 2002
King Kaufman |
Hit the road The NCAA Tournament's new "pod" system works just fine, but it needs an adjustment to prevent this weekend's "home" games... |
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
March 2, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
NCAA Selection Misconceptions At this time of the college basketball season, you will see a plethora of "Who's In/Who's Out" segments on the ESPN networks, CBS, and probably any other major outlet that shows college hoops. |
Sports Central
February 16, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
Worst Case Scenario: Must Win or Get in? Take a look at some mid-major programs that are sitting at or near the top of their conferences. |
Sports Illustrated
March 15, 2000 |
Best day of the year For basketball fans, this is the best day of all the year. Yes, today -- the day before the NCAA tournament begins.... |
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
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
February 12, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
New Rules For March Madness There is but one sporting event that lives up to its annual hype -- March Madness. The first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament should be a national holiday. Here are some new rules for those who care about following the tournament. |
Sports Central
February 8, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Why Murray State Deserves a No. 1 Seed Murray State is 23-0. They have beaten one ranked team (Memphis) and only face one more before the end of the season (Saint Mary's). They currently hold a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today Poll and a No. 9 ranking in the AP poll. |
Sports Central
March 8, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
I Wish I Was a Little Bit Smaller Once every year, the basketball world known as the Big Eight used to converge on my hometown to decide their automatic bid for the NCAA tournament. |
Salon.com
March 22, 2001
Luc Hatlestad |
March Madness: Not so mad All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good. |
Sports Illustrated
February 8, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Ending the Jacobsen/Dunleavy debate They're both great players and I'm a moron for driving a wedge where there was no need for one... |
Sports Central
December 17, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Enough Already It is time to put an end to all of the distractions that college sports provide. And that needs to happen by telling teams what conference they are in. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2006
Jonathan Lowe |
Have a Holly, Jolly Madness An evaluation of the teams selected to participate in the NCAA basketball tournament. |
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
April 13, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
Making Good Use of Home Cookin' Since the NCAA women's tournament began in 1982, dominant teams have had the luxury of extending their postseason success to the cheers and admiration of a home crowd. |
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
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 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 16, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
The Committee Gets an A This is the best job the NCAA Selection Committee has done in years. |
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 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 Central
April 9, 2013
Joshua Duffy |
Lessons From the 2013 NCAA Tournament With the hangovers still pounding in Louisville (and Ann Arbor), the 2013 NCAA tournament is in the books. Despite the dramatics in Monday night's finale, it wasn't a pretty tournament. |
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
March 10, 2008
Chris Gonzales |
A Sign of the Times, a Look to the Future While it is still too early to tell if professional sports have been corrupted beyond repair, the answer may lie just below the surface. |
