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Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Primed for an upset College basketball - teams most likely to become first-round upset victims. |
Sports Illustrated March 14, 2000 |
Tourney talk College basketball Q&A: Big upsets... Blue Devils... Fresno State... |
Sports Illustrated February 27, 2001 Seth Davis |
A season in review Before we kick off the greatest month on the American sporting calendar, here's a quick look back at the best and worst of college basketball's regular season... |
Sports Illustrated February 7, 2001 Grant Wahl |
More questions than answers Suddenly, in less than a week, a rash of home-court upsets has turned an orderly season chaotic. Duke loses in Cameron to Carolina? Stanford gets whacked in Maples by UCLA? Kansas bites the dust in Allen to Iowa State? What does it all mean? |
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 Illustrated February 28, 2001 Grant Wahl |
My favorite arenas How do I love thee, McArthur Court? Let me count the ways... |
Sports Illustrated January 24, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Let's give Stanford its due As a former (recovering?) East Coast basketball writer myself, I know there's a lot of ignorance about West Coast basketball. But some of the statements made about Stanford lately have been as unintentionally hilarious as Digger Phelps... |
Sports Illustrated November 8, 2000 |
Ready for tipoff Our annual season-preview journeys for the mag are always a blast, and for all sorts of reasons. Arizona is king of my preseason college basketball top 20... |
Sports Illustrated October 12, 2000 |
Let the party begin Ten pressing questions entering the 2000-20001 season. That's right, hoopheads, it's our time of year again. Time to par-tay... |
Salon.com April 3, 2001 King Kaufman |
The turning point When Arizona missed a chance to tie the game with more than 13 minutes to go, the NCAA title belonged to Duke... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Seth Davis |
Grand finale Expect Arizona, Duke to survive the Final Four... |
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... |
Salon.com March 19, 2001 King Kaufman |
The beat-down round The upsets of the NCAA Tournament's first two days give way to order being restored over the weekend, but there are still some thrills. |
Salon.com March 26, 2001 King Kaufman |
Throat-grabbing excitement The middle two rounds of the NCAA Tournament have just enough thrills and chills to overshadow the return of Bob Knight... |
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 November 15, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Some Top 20 surprises My annual preseason college hoops tour has come to a close, but not without some memorable moments... |
Sports Illustrated December 6, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Taking on the Dukies So I pick Duke to go to the Final Four, and what do I get? Angry, angry e-mails from the Blue Devils faithful... |
Sports Illustrated February 21, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Forecast has been clear Aside from overrating Arizona and underrating Iowa State, I think I've done all right this season... |
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 Illustrated November 21, 2001 Grant Wahl |
What's going on in Maui? Let's wait until March before we call my preseason college basketball rankings a joke. |
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 Illustrated November 13, 2000 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Duke's backcourt is a strength... Calipari and the Memphis Tigers have a chance at the tournament... etc. |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Upset special Wildcats' defense will stifle Blue Devils... |
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 2, 2001 Seth Davis |
Tough as nails True grit brought Duke, 'Zona to this point... |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Duke by a whisker to win another NCAA 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 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 Illustrated February 29, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Some nuggets from Stillwater college basketball questions |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Duke-Arizona Q&A Once again, Battier does the little things... |
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 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 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 Central March 6, 2006 Piet Van Leer |
Don't Fear the Dukies Is anyone scared to face the Duke Blue Devils come tournament time? They shouldn't be. |
Sports Illustrated December 12, 2000 Alexander Wolff |
Inside College Basketball A maturing Frank Williams has Illinois off to a hot start against a very tough schedule... |
Sports Central April 8, 2005 Tyson Wirth |
Who Will Rule College Hoops in 2006? Here's an early look at who might compose next year's Final Four -- with a warning. Many of this year's elite squads didn't make the cut. Find out who did and why. |
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. |
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 Central February 24, 2004 Eric Williams |
The Season of Dreams The Stanford Cardinal and the St. Joseph's Hawks both enter this last week of February with unblemished records and are bidding to become the first pair of teams to enter the NCAA tournament without a loss |
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. |