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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
December 29, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
When Madness Goes Insane Talks are ramping up to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament again. |
Sports Illustrated
February 22, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
NCAA tourney fiasco Nothing to like about 'opening-round' game... |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Grant Wahl |
In praise of the conference season As everyone knows, the best team doesn't always win the NCAA tournament. It's the price I'm willing to pay for deciding matters on the court in ridiculously exciting one-off games. Yet there's one thing I don't accept, and that's the complete emasculation of the conference season... |
Sports Central
March 1, 2006
Andre Watson |
College Basketball Thoughts Revisited As we head into March Madness, the Big East is the strongest conference in the country. |
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 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
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 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
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
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
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 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
March 21, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
Coaching the Cause Behind Weak First Weekend I love the NCAA tournament. And that's what makes this that much harder to say: this year's tournament has sucked. |
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 Illustrated
March 7, 2001
Seth Davis |
Celebrating March Madness You can have your Super Bowl, your World Series, your NBA Finals. Just leave me March, and remember to wake me when it comes around again next year... |
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 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
September 24, 2007
Phil Backert |
MLB Playoff Chase Down to Final Stretch The last week of the season in Major League Baseball could not be more exciting for fans as the hunt for October hits the final stretch run. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Centralized Power Only three players in the National League rank in the top 10 of all three triple crown categories. All of them play in the National League Central. Only one division has three of the top five in wins and in saves -- the National League Central. |
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
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 Illustrated
March 8, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Illinois, Oregon may have what it takes I'm eagerly awaiting the NCAA tournament's opening weekend. I'll be able to let you know after the first game whether the Illini can become this year's Maryland and get to Atlanta... |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2001
Alexander Wolff & Austin Murphy |
Title Contention The BCS or a playoff? The debate's hotter than ever this year... |
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 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
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. |
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 Illustrated
April 25, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Scorecard Drawing out the NBA's first round to absurd lengths could kill playoff drama |
Salon.com
March 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
The unsweet 64 The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out... |
Sports Central
December 4, 2010
Paul Foeller |
Cinderella in 2010: December Edition This year may be young, but some teams are starting to show their true colors already. Who can shock the nation-wide audience like Northern Iowa and Cornell did last year? |
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
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. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2006
Jonathan Lowe |
The Inauguration of a Superconference? The Big East conference is large enough to always see success in the NCAA tournament. |
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 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. |
Sports Illustrated
November 22, 2000
Tim Layden |
Pros and cons of a playoff In the world of college football, we recently entered BCS season. Grab a 12-gauge and fire away at the Byzantine system used to select the national champion... |
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 Illustrated
June 6, 2000 |
Golfing with the enemy The lion hath lain with the lamb. Bill Gates agrees to break up Microsoft for the common good. Vince McMahon joins the Quakers. Hey, it could happen.... |
Sports Central
August 15, 2011
Matt Thomas |
Wait Till Next Year? No, Wait Till June! Major League Baseball has on the table a proposed rule change that would result in an increase in the number of playoff teams from eight to 10. |
Sports Central
December 10, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
Revenge of the Nerds It's official. America's small, private colleges are starting to take the hoops world by storm. |
Home Theater
March 23, 2003 |
ESPN Pushes HDTV HDTV is poised to take off like a rocket, believes Bryan Burns, ESPN's vice president of strategic business planning and development. His network has made a big push with high-def programming over the past year, and is pushing it even harder this year. |
Sports Central
June 17, 2013
Ross Lancaster |
The Dizzying Coaching Carousel The two teams that are still playing as the calendar clicks over to the latter half of June, offer a model of smart, consistent management and leadership in coaching for success. |
Sports Central
July 26, 2012
Adam Russell |
NFL Should Adopt NCAA-Type Disciplines I'll admit that the NFL tries its best to curtail unsportsmanlike and downright vicious play by on-the-field legislation. But until it makes rules at the top that put fear into GMs and coaches around the league, nothing will change. |
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
February 4, 2005
Jonathan Lowe |
Appearing on the Radar: February Over the next few weeks, numerous journalists, experts, and regular peeps will make their guesses on who will make it into this year's hollowed bracket. Like the previous few seasons, the mid-major conferences are starting to field some tourney-worthy squads. |
AskMen.com
Teena Apeles |
Steve Nash Interview With the playoffs just around the corner, we asked Nash about what excites him about the postseason, being comfortable in his own skin and what he stands for -- on and off the court. |
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 Illustrated
May 16, 2000
Mark Mravic |
Scorecard We offer a modest proposal to spice up the summer game. World Series hopes may be all but dead for half the clubs in the majors, but what if those teams still had something meaningful to play for? |
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. |
