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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 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 March 7, 2012 Paul Foeller |
Early Bracket-Busters Every year after Selection Sunday, the second-guessing of the Selection Committee's decisions begins for fans everywhere. It's so much fun, I just couldn't wait any longer, and compiled a list of teams that will be ranked too high or too low in a couple weeks |
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 February 26, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Sorting Out the One Seeds From the Twos As the college basketball season winds down, we're met with questions of bubble teams, road wins, strength of schedule, and my personal favorite debate this time of year: who deserves the number one seeds. |
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 11, 2009 Seth Doria |
The NCAA Bubble Shuffle With so many conference championships going on this week, it's easy to lose focus on the few games that hold the most meaning. But there are other games that serve as critical dominos in the dance before The Dance - call it the bubble shuffle. |
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 February 23, 2015 Corrie Trouw |
No More Goliaths College basketball's Davids might not stand level to its Goliaths, but their sling-arms are yoked. |
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 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 March 11, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
9 Reasons to Expand the NCAA Tournament It's time for the NCAA tournament to expand to 347. |
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 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 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 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 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. |
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 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 31, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Breaking Down the Final Four A breakdown of this year's Final Four team-by-team, and by matchup. |
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 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 February 4, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NCAA Contenders and Pretenders As of the week 13 rankings released on January 28, 10 teams have been in the AP top five at one point or another this season: Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, and Kentucky. |
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 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 19, 2009 Jean Neuberger |
The Not-So-Sweet 16 March Madness needs a different type of play-in game. |
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 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 23, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
The Real NCAA Tournament At this point, the nonsense of Selection Sunday is well forgotten and the real NCAA tournament will tip off this weekend. |
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 January 3, 2007 Seth Doria |
NCAA Sleeper Watch: Spin Cycle Identifying underdog teams capable of making at least a Sweet 16 run as a 6 seed or lower in the 2007 tournament. |
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 Central November 20, 2007 Jean Neuberger |
Hidden Valley You have to love the parody in college basketball. |
Sports Illustrated June 21, 2002 Seth Davis |
The woes of a mid-major Western Kentucky fights an uphill battle to improve its men's basketball schedule. |
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 February 20, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Gonzaga's seed distort Where, oh where, do the Zags belong in the NCAA basketball tournament? |
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 Central March 7, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
Memphis: Both Underrated and Overrated? When the Selection Committee selects and seeds teams this week in an unknown Indianapolis hotel meeting room, one of the more interesting cases they will look at will be the 27-3 Memphis Tigers. |
Sports Central February 15, 2008 Brian Cox |
All the Rage of Mid-Majors Mid-majors are now, in some cases, mainstays around Top 25 polls, and within the respectable range in RPI rankings. Here are five mid-majors teams to be mindful of. |
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 15, 2006 Mark Barnes |
NCAA Committee Makes Extraordinary Error The committee's biggest error this year was not one of omission, as most NCAA analysts and fans believe. The far bigger mistake was the seeding of George Washington. |
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 Illustrated December 19, 2001 Grant Wahl |
Perfect possibilities Examining the chances of seeing an undefeated season by a college basketball team... |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Virginia, Ohio State could do damage in the Big Dance... |
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 January 22, 2007 Seth Doria |
MVC: Most (Over)Valued Conference Here's a thought: maybe the Missouri Valley Conference is overrated. Maybe the top teams just aren't as good as everybody is making them out to be. |
Sports Central February 7, 2006 Adam Russell |
Gonzaga's Secret Formula For Success Gonzaga could contend for a national title in college basketball this year. |
Sports Central February 28, 2006 Alan Rubenstein |
Big-Time Programs Still Have Work to Do With two weeks remaining until bid day, many of the nation's most recognized college basketball programs have work left to do to receive their invitation to the NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central March 15, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
Your Date For the Big Dance When you fill out your brackets, pick upsets with confidence. And, of course, pay attention to this analysis. |
Sports Central December 31, 2004 Doug Graham |
A Mid-Majors Blueprint For Success This season, several of St. Joseph basketball coach Phil Martelli's burdens have been lifted. |