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Sports Central
October 27, 2004
Eric Williams |
College Basketball Teams to Watch Their eyes are on the prize: Arizona's Wildcats... Kentucky's Wildcats... Illinois' Fighting Illini... Michigan State's Spartans... Wake Forest's Demon Deacons... Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets... North Carolina's Tar Heels... Kansas' Jayhawks...   |
Sports Illustrated
December 24, 2002
Seth Davis |
Inside College Basketball Voluble freshman Dee Brown has the Illini off to a hot start |
Sports Central
December 18, 2004
Cory Danner |
Who's Up to the Challenge? Looking over the remaining undefeated college basketball teams, of which there are 10 in the top 25, here are the three teams that have the best chance to run the table in the regular season and cut down the nets in April. |
Sports Central
April 2, 2005
Martin Hawrysko |
NCAA Tournament: It Gets No Better I am finally convinced that the NCAA tournament that makes the month of March famous truly is one of the best phases of sports. |
Sports Central
January 15, 2004
Danny Sternfield |
Big 10 is Truly the Mediocre 11 It all seemed to happen so fast. The Big 10 turned into the Mediocre 11. A conference that used to be counted on to send six or seven teams to the NCAA tournament might get four in this year. It can't be that bad, right? Wrong. |
Sports Central
May 26, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Senior Leadership Key in 2005 The 2005 NCAA tournament saw a return to the importance of senior leadership in making a deep tournament run, as the majority of the teams who advanced deep into March did so with a strong core of seniors. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2004
Damian Greene |
Something to Talk About Chicago just keeps on disappointing us, don't they? Fortunately, not all is lost in this once proud Midwestern state, as there is one team that has a chance to bring a championship to Illinois and they aren't even professionals. |
Sports Central
February 12, 2005
William Geoghegan |
Illini Look Good, But How Good? For all the accolades and high rankings and impressive numbers, the Illini are not a complete basketball team. They have holes inside. They aren't that deep. They haven't had to win any nail-biters. |
Sports Central
July 27, 2005
Doug Graham |
Larry Brown Departs, Yet Once Again In the end, Larry Brown and the Detroit Pistons both expose just how flawed the business of basketball is. |
Sports Central
October 1, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
College Basketball's Measure of Success The key to long-term success, it seems, is to have a big-name coach who can recruit nationally and build a big-name program. |
Sports Central
April 1, 2006
Alan Rubenstein |
Indy's Had Unlikely Final Fours Before It should come as no surprise that the surviving teams advanced to the Circle City with a twist. Indianapolis produced the only other Final Four without a number one seed. |
Sports Central
December 7, 2011
Ross Lancaster |
Under the Radar These college basketball players have performed highly, but aren't as well-known by the average college basketball fan. |
Sports Central
February 21, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Colossal `Cats Conventional wisdom says that 2012 is a year in which no one team will be known as a great team in the annals of college basketball history. |
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
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
October 15, 2005
Seth Berkman |
Preseason Sweet 16 Power Rankings Everybody was raving about Duke this summer and it's hard to argue with the talent they have coming back. |
Sports Central
August 11, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
NBA Draft Changes NCAA Landscape Who enters their name into the NBA draft, who withdraws, and which players return or leave can have an impact on the college basketball landscape for the following two to three years. |
Sports Central
November 23, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Early-Season Matchups Provide Insight The college basketball tournaments to begin November give an interesting insight in the teams and players to watch for in 2005-06. |
Sports Central
February 1, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Players Flying Under the Radar to Watch Most in college basketball are familiar with the exploits of Dee Brown, Raymond Felton, J.J. Reddick, Chris Paul, and Hakim Warrick, but there are many other stars in college basketball who are leading their teams to outstanding seasons. |
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 29, 2001
Seth Davis |
Grand finale Expect Arizona, Duke to survive the Final Four... |
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
February 6, 2005
Adam Russell |
History Against Unbeaten Teams In what has seemed like a topsy-turvy year in college basketball, with ranked teams knocking each other off almost nightly, there has remained two constants: Illinois and Boston College. |
Sports Central
March 16, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
Who Can Take Down Kentucky? The Kentucky Wildcats will attempt to become the first 40-0 team in the history of college basketball over the next three weeks during the NCAA tournament. |
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 15, 2005
Mark Chalifoux |
Sports Gospel's March Madness Report College basketball All-Americans: Dee Brown, Illinois... Chris Paul, Wake Forest... Andrew Bogut... etc. |
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 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
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 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. |
Sports Central
December 22, 2009
Paul Foeller |
Early Season Review: What We've Learned Even in a season where so much is uncertain, we do know some things without a doubt. |
Sports Illustrated
March 19, 2001 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Maryland is still the pick to win it all in the NCAA... |
Sports Central
March 30, 2015
Jonathan Lowe |
Final Four: The Finality of Incentive After four-plus months of buckets, boards, blocks, and blown whistles, we've reduced the field of college basketball championship contenders to four. |
Sports Central
January 22, 2006
Alan Rubenstein |
Lineage Important to Success at Top Programs Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina have a basketball lineage that dates back to the sport's founder, Dr. James Naismith. |
Sports Central
January 14, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
As the Ball Bounces If change is the new theme of 2009, college basketball has been years ahead of its time. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2005
Doug Graham |
Larry Brown Prepares to Depart Again It wouldn't surprise anyone at this point if Larry Brown departs Detroit after this season...would it? It shouldn't. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions I love college basketball, and a week of watching several exciting games has reminded me of my passion for the sport... |
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
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
November 22, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
NCAA Men's Hoops About to Get Crazy Ask a diehard NBA fan what the true tragedy of the NBA lockout is, and they'll tell you it comes at the worst possible time. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2015
Jeffrey Boswell |
March Madness: "Big Blue" Balls Can anyone stop Kentucky from completing an undefeated season with the national 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
November 11, 2013
Andrew Jones |
Bold Predictions For 2014 March Madness The college basketball season is underway and so far there have been few surprises. There are some familiar names in the preseason rankings. Indeed, it is a veritable who's who of college basketball. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2014
Andrew Jones |
Pre-March Madness Games Not to Miss Allow me to give you some regular season college basketball games you shouldn't miss if you want to make educated picks come March. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2008
Corrie Trouw |
2008-09 Big Ten Basketball Crystal Ball Predicting how the Big Ten will shape up on the court. |
Sports Central
February 16, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
A Horse Race in the Heartland In the ultra-competitive heartland, there's a slugfest for the conference title. Entering this week, an improbable five Big Ten heavyweights still had a clear path to the title belt. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
April 4, 2000
Alexander Wolff |
State of Siege Michigan State overcame a nearly devastating injury to its leader to conquer Florida's vaunted pressure defense and win the NCAA title |
Sports Central
March 26, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Preview: Red vs. Blue There are four states in the union where college basketball takes on a cultural and sporting significance unlike the other 46: North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. |
Sports Illustrated
December 18, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions I admire teams such as Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke, Illinois, Arizona and North Carolina for playing such difficult non-conference schedules. Coaches know that come tournament time it will pay off, even if it means a couple more losses... |
