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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 December 11, 2003 Eric Williams |
Giving Thanks Today, the college football world is in an uproar and the season has been thrown into utter chaos because of three little letters: BCS. Thank God for March Madness  |
Sports Central April 12, 2006 Michael Beshara |
In Defense of the BCS As enjoyable as college basketball's March Madness may be, college football's BCS provides the opportunity for both a more exciting and more just crowning of a national champion.  |
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 December 16, 2003 Jeff Zaginailoff |
The Solution to the BCS is a Playoff Tournament Despite recent efforts to reform it, the process for deciding the national champion in college football, the most noteworthy and public of all college sports, is still far from perfected.  |
Science News September 4, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
College Football, Rankings, and Wandering Monkeys Last year, the use of a complicated mathematical formula used to determine which two college football teams play for the national championship collided with human expectations... Puzzle of the Week...  |
Sports Central August 17, 2006 Adam Russell |
College Football '06 Winners and Losers To focus on the preseason, let's look at who the biggest "winners and losers" are from last year to this.  |
Sports Central December 9, 2003 Adam Russell |
Best Championship System, or Best Contender Screwed? The University of Southern California has been jilted out of the Sugar Bowl by the BCS computers, despite being ranked number one in both human polls.  |
Sports Central March 25, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead.  |
Sports Central October 6, 2004 David Martin |
Busting the BCS: Is it Even Possible? The cottage industry of preseason analysis and predictions is the first failure of legitimacy of any poll -- and, by extension, any formula based upon that poll.  |
Sports Central March 22, 2010 Scott Shepherd |
Why March Madness is Overrated Not only do I not believe that everyone loves March Madness, I'm not sold on the fact that they even believe it.  |
Sports Central December 18, 2006 Adam Russell |
BCS: Is it Human or Machine? The BCS needs to make up its mind -- is it going to be a computer poll that is entirely objective based on stats, schedule, and record, or is it going to be steered by the human polls?  |
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 November 3, 2008 Corrie Trouw |
Ballot Bias It's election season again, college football voters, so take a few minutes and think about what each candidate has done to deserve your vote.  |
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 November 1, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Unparalleled Parity There is as much parity in college football this year as there has been in a very long time. Eleven of the top 25 teams weren't ranked when the season started, including five of the top 15.  |
Sports Central November 16, 2011 Andrew Jones |
College Basketball 2011-12 Buy or Sell The college basketball season is now underway and there is a lot of speculation floating around about if certain teams are for real and if early losses or close calls are just flukes.  |
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 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 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.  |
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...  |
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 November 19, 2012 Paul Foeller |
Cinderella in 2013: November Edition Our focus is on two new teams to add to the list of possible "Cinderella" teams, the Creighton Blue Jays and the Ohio Bobcats.  |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
March Madness Preview: Breaking Down The Bracket Two missed free throws with no time left on the clock cost the Memphis Tigers a spot. The Buffalo Bulls were denied their invitation courtesy of a last-second game-winning shot in overtime by Ohio University.  |
Sports Central March 31, 2006 Chris Cornell |
Sifting Through the Madness March Madness is one of the most over-used phrases in sports, but never has a tournament so lived up to the adage.  |
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.  |
Salon.com November 23, 2002 Allen Barra |
Of bowls and polls College football's weird champion-choosing process has taken the arguments -- and the fun -- out of New Year's Day.  |
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 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 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 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.  |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
The Dog Days of March Madness Why you should look to the underdog in the early rounds of the "Big Dance."  |
Sports Central December 12, 2005 Mike Round |
Why NCAA Should Stick With Bowls Seven years after its inception, Congress has decided to look into the BCS in Division I-A football and why it's the only major sport without a playoff system.  |
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 Illustrated June 26, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
BCS 'changes' don't amount to much Lesson to be taken from the changes in the BCS formula announced Tuesday: Bureaucracies are not nimble, except when evading responsibility.  |
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 Central November 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Case for Florida After Notre Dame's 22-13 win against USC effectively clinched its spot in Miami on Jan. 7, the Fighting Irish will almost surely play the winner of next Saturday's SEC Championship Game between Georgia and Florida for the BCS crown.  |
Sports Central February 24, 2011 Kevin Beane |
The Greatest College Sports Upsets I'm a connoisseur of upsets. If it's not one of my favorite teams playing, I almost always root for the underdog.  |
Sports Central November 18, 2009 Paul Foeller |
Bashing the BCS Now, more than ever, it's clear that the argument supporting the BCS doesn't hold any water.  |
Sports Illustrated October 19, 2001 Tim Layden |
Converted OK, I finally get why college football needs a playoff...  |
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 Illustrated December 11, 2001 Alexander Wolff & Austin Murphy |
Title Contention The BCS or a playoff? The debate's hotter than ever this year...  |
Sports Central February 15, 2012 Paul Foeller |
Shock(er) Value Around this time every year, I write an article about sleeper teams that could surprise some people come March Madness.  |
Science News December 16, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Rankings, Tournaments, and Playoffs All outcome-based sports ranking systems are fundamentally flawed.  |
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 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 Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jack McCallum |
BCS means bogus college standings Calling for a national championship playoff...  |
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 October 31, 2007 Matt Thomas |
The BCS is a Good Thing ... No, Really Nine tried and true reasons to believe in the Bowl Championship Series and its value to college football.  |
Sports Central March 14, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
Rolling Through the Big Time Here are a couple of things to know about the 2007 installment of March Madness for your office, home, and on the go.  |