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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
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
December 3, 2002
Seth Davis |
Kansas' problems are numerous Kansas, like every other college basketball team in America, has some weaknesses. What we didn't know was that those weaknesses were so numerous and so problematic. |
Sports Illustrated
December 5, 2001
Grant Wahl |
Big 12 is best thus far The Big 12 is the best conference in the land for college basketball today... |
Sports Illustrated
January 23, 2002
Grant Wahl |
It's Magic Eight time Our third annual Magic Eight, the octet from which I guarantee the national college basketball champion will emerge... |
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
November 29, 2000
Grant Wahl |
Early-season hits and misses I try telling people there's no such thing as a Sports Illustrated jinx, and then it happens again. Beginning with the 1999 national title game, I've now been on hand six of the last seven times the AP's top-ranked team has gone down... |
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
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... |
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
January 22, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Kansas is still very much in the hunt for the championship... |
Sports Illustrated
January 3, 2001
Grant Wahl |
Return of the Magic Eight I present my second annual Magic Eight, the teams from which I absolutely, positively guarantee the national champion of men's college basketball will emerge... |
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 Central
November 26, 2007
Seth Doria |
2007 College Basketball Preview A look at players, coaches, conferences and playoff predictions for college basketball teams. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2000
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Does Duke have what it takes to cut down the nets in April, without a strong backup for Carlos Boozer when he gets in foul trouble?... It's becoming clear that ACC teams play "softer" than teams from some of its rival conferences... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers A loss to Southern Miss indicates to me that it will probably take several games against weak competition for Arkansas to find its stride... |
Sports Central
January 15, 2008
Seth Doria |
60 Days to Selection Sunday A look back at the last week in college basketball. |
Sports Illustrated
March 19, 2001 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Maryland is still the pick to win it all in the NCAA... |
Sports Illustrated
October 26, 2000
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers A preview of the upcoming college basketball season: Duke, Arizona are clearly nation's best... |
Sports Illustrated
January 2, 2001
Seth Davis |
Season has had its casualties Coaching major-college basketball has never been the most stable profession, but this is an unusually perilous time to be prowling the sidelines. The season isn't half over and we've already seen an inordinate number of casualties... |
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
January 10, 2001
Grant Wahl |
Yet another obstacle for Arizona You don't have to be an Arizona supporter to hope that, for the Wildcats' sake, they're able to simply play basketball for the rest of the season. I spent most of last week in Tucson, and from talking to the players and coaches, the past month has been excruciating... |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Tennessee doesn't have what it takes, but Fresno does... |
Sports Central
January 29, 2008
Seth Doria |
46 Days to Selection Sunday A look at the last week in college basketball. |
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... |
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
May 16, 2000
Seth Davis |
Inside College Basketball The Big East was the big winner in attracting and retaining top talent |
Sports Illustrated
November 15, 2000
Grant Wahl |
Feeling the heat Basketball players, a dozen of them, none older than 15, stood circled around a rickety goal in a roadside park in Barbados. One by one, they took the ball, dribbled toward the hoop and dunked, some with such ferocity that the entire goal rattled for 10 seconds afterward... |
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 |
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
February 5, 2008
Seth Doria |
39 Days to Selection Sunday This week in basketball saw one team step above the rest, others move up or down the ladder of momentum, and some individual performances that make your jaw drop. |
Sports Illustrated
March 29, 2001
Seth Davis |
Grand finale Expect Arizona, Duke to survive the Final Four... |
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
January 9, 2001
Seth Davis |
The NBA can keep Pitino There's nothing we can do. The robot is coming back. He will strike fear into the hearts of every secretary in his office, every underling in the athletic department, every assistant sports information director who makes the mistake of trying to do his job when he's in a bad, bad mood... |
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 Illustrated
March 5, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Trying to predict the NCAA Tournament seedings... |
Sports Illustrated
March 27, 2001
Seth Davis |
Momentum to Maryland Dixon's emergence keyed Terrapins' Final Four run... |
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 Illustrated
November 13, 2000
Seth Davis |
Let's keep exempt games At last, hoopheads, some actual games to talk about. Could we have gotten off to a better start than with the four games that took place last week at Madison Square Garden during the Coaches vs. Cancer Ikon Classic? |
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 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
December 13, 2000
Grant Wahl |
Sizing up the unbeatens It hasn't happened since 1976 and it may never happen again, which is why undefeated college basketball teams hold such a mystique for me. See, I want another team run the table, to do something historic... |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
March Madness Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its free SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest March Madness Champions. |
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
March 7, 2000
Grant Wahl |
Primed for an upset College basketball - teams most likely to become first-round upset victims. |
Sports Central
October 22, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
Memphis, Arizona On Parallel Paths On Friday, March 18, 2011, two college basketball programs used to the national spotlight met in a first-round NCAA tournament game at the Bank of Oklahoma Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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
December 4, 2000
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Morris has the talent to be a first-team All-American, but he isn't showing it. And without him playing at his best, Maryland is not the Final Four team we expected entering the season... |
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 Illustrated
February 28, 2001
Grant Wahl |
My favorite arenas How do I love thee, McArthur Court? Let me count the ways... |
