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Sports Illustrated November 27, 2001 Seth Davis |
Run-down Tar Heels Two shocking losses sent a signal that it could be a long season for North Carolina...  |
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 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 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 November 8, 2000 |
Ready for tipoff Our annual season-preview journeys for the mag are always a blast, and for all sorts of reasons. Arizona is king of my preseason college basketball top 20...  |
Sports Illustrated October 10, 2002 Seth Davis |
Growing by leaps and bounds College Basketball preview: Expect these sophomores to assume more prominent roles.  |
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 12, 2001 |
Fearless Predictions Memo to UNLV president Carol Harter: Wake up. Slick Rick is playing you. Harter should recognize that she has a good man in no-nonsense interim coach Max Good. He doesn't wear fancy suits or talk a good game, but this guy is good for college athletics and deserves much better...  |
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 Illustrated February 21, 2001 Seth Davis |
Guide to the Madness Before the excitement begins -- and ends -- I thought I'd weigh in with a few predictions on how the season's climax will unfold. Here, then, is my Guide to the Madness: Sure things and sleepers and busts, oh, my!  |
Sports Illustrated March 16, 2001 Pete McEntegart |
What We Learned Kentucky is playing as well as any team in the country. Forget that 3-5 start -- the Wildcats have... Don't overlook the little guys...  |
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 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 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 Illustrated March 21, 2001 Alexander Wolff |
And then there were 16 Musings on the first week of NCAA tournament play  |
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 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...  |
Sports Central April 14, 2009 Jean Neuberger |
What to Watch For in 2010 This college basketball season may be over, but here's what to look for in 2010.  |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
Prelude to Madness True hoopheads like us, of course, are thinking basketball all year long, but now that the greatest month of all is upon us, here are a few nuggets to ponder before the blessed Madness begins...  |
Sports Illustrated December 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Off base The 5/8 rule, which limits schools to awarding five basketball scholarships in any given year and eight in a two-year period, is a good thing -- unless you're a coach...  |
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 January 21, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
NCAA is better as a guard's game College hoops, once thought to be languishing because the best young talent leaves early for the pros, has reinvented itself with a vogue for the three-guard offense. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I like it better...  |
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...  |
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 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...  |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Top 10: Highest Paid College Basketball Coaches Take a look at what the top ten highest paid college basketball coaches, out of those programs that made the 2006 NCAA tournament, were getting in salary and perks, and what they've done to merit that level of compensation.  |
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 Central November 20, 2003 Eric Williams |
A New Beginning The hiring of Roy Williams to take over the struggling and proud North Carolina basketball program has brought newfound optimism.  |
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 April 1, 2008 Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Standing The four teams left standing are, over the course of the season, the four strongest teams.  |
Sports Illustrated March 17, 2000 Seth Davis |
Dinner with Majerus ...A college basketball season is not a college basketball season until I've had a meal with Rick Majerus, the Utah coach known as much for his oversized waistline as his gargantuan knowledge of the game of basketball...  |
Sports Central November 5, 2007 Corrie Trouw |
NCAA Basketball Program Power Rankings This NCAA hoops program power ranking forms a ladder for coaching ascension.  |
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 March 28, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Big 12 will rule the weekend As great as the Final Four is, it kills me that the two best teams (Kansas and Maryland) are playing each other on Saturday...  |
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 Illustrated January 30, 2001 Seth Davis |
Remembering Coach Al McGuire Flaky and funny, simple and mysterious, witty and ironic. There will be never be another like him. I didn't know you well, Coach Al, but I'm going to miss you something awful...  |
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 Central July 31, 2006 Alan Rubenstein |
Colleges Escaping Early Defections Many college coaches across the country spend the spring and the early part of summer having to reshape their rosters after early defections to the NBA.  |
Sports Illustrated February 8, 2001 Alexander Wolff |
Carolina's success is easy to explain North Carolina is, familiarly if unexpectedly, atop the polls once more...  |
Sports Illustrated January 24, 2001 Seth Davis |
Special pre-Oscars edition We're going Hollywood this week, Hoopheads. In honor of the approaching Oscars -- and in light of the obvious fact that I am fresh out of ideas with two months still remaining in the season -- I hereby present this silver-screen edition of Hoop Thoughts...  |
BusinessWeek March 25, 2010 Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks?  |
Sports Central April 15, 2008 John Hocter |
Four College Hoops Guarantees for '08-'09 Here's a look at four sure-fire, can't-miss, absolutely idiot-proof guarantees for next year's college hoops campaign.  |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
There's no need to reseed We all know the Final Four is the best weekend in sports, which is why I begin today by arguing against an idea you'll be hearing often this week, one that, if implemented, would rob this event of much of its intrinsic charm...  |
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 July 12, 2002 Seth Davis |
NCAA enforcement hits new lows Members of the NCAA's enforcement staff were in attendance at the ABCD Camp to make sure that everyone was adhering to the new rules.  |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2002 Tim Layden |
Dream weekend For coaches, Final Four offers chance of a lifetime...  |
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 26, 2010 Paul Foeller |
The Year of David in a League of Goliaths College basketball has as much parity this year as it has in a long time. Which teams stand out above the rest?  |
Sports Central April 1, 2013 Jonathan Lowe |
Home ... Where the Hoops Are If Gregg Marshall decides to hold to his promise to stay at Wichita State through 2018, this would only seem to continue a growing trend of coaches that aren't leaving to look for a better job.  |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2000 Tim Layden |
Vote 'no' on coaches' poll Sorry if I'm late to the party on this debate, but I've been up to my rings in Olympic preview coverage and missed my old buddy Trev Alberts' take on why coaches should vote for the Heisman Trophy. Allow me to get up to speed ... and maybe even bring Trev along with me...  |