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Sports Illustrated March 31, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
A vote for the Hoosiers If Indiana is to beat Maryland in the NCAA men's basketball championship game, here's how it'll happen...  |
Sports Illustrated April 1, 2002 Seth Davis |
Unpredictable and inexplicable Indiana's run exemplifies the tournament's charm...  |
Salon.com April 1, 2002 King Kaufman |
Too much Juan Dixon Indiana is no "Cinderella." The Hoosiers are well coached and red hot. But only Maryland has a player who can take over a game...  |
Sports Central October 21, 2008 Brian Cox |
Trouble in Terrapin Land? In the six years since winning the national title, Maryland has struggled to recapture the magic that lead them to the Final Four in back-to-back years.  |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Terrapin Tumble Maryland continues to reel in the aftermath of its ghastly meltdown against Duke..  |
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 April 3, 2001 Alexander Wolff |
Three's the Charm Clutch three-point shooting was key as coach Mike Krzyzewski completed his own trifecta, leading Duke to its third NCAA title in 11 years...  |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2001 Seth Davis |
Momentum to Maryland Dixon's emergence keyed Terrapins' Final Four run...  |
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 Illustrated January 22, 2003 Seth Davis |
College Basketball: Cutting Duke Down to Size In a resounding victory, Maryland revealed the Blue Devils' weaknesses  |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2002 Tim Layden |
Dream weekend For coaches, Final Four offers chance of a lifetime...  |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 |
The coach's take We asked coaches and assistants who this season have broken down hours of tape preparing game plans against the Final Four teams to tell us what they saw and offer insights on how to play those teams...  |
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 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...  |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
March Madness Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its free SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest March Madness Champions.  |
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Blake vs. Williams will decide Maryland-Duke game...  |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Kansas is still very much in the hunt for the championship...  |
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 April 6, 2005 Piet Van Leer |
Above All, Roy Wins Title For Himself Finally winning the NCAA championship is a personal triumph for long time coach Roy Williams.  |
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...  |
Salon.com March 27, 2002 King Kaufman |
Forecasting the final four Moving courageously beyond his earlier botched NCAA predictions, our man picks Kansas and Oklahoma...  |
Sports Central December 24, 2005 Andre Watson |
ACC Season Beginning to Heat Up The Atlantic Coast Conference has long been one of the best conferences in college basketball. And this year is no exception.  |
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 April 2, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Duke by a whisker to win another NCAA title...  |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
Top tournament moments Five Ignominious Moments in NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament History...  |
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 19, 2001 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Maryland is still the pick to win it all in the NCAA...  |
Sports Illustrated March 16, 2001 Albert Chen |
What We Learned The neutral crowd is one of the most overlooked factors in NCAA tournament games... Maryland's inconsistencies prevail again... The shoe fits for Georgia State...  |
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 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 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 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 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 March 21, 2002 |
Picking through the Sweet 16 So I come home to Seattle for a couple days and they fire Bob Bender at U-Dub. The Huskies are a sleeping giant in the Pac-10, which is why they should hurry up and go after Gonzaga's Mark Few...  |
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 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 February 19, 2002 Seth Davis |
Diminishing Returns: Stars with Lost Luster After testing the NBA waters last spring and finding them cold, guard Keith Bogans returned to Kentucky to try to boost his NBA stock. Instead his value has fallen...  |
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 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 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 Illustrated March 12, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Sixteen's dreams To reach the unreachable star, no matter how hopeless... For a few days, before the Madness begins, we can champion the lowest of the lows. Winthrop, Holy Cross, Boston University and whomever wins the Alcorn St./Siena play-in game -- these are the tournament's Sweet Sixteens...  |
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 Illustrated December 1, 2000 Alexander Wolff |
A player to remember Bennett by It's a cold, I thought. It's Wisconsin. It's after Thanksgiving. Your immune system would be suppressed, too, if you were coaching a team with expectations elevated by the fresh memory of the least likely of Final Four appearances...  |
Sports Central April 8, 2005 Tyson Wirth |
Who Will Rule College Hoops in 2006? Here's an early look at who might compose next year's Final Four -- with a warning. Many of this year's elite squads didn't make the cut. Find out who did and why.  |
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 January 8, 2002 Seth Davis |
Less Than Perfect Duke's stunning loss at Florida State exposed several Blue Devils flaws...  |
Sports Central February 11, 2006 Sara Normand |
Ohio Bobcats Might Be Back Again The Ohio Bobcats need to start shooting the ball well again.  |
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 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.  |