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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 April 1, 2004 Tony Arnoldine |
UConn Eyes Title One of the biggest sports spectacles in the world continues this Saturday when Duke plays Connecticut and Georgia Tech matches up with Oklahoma State. |
Sports Central March 18, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
The Big East: The Bigger Domination Big East basketball doesn't get nearly the credit, prestige, or overall recognition for being a dominant basketball, if not the most dominant college basketball conference the league has seen recently. |
Sports Central April 6, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
The Tournament Team The NCAA tournament has proven not only that a variety of players with differing talent levels can win a title, but that there are an infinite number of ways to win the necessary games. |
Sports Central April 5, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Jim Calhoun Wins, Butler Loses When people remember this game, years from now, it will be about Calhoun winning with a young team, and Butler's offensive struggles. |
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 December 14, 2005 Alfons Prince |
Huskies Gearing Up For a Title Run? Early in the 2005 college basketball season, the Connecticut Huskies have shown the nation that they have re-tooled and are ready for a return trip to the Final Four. |
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 September 30, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011-12 College Basketball Preview As the NBA lockout makes little progress and rumors about players heading overseas abound, college basketball awaits, ready to play because you can't get locked out when you don't make any money. |
Sports Central January 15, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
American Bad Rap-sody UConn basketball is left on an snowy island. They are trying to forage a new identity as the perceived bell ringer for the newly-formed American Athletic Conference. In doing so, it appears that they've taken a major hit in terms of marketability through no fault of their own. |
Sports Central June 26, 2006 Alan Rubenstein |
Draft Devastates Big-Time Programs Two dates on the spring calendar that are crucial in college basketball are when players can enter their name into the NBA draft and the date that players who have not signed with an agent can withdraw their name from the draft. |
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 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? |
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 Central April 7, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
NCAA Tournament Winners and Losers From the first day until the last heave by Gordon Heyward that just missed, March Madness outdid itself this year. |
Sports Central January 22, 2005 Eric Williams |
Are the Hoyas Back? A funny thing happened to the Georgetown University Hoyas on their way to the grave this season --- they began to win. And compete. Hard. |
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 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 April 6, 2004 Eric Williams |
The Future is Now The McDonald's game gives the college game the opportunity to replenish its ranks with star athletes and, more often than not, provides a team on the cusp of winning a championship, the difference-maker it needs to get over the hump. |
Sports Central November 29, 2004 Eric Williams |
First Impressions of the New Season The college basketball season has started anew and the first impressions of the new season have been made. |
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 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 4, 2006 Mark Chalifoux |
Wrapping Up the Madness There are 10 key things to take away from the NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central December 22, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Tale of Two Coasts During the young NBA season, there have been two storylines which seem to tower over the rest. They take place on opposite sides of the country and feature exceeding expectations on the East Coast and one of the biggest disappointments to this point in the season in league history on the West Coast. |
Sports Central December 22, 2010 Ross Lancaster |
Atlantic Coast Calamity As of last week, the ACC had just one ranked team, normally an unthinkable phenomenon in most seasons approaching the holidays and conference play for everybody. |
Sports Central April 4, 2012 Jean Neuberger |
After the Madness: Final Thoughts Sixty-eight teams began a trek for a national title three weeks ago. And to the surprise of few, the heavily favored Kentucky Wildcats were the one team left standing at the end. |
Sports Central June 25, 2012 Jean Neuberger |
A Tale of Two APR Casualties The NCAA tournament will go on as scheduled in March 2013. Connecticut will not be there. Neither will nine other schools that the NCAA announced failed to meet Academic Progress Ratings standards. |
Sports Central February 6, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part II Between now and the NFL draft, college basketball has the stage to itself: Three on the Way Up... Three on the Way Down... Could Go Either Way... etc. |
Sports Central December 24, 2012 Corrie Trouw |
A League of Their Own These are the end days of the current college sports conference structure. Recent developments have all-but-assured the destruction of the Big East, and even best of breeds like the SEC and Big Ten will look much different than their obsessively regional previous incarnations. |
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 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 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 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 October 19, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 3) Here's a breakdown the former Eastern Conference and a prediction of how each team will fare as they begin a new decade of basketball. |
Sports Illustrated March 21, 2002 Frank Deford |
Ladies first Look to the women of UConn to see basketball's best... |
Sports Central July 31, 2008 Brian Cox |
ACC Has a Lot to Prove in 2008 Why does the ACC have so much to prove? In the grand scheme of the picture in college football, they haven't mattered in the last eight years. Here's a look why. |
Sports Central November 12, 2008 Ross Lancaster |
A Quiet, Exciting Beginning You don't have to be one of these huge college hoops fans to know that North Carolina is the prohibitive favorite to take home the title. |
Sports Central October 7, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The ACC, Not Just For Basketball In the final year of the BCS, the ACC has its best chance since the heyday of Bobby Bowden and Chris Weinke to win a title. |
Sports Central December 1, 2009 Jonathan Lowe |
ACC Looking to Improve on Big Ten Over the next three nights, teams from two of the biggest and best conferences will come together for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Here are some of the highlights. |
AskMen.com Brandon Lang |
March Madness: Weekly Picks Kent State vs. UNLV... West Virginia vs. Arizona... San Diego vs. UConn... Davidson vs. Gonzaga... |
Sports Central September 27, 2004 William Geoghegan |
Opportunity Knocks for West Virginia It looks like West Virginia is the team to beat in the Big East. And they might be the team to beat on the national scene. They truly have their destiny in their own hands. |
Sports Central December 10, 2004 Alan Rubenstein |
Early Tournaments Set Tones For Teams The cliche of an early season matchup of teams that might meet in March is often thrown around as a tool to hype a number of early season games between marquee teams and teams from the marquee conferences. But November often does set the tone for March Madness. |
Sports Central February 23, 2009 Andrew Jones |
March Madness Conference Predictions Here's a look at who will potentially represent each conference, focusing especially on the mid-majors and who actually has some potential to make it past the first weekend. |
Sports Central March 13, 2013 Jean Neuberger |
The Rise of the New Big East While realignment killed some rivalries and made dramatic changes to the geographic map, seven Catholic schools got it right. Instead of creating new leagues and identities, they went back to their roots. They'll be better off for it, as will college basketball. |
Sports Central November 30, 2011 Megan Brown |
Lamb Could Lead UConn to Repeat Title Jeremy Lamb wants to have a few of those national championship diamond rings before his time at the University of Connecticut is done. |
Sports Central October 24, 2011 Paul Foeller |
Better Than You Think There are three college basketball teams that aren't being talked about as elite right now that should be. Let's take a look at those teams, along with a player on each team that might have a breakout year. |
Sports Central August 22, 2010 Eric Engberg |
Carmelo and the Knicks? Why? The hot topic this week in the NBA was that Carmelo Anthony has no interest in signing the extension the Nuggets have offered and will leave Denver one way or the other. |
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 June 17, 2003 Ian Thomsen |
Gold Nugget? By taking Carmelo Anthony, Denver would get the scorer it badly needs. |
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. |