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Sports Central
February 6, 2005
Adam Russell |
History Against Unbeaten Teams In what has seemed like a topsy-turvy year in college basketball, with ranked teams knocking each other off almost nightly, there has remained two constants: Illinois and Boston College.   |
Sports Central
December 18, 2004
Cory Danner |
Who's Up to the Challenge? Looking over the remaining undefeated college basketball teams, of which there are 10 in the top 25, here are the three teams that have the best chance to run the table in the regular season and cut down the nets in April. |
Sports Central
September 22, 2008
Corrie Trouw |
2008-09 Big Ten Basketball Crystal Ball Predicting how the Big Ten will shape up on the court. |
Sports Central
November 2, 2011
Gary Flick |
Big Ten Tournament Hopefuls Here are the Big Ten teams that could change the tournament tides for their conference. |
Sports Central
September 1, 2005
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's Big 10 Preview Here's how I see the Big 10 shaping up: Ohio State will go undefeated and win the Big 10. |
Sports Central
September 29, 2005
Kevin Beane |
Reversal of Fortune in the Big 10 Will one of these supposed middle-of-the-pack teams snatch the Big 10 title out from under the prognosticators' eyes? Or will one of the Big Four rebound? |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Brian Cook |
Spartans' Lofty Expectations Have Them NIT-Bound Why did Michigan State men's college basketball coach Tom Izzo saddle his team with a Bataan Death March of a schedule? For the same reason AP pollsters ranked the Spartans third in the preseason: both horribly overrated Izzo himself. |
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. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Champaign Still Good 'TIl Last Drop About a month ago, some friends and I were sitting around discussing sports over some beers. The subject of the then undefeated Fighting Illini came up --- what are their chances? |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Seth Davis |
March Badness Conference tournaments work for mid-major leagues, but they encourage top teams to tank... |
Sports Central
March 29, 2005
Damian Greene |
What Can Brown Do For You? This may be by far the wildest weekend of tournament basketball ever, and it's all because of two of the best point guards in the country. |
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. |
Sports Central
December 10, 2008
Corrie Trouw |
The Big Ten's Big Move The Big Ten looks much deeper than it has in at least three years. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2013
Kevin Beane |
The Other Tournaments of March The main one of these, of course, is the NIT, but two more have recently arrived on the slate to ensure that virtually every Division I basketball team with a winning record will playing somewhere with hardware on the line. Let's take a look at each. |
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. |
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
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
March 11, 2009
Seth Doria |
The NCAA Bubble Shuffle With so many conference championships going on this week, it's easy to lose focus on the few games that hold the most meaning. But there are other games that serve as critical dominos in the dance before The Dance - call it the bubble shuffle. |
Sports Illustrated
November 27, 2000
B.J. Schecter |
Fearless Predictions It has been a wild year in college football, and any one of the Top 25 teams could make a run at the title if a playoff existed. Since one doesn't, we already know only three teams have a chance to be crowned national champions. College basketball is another story, though... |
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 6, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Championship Week Begins the Madness The 2005 conference tournaments will have many interesting plots and sub-plots to follow. Some teams will be jockeying for a place into the NCAA Tournament, while others want to solidify their seed. |
Sports Central
January 17, 2008
Ross Lancaster |
The Valley of Change At the very top of the college basketball totem pole, things have been exciting, but also, have been according to plan. |
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
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. |
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
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
December 14, 2004
Damian Greene |
Something to Talk About Chicago just keeps on disappointing us, don't they? Fortunately, not all is lost in this once proud Midwestern state, as there is one team that has a chance to bring a championship to Illinois and they aren't even professionals. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2014
Andrew Jones |
Pre-March Madness Games Not to Miss Allow me to give you some regular season college basketball games you shouldn't miss if you want to make educated picks come March. |
Sports Central
April 2, 2005
Martin Hawrysko |
NCAA Tournament: It Gets No Better I am finally convinced that the NCAA tournament that makes the month of March famous truly is one of the best phases of sports. |
Sports Illustrated
April 4, 2000
Alexander Wolff |
State of Siege Michigan State overcame a nearly devastating injury to its leader to conquer Florida's vaunted pressure defense and win the NCAA title |
Sports Central
April 1, 2006
Alan Rubenstein |
Indy's Had Unlikely Final Fours Before It should come as no surprise that the surviving teams advanced to the Circle City with a twist. Indianapolis produced the only other Final Four without a number one seed. |
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 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 23, 2007
Ronald Clements |
Number one vs. Number two Wisconsin takes on Ohio State in the NCAA finals. |
Sports Central
August 12, 2004
Kevin Beane |
The Slant Pattern Big 10 and Pac-10 Preview Sure, Michigan and Ohio State get all the love, but the Big 10 has seen eight of 11 teams crowned conference champs or co-champs since Penn State joined the league in 1993. |
Sports Central
March 7, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Early Bracket-Busters Every year after Selection Sunday, the second-guessing of the Selection Committee's decisions begins for fans everywhere. It's so much fun, I just couldn't wait any longer, and compiled a list of teams that will be ranked too high or too low in a couple weeks |
Sports Central
December 30, 2011
Corrie Trouw |
The Healing Hoosiers College basketball suffers when historic programs plunge below their typical standards. |
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
March 21, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
Coaching the Cause Behind Weak First Weekend I love the NCAA tournament. And that's what makes this that much harder to say: this year's tournament has sucked. |
Sports Central
March 1, 2006
Andre Watson |
College Basketball Thoughts Revisited As we head into March Madness, the Big East is the strongest conference in the country. |
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... |
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
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
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
April 9, 2013
Joshua Duffy |
Lessons From the 2013 NCAA Tournament With the hangovers still pounding in Louisville (and Ann Arbor), the 2013 NCAA tournament is in the books. Despite the dramatics in Monday night's finale, it wasn't a pretty tournament. |
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 7, 2000 |
Weekly Seed Report College Basketball |
Sports Central
January 19, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
The Year of the Major Conference In college basketball, this year may go down as the Year of the Major Conference. |
Sports Central
May 19, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Early-Season College Hoops Matchups It takes until pretty close to the season for all the Division 1 schools to say, "okay, here is our schedule" to where it can be reliably released to the media. |
Sports Central
March 4, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Big 10, Smoltz, and Chaney What chances do you give the Big 10 of not only receiving NCAA tournament bids, but having some level of success?... How do you think John Smoltz will perform as a starter again with the Atlanta Braves?... etc. |
