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Sports Central
August 20, 2004
Alan Rubenstein |
Striking Similarities Between Olympic Teams Everything comes full circle, or so the saying goes. For the United States Olympic men's basketball team, this has especially proven to be true. The similarities between the 1988 and 2004 teams are striking.   |
Sports Central
August 16, 2004
William Geoghegan |
The Not-Quite-Dream Team The U.S. Men's Basketball Team still hasn't adapted to the international game. They still try to dictate tempo, try to play an individual game, and try to overwhelm teams with their talent. It's just not working quite so well anymore. |
Sports Central
August 24, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
Team USA: A Fresh Start Jerry Colangelo has breathed life into a dying basketball program and is in the process of bringing USA basketball back to the level that it should have never left in the fist place. |
Sports Central
September 2, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
Don't Diss the Effort Seriously, is a bronze that bad? Yes, I know. Basketball is a U.S. sport, born and bred. The game's most talented players still grow up here. Plus, the coach just became the only one to ever win both the NCAA and NBA championships. |
Sports Central
July 29, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
USA Olympic Basketball: Doomed? America still provides the newest inventive forms of offense and defense, so why does it all crumble in world play? |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000
Jack McCallum |
The Dream is over Do we understand this now? Is it clear? Could it be any more obvious? This Dream Team idea is finished. Time to stop sending pro hoopsters to the Games... |
Sports Central
November 17, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 3 This week's "starting five" is comprised of Olympians that have hit the ground running this NBA season. |
Sports Central
August 25, 2004
Eric Williams |
Gunner For Hire The game is nip and tuck all the way, with neither team able to open a lead larger than seven points. The U.S. basketball team looks anxious and unsure of themselves, afraid to shoot from the outside, trying to force things inside their opponents' well packed-in zone. |
Sports Central
August 23, 2004
Jason Hirthler |
USA Basketball: Five Reasons We Stink Our approach to the Olympics is arrogant. We throw a team of All-Stars together a few weeks before the Olympics kick off, and we expect them to thump teams that have been training like religious fanatics for months. |
Sports Illustrated
January 8, 2003
Ian Thomsen |
No Simple Answer Allen Iverson's Olympic dreams may be Larry Brown's nightmare. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2005
Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Sports Illustrated
September 10, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
Inside Basketball: World Weary Three losses in the worlds exposed fundamental flaws in the U.S. team |
Sports Central
March 26, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
The Real Sweet 16 Here is the Real Sweet 16: 16 reasons to watch the NBA stretch run over the round of 16. |
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
December 24, 2008
Jonathan Lowe |
Gifts For the Holidays Here's a way to honor college basketball players at the holidays, where classes are on break and the conference grind hasn't fully developed yet. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2006
Bill Hazell |
Team USA Hoops: Gold or Bust If Team USA fails to win gold in 2008, it will not be because they repeated mistakes of years past. |
Sports Central
December 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 9 A look back at five of the most memorable and significant moments of 2008 in the NBA. |
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
September 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 1) The first in a series of predictions about the upcoming NBA season. |
Sports Central
February 1, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
Players Flying Under the Radar to Watch Most in college basketball are familiar with the exploits of Dee Brown, Raymond Felton, J.J. Reddick, Chris Paul, and Hakim Warrick, but there are many other stars in college basketball who are leading their teams to outstanding seasons. |
Sports Illustrated
September 9, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
The decline of U.S. dominance As Ernest Hemingway once said of going broke, it happens gradually, and then suddenly. The same could be said for the erosion of America's global basketball supremacy, the lasting news from the world championships just concluded. |
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 23, 2011
Neil Bright |
A Long Time Gone Even 39 years after the Russians beat the American basketball team in the gold medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the event inspires "we wuz robbed" anger from those old enough to remember the longest three seconds in sport's history. |
Sports Central
February 15, 2006
Mark Barnes |
The Olympics Are No Longer Olympian There may be hockey in the 2006 games, but there's no Jim Craig, no Mike Eruzione, and no Herb Brooks. Is there anyone left to represent us, to fight for gold, to honor America by giving us a new athletic hero? |
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
September 10, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
Once More ... With Purpose I've got to be honest. Basketball is not at the forefront of most people's minds right now. |
Sports Central
February 16, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
Worst Case Scenario: Must Win or Get in? Take a look at some mid-major programs that are sitting at or near the top of their conferences. |
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... |
AskMen.com
February 12, 2014
Chris Aung-Thwin |
Is This The Year Team USA Nabs Hockey Gold? We chatted with Zach Parise and Julie Chu, who have won seven World Championships and four Olympic medals. |
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
March 7, 2006
Seth Berkman |
Hustling in the NBDL Some of the best NCAA talent of the past decade not to make the big time are hooping it up in the National Basketball Development League. |
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
January 10, 2004
Alan Rubenstein |
Midseason Hoops Review Four different No. 1 teams, 10 teams undefeated through early January, pleasant surprises, and teams that have not lived up to expectations. The present college basketball season has seen parity become more prevalent. |
Sports Central
December 30, 2011
Corrie Trouw |
The Healing Hoosiers College basketball suffers when historic programs plunge below their typical standards. |
Sports Central
January 12, 2010
Ryan Day |
The 2000s' All-Decade College Hoops Team Even though we've only played nine-and-a-half seasons of college basketball for this decade, the best players of the 2000s have proven they will not be overtaken by a stellar second-half by anyone playing in 2009. |
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 22, 2010
Scott Shepherd |
Why March Madness is Overrated Not only do I not believe that everyone loves March Madness, I'm not sold on the fact that they even believe it. |
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 Central
February 26, 2005
Alan Rubenstein |
More Than the Illini in Illinois Hoops With a 28-0 record and the nation's number one ranking, the considerable Orange and Blue shadow has stolen most of the spotlight in Illinois for college basketball this season. |
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
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
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
January 28, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
How to Fix College Basketball There are some people who will tell you that complaints about the state of college basketball are nothing new. And to an extent, that's true. However, the sport has reached what has to be a tipping point. |
Sports Central
November 15, 2006
Seth Doria |
NCAA Tournament Sleeper Watch The seeds for tournament runs are always planted in the fall. Pay attention now, and you just might have something to brag about come March. |
Sports Central
December 8, 2009
Corrie Trouw |
The Hidden Exhibition Season Why don't we voice the same complaints about college basketball's exhibition season as we do for pro football's pre-season? |
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
April 7, 2006
Kiarash Banisadre |
The Sweet 16: Part Two Eight storylines from this year's men's NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central
November 9, 2006
Chad Kettner |
Surprise Starts in the NBA The NBA season is only one week old and nobody could have predicted the start we have already seen. |
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
August 3, 2005
Danny Sternfield |
What Can Brown Do For You? Not counting Larry Brown's stint at Davidson College, which lasted only a few days, the man Tony Kornheiser dubbed the "vagabond genius of basketball" has had 12 jobs in 33 years. |
