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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
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
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
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
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 12, 2005
William Geoghegan |
Tar Heels Will Leave Footprint On ACC The Tar Heels are good. Really good. It's safe to say that they're on another plane of existence in the college basketball world. |
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 Central
February 8, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Why Murray State Deserves a No. 1 Seed Murray State is 23-0. They have beaten one ranked team (Memphis) and only face one more before the end of the season (Saint Mary's). They currently hold a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today Poll and a No. 9 ranking in the AP poll. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2005
Doug Graham |
Illinois Seeking an Undefeated Season? Well, it's that time of year where there are still a couple of unbeaten teams out there in the college basketball world. This year, there is Illinois and Boston College as the Top 25 undefeated. |
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
October 1, 2008
Andrew Jones |
Ranking College Football Conferences There are too few games in the college football season for a subjective ranking system to matter all too much. |
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... |
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
March 15, 2007
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Final Four Picks What four teams will advance to the Final Four in Atlanta? What are some of the tournament's most intriguing matchups? |
Sports Central
February 12, 2005
William Geoghegan |
Illini Look Good, But How Good? For all the accolades and high rankings and impressive numbers, the Illini are not a complete basketball team. They have holes inside. They aren't that deep. They haven't had to win any nail-biters. |
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
Andrew Segal |
March Madness Preview: Breaking Down The Bracket Two missed free throws with no time left on the clock cost the Memphis Tigers a spot. The Buffalo Bulls were denied their invitation courtesy of a last-second game-winning shot in overtime by Ohio University. |
Sports Central
February 26, 2014
Andrew Jones |
Sorting Out the One Seeds From the Twos As the college basketball season winds down, we're met with questions of bubble teams, road wins, strength of schedule, and my personal favorite debate this time of year: who deserves the number one seeds. |
Sports Central
March 15, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
March Madness Predictions, From Start to Finish A few lessons learned that may guide your tourney picks this year. |
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 Central
November 30, 2006
Kevin Beane |
Livewriting Ohio State/North Carolina Commentary on the Ohio State/North Carolina basketball game, written as it was being played. |
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
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
January 30, 2006
Andre Watson |
Random College Basketball Thoughts Surprises in the ACC... Blunders in the Big East... Knockout in Knoxville?... NCAA should do something about scheduling... |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Is Larry Eustachy the best coach in the country? It's hard to conceive of anyone else doing what he's done with the Cyclones the past two seasons... |
Sports Central
March 2, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
NCAA Selection Misconceptions At this time of the college basketball season, you will see a plethora of "Who's In/Who's Out" segments on the ESPN networks, CBS, and probably any other major outlet that shows college hoops. |
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
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
May 7, 2014
Corrie Trouw |
The New ACC/Big Ten Challenge This week, the ACC and Big Ten announced the slate for this fall's 16th (!) ACC/Big Ten Challenge to something aspiring to lukewarm excitement. |
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 22, 2010
Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central
October 23, 2009
Kyle Jahner |
College Football Midterm Report There are three teams that, as expected, are very good if not great. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2000
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Does Duke have what it takes to cut down the nets in April, without a strong backup for Carlos Boozer when he gets in foul trouble?... It's becoming clear that ACC teams play "softer" than teams from some of its rival conferences... etc. |
Sports Central
March 12, 2012
Andrew Jones |
NCAA Tournament Thoughts and Provocations I love the NCAA tournament. This week is my favorite week in the entire year. From Selection Sunday until the final game the following Sunday, I am addicted to basketball. |
Sports Central
December 6, 2012
Kevin Beane |
Northern Illinois' Grand Opportunity I didn't watch ESPN's bowl selection show, so I found out that Northern Illinois was going to the Orange Bowl on Facebook. "What a joke!" was the comment. I thought he must be kidding, or mistaken. Nope. |
Sports Illustrated
March 11, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel College hoops writer takes NCAA pairings questions... |
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
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 Illustrated
February 20, 2001
Seth Davis |
Bubble Trouble With so many bids to the NCAAs locked up, the fight for the remaining few will be frenzied... |
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
January 15, 2004
Danny Sternfield |
Big 10 is Truly the Mediocre 11 It all seemed to happen so fast. The Big 10 turned into the Mediocre 11. A conference that used to be counted on to send six or seven teams to the NCAA tournament might get four in this year. It can't be that bad, right? Wrong. |
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
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
December 5, 2007
Ross Lancaster |
Who's Impressed So Far? In college basketball, Texas, Duke, and Butler have been extremely impressive and could be big players at the end of the season. |
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 Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Virginia, Ohio State could do damage in the Big Dance... |
Sports Central
November 16, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Ducking a Kansas Comet So how many losses will the teams in the BCS title game in New Orleans have? |
Sports Central
February 23, 2007
Ronald Clements |
Number one vs. Number two Wisconsin takes on Ohio State in the NCAA finals. |
Sports Central
January 7, 2009
Andrew Jones |
Is Perfection Still Attainable? The University of North Carolina Tar Heels men basketball team were undefeated until their recent game against Boston College. Will they be able to go 39-0 next year? |
