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Sports Central November 16, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
Brandon Jennings Ushers in a New Era If you didn't know Brandon Jennings story before Saturday, you certainly know it now. Jennings was the high school player that last season decided to forego playing college basketball to play professionally in Italy. |
Sports Central January 6, 2014 Andrew Jones |
The Freshmen Takeover The 2013-14 season of college basketball showcases three remarkable freshmen who are the stars of three of the best college basketball programs in the country. |
Sports Central February 14, 2004 David Martin |
Does the Clarett Ruling Kill College Football? Court's ruling allows Maurice Clarett to gain eligibility for the NFL. |
Sports Central June 3, 2004 Alan Rubenstein |
Dreams Aren't Always Reality This year's NBA May 17th entry deadline made many college coaches nervous and caught a few off-guard. |
Sports Central January 28, 2013 Corrie Trouw |
(Back)Packing it In Eight years ago, the NBA instituted the rule requiring players to be one year removed from the graduation of their high school class to be draft-eligible. This rule has greatly shaped college basketball's place for everyone involved. |
Sports Illustrated May 15, 2001 Seth Davis |
A Risk Worth Taking For many high school and college basketball stars, the decision to go pro early is a sound one... |
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 11, 2007 Corrie Trouw |
NCAA, NBA Benefitting From Age Limit When the NBA enacted its new age limit policy before last season, it set in motion a chain of events NCAA hoops junkies could only dream of. |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Missing Persons March Madness winds up this week after a month of showcasing about half of the best college-age players. The other half are holding down folding chairs in the NBA and trying to remember if they're in Cleveland or Memphis... |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10 NBA Colleges The schools listed here have proven that they are the masters at creating NBA players. Read on for the line-up. |
Sports Central June 29, 2005 Doug Graham |
NBA Draft a Mess, With Steals a Plenty There is no consensus in assessing draft day |
Salon.com March 22, 2001 Luc Hatlestad |
March Madness: Not so mad All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good. |
Sports Central March 25, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead. |
Sports Central January 4, 2012 Louie Centanni |
Why the 66-Game NBA Season Should Stay Between playing more frequently, forcing stars to show effort nightly, and reintroducing the concept of team basketball, the 66-game NBA season seems to be a great experiment - one that should become the norm for years to come. |
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 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 April 20, 2015 Jean Neuberger |
One-Year Wonders Equals Long-Term Success The "one and done" theory in college basketball works for programs that do it. |
Sports Central August 31, 2004 William Geoghegan |
The Alternate Reality of the NCAA In its quest to uphold a set of ideals, the NCAA has gotten really good at ignoring reality. |
Sports Central February 9, 2011 Matt Thomas |
Individuals Who Have Shaped College Hoops Beyond topical changes to the game, some individuals have been so dominant that they themselves necessitated rules changes that still impact the college and pro games alike. |
Sports Central October 19, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
Sports Central March 28, 2007 Aaron Miller |
While You Were Mad Interest in the NCAA tournament makes it difficult to follow your favorite NBA team. |
Sports Central November 16, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
Square Pegs and Round Holes College basketball is now a glorified AAU league. Core players flow in and out of programs so quickly that traditional team building is virtually impossible. |
Sports Central July 21, 2011 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Lockout: The Double-Edged Sword The heat across the Upper Midwest these last couple of days couldn't be any more different than the mood in the world of the NBA. |
Sports Central September 14, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
The NBA's Real Officiating Problem For months now, the dirty little secret around the NBA is that the league is preparing for what could be a lengthy lockout of the NBA's referees. |
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 Illustrated April 24, 2001 Seth Davis |
A Loan At The Top Spring is supposed to be the season of renewal, but it has been a bleak few weeks for the basketball program at Arizona, where four nonsenior starters from the NCAA finalist Wildcats have declared themselves eligible for the June 27 NBA draft... |
Sports Central September 8, 2006 Diane M. Grassi |
Globalization Defeating the American Athlete The increase of insourcing foreign players in the U.S. may result in sacrificing the best American athletes. |
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... |
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 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 Illustrated June 24, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Just passing through Can college basketball hang on to any of its top talent? |
Sports Central April 5, 2006 Bob Ekstrom |
After These NCAAs, You Can't Go Home Again While this year's Division I men's college basketball tournament was like no other in recent memory, the NBA has become a Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on hardwood. |
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 July 11, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Locked Out Twice? The NFL labor dispute is on the edge of being resolved, but the NBA lockout has just started and thus, they are nowhere near an agreement. |
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 Illustrated March 15, 2000 |
Best day of the year For basketball fans, this is the best day of all the year. Yes, today -- the day before the NCAA tournament begins.... |
Salon.com April 24, 2002 Allen Barra |
The corporate sports rip-off Why are taxpayers still subsidizing professional football and basketball? |
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 January 19, 2011 Adam Russell |
Pac-10: Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen The once-mighty Pac-10 is in a sad state of disrepair these days, and there's not much hope on the horizon as the conference expands to 12 teams next season. |
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 June 20, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Has DWI Sealed Redick's Fate? It's unclear how the DWI and the back issue will affect JJ Redick's draft status, if at all, but he certainly is not heading into the draft with GMs salivating over him. But who knows, perhaps this sharpshooter can overcome these early troubles and avoid the fates of his fellow Duke alumni. |
Sports Central January 13, 2006 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
NBA, You Call This a Sport? (Part 2) Discontent with the NBA. |
Sports Central April 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
Queen City Quagmire After eight years of incompetent leadership, moronic draft decisions, and embarrassing attendance, professional basketball in Charlotte has reached the ultimate nadir. |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
Puttering along State of American hoops leads NBA teams to look overseas. |
Sports Central March 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Preview: Red vs. Blue There are four states in the union where college basketball takes on a cultural and sporting significance unlike the other 46: North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. |
Sports Central March 20, 2006 Eric Poole |
Closing the Gap The NCAA underdogs did a lot more than scare the favorites. The longshots came in. But the upset storm will probably end this weekend. |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Eric Spitznagel |
Life After March Madness Immortality Fan support can be intoxicating, and NCAA stars can still bank on it years later |
Sports Central April 3, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
Absence of Drama Down NBA's Homestretch As we head into April, the NBA has just flipped the calendar for the final time in one of its most anti-climactic seasons in modern memory. |
Sports Illustrated April 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Duke, Florida waiting on early entries If Boozer, Brown, White and Williams are all playing college ball next season, look for Florida and Duke to be 1-2 in the preseason polls. If any or all of those guys bolt to the play-for-pays, those two schools will have to make do with what they have, which is still plenty... |
Sports Central March 16, 2004 Vikram Mohan |
Down on the Upside I was recently informed that Duke University's Luol Deng was a highly-coveted draft prospect. This news came as a shock to me. He seems like a nice enough player, especially for a freshman, but his game does not exactly scream NBA potential to me. |