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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 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 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 Illustrated
March 18, 2002
Phil Taylor |
Less is more The NCAA tournament is tops for everything it isn't... |
Sports Central
March 23, 2004
Brian Cook |
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times For two days, this was the worst NCAA tournament ever. Higher seeds were 28-4 in the first-round. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2005
Damian Greene |
Sweet! A Six(teen)-Pack A not-so-bold prediction: N.C. State will face Illinois in the NCAA championship game, wearing both of their Cinderella jumpers. |
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 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
April 1, 2002
Seth Davis |
Unpredictable and inexplicable Indiana's run exemplifies the tournament's charm... |
Sports Central
December 11, 2013
Andrew Jones |
Six Mid-Majors to Watch Come March We'll take a look at basketball teams who have been traditionally looked at as mid-majors (though that may be changing for some of them in the very near future) and look at their chances to make some serious noise come March. |
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
December 11, 2003
Eric Williams |
Giving Thanks Today, the college football world is in an uproar and the season has been thrown into utter chaos because of three little letters: BCS. Thank God for March Madness |
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. |
Salon.com
July 19, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
One too many The NCAA wants to expand its men's basketball Tournament from 64 teams to 65. It's an outrage! |
Sports Central
March 25, 2013
Corrie Trouw |
Winning the March Lottery Schools looking for an ascending coaching star shouldn't let a few days in March outweigh a lifetime's worth of basketball coaching performance. |
Sports Central
March 16, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
The Committee Gets an A This is the best job the NCAA Selection Committee has done in years. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2015
Jean Neuberger |
35 For 30: A Smart Move Dropping the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 was a critical move for men's college basketball. The game was in need and this time, the powers that be made a swift but solid change to the game. |
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 2, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
Gonzaga's New Year's Resolution An assessment of the Gonzaga Bulldog's chances of reaching the NCAA tournament's Final Four. |
Salon.com
March 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
The unsweet 64 The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out... |
Sports Central
March 28, 2011
Adam Russell |
March Madness? How About March Insanity? Who would have thought that this year's Final Four would be comprised of an eight-seed, an 11-seed (both being mid-majors), and a couple traditional powers not seeded No. 1? |
Sports Central
February 4, 2010
Mark Chalifoux |
NCAA Tournament Expansion? No! The NCAA tournament is one of the few absolute pearls the sports world has left. It is perfect. Sixty-four teams is easy enough to fit on a bracket. |
Salon.com
March 12, 2002
King Kaufman |
Open the NCAA Tournament to all comers A 324-team field would add excitement and give hope to underdogs. Almost as good, it'd get rid of the dumb conference championships... |
Sports Central
March 10, 2008
Chris Gonzales |
A Sign of the Times, a Look to the Future While it is still too early to tell if professional sports have been corrupted beyond repair, the answer may lie just below the surface. |
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
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
March 9, 2011
Ryan Day |
On March Madness March Madness isn't perfect, and I think even the most ardent college basketball apologist would agree with me. |
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. |
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U.S. Open Golf Survey How much do you know about the historic U.S. Open golf tournament? |
Sports Central
March 16, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
Who Can Take Down Kentucky? The Kentucky Wildcats will attempt to become the first 40-0 team in the history of college basketball over the next three weeks during the NCAA tournament. |
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
December 29, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
When Madness Goes Insane Talks are ramping up to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament again. |
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
April 5, 2012
Adam Russell |
Four Things Missing From the Final Four After watching this year's Final Four and NCAA championship game, I started to think back on the games and asked myself, "What was different about these games from previous ones?" |
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 Illustrated
March 12, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
Big 12 holds key to NCAAs As I hunch over my bracket, the Big 12 turns the brain into a whipsaw. For every argument I advance on behalf of one of that league's six NCAA teams, a counterargument rises, sneers and roughs my original proposition up... |
Sports Central
February 23, 2007
Ronald Clements |
Number one vs. Number two Wisconsin takes on Ohio State in the NCAA finals. |
Salon.com
March 15, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
National underdog days The first 48 hours of the NCAA Tournament symbolize everything that's right about America. They ought to be national holidays. |
Sports Central
January 14, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
Teams Revealing Who They Really Are In college basketball, records can be quite deceiving. Not only is there a much wider disparity in who those records are built against (strength of schedule), but "talent" seems to be far less consistent in college hoops. |
CIO
March 15, 2003
Tom Wailgum |
Ready for March Madness It's a good bet that end users at your company will create Internet bandwidth spikes on March 20 and 21, when the men's NCAA basketball tournament tips off with 32 first-round games starting during business hours. |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Grant Wahl |
In praise of the conference season As everyone knows, the best team doesn't always win the NCAA tournament. It's the price I'm willing to pay for deciding matters on the court in ridiculously exciting one-off games. Yet there's one thing I don't accept, and that's the complete emasculation of the conference season... |
Sports Central
March 29, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
Final Four: College Hoops Truly Gone Mad This year, we not only have the most unlikely Final Four in the modern tournament era (since 1980), but we have the annual coaching carousel spinning at frantic speed. |
Sports Central
April 1, 2008
Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Standing The four teams left standing are, over the course of the season, the four strongest teams. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
Fitting in the "Final Four" The NCAA is expected to announce this week their new format for the Division I Men's tournament, as March Madness now welcomes 68 to the party. Let's hope the NCAA chooses to place a mixture of both at-large teams and automatic qualifiers. |
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 16, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
March Madness: A Quick Overview As millions of us scramble to pencil in our brackets and plan ways to sneak in a radio or TV during work, here's a quick rundown on what I see before the Madness really kicks into gear. |
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
April 14, 2014
Corrie Trouw |
One Whining Moment After finishing an impressive run through the NCAA tournament, Connecticut's Shabazz Napier grabbed even more attention by using his moment in the sun to take a few final shots at the NCAA. |
Sports Central
December 4, 2010
Paul Foeller |
Cinderella in 2010: December Edition This year may be young, but some teams are starting to show their true colors already. Who can shock the nation-wide audience like Northern Iowa and Cornell did last year? |
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. |
