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Sports Illustrated March 31, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
A vote for the Hoosiers If Indiana is to beat Maryland in the NCAA men's basketball championship game, here's how it'll happen... |
Salon.com April 1, 2002 King Kaufman |
Too much Juan Dixon Indiana is no "Cinderella." The Hoosiers are well coached and red hot. But only Maryland has a player who can take over a game... |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2002 Grant Wahl & Seth Davis |
A Staggering Achievement Steadied down the stretch by the unflappable Juan Dixon, Maryland overcame a multitude of errors to win its first national championship... |
Salon.com March 27, 2002 King Kaufman |
Forecasting the final four Moving courageously beyond his earlier botched NCAA predictions, our man picks Kansas and Oklahoma... |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
There's no need to reseed We all know the Final Four is the best weekend in sports, which is why I begin today by arguing against an idea you'll be hearing often this week, one that, if implemented, would rob this event of much of its intrinsic charm... |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Big 12 will rule the weekend As great as the Final Four is, it kills me that the two best teams (Kansas and Maryland) are playing each other on Saturday... |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2002 |
The coach's take We asked coaches and assistants who this season have broken down hours of tape preparing game plans against the Final Four teams to tell us what they saw and offer insights on how to play those teams... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2002 Tim Layden |
Dream weekend For coaches, Final Four offers chance of a lifetime... |
Sports Central December 30, 2011 Corrie Trouw |
The Healing Hoosiers College basketball suffers when historic programs plunge below their typical standards. |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Seth Davis |
Grand finale Expect Arizona, Duke to survive the Final Four... |
Sports Central October 21, 2008 Brian Cox |
Trouble in Terrapin Land? In the six years since winning the national title, Maryland has struggled to recapture the magic that lead them to the Final Four in back-to-back years. |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Seth Davis |
Lavin, UCLA are still kicking Thoughts on the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16... |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2001 Seth Davis |
Momentum to Maryland Dixon's emergence keyed Terrapins' Final Four run... |
Sports Illustrated March 21, 2002 |
Picking through the Sweet 16 So I come home to Seattle for a couple days and they fire Bob Bender at U-Dub. The Huskies are a sleeping giant in the Pac-10, which is why they should hurry up and go after Gonzaga's Mark Few... |
Sports Central April 1, 2004 Tony Arnoldine |
UConn Eyes Title One of the biggest sports spectacles in the world continues this Saturday when Duke plays Connecticut and Georgia Tech matches up with Oklahoma State. |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2001 |
Chat Reel: SI's Tim Crothers Maryland is still the pick to win it all in the NCAA... |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
March Madness Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its free SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest March Madness Champions. |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2002 Alexander Wolff |
Top tournament moments Five Ignominious Moments in NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament History... |
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 November 13, 2004 Cory Danner |
Mike Davis' Last Chance to Perform? In his first three years as head coach of the Hoosiers, Davis has compiled a 67-38 record, including a 29-19 Big 10 mark. For Indiana, that would be grounds to be run out of Bloomington while being lit on fire by the townsfolk |
Sports Illustrated March 13, 2001 |
Taking a gamble Thank goodness for gambling. There, I said it. Sue me, curse me, ban me, flog me. My wails of pain will not drown out the obvious truth: The NCAA tournament owes its wild popularity to gambling, from the $10 office pool to the $10,000 parlay... |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Iowa State looks for real... |
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 Illustrated March 16, 2001 Albert Chen |
What We Learned The neutral crowd is one of the most overlooked factors in NCAA tournament games... Maryland's inconsistencies prevail again... The shoe fits for Georgia State... |
AskMen.com David H. Katz |
Unbreakable NCAA Tournament Records Changes in the game -- notably one-and-done and the shot clock -- have made some NCAA tournament records practically unbreakable. |
Sports Illustrated February 8, 2002 Grant Wahl |
Ending the Jacobsen/Dunleavy debate They're both great players and I'm a moron for driving a wedge where there was no need for one... |
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... |
Salon.com March 26, 2001 King Kaufman |
Throat-grabbing excitement The middle two rounds of the NCAA Tournament have just enough thrills and chills to overshadow the return of Bob Knight... |
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 Illustrated February 28, 2002 Seth Davis |
Prelude to Madness True hoopheads like us, of course, are thinking basketball all year long, but now that the greatest month of all is upon us, here are a few nuggets to ponder before the blessed Madness begins... |
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 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 February 13, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Terrapin Tumble Maryland continues to reel in the aftermath of its ghastly meltdown against Duke.. |
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 11, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
9 Reasons to Expand the NCAA Tournament It's time for the NCAA tournament to expand to 347. |
Sports Illustrated March 5, 2001 Tim Crothers |
Chat Reel Trying to predict the NCAA Tournament seedings... |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 |
Final Four breakdown Sports Illustrated asked coaches and assistants, who this season have broken down hours of tape preparing game plans to use against the Final Four teams, to tell us what they saw and offer insights on how to play those teams. Here are some of their observations... |
Sports Central April 14, 2009 Jean Neuberger |
What to Watch For in 2010 This college basketball season may be over, but here's what to look for in 2010. |
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 March 30, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
Final Four: The Finality of Incentive After four-plus months of buckets, boards, blocks, and blown whistles, we've reduced the field of college basketball championship contenders to four. |
Sports Central December 5, 2005 Piet Van Leer |
10 Questions For College Hoops Season Who will win Conference USA?... Does anyone really believe in the Big 12 powers?... Will Duke win it all this year?... etc. |
Sports Central February 6, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part II Between now and the NFL draft, college basketball has the stage to itself: Three on the Way Up... Three on the Way Down... Could Go Either Way... etc. |
Sports Central November 26, 2008 Brian Cox |
Five Things to Watch For in College Hoops It's way too early to know definitively how things will play out in the college basketball season, but here are five things to keep an eye on for the 2008-09 season. |
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 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 Illustrated February 28, 2000 |
Chat Reel: Tim Crothers College basketball - lack of depth will haunt Duke |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Less is more The NCAA tournament is tops for everything it isn't... |
Sports Illustrated March 12, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Sixteen's dreams To reach the unreachable star, no matter how hopeless... For a few days, before the Madness begins, we can champion the lowest of the lows. Winthrop, Holy Cross, Boston University and whomever wins the Alcorn St./Siena play-in game -- these are the tournament's Sweet Sixteens... |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Senior leadership Glamorous freshmen bring publicity and street cred to a program, but if you want to win the big trophy, you need something more. You need seniority. Here, then, are 10 seniors who, for better or worse, will play pivotal roles over the next six weeks... |
Salon.com March 16, 2001 King Kaufman |
The Tournament, Day 1 A view from a couch: Three buzzer beaters in the NCAA highlight a day of underdogs hanging around, and sometimes winning. |