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Every Player In The Sweet Sixteen
2013 Holiday Tournaments (Part 1)
In the first of a three-part series, we breakdown several holiday tournaments including 2K Sports, Puerto Rico, Coaches vs. Cancer, Hall of Fame Tipoff, Paradise Jam and the Charleston Classic featuring the likes of Michigan State, Louisville, North Carolina and Michigan. Read more »
Congratulations Louisville
On Saturday I wrote about how Louisville personified the word team. The championship encore had the same script. Read more »
Recap Of Final Four Saturday
The Number One Offense will now meet the Number One Defense, but Syracuse and Wichita St. have nothing to hang their heads about. Read more »
Sweet Sixteen Day 2
Revisiting a dramatic comeback, the end of FGCU's run, and praising Kevin Ware for his improved play. Read more »
Initial Bracket Thoughts
Which top seeded teams have been the most/least consistent since the start of the year? Read more »
Comparing The Conferences
The Pac-12 has been suffering through a long dark period. The Big Ten has been dominant (at least in the pre-conference schedule) for the last few years. Should we expect a change this year? Is the Pac-12’s slump over? Is the Big Ten’s boom about to come to an end? Read more »
Final Four Saturday
Sarcasm, Triumph, and Heartbreak from a fantastic Saturday at the Final Four. Read more »
Sweet Sixteen Day 1
On a night that saw three Big Ten/Big East match-ups, Dan Hanner explains one flaw in the Big Ten's current league configuration. Read more »
NCAA Tournament Day 4
Twelve of the 16 teams in the Sweet Sixteen were in the preseason AP Top 25, and Michigan St. was among the first teams in the “others receiving votes” category. But Indiana, Ohio, and NC State have all exceeded expectations this season by making it this far. Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 4
Baylor broke through, Michigan and Tennessee had huge game tying 3's, but the true action on Friday took place in the A10. Read more »
2012 Big East Power Rankings
Syracuse finished the regular season with a 17-1 record and were predictably significantly better than any Big East rival. Read more »
Major Conference Tournaments Day 2: Big East, Pac-12
How important is it to have Jim Calhoun on the sideline, Oklahoma's late game gamble, and other observations from Wednesday of Championship Week. Read more »
Top NCAA Coaches Of Past Five Years
There are a lot of complicated ways to evaluate college coaches, but in this edition we look at the coaches with the best per possession numbers over the last five years. Read more »
Freshmen Bring Hope
Teams that play a lot of freshmen are the most likely to improve as the season goes on, while those with a lot of experience are more likely to plateau. In this piece, we examine freshmen minutes for every major school in the country. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 12
Syracuse has yet to leave New York and have played a relatively soft schedule, with their only impressive wins coming against Florida and Stanford, but they are 10-0 and now No. 1 in RealGM’s weekly poll. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Dec. 5
Aaron Craft, Jared Sullinger and Ohio State were ready to trounce on the No. 1 slot in RealGM's rankings if not for an Anthony Davis block. Read more »
The Census: RealGM's NCAA Rankings For Nov. 28th
Kentucky at No. 1, North Carolina drops to No. 4, while Saint Louis, Harvard, San Diego State and Creighton enter RealGM's rankings. Read more »
Big East Prospect Watch
With Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Khem Birch and Mouphtaou Yarou, the Big East once again has several high-quality NBA prospects. Read more »
2011 McDonald's All-American Game Recap
The most exciting player in the game may have been on the losing team. Read more »