Aside from a 16 seed winning it all, Gus Johnson making it through a game without calling someone a warrior, and Rick Pitino wearing a sweater, anything is possible in the NCAA tournament. That being said, most teams have virtually no shot at a title. And a handful of quality teams have too many holes [...]

Some lasting thoughts on the conference tourneys, and initial musings about the NCAA’s… If that was Kobe Bryant out there down by two with no time on the clock and an empty foul lane, and after making one of two he left the third one short, it would have been a wondrous moment. But you [...]

Time for the world’s greatest appetizer: The conference tourneys. As usual, the Big East and ACC have distinguished themselves as the top two leagues in all of college basketball. And their respective tournaments will no doubt provide extensive drama and theater over the course of this week. But which tournament is better? For the verdict [...]

Saturday afternoon at The Garden, St. John’s became the latest team to expose Duke’s difficulty in dealing with the press. But most teams have trouble with the Johnnies’ high-octane pressure. It’s was a defining characteristic of great Red Storm teams of the past, and it will be the most essential element in making St. John’s [...]