...of the Ohio State Buckeyes reacts against...game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Pauley Pavilion...

Big Dance: Who takes the crown?

From Selection Sunday to the Coen brothers to the players under pressure, The Minutes -- Big Dance edition! -- runs through it all.

...Tucson, AZ, USA; Arizona State Sun Devils head coach Herb...

Let's hear it for the little guy

From Morehead mania to the possible fourth No. 1 seed to Chief Kickingstallionsims, The Minutes runs through it all.

Bubble Insider: Magic numbers

Insider delves deeper into the Bubble Watch, examining the fortunes of teams on the fringe of the NCAA tournament.

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No. 1 seeds not locked up

From potential No. 1 seeds to provocative questions to coach of the year candidates, The Minutes runs through it all.

Weekly Watch: Kentucky's Meeks, Arizona take honors

...Icon SMI After sweeping the L.A. schools, Arizona is in the Pac-10 hunt. Editor's...Wildcats have bankable nonconference wins over San Diego State, Gonzaga and Kansas. Sweeping USC and UCLA at...

Hoops schools vs. non-hoops schools

From the differences between hoops schools and non-hoops schools to ruggedness on the floor to the hots and nots, The Minutes runs through it all.

Weekly Watch: Seminoles, Thabeet take honors

...more, and are even more of a threat to win the title. Team of the Week: Florida State Seminoles Last week: Beat Georgia Tech 62-58; won at Clemson 65-61. Florida State was a...

The good, the bad and the ugly

From the good (Wake Forest, Louisville) to the bad (Arizona) to the just plain bizarre (Providence), Andy Katz looks at what we learned from Saturday's hoops action.

Marquee games all over the country on Blockbuster Saturday

Getty Images Wake's Al-Farouq Aminu and Clemson's Terrence Oglesby are X-factors in Saturday's showdown. Must-See Game By Jay Bilas, ESPN No. 3 ...

Midseason Meritocracy All-Americans

Set aside the projections and prognostications. Based on merit alone, here are the best players in the country so far this season.

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Weekly Watch: Gophers' upset of Cardinals, Price's Seattle performance

...Louisiana and High Point, the Gophers should be undefeated going into their Big Ten opener against Michigan State on Dec. 31. The Gophers open the Big Ten schedule at home with MSU and Ohio State...

What's hot (and not) for 2008-09

Stephen Curry? Red-hot. The SEC? Not so much. What else is hot (and not) for the 2008 college basketball season? Dana O'Neil has the answers.

Tar Heels will be overwhelming favorites to win it all

With Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green, UNC is the early favorite to win it all. Here's the early 2008-09 Top 25, writes Andy Katz.