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Pat Forde takes a look at the most overachieving and underachieving college basketball programs of the modern era.

It's never too early to start talking about next season. So now that we know which players will be back, Pat Forde is ready with 10 things he can't wait to see in 2011-12.

UConn completed an improbable run in capturing the national championship, but it was an ugly victory in more ways than one.

HOUSTON -- For the record, Milan lost in the Indiana high school Final Four on its first improbable visit, in 1953. The Indians wrote the storybook ending the next year. Just thought I'd point that out for everyone who has loved the serendipitous ...

Rick Pitino, whose Louisville Cardinals were the only team to beat both UConn and Butler this season, thinks the Bulldogs have an edge over a fatigued Huskies team.

In an age of seemingly endless cases of malfeasance in college athletics, a Butler title would be a breath of fresh air.

Is Butler ready to fulfill its destiny as a modern-day Milan? The Bulldogs will have to go through UConn in the title game if it's to happen.

HOUSTON -- For the Butler Bulldogs, hitting their stride meant decelerating to a walk. They're better when they're slower. The more deliberate the game, the more of a half-court skirmish it becomes, the greater the chance that Butler out-executes ...

With one of the strangest Final Fours in history, is it time to challenge some assumptions we've long held about college basketball?

With one of the strangest Final Fours in history, is it time to challenge some assumptions we've long held about college basketball?

Mid-November is way too early for definitive statements. But we saw enough Tuesday night to at least adjust the expectations a bit for both Butler and Louisville.

An ode to K, the season's biggest mysteries and 24 lists to get you primed for another season. Yes, The Minutes is back and ready to tip things off in style.

One state. Two families. Six giants. The story of the Zellers and Plumlees is about hoops, but it's also about two small Indiana towns and the decisions that helped shape public opinion of the two families.

Pat Forde breaks down his 10 top contenders for 2010-11, plus another baker's dozen that could make some major noise.

The most outlandish of all possibilities almost happened Monday. Gordon Hayward's shot didn't go in, but we were left with two winners from an epic game.

The NCAA tournament became a premier sporting event thanks to the upsets in the 1980s. Can Butler bring back some of that magic?