Dissecting Sagarin's all-time rankings
Pat Forde, ESPN.comPat Forde loves the first 1,195 pages of the "ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia." But when it comes to Jeff Sagarin's all-time rankings, well … let the debate begin.
Story | Conversation | October 04, 2009Red-hot rivalries burn down the house
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWhen it comes to red-hot rivalries for the 2009-10 season, Tobacco Road takes a back seat to Kentucky and Louisville.
Story | Conversation | July 01, 2009Big Dance: Who takes the crown?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Selection Sunday to the Coen brothers to the players under pressure, The Minutes -- Big Dance edition! -- runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | March 15, 2009Let's hear it for the little guy
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Morehead mania to the possible fourth No. 1 seed to Chief Kickingstallionsims, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | March 10, 2009For all the Cinderella dreamers, the tournament starts now
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Cinderella dreamers to the big men who make March go to the bubble-weary, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | March 03, 2009Forde Minutes: Stretch-run story lines, monopolies and underachievers
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the stretch-run story lines to the multi-bid monopoly to the underachievers, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | February 17, 2009Hoops schools vs. non-hoops schools
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom 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.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009Final thrilling play a perfect symbol for this wild and wacky season
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe final play in Wake's win over Duke on Wednesday was perfect -- not only in execution, but as a symbol for an increasingly wacky season.
Story | Conversation | January 28, 2009Thanksgiving week offers rivalry feast
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Charlie Weis to Les Miles to rivalry games to the coaching temperature gauge, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Forde Minutes: Look back, look forward
Pat Forde, ESPN.comForde Minutes takes a look back at the decade that was and looks forward to the season that will be.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009Dash of discipline, unis and key games
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Florida "discipline" to messing with uniforms to key November games, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Big D -- Dallas, Domers and defense
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Dallas, Domers and defense to midweek madness and the Moscow miracle, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009The teams I'm looking out for in '09-10
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWith plenty of star power returning to college basketball, Pat Forde is already looking forward to the 2009-10 season. What teams garner elite status? Which fall just a notch below?
Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009Looking like 1990 all over again
Pat FordeDETROIT -- This is starting to feel like UNLV-Duke, 1990. The Runnin' Rebels ran the Blue Devils off the court by 30 in that title game. North Carolina might do...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009Something to prove, something to gain
Pat Forde, ESPN.comTyler Hansbrough, Jay Wright, Tom Izzo and Jim Calhoun all have more on the line in Detroit than simply winning a 2009 NCAA championship.
Story | Conversation | April 03, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "duke blue devils" make the list?