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Dreams and nightmares for 64 teams

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

What's the best-case scenario for your team? What's the worst thing that could happen? Pat Forde breaks it down for all 64 teams in the NCAA tournament.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2009

Wildest dreams and nightmare scenarios for 64 teams

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

Really, what's the worst that could happen? Pat Forde tells all 64 teams that and the best possible outcome in the NCAA tournament.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2008

To remember Beard for scandal is to remember the wrong things

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

Ralph Beard died this week, and his obit talked about taking money from gamblers. But that's only a small part of the story.

Story | Conversation | November 30, 2007

'06 made the downtrodden downright delightful

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

What did we learn in 2006? That all lost causes don't remain lost forever. And the down-on-their-luck can sometimes get the last laugh.

Story | Conversation | December 28, 2006

Oden needs just one arm to put opponents away

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

It's time to abandon understatement and speak the truth: Seventy-five percent of Greg Oden could be enough to lift Ohio State to the national title, Pat Forde writes.

Story | Conversation | December 16, 2006

After some down years, SEC is back on top

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

In a football conference, SEC basketball has five Top 25 teams, maybe a dozen future NBA players. No wonder the swagger is back.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2006

Hounding high schoolers and dancing with dwarfs

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

Forde Minutes has been hanging out on the summer recruiting scene with a bunch of hungry coaches and a dwarf.

Story | Conversation | July 12, 2006

Wildest dreams and nightmare scenarios for 64 teams

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

Sixty-four teams. Sixty-four dreams. Sixty-four nightmares. Pat Forde breaks down the best and worst case scenarios in this year's tourney field.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2006

Gay administrator knows pros, cons of coming out

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

A high-ranking Division I administrator says that for gay men in athletics, the closet remains very, very deep.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2005

Adults, shoe companies joust over elite teens

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

O.J. Mayo is the latest "can't miss" prospect who is an untouchable product of the shoe company environment.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2005

Numbers don't lie ... DePaul getting defensive

Pat Forde, Special to ESPN.com

After hitting rock bottom last season, a new coach and new defensive attitude has turned DePaul's early fortunes around.

Story | Conversation | December 12, 2002