Forde 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, 2009Dissecting 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, 2009It's time to bury the past, Coach Knight
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWill Bob Knight return to Indiana to accept his induction into IU's Hall of Fame? He should. It's time for the legendary coach to bury the past and put a happy postscript on an acrimonious departure.
Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009One shining moment for Reynolds
Pat Forde, ESPN.comScottie Reynolds' game-winning play against Pitt was so memorable that it's worth looking back one more time before looking forward to the Wildcats' game against North Carolina.
Story | Conversation | April 03, 2009Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom snowball bombardment at Notre Dame to rapid-firing snowballs at some offending parties to snow cones for the winners, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008Crean appeals to Hoosier fans as he tries to salvage the program
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIndiana might be at its lowest point ever, and it might get worse as the Hoosiers are returning (for now) just one significant contributor. But Tom Crean is winning the PR battle with IU's passionate fan base knowing that real wins will be hard to come by for a while, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | May 29, 2008Crean to Indiana a surprising, great move
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIndiana needed to hit one out of the park with its new coach. Athletic director Rick Greenspan has done just that by luring Tom Crean to Bloomington in a surprising but great move, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | April 01, 2008Wildest dreams and nightmare scenarios for 64 teams
Pat Forde, ESPN.comReally, 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, 2008Supersized and ready for the Big Dance
Pat Forde, ESPN.comA supersized edition of Forde Minutes presents the whos, whats and whys of the NCAA tournament.
Story | Conversation | March 16, 2008Who will be cutting down the nets in the Little Dance?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe big boys are all set to tip off their Champ Weeks. Who will be cutting down the nets? The Minutes knows, although he's just hoping the refs don't have anything to do with it.
Story | Conversation | March 10, 2008Here's to the league overachievers ... and the underachievers too
Pat Forde, ESPN.comNow that conference tourneys are officially here, it's time to break out some hardware for the overachievers and underachievers in their respective leagues. And The Minutes can't help but throw a little love to the Little Dances as well.
Story | Conversation | March 03, 2008NCAA cheaters, SEC championship coaches and the tenuous bubble
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIs Kelvin Sampson the next coach to get hammered by the NCAA to discourge future cheaters? Is Bruce Pearl the next SEC championship coach to come from outside SEC country? Is the bubble bursting for Baylor and Dayton? The Forde Minutes breaks it all down.
Story | Conversation | February 25, 2008Drake a blessed reminder of college hoops ecstasy
Pat Forde, ESPN.comAfter a week of seeing the Kelvin Sampson scandal unfold, the Drake-Butler BracketBusters thriller in wonderfully historic Hinkle Fieldhouse was a blessed reminder of why it's fun to be a college hoops fan, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | February 23, 2008Dark day at Indiana ends a messy, ugly saga with Sampson
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe Kelvin Sampson saga at Indiana ended Friday with a buyout and the coach's resignation. But the list of damages that have left a black mark on the once-pristine program goes on and on, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | February 22, 2008Was this Sampson's last goodbye at Indiana?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIf the win over Purdue was Kelvin Sampson's finale as the Indiana basketball coach, it was an awkward goodbye. While several students rooted for Sampson, the majority of Hoosier Nation seems ready to let him go, writes Pat Forde.
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