ESPN Search

Michael Schwartz of Valley of the Suns talked March Madness with several of the Suns, who could use a good distraction (check out the poll on the side of that post -- Suns fans seem to think their team is lottery bound). First of all, it's a mino...

The New York Times has assembled many different voices -- including Bill Walton, and a favorite basketball writer in Stephen Danley, who until recently played for Penn -- to open once again (sing it with me now -- you know the words!) the debate abou...

You don't have to read TrueHoop all that closely to know I'm not all that into college basketball. Don't get me wrong, I love watching it. I can do OK in the March Madness office pool. But I don't really have a team, and it has never been a great pas...

It's kind of a stupid thing, really. In general, when making predictions, you want to pick favorites. Favorites usually win. But anyone who has ever filled out an NCAA Tournament bracket (and by that I mean every living American and then some) kn...

I know so little about college basketball that I'm not even certain when the NCAA tournament starts, but I'm sure you can still sign up to make me look bad for picking Memphis to win the whole thing. I feel pretty good about the pick, honestl...

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: "Derrick Rose flat-out called Michael Beasley the best player available in the NBA draft. Beasley laughed, saying there is a glaring flaw in that argument. 'His team went farther in the (NCAA) Tournament. He l...

Wow. Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog apparently doesn't know that no one wants to know the truth about their sports enemies. (Related post on the women's game.) At the NCAA tournament, Steinberg spent some quality time with the family of much-ha...

Paul Shirley confesses to crying frequently, especially on national TV when a controversial call cost his college team a glory in the NCAA tournament: On Monday morning, I woke up ready to begin anew. On my walk to campus, I received a few sympath...

I love the NCAA tournament. It's great basketball, and it's so fun to watch. I mean, of course. I'm watching right now, as a matter of fact. But the more the NCAA tournament consumes my brain, and the more of those corny advertisements for the co...

Haven't you always wished there was some way to combine the level of play of the NBA, with the level of excitement of the NCAA tournament? There's just no way to get around the adrenaline that comes with tons of elimination games, one after anoth...

Here's how to get drafted in the first round. The numbers, as trainer David Thorpe argues on his blog, make a clear case: make it to the sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. 24 American players were drafted in round 1. 21 of them played for teams who ma...

Video Big batch of great highlights. Here he is blocking J.J. Redick's shot. This block is pretty great. Here's a nice dunk from his high school days. Some highlights from the NCAA tournament. If everything pans out for Ty...

NBA fans, DraftExpress has done you a huge favor, by breaking down the tournament through NBA eyes. The future NBA players in the bunch--dozens and dozens of them--are profiled and projected like crazy. It's organized by location. Those playing in A...

ESPN provides the following news on Jarrett Jack: The 6-foot-3 Jack was the top scorer (15.5 points a game) on a team that reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. As a sophomore, he starred in Georgia Tech's improbable run to the national c...