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, 2009Chance to bash SEC has likely passed
Pat Forde, ESPN.comLast season might have been the worst for SEC basketball in 30 years. But with coaching upgrades and a wealth of talent returning, the league might already be back.
Story | Conversation | October 26, 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, 2009Brand brought just the right touch
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWhat is done at the highly secretive NCAA is not always well-known. What we do know is this: The late Myles Brand transformed the academic expectations of student-athletes.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009Big-money coaches not immune
Pat Forde, ESPN.comMost revenue-sport coaches are accustomed to living like CEOs. These financial times have changed some things.
Story | Conversation | July 13, 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, 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, 2009USC's Gibson to stay in NBA draft pool
Pat Forde, ESPN.comUSC forward Taj Gibson confirmed to ESPN.com via Twitter Monday afternoon that he is keeping his name in the NBA draft and forgoing his remaining season of eligibility at USC.
Story | Conversation | June 15, 2009Pitino offers job to Willard
Pat Forde, ESPN.comLouisville head coach Rick Pitino has offered his vacant assistant position to Holy Cross head coach Ralph Willard, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com.
Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009See no evil, hear no evil in Kentucky
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThere are still plenty of questions to be answered, but don't tell that to Kentucky or its fans. The NCAA allegations at Memphis? That doesn't involve next year's dream season -- so no need to dig up the past.
Story | Conversation | May 28, 2009Bulldogs take ride on Sidney tour
Pat Forde, ESPN.comOn the recruiting trail, there are plenty of recurring characters. The Renardo Sidney tour is no different.
Story | Conversation | May 05, 2009Sypher, mother vow not to back down
Pat Forde, ESPN.comDespite a FBI probe and a media circus surrounding her, the woman at the center of the alleged extortion of Rick Pitino isn't going quietly.
Story | Conversation | April 23, 2009So just how strange is Isiah-to-FIU?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIsiah Thomas is coaching where? OK, so seeing Zeke lead Florida International will seem a little strange. But take a gander around the college hoops landscape. Plenty of coaches looking to rebound have found seemingly odd landing spots over the past decade.
Story | Conversation | April 15, 2009A deceptively tough run to glory
Pat Forde, ESPN.comBelieve it or not, there was some work involved -- some sweat, some anxiety -- for North Carolina in going from landslide favorite to landslide winner of a national title.
Story | Conversation | April 07, 2009Looking like 1990 all over again
Pat Forde...than that to Michigan State here tonight. The lead is now 20. The largest halftime lead in NCAA championship game history is 18 points, by Ohio State over California in 1960. Maybe we all put...
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