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, 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, 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, 2009All quiet on the Ford Field front
Pat Forde...12-minute media timeout, the Tar Heels lead by 13 and it could be worse if Roy Williams hadn't taken Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson out of the game at the same time...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009Powerful programs take over Sweet 16
Pat Forde, ESPN.comA tournament that began Thursday with the promise of busted brackets has instead played out predictably. That in itself is an upset, but there's still time for some madness.
Story | Conversation | March 23, 2009With every win, Pennell's case grows stronger
Pat Forde...dialed up a sideline trip out of its 2-3 zone defense -- a classic Dean Smith/Roy Williams call out of a timeout. It produced a turnover and a transition dunk for Jamelle Horne...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 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, 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, 2009No. 1 seeds not locked up
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom potential No. 1 seeds to provocative questions to coach of the year candidates, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | February 24, 2009Fear not, hardwood fans, The Minutes is back to usher in a new season
Pat Forde, ESPN.comWhat are the possible roadblocks facing North Carolina? Which Big East team will bite the dust? Which coach is craziest? All those answers in the preseason edition of Forde Minutes.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2008Week 1 provides some cheers and many jeers
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the Cupcake Roulette to debuts to boo or cheer to fresh faces with fast feet, The Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | September 01, 2008Midsummer night's dream reveals puckish prognostications for '08
Pat Forde, ESPN.comNotre Dame going bowling. Texas' streak coming to an end. Tommy Bowden breaking into a sweat. JoePa barricading the door. Pat Forde's midsummer night's dream revealed some surprising 2008 predictions.
Story | Conversation | June 23, 2008Self's tourney has been a roller-coaster ride of melodrama
Pat Forde, ESPN.comBill Self's trip to the national championship game has been a wild ride of melodrama. Win or lose Monday, it will continue with the Oklahoma State vacancy. Yet Self seems unaffected through it all, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | April 06, 2008Kansas plays the good and the bad in the rout of UNC
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThere were two Kansas teams on the court against North Carolina in a wild semifinal with mood swings galore. One buried the Heels to a 28-point deficit and one let the Heels get the game to two possessions late in the second half, writes Pat Forde.
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