http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- I admit I am no expert on the matter, but it seems to me there are two Notre Dames. There is the Notre Dame of nationally televise...]]> November 29, 2012 15:50:47 PST After all the rumors and breaking news and tortured explanations, Eamonn Brennan is over realignment. And he's not even angry anymore. It's time to accept reality.]]> November 20, 2012 07:48:36 PST For college basketball fans (probably more so than college football fans), the Big East is still a brand that explains itself. It is a power hoops con...]]> September 07, 2012 09:55:21 PDT On Friday, South Florida announced some rather positive all-around athletics news: Both football coach Skip Holtz and men's hoops coach Stan Heath wer...]]> July 09, 2012 13:45:34 PDT For most of the past two years, conference realignment has been about two things: football and football money. But as we've seen in this year's major ...]]> July 03, 2012 08:50:48 PDT The Colonial Athletic Association, like so many other mid-major college hoops conferences, suddenly finds itself at a crossroads. Conference realignme...]]> May 11, 2012 12:25:09 PDT Could a full-time college football writer who only seasonally moonlights in the world of basketball really draft a better portfolio of NCAA tournament...]]> March 19, 2012 14:00:03 PDT When you think about it, we Americans have a rather strange way of deciding our champions. We have tournaments, playoffs, best-of-seven series (unless...]]> February 27, 2012 12:40:10 PST It's mid-February, and I know what you do on Sundays: You wake up, plan your trip to the grocery store, open your laptop, get ready to set your fantas...]]> February 17, 2012 12:10:15 PST It's almost difficult to remember when Florida wasn't a top-notch basketball program, when football-addled Gators fans regarded the bouncy orange ball...]]> December 16, 2011 11:33:25 PST "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." You've heard it countless times before. The phrase -- commonly attributed to legendary Green Bay P...]]> December 05, 2011 14:35:55 PST Hopefully, you ignored college football. Hopefully, you procrastinated putting up your Christmas decorations. Hopefully, after Kentucky's thrilling wi...]]> December 03, 2011 18:38:57 PST There's a chance you've seen this by now, but it warrants some discussion all the same. On Monday, 300 major college football and men's basketball pla...]]> October 25, 2011 10:45:41 PDT Expand or die. This is what the Big East has come down to. OK, so maybe that's pushing the issue a little bit. But TCU's invitation to the Big 12 -...]]> October 07, 2011 10:55:59 PDT Make no mistake, kids: Conference realignment is all about football. That's true even when the programs involved are Syracuse and Pittsburgh. It's tru...]]> September 20, 2011 10:50:41 PDT