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What are the odds that we'll see an all-Big Ten Final Four in Atlanta? Eamonn Brennan looks at the matchups in store this weekend for Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State.

College basketball differs from the pro game in innumerable ways, so for now let's just focus on one: the importance of stars. In the NBA, especially in the postseason, star power is everything; you can't win a title without at least two All-Stars...

NEW ORLEANS -- Back in October, we said we'd get a colossal Final Four. When the brackets were released, we forecast a chalky March. When the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight finished in thrilling fashion and the final weekend of the NCAA tournament's marque...

PHOENIX -- A little over a month ago -- still weeks before Louisville ran off its six-game postseason winning streak, which includes a Big East tournament title and a spot in the Sweet 16 -- coach Rick Pitino gave his then-struggling point guard, Pey...

When North Carolina guard Kendall Marshall fractured his wrist in Sunday's win against Creighton, it was momentarily easy to forget Marshall isn't the most talented or productive player on his team. There's Tyler Zeller and Harrison Barnes and John H...

Let's look back at the past decade of Final Four teams and see what the numbers reveal and what it means for this year's Sweet 16 field.

After four manic days and one major injury, we've whittled the NCAA tournament field from 68 to 16. Time to break down that group as it gets set to compete for those four magical spots in New Orleans.

Last spring, as I attempted to make sense of Florida State's surprising run to the Sweet 16 and of the role of Leonard Hamilton's consistently brutal man-to-man defense, I spoke with the team's point guard, Derwin Kitchen. I asked him why his team wa...

Was what happened to Brandon Davies fair? That question followed BYU's apparently star-crossed 2011 team until Florida knocked Jimmer Fredette & Co. out of the NCAA tournament in the Sweet 16. Davies, as you know, was suspended for the season ...

Remember when plucky runs to the Sweet 16 were enough to make you a darling? You'll forgive us if we're no longer so easily impressed. In 2011, Virginia Commonwealth and Butler shattered the very notion of Sweet 16 darlings, proving that anyone -- sm...

A few months ago, Lamont "MoMo" Jones was slicing and dicing the Duke Blue Devils on the way to a stunningly thorough Sweet 16 win. With the exception of Derrick Williams -- who posted a dominant 32-point, 13-rebound performance on his way to a near-...

Before we turn to tonight's helping of Sweet 16 madness, it seems important -- well, not important, but at least worthwhile -- to debunk an altogether too-common theme emerging from Arizona's 93-77 thrashing of Duke Thursday night. The Blue Devils...

Here's Part III in our Know-It-All's Guide to the Sweet 16: The East. Click here for Part IV, which previews the Southwest region. No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Marquette Friday, 7:15 p.m. ET (Newark) Breakdown: If there's a current poster...

Here's Part IV in our Know-It-All's Guide to the Sweet 16: the Southwest. Click here for Part III, which previews the East region. No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 12 Richmond Friday, 7:27 p.m. ET (San Antonio) Breakdown: Let's get something out of the w...

Here's Part 2, the Southeast, in our Know-It-All's Guide to the Sweet 16. Click here for Part 1, which previews the West region. No. 3 BYU vs. No. 2 Florida Thursday, 7:27 p.m. ET (New Orleans) Breakdown: If I had to guess, I'd say the most p...

After one of the wilder and more controversy-ridden first weeks in NCAA tournament history, 68 teams have become 16. And after literally hours -- hours! -- spent scouting the field and selecting your picks, your bracket (as always) is busted. But ...