What would an eight-team playoff look like?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom a hypothetical eight-team playoff to Phillip Fulmer's final days to a list of possible upsets, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2008What is America's Team? How about 'Mempis'?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comDon't overlook the prelude to the madness. Between UNC-Duke, Saint Mary's-Gonzaga and Tennessee-"Mempis," The Minutes breaks down the must-see regular-season games.
Story | Conversation | February 18, 2008Hounding high schoolers and dancing with dwarfs
Pat Forde, ESPN.comForde Minutes has been hanging out on the summer recruiting scene with a bunch of hungry coaches and a dwarf.
Story | Conversation | July 12, 2006Florida opening is the first of many
Pat Forde, ESPN.comRacing this week from what jobs open next to who might fill them to Adriana on the hot seat.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2004BCS busters, leading rushers and APBs
Pat Forde, ESPN.comRacing this week from BCS busters to the nation's leading rusher to an APB for the CobbWebb backfield.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2004UAB making life 'Hell' in NCAAs
Pat Forde, Special to ESPN.comFeeling pressured? Good. That's how UAB beat Kentucky ... much to the delight of its coach's mentor.
Story | Conversation | March 23, 2004As favorites fall, C-USA chaos ensues
Pat Forde, Special to ESPN.comWhat was billed as a two-team race has suddenly turned into a chaoic title chase over the final few weeks.
Story | Conversation | February 17, 2004C-USA's contender molded in Milwaukee
Pat Forde, Special to ESPN.comTom Crean has created more than just a C-USA champion in Milwaukee.
Story | Conversation | March 11, 2003Let's hear it for the little guy
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom Morehead mania to the possible fourth No. 1 seed to Chief Kickingstallionsims, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | March 10, 2009Forde Minutes: Stretch-run story lines, monopolies and underachievers
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the stretch-run story lines to the multi-bid monopoly to the underachievers, The Minutes runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | February 17, 2009Here's to the league overachievers ... and the underachievers too
Pat Forde, ESPN.comNow that conference tourneys are officially here, it's time to break out some hardware for the overachievers and underachievers in their respective leagues. And The Minutes can't help but throw a little love to the Little Dances as well.
Story | Conversation | March 03, 2008Top-ranked Tigers are like Coach Cal: relentless, unselfish and paranoid
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe Memphis Tigers are as dominant as ever, and now they've taken on the personality of their coach. They're relentless, unselfish and as paranoid as John Calipari, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | January 26, 2008Wildest dreams and nightmare scenarios for 64 teams
Pat Forde, ESPN.comSixty-four teams. Sixty-four dreams. Sixty-four nightmares. Pat Forde breaks down the best and worst case scenarios in this year's tourney field.
Story | Conversation | March 15, 2006You have questions? The Minutes has answers
Pat Forde, ESPN.comForde Minutes provides the answers to all of your major-conference tournament questions.
Story | Conversation | March 08, 2006Former groundskeeper leads withering UAB D
Pat Forde, ESPN.comIf UAB squeaks into the NCAAs, it probably will be because of its diminutive point guard, "Squeaky" Johnson.
Story | Conversation | March 02, 2006TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "uab blazers" make the list?