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, 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, 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, 2009Will the joke end up being on Barnhart?
Pat Forde, ESPN.comJohn Calipari will bring plenty of wins, plenty of charisma and plenty of big-time recruits to Kentucky. He also brings things that aren't as nice. Did the same AD who failed in his last attempt at this really look at the whole package this time?
Story | Conversation | March 31, 2009Blame goes to Gillispie and Kentucky
Pat Forde, ESPN.comBilly Gillispie'a two years in Lexington were a spectacular failure for Gillispie personally. And for the Wildcats as a basketball program.
Story | Conversation | March 26, 2009Tubby Smith's friends show support in Indy
Pat Forde...his Kentucky coaching days, among them Van Florence and Jack Burford. Florence was the curator of the UK basketball museum and a program fixture through several coaches. Burford owns a car dealership in Richmond, Ky...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 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, 2009Emotional roller coaster continues for always-fervent Kentucky fan base
Pat Forde, ESPN.comKentucky was on the brink of a historic loss. Its fans were on the brink of an all-out panic. Then, just like that, a season was saved with a last-second bucket against Florida. How fickle this game is.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009No fan base embraces the Madness like Cat fans
Pat Forde, ESPN.comThe birth of a new basketball season -- when all things are possible, when there have been no defeats or disappointments -- might be the best time for Kentucky fans, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008There's no argument where the best QBs live: the Big 12
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the wealth of Big 12 QB talent to a rewind on the Cremation in the Coliseum to unnoticed undefeateds, the Dash runs through it all.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2008Big East has depth, the element of surprise this season
Pat Forde, ESPN.comFrom the unpredictable Big East to the unpredictable readers' own bucket lists, The Minutes breaks it all down.
Story | Conversation | January 28, 2008Dream Game may be a nightmare for Kentucky, Louisville
Pat Forde, ESPN.comInjuries, recruiting, shoddy point-guard play and mystifying coaching decisions have devolved the annual Kentucky-Louisville tussle into the worst Dream Game ever, writes Pat Forde.
Story | Conversation | January 02, 2008Dashing through the bowl season
Pat Forde, ESPN.comReady to play a little Bowl-der-Dash? With the 32-game bowl season sprint from San Diego to New Orleans about to kick off, The Dash picks the winners.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2007EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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