college basketball
Boling: Gonzaga hopes to avoid another flop
A reporter on the teleconference call with Gonzaga coach Mark Few started one of those "premise" questions.
He speculated that Gonzaga's tough non-conference schedule and success against nationally recognized programs made it the kind of team that seems destined for the Sweet 16 in this NCAA tournament.
Bartow gets different look this year at NCAA tourney
East Tennessee State coach Murry Bartow has experienced the NCAA tournament from just about every imaginable perspective.
Cook: Calipari deserves coach of the year honor
Debate if you must the No. 1 seeds, the Final Four contenders, the national championship pick. But don't waste one second debating the coach of the year in college basketball. The award has to go to one man: Memphis coach John Calipari.
Lindsay: NCAA field from A to Z
A quick alphabetical trip through the dizzying NCAA Tournament field of 65 teams.
-- A: is for the Atlantic Coast Conference, the field's blue blood with three of the last eight national champs and nine Final Four teams this decade. But beware. ACC teams not named North Carolina are just 14-14 in the tournament the last three years.
DeCock: Coach K, Blue Devils live in the moment
Before the season ever started, with Mike Krzyzewski still fighting jet lag from his flight back from Beijing, the Duke coach talked about living in the moment, savoring winning instead of taking it for granted.
Calkins: Calipari finds motivation in No. 1 snubbing
The cameras zoomed in and the University of Memphis players tried to look excited and some things you just can't fake.
"They seem a little subdued," said Greg Anthony, the CBS analyst, back in the studio in New York.
You can't slip anything past those national TV guys, you know?
NCAA South Capsules
Capsule previews of the 16 NCAA South regional teams. All stats through end of regular season.
No. 1 NORTH CAROLINA
Nickname: Tar Heels.
Location: Chapel Hill.
Coach: Roy Williams.
Record: 28-4.
NCAA record: 97-40, four championships (1957, 1982, 1993 and 2005).
Entry to tournament: At-large.
NCAA West Capsules
Capsule previews of the 16 NCAA West regional teams.
No. 1 CONNECTICUT
Nickname: Huskies.
Location: Storrs
Coach: Jim Calhoun.
Record: 27-4.
NCAA record: 42-27 (1999 and 2004 championships).
Entry to tournament: At-large.
Best regular-season win: 68-51 at Louisville on Feb. 2.
NCAA East Capsules
Capsule previews of the 16 NCAA East regional teams.
No.1 PITTSBURGH
Nickname: Panthers.
Location: Pittsburgh
Coach: Jamie Dixon.
Record: 28-4.
NCAA Record: 18-21.
Entry to tournament: At-large.
Best regular-season win: 76-68 at Connecticut on Feb. 16.
