Skip Myslenski

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is the most accomplished of Bob Knight's many proteges, with three national titles to match Knight's total. They faced each other in the semifinals of the...

Back in October I talked to Iowa State coach Greg McDermott, who was about to begin his first season guiding the Cyclones. In the previous five he had worked at...

It is the slow time in college basketball, when meaningful games are rare and when many teams, especially at the highest level, are warming up for conference competition by feasting...

He not only pounds out hard rock, though some of his dunks do demand the adjective "thunderous." He also offers riffs that are subtle and nuanced, far more important yet...

So you hung out together, you and your neighbor, haunting the same playgrounds and playing the same games. But then, so suddenly it seemed, she blossomed and shot up, took...

This was their 113th meeting and, for the first time, both schools were ranked in the Top 20. Both also were festooned with stars and rave reviews. In both teams'...

There is no overestimating the value of a leader. That term now is tossed around lightly, a label hung on many who don't deserve that respect, an appellation applied when...

An afternoon earlier, as he sat in his office, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo fretted. "People ask me, `Where do you think you guys are?' It's hard to tell," he...

It was a game so raggedy its mascots should have been Ann and Andy. It was a game speckled with moments of borderline brilliance but many more of staggering incompetence....

They are two of the most storied programs in the game. They have churned out national champions, All-Americans and enough lore to fill a library, and over the years they...