Skip Myslenski

Martha Stewart could not have arranged the table better for Michigan. The Wolverines, who start four seniors and a junior, were far more experienced than North Carolina State, which was...

Nice little go-round they're playing this week, the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Makes for full houses, good basketball, enticing TV and, lest we forget, fat paydays for both conferences. But be...

Comparisons can be tricky and are often too facile to be truly meaningful. But after watching Marquette topple Texas Tech and Duke in the CBE Classic, this one cannot be...

So here you are in Kansas City, where Texas Tech coach Bob Knight is as well. As the game goes on, your eyes always rove toward him. That is especially...

No longer are they "the Kids." That was their nickname last season when they were callow freshmen at Marquette. Now they are older and wiser and more familiar with the...

No longer are they "the Kids." That was their nickname last season when they were callow freshmen at Marquette. Now they are older and wiser and more familiar with the...

Here's one about new Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson, and it will tell you something about the kind of team his Hoosiers hope to be sometime after they get over the...

It resembles a midmajor program, and that is not meant as an insult. It is simply the stark truth about Notre Dame basketball, the harsh reality it faces even as...

Just one year ago, it was so different for Sammy Mejia. "I didn't know what to expect. It was a cloud of unsureness," the DePaul guard remembered. His mind was...

Here are a half-dozen schools that, like George Mason (left) last year, could blow up your tournament bracket this year: Southern Illinois: Returns all starters and top eight scorers from...