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Is Kentucky really the best? Can St. Joe's or Gonzaga go all the way? And how does Angelina Jolie fit in? The NCAA Tournament begins.
March 18, 2004
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Sports fans have some power over their TVs. Plus: Can TiVo make it tougher to fill out a Tournament bracket?
March 16, 2004
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Billy Packer talks smack, and sort of makes sense. That and other scary thoughts from NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday.
March 15, 2004
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Somnambulant top seeds and fuming bubble teams: Making peace with conference tournament week.
March 9, 2004
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With freshman phenom Carmelo Anthony hurting, some unlikely heroes lead Syracuse over Kansas in the NCAA title game.
By King Kaufman
April 8, 2003
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Recent history favors veteran Kansas to win the NCAA title game, but recent history never met Syracuse freshman Carmelo Anthony.
By King Kaufman
April 7, 2003
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Don't you believe it. The league's likely new age limit will help owners' bottom lines, not college hoops.
By King Kaufman
April 4, 2003
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Because if there's one near you, it's probably falling hard as the NCAA Tournament suddenly gets upset happy.
By King Kaufman
March 31, 2003
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War metaphors are only natural in sports, which always mimic war, and sometimes distract us from it.
By King Kaufman
March 24, 2003
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The NCAA Tournament's first day shows that when the world's only superpower goes to war, it's not a good time to be an underdog.
By King Kaufman
March 21, 2003
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Thousands of empty seats tell you all you need to know about college basketball conference tournaments.
By King Kaufman
March 12, 2003
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Juan Dixon didn't dominate as expected Monday, but he's the third straight fourth-year man to carry his team to the NCAA title. Isn't that funny, in an era when the great players all leave school early?
By King Kaufman
April 2, 2002
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Indiana is no "Cinderella." The Hoosiers are well coached and red hot. But only Maryland has a player who can take over a game.
By King Kaufman
April 1, 2002
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Moving courageously beyond his earlier botched NCAA predictions, our man picks Kansas and Oklahoma.
By King Kaufman
March 27, 2002
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The last few minutes before halftime are too valuable to keep your best player on the bench. Coach Jim Calhoun didn't realize that, and his UConn Huskies are not in the Final Four.
By King Kaufman
March 25, 2002
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A pair of heroes from the Land of Lincoln have subpar games as their teams get bounced from the Tournament.
By King Kaufman
March 23, 2002
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Most of those NCAA Tournament upsets aren't really upsets, but when Duke loses, now you've got something.
By King Kaufman
March 22, 2002
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The NCAA Tournament's new "pod" system works just fine, but it needs an adjustment to prevent this weekend's "home" games.
By King Kaufman
March 18, 2002
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Watching the NCAA Tournament on TV is great, but there's nothing quite like being there, even if "there" is nosebleed country.
By King Kaufman
March 15, 2002
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A 324-team field would add excitement and give hope to underdogs. Almost as good, it'd get rid of the dumb conference championships.
By King Kaufman
March 12, 2002
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When Arizona missed a chance to tie the game with more than 13 minutes to go, the NCAA title belonged to Duke.
By King Kaufman
April 3, 2001
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When Duke meets Arizona for the NCAA title, the winner will be whoever can get closer to playing a whole game, which nobody's been doing so far.
By King Kaufman
April 2, 2001
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All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good.
By Luc Hatlestad
March 22, 2001
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Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 22, 2001
By Joyce Millman
March 22, 2001
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The upsets of the NCAA Tournament's first two days give way to order being restored over the weekend, but there are still some thrills.
By King Kaufman
March 19, 2001