Topic: NCAA Tournament

March 18, 2013

Prognostication Station: Classical Bracket Achievers Is Back

David Roth

Join us, won't you, in the annual college basketball-related bracket humiliation ritual? You just might learn something about the limits of your knowledge and the futility of information in the face of college basketball-related randomness. But, like, in a fun way.

March 18, 2013

A Talent For Winning

Jack Moore

For as long as Bo Ryan has been coaching at Wisconsin, questions have been raised about his teams' persistent lack of NBA-grade talent. He and the Badgers keep answering those questions by winning. Perhaps a better question is how Ryan and Wisconsin keep beating all these star-studded opponents, one year after another.

March 15, 2013

Tiny Dancers

Greg Cameron

In the grand scheme of things, and in the NCAA Tournament, the winner of the MAAC Championship does not matter all that much. To the players fighting for the chance to write their own ending, though, it means so much more.

February 25, 2013

The Lunardi Problem

Patrick Sauer

There's nothing wrong with some idle speculation on the NCAA Tournament, especially as March approaches. But a little bit less of ESPN Bracketologist-in-chief Joe Lunardi, and the silly, over-certain pseudoscience he sells, might do us all some good.

April 5, 2012

Salute Your (Norfolk State Game-Worn) Shorts: Meet Your Classical Bracket Champion

David Roth

Hats off, and small nylon shorts in the mail, to Kevin Slane, the champion of The Classical's Prognostic-achievers Bracket Challenge. How could he possibly have known that Kentucky could pull this off?

April 2, 2012

One Shining, Predictable, Corny Moment

Jeremy Repanich

The "One Shining Moment" montage at the end of every NCAA Tournament is a television institution with decades of history and a ton of gooey, gooey sentiment behind it. Which makes it all the more frustrating how awful it is.

March 30, 2012

Congratulations to the Official Garbage Food of the Final Four!

David Roth

An in-depth non-conversation with a semi-celebrity, on occasion of (almost) talking to Mario Lopez about the ultimate Final Four garbage food.

March 30, 2012

Four To Watch Out For: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's Grace

Brendan Flynn

In anticipation of the Final Four, we're highlighting four players whose very presence on the court is a reason to watch. In the last of the mini-series, we check in with the uniquely graceful, un-angry and great Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

March 30, 2012

Four To Watch Out For: Aaron Craft, Helper

David Matthews

In anticipation of the Final Four, we're highlighting four players whose very presence on the court is a reason to watch. In this installment, we survey Ohio State guard's Aaron Craft's ability to turn annoyance into something like art.

March 30, 2012

Four To Watch Out For: Thomas Robinson, Long-Awaited

Joshua Lars Weill

In anticipation of the Final Four, we're highlighting four players whose very presence on the court is a reason to watch. Here, we salute Thomas Robinson's unique combination of patience and passion.