NCAA Tournament 2001 - More Features


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Full-Court Press: Saturday, March 31
ESPN.com goes inside Duke's comeback and the champ's loss to Arizona at the Final Four.

Senior rewards
Loren Woods and Shane Battier bucked the trend and put their pro careers on hold.

Duke '99: Beautiful losers


Preseason Predictions


Wojnarowski: Williams revels at Duke
Jason Williams promised he'd play four seasons at Duke. And a Final Four isn't changing his mind.

Lunardi: Final quotients
Joe Lunardi puts the Final Four inside the numbers and comes up with a MSU-Duke title game.

Katz: Growing pains


Bilas: Pivotal players


Katz: Spartan strength


Duke-Maryland IV: Here's what we've learned
We've studied our notes, our quotes, our anecdotes, and to ESPN.com it seems Game 4 is a formality.

Katz: Some advice for Williams
What's in store for Maryland's Gary Williams in his first Final Four trip? These coaches know.

Katz: Self-help guide
Illinois coach Bill Self has a good read on this Final Four after playing all four teams this season.

Play-for-pay?


Final Four Feedback


Inside the Final Four


The best of college basketball?


Graney: Desperate measures for Terps
Maryland played with desperation against Stanford and made a strong statement. Next up is Duke.

Duke-Maryland IV
This Final Four will give us Duke-Maryland IV. Of the three previous meetings, two were instant classics.

Illini foul out
A flood of fouls stifled any hopes for an Illini comeback against Arizona on Sunday.

NCAA Tournament sortable statistics


Full-Court Press: Saturday, March 24
ESPN.com explores how two ACC teams reached the Final Four on Saturday.

Full-Court Press: Friday, March 23
ESPN.com looks at how the Elite Eight took shape on Friday night.

Full-Court Press: Thursday, March 22
ESPN.com looks at how the Pac-10 and ACC shined on the first night of Sweet 16 action.

Katz: Same Elite Self
Same state, different city, same game for Bill Self and his staff. Oh yeah, and a different team.

Big trouble for Spartans?
Kevin Lyde and Ron Rollerson could be two big reasons Temple has a shot at upsetting MSU.

AG Raw: The eyes of a fan
Alan Grant will be cheering for Stanford this weekend -- alone, but filled with bittersweet memories.

Dan Patrick: Battier a man out of time
The game and demeanor of Duke's Shane Battier is reminiscent of another time.

Katz: Zags' third trip the toughest
Just how did the Zags make it to the Sweet 16 three years in a row?

Bilas: The Owls' 'matchup zone'
ESPN's Jay Bilas takes an in-depth look at the most feared defense in college basketball.

Anatomy of an upset
The Magazine's Neil Reed has been bitten by underdogs. Here's how it could happen this week.

Progress even in a loss
The Iona-Ole Miss matchup in the Midwest showed how things have changed for the better down south.

Hoops Valley?
Penn State will always be a football school. But the basketball team is giving fans plenty to cheer about.

Pac-10 turning heads
Often ignored when the tournament rolls around, Pac 10 teams are proving they can play.

Katz: Championship check list
Every team should check its championship check list for the Sweet 16.

Full-Court Press: Sunday, March 18
ESPN.com goes inside Sunday's action, as the South bracket was busted and the Sweet 16 was set.

Full-Court Press: Saturday, March 17
Finally, some sanity! ESPN.com looks at a day that belonged to the favorites.

Full-Court Press: Friday, March 16
Once again, ESPN.com delves into a wild day of first-round upsets and failures.

Full-Court Press: Thursday, March 15
8 regions ... 16 Games ... all in 13 hours. ESPN.com goes inside a wild Day 1 of upsets.

Kirkpatrick: The lady is a Hawk
Curry Kirkpatrick investigates the St. Joe's Hawk, and finds, under the feathers -- what's this -- a girl!

Keown: The other side of Bracketville
The Kent States and Hamptons are comin' to town, and nobody can stop 'em

Power Rankings
ESPN.com ranks the teams in the NCAA Tournament from No. 1 to No. 64.

Katz: Quite a feat to repeat
This isn't the same Michigan State team that won it all last year. But if the Spartans are driven, they could repeat.

Katz: Opener was a winner
It can be better, sure, but the first opening-round game of the NCAA Tournament was a winner.

Ratto: In pool, be careful where you dive
Even the easiest tournament parlay can be dangerous. We have some tried-and-true bromides.

Stevens: Regionalize the regionals
ESPN's Bob Stevens takes a crack at bracketology and offers a more regional, fan-friendly approach.

Cinderella Watch
ESPN.com has an eye on a few teams that just might turn into this year's Gonzaga.

Musburger: Following the Cardinal rule


Vitale: First-round matchups to watch
Compelling first-round showdowns provide for instant drama in the NCAA Tournament.

Katz: Selections make sense
Unlike last year, the NCAA Tournament selection committee put together a field that makes sense.

Bracketology
See just how close ESPN.com's Joe Lunardi's final NCAA Tournament projections turned out to be.

Doyel: Final Four-th encounter?
Round three of Duke-UNC went to the Blue Devils in a knockout. Will there be a Final Four-th meeting?

NCAA Division II tournament
Kentucky Wesleyan beats Washburn, Kan. for its eighth Division II championship.

The Jump: Hoop screams
Welcome to the best sports week of the year. It's the sounds that make it special.

NCAA Division III tournament
Catholic, D.C., defeated William Paterson for the NCAA Division III championship in Salem, Va.

Vitale: Expect Duke to cut down the nets
Check out my Final Four picks, sleepers and more.

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