COLUMN
1. Lew Freedman, Basketball Times:
Loyola recalls color barrier-breaking moment long forgotten
and ignored
2. John Feinstein, Washington Post: Comparing Roy Williams
to his mentor, Dean Smith
3. David Jones, Harrisburg Patriot-News: Remembering Bob
Knight
4. Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier-Journal: Indiana, buried
and burned by the Kelvin Sampson ugly scandal, has no one
to blame but itself
5. Gary Parrish, cbssports.com: How silver-tongued Memphis
Coach John Calipari can talk a mailman into going for a
walk on his day off |
GAME STORY/SPOT NEWS
1. John Feinstein, Washington Post:
American University's first trip to the NCAA Tournament
in 41 years
2. Kellis Robinett, Idaho State Journal: Montana's overtime
win over Idaho State
3. Fran Blinebury, Houston Chronicle: Kansas' Final Four
semifinal win over North Carolina
4. Lew Freedman, Basketball Times: Illinois-Chicago Coach
Jimmy Collins returns from near-death, has his smile back
and is having fun
5. Pete Thamel, The New York Times: No-name West Virginia
Mountaineers stun Duke's All-Americans in NCAA tournament,
soak up the irony |
ENTERPRISE
1. Robbi Pickeral, Raleigh News
& Observer: Profile on Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams
2. Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated: A look at excessive harassment
of opposing players by fans
3. Ken Davis, nbcsports.com: History of cutting down of
the nets to celebrate a championship
4. Jack Styczynski, Basketball Times: Duke on top again
in third analytical ranking of Division I schools that have
won two-thirds of their games in last 10 seasons
5. Ian Rapoport, Birmingham News: Atlanta tornado damages
Georgia Dome, scrambles schedule of NCAA tournament games |
MAGAZINE LENGTH FEATURE
1. Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated:
Analyzing the dribble-drive offense that's all the rage
in basketball today
2. Jeff Fox, collegehoopsnet.com: Feature on Tennessee's
Chris Lofton
3. Gordie Jones, The Morning Call: Three-part series about
a game between two one-loss Division II teams in Pennsylvania,
DeSales and Elizabethtown
4. J. Brady McCollough, Kansas City Star: Bill Self's story
began in Oklahoma, where his ties are strong, but he's found
a home at basketball-crazy Kansas
5. Mike Sorensen, Deseret News: Utah's Jim Boylen gets his
long-awaited chance to become a head coach |
MODERATE LENGTH FEATURE
1. Bud Withers, Seattle Times: Jeremy
Pargo's journey from south Chicago to Gonzaga co-captain
2. John Feinstein, Washington Post: Former Maryland assistant
and La Salle head coach Billy Hahn gets a second chance
in coaching
3. Rob Schultz, Madison Capital Times: Wisconsin senior
Michael Flowers' touching story about how meeting a 5-year-old
boy with cancer affected his life
4. Marty Dobrow, Boston Globe: A prized journey to the magic
of New York's Garden begins with a single step for Massachusetts'
Dante Milligan
5. Bryan Burwell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The enigmatic
odyssey of Missouri guard Stefhon Hannah |
