NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Grantland Staff: NCAA Championship Shootaround
Shane Ryan: The Pain of Losing Well: Michigan’s Heartbreak
FINAL FOUR
Under the Big Top
By Charles P. Pierce
The NCAA has blown the Final Four into all-out spectacle. Has the event outgrown the game?
Shane Ryan: Luke Hancock’s Next Act
Shane Ryan: The 50 Best Tweets About King Karl Hess, The Notorious R.E.F.
Mark Titus: Final Four Predictions!
Mark Titus: March Madness Mailbag!
ELITE EIGHT
Danger Zone
By Charles P. Pierce
Syracuse and its devastating 2-3 zone are headed to the Final Four. And for an old-school defense, it’s really something else.
Titus’s 12 NCAA Tournament Observations, Week 2
By Mark Titus
Louisville remains the team to beat, Capital One makes a run at most annoying commercial, and more Shocker puns.
Brett Koremenos: Anatomy of an Upset: Michigan’s Run to the Final Four
Robert Mays: We Went There: Wichita State Shocks the Buckeyes
SWEET 16
Brett Koremenos: Anatomy of an Upset: Syracuse Zones Out the Hoosiers
Shane Ryan: The Hardcourt Shuffle: Fall of the House of Hoosier and Other Thoughts
Charles P. Pierce: We Went There: The NCAA Tournament East Regional
Mark Titus: Five Sweet 16 Predictions, Friday Edition
Robert Mays: We Went There: The NCAA Tournament West Regional
Mark Titus: Five Sweet 16 Predictions, Thursday Edition
Mark Titus: March Madness Mailbag!
Shane Ryan: Looking at the Sweet 16 Teams in 16 Words
ROUND OF 32
Titus’s 12 NCAA Tournament Observations
By Mark Titus
The first weekend of March Madness, from Aaron Craft’s drawn charge to Khalif Wyatt’s hero ball to the unveiling of the tournament’s most annoying commercial.
Ian Cohen: La Salle Provides One Shining Moment in a Year of Pain and Misery for Philly Sports
Brett Koremenos: Anatomy of an Upset: Florida Gulf Coast’s Run to the Sweet 16
Shane Ryan: America: Burn Your Stupid Brackets and Scatter the Stupid Ashes
FIRST ROUND
The End of the Road
By Jordan Conn
Behind the scenes with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, from Selection Sunday to their season-ending loss to Michigan.
March Madness Man of the Hour, Day 2
By Shane Ryan
Marshall Henderson, Bo Ryan, C.J. Leslie, Doug McDermott, the Atlantic 10, 12-seeds, and the Mountain West Conference.
First Things First
By Charles P. Pierce
The drama of the NCAA tournament has already begun in Dayton.
Jay Kang: The Imaginary Biographies of the Harvard Band
Mark Titus: 5 NCAA Tournament Predictions, Day 2
Robert Mays: Theater of Pain: A Day in Las Vegas for the Start of March Madness
Brett Koremenos: Anatomy of an Upset: How Harvard Took Down New Mexico
Video: The Best of Grantland Live, Day 1
Shane Ryan: March Madness Man of the Hour (Day 1: Jake Cohen, Matthew Dellavedova, Sim Bhullar, Brad Stevens, the Sonic Guys, You!)
Mark Titus: 5 NCAA Tournament Predictions for the First Day of Action
TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS
The NBA Fan’s Guide to March Madness
By Mark Titus
Which NCAA tournament players will make an impact at the next level?
Chuck Klosterman: Why I Am Rooting for Duke: An Argument in 7 Ascending Steps
Michael Weinreb: The Second Act of Akron Coach Keith Dambrot
Grantland Staff: Grantland Staff March Madness Brackets
Sal Iacono: Cousin Sal’s Tourney Prop Bets
Shane Ryan: Picking the Perfect Bracket: South Region
Shane Ryan: Picking the Perfect Bracket: East Region
Shane Ryan: Picking the Perfect Bracket: West Region
Shane Ryan: Picking the Perfect Bracket: Midwest Region (a.k.a. the Group of Death)
Bill Simmons: The Official Grantland March Madness Knockout Pool
Shane Ryan: A Semi-Insane, Semi-Logical Classification of All 68 Tournament Teams
Shane Ryan: The Hardcourt Shuffle: Conference Tourney Previews!
Shane Ryan: Jim Crews and the Rise of the Saint Louis Billikens
HISTORY OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Sportstorialist: Coach’s Decision
By Wesley Morris
Tom Izzo’s suits, Rick Pitino’s hair, and the tragedy of March Madness style.
Moments of Glad Grace
By Charles P. Pierce
Celebrating Providence College’s 1973 Final Four run, 40 years later.
Bill Simmons: B.S. Report: Jalen Rose on Chris Webber and the Fab Five (Includes Video)
Bill Simmons: B.S. Report: Jon Hock and Chuck Klosterman
Shane Ryan: Q&A: Dan Dakich on Stopping Michael Jordan
THE MOST HATED COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER BRACKET
The Most Hated College Basketball Players of the Last 30 Years
By Rafe Bartholomew
A tournament to determine the most despised in recent NCAA hoops history.
Mark Titus: Most Hated College Basketball Player, Day 7: There Can Only Be One
Jay Caspian Kang: Most Hated College Basketball Player, Day 6: Self-Awareness Is Overrated, Laettner
Bryan Curtis: Most Hated College Basketball Player, Day 5: Flight of the Montross
Robert Mays: ‘I Was Sort of a Prick’: J.J. Redick on Playing ‘J.J. Redick’
Charles P. Pierce: Most Hated College Basketball Player, Day 4: The Agony of Ainge
Shane Ryan: Most Hated College Basketball Player, Day 3: Loving and Hating Psycho T
Grantland Staff: The Forgotten, the Snubbed, and Slept On: Readers React to the Most Hated College Basketball Player Bracket
Robert Mays: Most hated College Basketball Player, Day 2: Does No One Hate Patrick Ewing Anymore?