John Chaney's 1998-1999 Temple Owls entered the season with high hopes and a lofty #7 preseason ranking.  After knocking off #5 Michigan State the Owls lost 4 in a row and fell out of the...

The 1983-84 Dayton Flyers were one of the last teams picked in a 53 team NCAA field.  The 10 seed wasted little time making their presence felt beating 7-seed LSU and setting up a showdown...

The 1987-88 Iowa State Cyclones climbed the AP Poll after starting the season 16-2.  Led by senior All-American Jeff Grayer and senior running mate Lafester Rhodes the Cyclones were ranked as high as #10 in...

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons spent the majority of the 1996-97 season ranked in the top 5 of the AP Poll.  Led by senior consensus All-American Tim Duncan the Demon Deacons finished 24-7 earning a...

John Thompson's 1981-1982 came into the season with a #5 ranking after adding Freshman center Patrick Ewing to a team that already had Sleepy Floyd, Eric Smith and Anthony Jones. After losing 2 of the first...

Led by head coach Tom Izzo and the “Flintstones”, Michigan State won a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, the Big Ten Tournament, and earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.  The...

Jerry Tarkanian and his band of Rebels dismantled Duke 103-73 in the National Championship.  UNLV was loaded with talent in 1990 with Anderson Hunt, Larry Johnson, Greg Anthony and Stacey Augmon.  The Rebels stormed through...

It remains the most important game in the history of college basketball. Michigan State, wearing their home white uniforms, defeated Indiana State 75-64 to win its first National Championship. Magic Johnson’s 24 points, 7 rebounds...

Georgetown entered the 1995-1996 season with big expectations and a Top 5 preseason ranking.  A large part of that was due to the return of sophmore sensation Allen Iverson.  John Thompson's Hoyas were far from...

Unranked at the beginning of the 1996 season the Xavier Musketeers went 23-6, UConn entered the 1998-1999 season ranked #2 in the preseason polls.  Thanks to a 19 game win streak to start the season...

Syracuse entered the 1995-1996 season unranked and under the national radar.  That didn't last long as the Orange rattled off 11 straight wins and climbing all the way to #12 in the polls.  Powered by...

It remains the most important game in the history of college basketball. The undefeated Sycamores were led by the "Hick from French Lick" Larry Bird.  The Michigan State Spartans and Magic Johnson were able to overcome Bird's...

The 1980-81 Virginia Cavaliers entered the season ranked inside the Top 10 thanks in large part to their imposing inside-outside tandem of Ralph Sampson and Jeff Lamp.  They won the regular season ACC Championship with a record...

Paul Hewitt's Georgia Tech team entered the 2003-2004 season unranked after going 16-15 the prior year.  That all changed after the Yellow Jackets rattled off 12 straight wins to open the season, climbing to #3...

Recovering from a slow start, Bob Knight, Ray Tolbert, Isiah Thomas and the 1980-81 Indiana Hoosiers hit their stride in February en route to their second consecutive Big Ten championship. The Hoosiers were hardly tested...

There are not many athletes so closely associated with one photo. It was iconic. When Sports Illustrated's 1994 College Basketball Preview hit stands, it made freshman Felipe Lopez of St. John's University a celebrity for the casual...