Complete 2008 NCAA Tournament coverage

Joe Gergen: Memphis' Chris Douglas-Roberts a unique player

He shoots with both hands, answers to two names and can't be stopped in one-on-one situations. Chris Douglas-Roberts may be the lone participant in tonight's NCAA championship game whose style defies description. A combination of Memphis soul and Motown funk, the 6-7 junior guard has helped bring his school to the brink of its first national title.

Joe Gergen: Wow! Final quartet should be 1 for ages

Perhaps the historic nature of the event, the first Final Four to include the top seeds from all four regions, will take on greater significance when the teams gather in San Antonio. But before moving on to the culmination of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, deserves a salute for making the first two weeks so memorable. And its stubborn resistance yesterday raises the question of whether a program's reputation can be diminished by advancing to the national semifinals.

Shaun Powell: Take me home, Huggins told W. Va.

The NCAA basketball tournament never makes it to a second weekend without a surprise, without an unexpected appearance, without someone who owes his place in the Sweet 16 to resiliency and a quirky twist of fate. And we know who fits that role this year.

Joe Gergen: Up next: More sweet, elite play

In the 30th NCAA men's Division I basketball tournament since seeding was introduced in 1979, the unprecedented alignment of all No. 1 teams at the Final Four remains a distinct possibility. But any suggestion that the first weekend of the event was routine couldn't be less true. Not only were two of the teams on the top line thoroughly shaken (the other two were barely stirred), but elite programs were dismissed from coast to coast.

Indiana shows it can play in transition

They say few things differ now other than the face they had become so accustomed to seeing is no longer around. The game plan hasn't been tweaked much.

Huge free-throw differential keys Xavier win

No one had to tell Xavier about the fragility of an 11-point lead. Those who returned from the NCAA Tournament second-round game against Ohio State last year still carry the psychological scars. So when Georgia twice pushed its margin over the Musketeers to 11 early in the second half of their first-round contest at the Verizon Center Thursday, there was no panic.

Johnette Howard: Tournament a haven from true madness

The best thing about the arrival of the NCAA basketball tournament this year is if you listen closely - do you hear that? - nothing! No controversies. No subpoenas. No disgraced stars flanked by attorneys reading prepared statements. Nothing.

Erik Boland: NCAA "play-in" game simply absurd

The pundits and commentators waxed irate, as they do every Selection Sunday, after the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field.

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