Kentucky, West Virginia and several other schools plan an early start on Midnight Madness by taking advantage of an NCAA practice rule. The official opening of practice for the 2008-09 season is Oct. 17, but the NCAA has allowed two hours of team workouts per week since mid-September ...

At some point in a long Final Four weekend the question almost always arises: "How many?" Ask Joe Vancisin, stand back and be amazed: 61. "I have been to every one since 1948 when I was an assistant to Ozzie Cowles at Michigan, and only eight teams were ...