History will remember the 33,000+ points, the five championships, the MVP. But for me, when I think of Kobe, I’ll always remember this night on the #KobeFarewellTour, and the effect that Kobe had on the 18,000 fans present, turning one of the toughest fan bases in the NBA into putty in his hand.

Summarizing an athlete’s entire life in five minutes is an impossible task. But in assembling the feature story about Ball State Basketball’s Ryan Weber, I learned it also may be the wrong task to attempt altogether.

The March Madness Survival Guide is back as Matt Craig tries to make sense of the crazyness of this college basketball season, which saw 19 teams ranked in the top 25 fall in the past week.

From Matt Craig’s “March Madness Survival Guide” comes the top 10 college basketball coach look-alikes. Sure appearance is one thing, but these coaches are similar to crazy characters in many other ways…who’s number 1?

By Matt Craig
It’s 2016, and believe it or not we’re only 9 weeks away from the NCAA basketball tournament! Matt Craig continues to get you ready to bring home Warren Buffet’s billion dollar reward for the perfect bracket.

Every year there’s a debate over what the best conference in college basketball is, but this year I think the answer is obvious. Plus, tons of great games! I make my first upset lock of the year, and name Tom Crean’s doppelgänger.

By Matt Craig:
College Basketball players had a better Thanksgiving break than you. Season 2 of the March Madness Survival Guide rolls on with my love letter to the Monmouth bench, my skepticism of Ben Simmons, and my utter fascination with Bill Walton.

We’re a long ways from March, but the upsets are already coming left and right. Without any “great” teams in the country, sound the alarm!!