Is it possible for a team win a

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Is it possible for a team win a national title without any size?
It takes a fair amount of nerve to look a college basketball coach in the eye, keep a straight face and ask a question that’s usually better suited for Cosmo than for the pages of SI: Does size matter? But fear not, dear reader. No query is more pertinent heading into this year’s fun-house mirror of an NCAA tournament, in which six genuine title contenders — Duke, Louisville, Memphis, North Carolina, Tennessee and Xavier — have shorter frontcourts than any national champion of the past 20 years. And while common sense may suggest otherwise (this is basketball, after all), no question is likely to draw a more surprising range of answers.