Lineup

NCAA Tournament Preview (2017)

32 RISE AND SHINE

These five players are primed to come through in the clutch

By Brian Hamilton

40 THE BRACKET

Game-by-game picks for the whole tournament

By Dan Greene and Luke Winn

42 BACK TO THE HOOP

Threes are great, but three teams are hung up on the post

By Luke Winn

52 BUBBLING OVER

After 78 years of stubbing its toe, Northwestern dances

By Luke Winn

58 5-MINUTE GUIDE

The Cinderellas, the glue guys, the games and more

By Dan Greene

62 THE LEAD DOG

UConn's Katie Lou Samuelson is ready for her run

By Stephanie Apstein

NFL

68 Wild Ride

Tony Jefferson's long, strange trip from Arizona to Baltimore

By Andy Benoit

NHL

72 So Long, Joe

Detroit's new reality: no Wings playoffs, no more Joe Louis Arena

By Michael Rosenberg

MLB

78 The Cubs Way

An excerpt from a new book about a historic World Series run

By Tom Verducci

Departments

4 SI.COM

6 Leading Off

12 Inbox

17 Scorecard

26 Faces in The Crowd

88 Point After

Steve Rushin: Cole Porter for sports lovers

ON THE COVER

Chris Keane (Duke); David E. Klutho (North Carolina); John W. McDonough (UCLA); Greg Nelson (Kansas, UConn); Erick W. Rasco (Geno Auriemma); Andy Lyons/Getty Images (Cincinnati mascot, Kansas mascot, Kentucky, Kentucky cheerleader, Kentucky mascot, Louisville, Louisville mascot, pom-pom); Rob Carr/Getty Images (Maryland male player, Michigan State mascot, Minnesota mascot); Michael Hickey/Getty Images (Villanova, Wake Forest, Xavier); Darryl Oumi/Getty Images (Princeton, Seton Hall, Oklahoma State); Ethan Miller/Getty Images (Nevada, Oregon, referee); Streeter Lecka/Getty Images (North Carolina mascot, Virginia mascot); Patrick Smith/Getty Images (Maryland mascot, Oregon mascot); Kathy Kmonicek/AP (South Carolina male player); Jamie Squire/Getty Images (Dayton); Christian Petersen/Getty Images (Arizona mascot); UND Athletics/Russell Hons (North Dakota); Gregory Shamus/Getty Images (Vanderbilt); Al Bello/Getty Images (Michigan, Virginia Commonwealth); Rich Barnes/Getty Images (Florida State male player); Jim Mone/AP (Minnesota); Matt Slocum/AP (Jay Wright); Michael Reaves/Getty Images (Northwestern); Jeff Roberson/AP (Middle Tennessee); Elsa/Getty Images (Red Panda); John Bazemore/AP (Arkansas); Jessica Hill/AP (Cincinnati); Darron Cummings/AP (Butler); Stacy Revere/Getty Images (Wisconsin); Kelvin Kuo/AP (USC); Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP (Iowa State); Matt Stamey/AP (Florida); Ed Zurga/Getty Images (Kansas State); Don Petersen/AP (Virginia); Thomas Boyd/AP (Bill Walton); Michael Conroy/AP (Purdue); Chris Covatta/Getty Images (Kent State); William Mancebo/Getty Images (Gonzaga); Dylan Buell/Getty Images (Michigan State, Butler); Robert Franklin/AP (Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame male player); Nick Lisi/AP (Jim Boeheim); Michael Conroy/AP (Creighton); Gary Landers/AP (Providence); Eric Gay/AP (West Virginia); Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images (Duke Mascot); G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images (Jacksonville); Loren Orr/Getty Images (SMU); Gerry Broome/AP (Virginia Tech); Stew Milne/AP (Rhode Island); Chris Coduto/Getty Images (Arizona); Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP (Stanford); Tom Pennington/Getty Images (Baylor male player); Mike Stone/AP (Baylor female player); Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (Miami); Michael Conroy/AP (Marquette); Ann Heisenfelt/AP (South Dakota State); Alonzo Adams/AP (Wichita State); Gareth Patterson/AP (Mississippi State); Ben Margot/AP (Saint Mary's); Rick Osentoski/AP (Notre Dame female player); Wayne Tilcock/AggiePhoto.com (UC Davis); Courtesy Linwood Ferguson/Captive Photons (Florida Gulf Coast); Paul Vernon/AP (North Carolina Central); Sam Riche/AP (Maryland female player); Eric Christian Smith/AP (Texas Southern); Jay LaPrete/AP (South Carolina female player); Eric Draper/AP (New Mexico State); Jamie Sabau/Getty Images (Mount St. Mary's); Jessica Hill/AP (Texas); Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images (Northern Kentucky); Phil Sears/AP (Florida State female player); Chris Knight/AP (Bucknell); Laurence Kesterson/AP (East Tennessee State); Nick Wass/AP (UNC Wilmington); Chris Brashers/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images (Troy); Justin Edmonds/Getty Images (Iona); Ben McKeown/AP (Winthrop); Joe Buvid/AP (New Orleans)