KEVIN McNAMARA is a sports writer with the Providence (R.I.) Journal. He has covered college basketball for the last 18 seasons and has seen a few too many Big East games while growing up in Providence and attending Syracuse University. He's covered the World Series with the Red Sox, the NFL playoffs with the Patriots, the NBA playoffs with the Celtics and numerous Final Fours.

He lives in Rumford, R.I., with his wife and two children. He can be reached with questions about Basketball Warfare at .