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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The college basketball season is a journey in every way, and few demonstrated that better this year than Old Dominion. The Monarchs’ 2014-15 campaign was truly a long and eventful one, full of ups and downs, successes and disappointments. It may not have always lived up to expectations on the outside, but there were plenty of reasons for that. Still, it would be hard to argue that ODU didn’t make the best of it.
The championship game for the 79th annual National Invitation Tournament is set, and it’s a worthy one with two very good teams. How good? Put it this way: if Oklahoma and Syracuse end up playing in the NCAA Tournament final on Monday, their combined win total will be less than that of the two playing in the NIT title game.
This year’s NCAA Tournament Final Four is set. By almost all accounts, it’s not a foursome many expected to be here collectively, and for a season and a tournament that has carried a double major in inexplicable and bizarre, that might be the best sign we have that it’s as appropriate of a group as we could’ve asked for.
The fifth entrant in NCAA Division I’s college basketball postseason debuted on Monday with the first-ever Vegas 16 tournament tipping off. If you’re a history buff, you really should check it out now because…if the event is relying heavily on ticket sales, the odds of there being a second one are not very good.
The Final Four is set after an amazing comeback and another team having a little too much for the opponent. Plus a head coach leaves after a long time at one school, more coaching changes, and a championship game is set in another tournament.
The Final Four is set, and after No. 1 seeds looked dominant in the last round, only one advanced after a great comeback in one of Sunday’s games.
NJIT fell behind early, but picked up a big win in the quarterfinals of the CIT and advance to the semifinals for the second straight year.
One of the most underrated college basketball coaches of our era is likely to finally get his due this week. In fact, the same might be said about two coaches as the NCAA Tournament soon approaches its climax.
Ted and I look back at the regional semifinals and ahead to the regional finals, as well as the ACC’s big success. We also touch briefly on coaching news as that gets set to pick up.
It was quite a night in the NCAA – or is it the ACC – Tournament. Plus one coach gets hurt in his team’s win, more coaches are on the move and one decides to stay put.
