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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
It’s become obvious in recent years that the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, commonly known by most as the selection committee for the sport’s tournament field, feels the need to regularly throw out trial balloons under the guise of making the event “better.” Even if those balloons are filled with lead.
Notes from around college basketball as we are in the late stages of January and endless bubble talk is just around the corner:
North Carolina State winning at Duke surprised just about all of the college basketball world. It probably shouldn’t have. For the seemingly never-ending enigma that is N.C. State basketball, Monday night’s 84-82 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium was all too fitting. The Wolfpack have been making a living for years of […]
Some Wildcats continue to make progress towards finally reaching a long-awaited goal. Plus a light day of action sees one team all alone atop the Atlantic 10, and another tough loss for Clemson.
Another busy Saturday is in the books, and it told us something about a few teams and less about some of the conference races.
ith Hoopville czar Phil Kasiecki producing his Saturday notes regularly during the conference season, we typically enjoy taking a look at some of the best individual performances in the Sunday Dish.
Akron continues to win a lot of games, all while much talk of consistent winners involves other programs. Plus the Wildcats and Tar Heels regain a player, while the Hoosiers lose one for the rest of the way.
In our latest podcast, we touch on a number of issues affecting conferences like Conference USA, as well as a big loss for Creighton, less mystery in Arizona, and more on the ACC as we look forward to the weekend.
It’s almost unthinkable that a Big Ten team can have a 17-2 record and be flying under the radar. Yet that’s exactly what Maryland has done so far this year in building exactly that gaudy record. The anonymity of the Terrapins can be summed up by the observation that Maryland […]
Now we know what’s behind a big mystery of the college season. Plus a few games were dandies, including some overtime battles, a Hoosier goes down again, and a couple of surprises in the east.
