Even when there was no reason to be outraged, people were about the results of the NCAA’s bracket preview. Their misplaced anger shows the continued need for discussion of metrics-on all sides.
Month: February 2018
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 15, 2018
The Friars bounce back in a big way in going from a bad loss to a high-quality win. Plus a notable losing streak continues, big road wins in the ACC and Mountain West, and one school’s dominance in an academic is continuing as expected.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 14, 2018
The Big 12 is ready to give us the great finish we have come to expect from it thus far this season, with history or an unlikely champion appearing to be the result. Plus home teams rule one conference, a road losing streak ends elsewhere, and some news in a big off-court story.
For Tim O’Shea, leading Bryant into Division I made plenty of sense
When Bryant University became a Division I program, they needed a coach to guide them through the transition. The right one came to Smithfield, and a decade later, Tim O’Shea is moving on from college coaching altogether.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 13, 2018
With the increasing competitiveness of the Southeastern Conference in basketball, it was only a matter of time before coaches who we thought of as successes would instead be marked as failures and become casualties of the league’s improvement. That didn’t make it any less disappointing to see the news on Monday that Andy Kennedy and Mississippi had made what was termed as a mutual decision to part ways.
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 12, 2018
In a week where it was tough for teams to remain undefeated in conference play, one team made sure that didn’t happen to them in impressive fashion. Plus an injured star’s absence doesn’t hurt one team, a long streak of dominance over one team continues, and a long-time coach will call it a career.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 11, 2018
In a season of parity, Saturday was just another day, loaded with happenings and surprises.
Saturday Notes – February 10, 2018
We had another wild Saturday with many important results, but let’s be honest: it’s been a wild season, and Saturdays have been one part of that.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 10, 2018
A coach returns to a league where he once won big and is winning yet again. Plus one conference leader adds to its margin, a once-promising season continues to go downhill, and a team responds to an ugly incident on campus the best way it can.
Marquette edges Seton Hall: Points of emphasis
Marquette pulled off a big road win over Seton Hall on a night where both teams shot well from long range. The Golden Eagles had several who helped in other ways, while one facet of The Hall’s game really hurt them.
