Notes, numbers and review from the first weekend of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, including highlights, lowlights, thoughts on television coverage and more.
Author: Adam Glatczak
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 20, 2018
With the NCAA Tournament down to 16 teams now and the number of teams still in their seasons dwindling, coaching news continues to take precedence in the sport’s silly season. Monday included hirings and rumors of near hirings, in many cases proceeding now after the conclusion of teams’ seasons made […]
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 18, 2018
As the 2018 NCAA Tournament field starts to whittle down (we’ve eliminated 44 teams already-incredible), easily the two best stories of the tournament’s first week have been identified with a pair of underdogs who are precisely what makes this event what it is.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 16, 2018
After a distinctly dull first round a year ago, it can be argued-quite easily, in fact-that the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament already has delivered more. And college hoops fans can be most thankful for it.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 15, 2018
Short bench, poor shooting, young, Syracuse still found a way to come back late to defeat Arizona State in an NCAA Tournament play-in game, another example of a good coaching job by Jim Boeheim this year.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Being a small, relatively unknown, Franciscan Catholic school is plenty enough to appeal to the average, underdog-loving fan of the NCAA Tournament, but St. Bonaventure provided all the more reason to for fans to take notice with its play Tuesday night.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The day after Selection Sunday reminded us once again that sometimes the sting of some notable NCAA Tournament snubs can have effects that go far beyond just that year.
Bracket Impressions: Selection process with misplaced priorities in need of fix
The 2018 NCAA Tournament selections demonstrated once again that the selection committee seems to have lost sight of what should be the most basic, important thing to ask of teams: winning games.
Selection Sunday morning 2018: One projection of the NCAA tourney field
It’s not the case every year, but once again, the term ‘soft bubble’ is perfectly appropriate this year as NCAA tourney selection beckons.
Storylines we’re watching for on Selection Sunday
As Selection Sunday beckons just two days away now, here are some of the storylines we’ll be following with the field for the 2018 NCAA Tournament:
