By its own lofty standards, the Big Ten has had a rather lousy basketball season. It’s hard to have much sympathy for a conference that practically prints money, but one supposes the league deserved a night like Thursday for its troubles this year.
Author: Adam Glatczak
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 25, 2018
There just might be a team finally ready to break free of the mass of sameness in the Missouri Valley, as Loyola Chicago took hold of first place at the halfway mark in resounding fashion Wednesday night in a battle for first at Drake.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 23, 2018
We’re getting closer. It’s still only January yet, but with February just around the corner now, we’re nearing the time where talk about things like bracketology and bubbles can actually pick up in earnest as sample sizes finally reach a representative phase.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 21, 2018
Duke gathered in another primo recruit yesterday, yet on the same day Kentucky-with another loaded recruiting class-lost for the fifth time this season already, showing once again why perceived recruiting dominance doesn’t guarantee on-court dominance.
Scanning the Nation Notebook Jan. 19 – On transfers, polls, analysts, Oklahoma, Temple and more
Notes, numbers, and a bunch of grumblings about college basketball in the middle of January, as we touch on some of the hot topics of late, plus players like Trae Young and Nate Grimes and teams like West Virginia, Temple and Pacific… The transfer debate has flared up yet again, […]
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 19, 2018
When Saint Mary’s suffered two disappointing losses in November at the Wooden Legacy tournament, the Gaels could’ve easily allowed it to affect their entire season. Rather than getting down, though, the Gaels just got to work at getting better.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Duke is nobody’s underdog in college basketball. And yet, when the Blue Devils have played Miami (Fla.) of late, they’ve come out on the losing end more than not, to the point where when they beat the Hurricanes it’s almost a-gasp-upset?
The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 14, 2018
Texas Tech and West Virginia have been arguably the two best defensive teams in the country this year, and they’ve done so in completely different ways, another supreme example of the variety of college basketball that helps make the sport so captivating. Ultimately, it was offense that decided their top-10 battle Saturday.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 12, 2018
Heaven knows there’s too much coach worship in college basketball, an art going back decades in the sport, well before the current best-known media sources. It’s hard not to get caught up in the work Chris Holtmann has done with Ohio State this year.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Almost as infuriating on Monday as a deserving championship contender being kept from a real shot at a national title solely because of collusion is how so many networks covering college basketball continue to run away from a prime opportunity to do something different on that night.
