Middle Tennessee State followed up its stunning 2016 NCAA Tournament victory with a thoroughly dominant season, easily the class of Conference USA in 2016-17.
Author: Adam Glatczak
2016-17 Southland Post-Mortem
For the first time in several years, the Southland Conference did not have Stephen F. Austin carrying its banner. What it had instead, though, was one of the great comeback stories of the 2016-17 college hoops season.
Effects of big boys’ autonomy on display in Louisville case
Louisville light sanctions-and reaction to them-continues trends of big boy schools pushing the envelope, even when caught red-handed.
2016-17 Horizon League Post-Mortem
The 2016-17 season continued a run of a bumpy couple of years for the Horizon League, with more than its share of changes and challenges.
2016-17 Big West Post-Mortem
Two years after UC Davis nearly parlayed a major turnaround into its first NCAA Division I tourney bid, the Aggies finished the deal this time in the Big West.
2016-17 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
The Sun Belt was one of the best-kept secrets of the college basketball season, with improved teams and an improving cache of star power leading to its best year collectively in more than a decade.
MVC’s best options to replace Shockers just might be already in league
Even without Wichita State, the Missouri Valley Conference has plenty of schools in it that have proven rather recently very capable of being very, very good. The conference needs some of them to be again.
The Morning Dish – Friday, April 7, 2017
Thursday brought us a reminder that the best-laid conference moves don’t always work out as expected, sometimes even before a school has made a move.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 6, 2017
Wednesday was a sad day, as the news came out in the afternoon that St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City would be closing at the end of this school year.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The worst part about the college basketball season being over is that, well, it’s over. No more games. No more debates about rankings, or teams, or players, or conferences. The day-to-day fun is gone. That’s bad. What’s pops up in its place is worse.
