Has Nebraska done enough to get into the NCAA Tournament? They will be an interesting case. Plus a late-emerging champion down south, a damaging loss out west, and some bad off-court news to close out a weekend that had too much of that already.
The Morning Dish
A quick look at key results and/or top stories from the night before, as well as a look ahead to key games during the season, to lead a reader into the new day
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 25, 2018
As the college basketball world waited with the proverbial bated breath on Saturday for more fallout from the FBI investigation into recruiting in the sport, what it got instead was largely a bunch of ‘nothing to see here-check out the shiny object there!’ along with one major development.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 24, 2018
The FBI investigation into corruption is about to hit college basketball in a big way, Plus a thriller in Bloomington, different key road results in the Midwest, another big showdown ahead in the northeast, and a Tiger is done for the season and beyond.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 23, 2018
There have been too many teams this season that have spent as much time in the news for off-court reasons as their play. Arizona was in the news again for the first on Thursday, and very nearly for the second two, and neither for good things.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 22, 2018
With the regular season winding down, the picture in the ACC is getting clearer, with help from Wednesday night. Plus warm weather is a problem for one court, history could be made in the Big 12 soon, a first conference title is happening, and a Trojan will move on.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Southeastern Conference is almost certainly on the precipice of a banner year for NCAA Tournament berths. Just which of those teams will receive them, though, and what might happen with them when they get there, will continue to be a mystery of the wildest proportions.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Kansas’s run at yet another Big 12 regular season championship is still alive and well. Oklahoma’s run at a seemingly lock NCAA Tournament berth a couple weeks ago may well now be in peril.
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 19, 2018
If you had forgotten about Wichita State, Sunday should help change that. Plus the Blue Devils win again without an injured star, two long winning streaks end at once, a big mid-major showdown, and a coach decides to leave now instead of at the end of the season.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 18, 2018
In recent years as the season has wound down and bubble talk has heated up, it’s seemed that many teams have all but felt a need to remind us why they were on the fence for selection to the NCAA Tournament. Squads stumbling and bumbling down the stretch, fanning on […]
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 17, 2018
All of a sudden, only one team is undefeated in conference play after another one goes down. Plus a wild one in the Ivy League needs some extra basketball, showdowns in the northeast and Midwest, and a Trojan goes down for the season.
