It is redemption time for the SEC after a magical night continues a great NCAA Tournament run for the conference. Plus several coaching moves and early entrant decisions take up the news on the day.
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 – Friday, March 24, 2017
It can be argued rather easily that no two programs in college basketball have been so consistently good for the last 30 years while still being kept from making a Final Four appearance as Gonzaga and Xavier. In that regard, it’s only fitting that both will now square off on Saturday, with one guaranteed to make its first-ever national semifinals appearance.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 23, 2017
The underdogs are alive and well in the college basketball postseason. One just has to look a little bit beyond the NCAA Tournament to find them.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 22, 2017
It’s that time of year again, college basketball’s silly season with coaches seemingly coming and going left and right, stacking up at traffic lights while waiting for each other to proceed to their next job.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 21, 2017
You can collect the votes right now, and probably don’t even need to count them, the choice is so obvious. In a stunning upset, the winner for the breakout performance by a conference (non-NCAA Tournament edition) goes to the Western Athletic Conference.
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 20, 2017
16 teams now remain in the NCAA Tournament, and chances are, there is at least one or two among them that you did not expect. And likewise, there is probably a team or two that you expected to be alive that is not. It was that kind of weekend. The […]
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 19, 2017
Through five days, the 2017 NCAA tourney has become marked by its lack of surprises, and Saturday was no different, regardless of what seeds say.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 18, 2017
With little drama at the end or big surprises, the NCAA Tournament is down to 32 teams. A couple of teams were terrific on Friday night, while one higher seed was not a good one to have this year, and the Cavaliers might be down a man in the next round.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 17, 2017
With all respect to the four teams eliminated in play-in games, Thursday always marks the start of the NCAA Tournament as most know it. As far as opening days go, it was somewhere in the middle.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 16, 2017
The postseason is just a couple days old, and already it’s been one wild ride for the Pac-12.
