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Saturday, January 11, 2025
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
Temple has been one of the more schizophrenic teams in the country this year that of late has been giving us a taste of just how good it can be when right. Thus, it was only fitting that the Owls’ game against Connecticut on Thursday was a microcosm of their season.
When it came to trying to make the biggest splash, Wednesday night was a virtual game of ‘Can You Top This?’ across the college basketball landscape. Multiple teams came up with big wins. Really big wins. As in, the type of wins that some may point to in mid-March as […]
As the season hits its stretch run, there will be numerous teams that see their NCAA Tournament chances slip away late in the year, sometimes in painful fashion. What we really want to see are teams who play their way into the tourney, or at least make us take notice based on their accomplishments late in the season. On that note, we introduce the Creighton Bluejays,
With all of the basketball history at Villanova, it’s hard to believe the Wildcats had never been the No. 1-ranked team in the country in the 67-year history of the Associated Press poll until yesterday.
Has a relatively new conference already seen its best days? Plus a dramatic win for the Bonnies, an overtime thriller in the CAA, and the only real surprise comes from another mid-major conference.
It’s not a surprise that Oklahoma had an off day shooting on Saturday, or even that it came against one of the bottom teams in the Big 12 in Kansas State. The surprise is that it has taken so long for the Sooners to have a loss due to cold shooting outside.
The Ivy League takes center stage with a big showdown that included a new record. Plus big news on an off-court matter, top teams hold serve in one conference, and a suspension and departure affect two teams.
For the best-kept secret among conferences in college basketball this season, look no further than the Colonial Athletic Association, which also just so happens to be the league with the very best conference race this year.
Among all the oddities of this college basketball season, when all is said and done there will be few harder to explain than this: a game between Illinois and Rutgers may go down as one of the best and most entertaining games of the entire year.
Like so many conference foes now, Indiana and Michigan are more acquaintances than consistently fierce rivals, the product of today’s bloated leagues where yearly home-and-homes are no longer a given. Still, their only meeting this year looked juicy on paper, matching one top 25 team and another not far from it.
