Early tournaments are in full swing, and on Friday we had a big win for a team with a new coach, a surprise that wasn’t a surprise, and some good matchups set for Sunday in a couple of them.
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, November 20, 2015
Though still a week from Thanksgiving Day, the holiday tournament season really began yesterday, and the results from the first two events were a good sampling of the first week of the 2015-16 season as a whole.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 19, 2015
An otherwise non-descript non-conference game in mid-November included one of the more tantalizing-and enjoyable-scenes we will see all of this college basketball season.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 18, 2015
You can go a long time in this college basketball season and not have a better day of games than Tuesday provided, as the day was loaded with power matchups, revivals of rivalries, and just plain good games that were worthy of the national platforms they were provided, even if played at times that were the furthest thing from prime time.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Contrary to prevailing wisdom for some, George Washington’s win over Virginia Monday was a win for both teams-and for college basketball.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 16, 2015
It was a quiet day in terms of final scores, but a rivalry game included a scary injury, one team could have taken the second half off on Sunday, and an Ivy League contender suffers a key loss.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 15, 2015
Not a lot was expected of Radford this year, but the Highlanders stunned Georgetown on Saturday. It’s the latest upset of a blueblood by one of Division I’s smaller schools.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 14, 2015
We get a perspective check as the season opens. Plus a mixed bag of matchups and game results, a couple of NCAA matters and team suspensions, and one conference contender has a scary moment with its star player.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 13, 2015
It’s been a long seven-plus months, 221 days since Duke edged Wisconsin in an exciting 2015 NCAA Tournament finale, but the 2015-16 college basketball season is finally here.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 12, 2015
We’re on the doorstep now-just one more day before the 2015-16 college basketball season officially commences. We continue our preseason peek at all 32 NCAA Division I conferences with six more today.