Thursday night was another light, finals week-inspired schedule of games. Among the headlines of the night: reserves making their mark.
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 – Thursday, December 18, 2014
There may not be another game this entire college basketball season that was more predictable than last night’s interconference matchup between Cincinnati and San Diego State. As expected, the game between the Bearcats and Aztecs was an evenly matched defensive grinder.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday night was ready to be pronounced as quite the dud, one of the more disappointing nights of the young season so far when it comes to anticipated games not being competitive.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 16, 2014
In the middle of December the college basketball season grinds to a slow crawl, like one of those heavy coal trains taking its sweet time to cross and leaving you stuck at an intersection for an interminable amount of time. We also have now passed the one-month mark for the season, so it’s a good time to take an early look at some RPI numbers. It’s still early in the season, and especially too early to look at individual team RPI numbers too much yet, but we’re starting to get a drift of the pecking order for conferences.
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 15, 2014
Penn State’s basketball team is having some success now, with a big win on Sunday. Plus, a career day for a Husky, a scare in Washington and an ACC upset in Raleigh lead the way.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 14, 2014
We’re down to nine unbeaten teams after Saturday, though the 10th undefeated left this season did not go quietly. Northern Iowa made the trip to VCU for the second time in four seasons, and the game between the Panthers and Rams was the best of the day Saturday. Virginia Commonwealth got a cold-blooded three-pointer from Treveon Graham in the second overtime and went on to a 93-87 win for a much-needed bounce back after the Rams’ loss at home to Virginia a week ago.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 13, 2014
On a light night of game action, there was plenty of off-court news, from a season-ending injury to player departures and even additions. Plus an in-state rivalry game wasn’t quite as good as last year’s matchup.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 12, 2014
It bears repeating over and over: college basketball teams are not static entities over the entire season. They change and hopefully continue to grow and improve. What a team is in November is not what it will be in March.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 12, 2014
“Anybody can beat anybody” is a cliché. It’s also being proven on a regular basis early in this college basketball season. The upsets keep coming this year, and if there’s one thing we’re learning early this college basketball season, it is that you cannot take anyone lightly. That seems to go especially for NCAA Division I newcomers and transitional members.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 11, 2014
Doubleheaders at Madison Square Garden are as much a part of the fabric of college basketball as the ball itself or Bill Raftery. There is nothing better, and only a few things that even compare.
