Many players come out from the shadows to make a name for themselves in the NCAA Tournament. We take a look at some who might fit that description this season in the games to be played on Tuesday and Thursday.
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The Morning Dish – Monday, March 16, 2015
The NCAA Tournament has set its field, and some teams are happy and some are not. Plus a couple of teams changed coaches and one team that’s dancing will be without a key player unless they go far.
Bracket impressions: Committee missed it with Indiana, Texas, UCLA
If there was ever an advertisement for the NCAA Tournament going back to 64, the magic number for the tourney at its peak and the one that makes the most sense, this season is it.
A tough missed opportunity for Tulsa
Tulsa was in control for a lot of Saturday’s semifinal against UConn. But the Golden Hurricane let them hang around and couldn’t close it out, leaving themselves to have to wait and hope for the best on Sunday.
Fran Dunphy deals with bubble uncertainty for the first time
Temple is firmly on the bubble after losing in the American Athletic Conference Tournament to SMU. It’s the first time in head coach Fran Dunphy’s storied career that his team has been in this situation.
Selection Sunday morning: One projection of NCAA Tournament field
With so many years of “bracketology” and the resulting better understandings of the NCAA Tournament selection process that has come from it, there are many years where predicting the teams in the field is not that much of a mystery, sometimes almost easy even. This year is not one of those years.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 15, 2015
Unwatchable? In a state of crisis? We challenge anyone who watched even some of the college basketball action on Saturday to come to those conclusions.
UConn is one game away
UConn came in needing four wins in four days. The Huskies are very close, with just one more game to go to do something special one more time.
It didn’t take Larry Brown long to change SMU
Larry Brown won’t be the head coach at SMU forever. As such, it’s a good thing he has already turned the program into one that can get better players and possibly win championships.
Groundhog Day for Stony Brook
Stony Brook lost another heart-breaker in the America East championship game. It doesn’t take away from what Steve Pikiell has built, but he’ll be answering more questions once again because of how we too often measure programs.
