With the college basketball season building up to its crescendo next month, we should be focusing on the teams and players and how well they’re playing. Instead, we’ve had a run of injuries and illness of late, and it continued on Saturday:
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Defense helps Towson as they gain experience
Towson has a very inexperienced squad this season, and the results thus far are not surprising. The Tigers have done as well as they have largely because of their defense, and that has helped as the players grow offensively.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 7, 2015
Friday night wasn’t quite the snoozer this time around, with a few close ones on tap. One conference has a lot of teams tied for first place. That, plus changes to the NIT, a couple of Longhorns banged up and a Buckeye suspended at least a little longer.
We’re going to learn more about George Washington
George Washington is in the midst of a key stretch against some of the Atlantic 10’s other top teams. They started with two road losses, but we’ll learn something about this team in the next few games as they try to bounce back.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 6, 2015
A young UCLA team continues to grow up, and the Bruins may be hitting a growth spurt at just the right time. Nearly written off just a couple weeks ago, UCLA has responded with three straight wins to jump back into the national conversation.
Scanning the Nation Notebook – February 5, 2015
Some college basketball thoughts from the first week of February, as “bubble” talk becomes increasingly a part of every day of the rest of the regular season:
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 5, 2015
Some greeted the news with surprise, others with cynicism. Either way, when one of college basketball’s signature programs makes the decision to hold itself out of the postseason, the development most certainly qualifies as big news.
Rhode Island continues to grow up
Rhode Island continues to grow and now has some wins to show for their efforts. That will only help as they quietly try to contend in a suddenly more interesting Atlantic 10 race.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Tuesday featured a quality slate of games in college basketball, a deserved honor for a longtime television voice, and a near miss in the first attempt at a major milestone for another basketball lifer.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Monday after the Super Bowl was a quiet night for college basketball, which gives us a chance to look at the Patriot League, home to what is top to bottom the most competitive conference race in NCAA Division I, bar none.
