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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Holiday tournament basketball tipped off on Thursday, one of the many things we can give thanks for over the upcoming holiday. Though perhaps not too much thanks. The proliferation of large, eight-team in-season tourneys has been a boon for teams looking to get in an extra three games over their NCAA schedule limit each season, but it also has played a part in watering down the importance of such tournaments as a whole.
Brown has good talent and should be a factor in the Ivy League, but with three sophomores starting on the perimeter, growing pains are in the foreseeable future
Doug McDermott and many of his friends have departed, but we know now that it was way too soon to write off a Creighton program that was plenty successful even before the glorious McDermott era.
College basketball’s first big day of the season was really almost all we could’ve asked for. From early morning to into the night, the day offered a number of outstanding games that might already get some people thinking March. Exciting finishes, back-and-forth games, offense, defense, big schools, little schools, fantastic inbound plays-you name it, you could find it on Tuesday.
Northwestern has been agonizingly close to finally reaching the NCAA Tournament in recent years. Now with a talented young core, the Wildcats are on the verge of getting there sooner rather than later.
For all the of the bad TV ESPN has thrown at us in recent years (think ‘First Take’) it’s 24-hour college hoops marathon remains pure ESPN at its best.
Holy Cross has been incrementally improving, and the players have believed in what the staff is trying to do all along. Now they have a signature win to believe in it even more.
Seton Hall had a nice beginning to their season on Sunday, playing a well-rounded game and withstanding a stretch where they could have lost some of the lead
Northeastern was able to hang in as Boston University played more like the veteran team, and the Huskies’ maturity ultimately helped them take over and prevail
There’s a lot of talk about Kentucky after they trailed at halftime, plus a tripleheader in Boston and some news with Florida ahead of some good matchups to start the week
