For the first time in 15 years, the Big 12 champion was not Kansas. The league was once again atop conference rankings, though, led by a program whose rise the past couple years very nearly resulted in a national title.
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2018-19 Big Sky Post-Mortem
Experienced but very small, Montana and its terrific backcourt played through a key injury to own the Big Sky for the second straight year
2018-19 OVC Post-Mortem
It was a special year for the Ohio Valley Conference, which put two teams in the NCAA Tournament and had a rare crop of individual talent led by a superlative performer who even got ESPN’s attention.
2018-19 Atlantic Sun Post-Mortem
First-year member Liberty and Lipscomb combined for one of the best two-team conference races in the country as the Atlantic Sun once again struck gold with another new addition.
2018-19 MVC Post-Mortem
We tip off our season-ending conference Post-Mortem series with the Missouri Valley, where parity was rampant but as a whole it wasn’t a vintage season as inconsistency and injuries plagued many teams.
2019-20 Top 25: A First Pass
With the 2018-19 season in the books, how does next season shape up at first glance and ahead of what will be a very active off-season of player and (more) coaching changes? Here’s a first pass.
2019 NCAA Tournament Final Review: Final two weekends brought this year’s event up, CBS’s coverage & more
Final notes and numbers on this year’s NCAA tourney, where this time close games picked up in the late rounds. Also, thoughts on the obvious lapse in officiating emphasis points as well as CBS & Turner’s coverage.
The Morning Dish – Friday, April 12, 2019
One final Morning Dish for the 2018-19 season before taking a break. The offseason for college basketball seems to be regularly filled with bad news. It would be wonderful to hear far more stories like that of Seton Hall’s Michael Nzei.
The Championship Game Essay
Ray provides an essay from the national championship game, where Virginia found a way to win in overtime.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – April 11, 2019
In our first off-season podcast, we look back once more on the national championship game and the implications of a couple of aspects of that and a prior game, then turn to a couple of big schools with a coaching change. We end with a look at some player movement.
