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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
The first two NCAA Tournament bids went out after dramatic finishes in championship games to set the stage. Plus a long day of tournaments ends with a thrilling back-and-forth between two star guards, a surprise champion in the ACC and a three-way tie atop the Big East.
As conference tournaments get into full swing, the Mountain West takes center stage with its share of drama, including a shocker to end the day. Plus the Huskies get a big win to affect the top of their conference race, the Pac-12 is down to two for its regular season crown, and the Eagles soar above their competitors to control their own destiny in the Big Sky.
At long last, every single Division I team has won a game this season, with the Delta Devils finally doing it on Monday night after a long road this season. Plus things go from bad to worse for one team, and one program is already making a coaching change.
Duquesne has not seen a lot of winning since their last trip to the NCAA Tournament 42 years ago, but there may be some renewed hope as the Dukes win again. Plus the Hawkeyes put forth a complete effort for a win, a bad injury for the Hilltoppers, and a school is questioning the evidence presented in its notice of allegations.
It’s been an excellent 41st year for the venerable Sun Belt Conference, and one that is showing no signs of dampening as the regular season winds down and conference tournament time approaches.
The ACC has unquestionably supplanted the Big 12 as the toughest league in college basketball this season, but while the two conferences continue to share billing on ESPN’s Big Monday package, the former continues to serve as a warm-up to the latter considering the regularly memorable games the Big 12 provides on this night.
The competition between Southern and Texas Southern for title of the best program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference continues to be hot, and that was only enhanced in 2015-16.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has for some time been devoid of a signature basketball program. It now may have one. Or two.
One of the most unsavory parts of the sport, college basketball’s free agency period is starting, as we receive news of transfers daily, sometimes in droves like it has come this week.
It has been some time since the Southwestern Athletic Conference has had a true heavyweight program, but Southern University may be on the verge of changing that under coach Roman Banks.
