Many teams miss out on the NCAA Tournament every year. Some are very close to getting in. Some are agonizingly close. Here is a list of 16 of the very nearest misses for the NCAA Tournament since the tourney’s expansion to 64 teams in 1985.
Tag: Arkansas-Little Rock
2018-19 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
The Sun Belt in 2018-19 continued where it has often been in recent years, as a good, solid conference, but also one struggling to break into a higher tier among Division I leagues.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 9, 2018
Checking in on new coaches getting their first wins at Connecticut, Louisville and Siena. Plus, Stephen F. Austin’s early-season woes, and looking at a big schedule coming up Friday.
2016-17 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
The Sun Belt was one of the best-kept secrets of the college basketball season, with improved teams and an improving cache of star power leading to its best year collectively in more than a decade.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 9, 2016
Middle Tennessee State carved out a place in college basketball history in March when it posted one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history by knocking out Michigan State. This year’s Blue Raiders are not the same team as last year’s group, though. They very well might be better.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 22, 2016
In its 34th year, the venerable Maui Invitational is college basketball’s premier in-season tournament, with its three days rightfully earning a reputation as some of the most anticipated of all of the non-conference season.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Good Wednesday morning. The regular season is near, just two days away. We continue Hoopville’s preseason rundown of all 32 NCAA Division I conferences, with a trip to the South.
2015-16 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
The Sun Belt Conference provided the biggest surprise of the 2015-16 college basketball season, as Arkansas-Little Rock rose from 13 wins to 30 under a first-year coach.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 31, 2016
The college basketball season is a journey in every way, and few demonstrated that better this year than Old Dominion. The Monarchs’ 2014-15 campaign was truly a long and eventful one, full of ups and downs, successes and disappointments. It may not have always lived up to expectations on the outside, but there were plenty of reasons for that. Still, it would be hard to argue that ODU didn’t make the best of it.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 20, 2016
Defense wins championships and yadda yadda, but Saturday at the NCAA Tournament was a day when offenses were on full display and took center stage in every game.
