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.
Tag: Belmont
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 2, 2019
After a superb career, Rick Byrd is off to a well-earned retirement. The Belmont coach will be missed, and should go down as one of the all-time greats.
NCAA Tournament first week review: More than few upsets, lack of close games the real issue
An NCAA Tournament can still be great without upsets or buzzer beaters. When it is lacking in close games in general, though, is another story, and this year’s first week was historically high in margin of victory, low in close games.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 22, 2019
Recapping the first full day of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, and a day light on major storylines had one above the rest: Murray State’s star sophomore guard Ja Morant, who dominated a game despite taking just nine shots.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Tuesday saw the end of the tenures of a pair of Philadelphia basketball institutions. One was known to be imminent; the other was not. Also, Belmont & Fairleigh Dickinson get their first NCAA tourney wins, and NIT, CBI and CIT recaps.
Bracket Impressions: Significant signs of progress from this year’s committee
After a run of frustrating Selection Sundays, this year’s NCAA Tournament selection committee did much improved work, even as there is still more work to do.
Selection Sunday morning 2019: One projection of the NCAA tourney field
On Selection Sunday morning, here are our one-time only projections of who will be in the field, who won’t, who should be, who shouldn’t and why.
Storylines we’re watching for on Selection Sunday 2019
This year’s NCAA Tournament selection on paper appears to have as many variables as can be remembered in some time. Here are some of the storylines of the selections we’ll be following as the bracket is unveiled Sunday night.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – March 12, 2019
In our latest podcast, we look at the early conference tournaments that are in the books and their implications for bubble teams as well as the NIT. We then look ahead to the conference tournaments that are right in front of us this week.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 10, 2019
Few have been talking about the ACC regular season co-champions despite the incredible season they have had. Plus one team is now officially in the field, upsets rule a couple of conference tournaments, and one team backs into an outright regular season title.
