With two championship games on tap, one was won by a team that needed it and another was not. Plus the tournaments continue with some entertaining games out west, a captain will move on, and another big pickup for a new head coach.
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 7, 2018
The Musketeers continue to win while being overshadowed by other stories. Plus a big season sweep in the SEC, a little of everything in the Big Ten, and a big health concern that goes beyond basketball in Virginia.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 18, 2018
Could SMU be a program for the long haul, beyond the days of a big-name coach? Plus the absence of a starter isn’t a problem in Fort Worth or Tuscaloosa, the Fighting Irish take another hit to their depth, and a historic loss in the nation’s capital.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 14, 2018
Texas Tech and West Virginia have been arguably the two best defensive teams in the country this year, and they’ve done so in completely different ways, another supreme example of the variety of college basketball that helps make the sport so captivating. Ultimately, it was offense that decided their top-10 battle Saturday.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Two teams remind us how conference play is different in a decidedly negative way. Plus road wins were hard to come by but big when they did, a logjam atop the Big 12, and a surprising result in Milwaukee,
Scanning the Nation Notebook Jan. 4 – On the three-point shot, Tennessee, Western Kentucky and more
A New Year edition of notes, numbers, thoughts and assorted gibberish from around college basketball, and maybe outside it, too. Our latest college hoops notebook:
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 28, 2017
A very unproven team nearly won its conference opener on a big stage, but blew it. Plus more road teams win in one conference opening night, we now know why a Wolfpack guard is suspended, and a long-time great coach will get his due.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 27, 2017
There was no college basketball on Tuesday and the day after Christmas, and the NCAA Division I schedule is still mostly light for tonight as many take their time wading back into play after a brief holiday break.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 19, 2017
IPFW, Fort Wayne-by any name, the Mastodons have made their presence known in the state of Indiana the last two years by beating the flagship university of the state.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 14, 2017
A Big Ten team squeaked one out to avoid another blemish to a non-conference resume that still needs some improving. Plus a light night featured a few close ones, and a school takes its own legal action to counter that of a former coach.
