Duke made it through a challenging early stretch in a good place, including a good win on Sunday. Plus a few more tournaments conclude, a controversial ending, and a Duck is ready to go.
Tag: Charleston Classic
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 18, 2016
Like too many events in the ever increasingly (and overly) cluttered landscape of college basketball exempted tournaments, the Tire Pros Invitational has an identity crisis, but it has furnished four solid semifinalists this year.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 23, 2015
For the second straight year, one of the hottest teams to start the season is Miami (Fla.). The goal this year for the Hurricanes is to write a new ending to the same beginning script.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 21, 2015
Early tournaments are in full swing, and on Friday we had a big win for a team with a new coach, a surprise that wasn’t a surprise, and some good matchups set for Sunday in a couple of them.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 20, 2015
Though still a week from Thanksgiving Day, the holiday tournament season really began yesterday, and the results from the first two events were a good sampling of the first week of the 2015-16 season as a whole.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday was the big day in several early season tournaments, so they lead the way once again. This time, though, three of them crowned champions. We start with the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, which was an old Big East matchup. West Virginia made a strong start stand up, leading by 15 […]
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 22, 2014
A busy day of tournament action included one championship game, while several others have their championship matchup set. Plus a couple of late surprises and a couple of key injuries in tournaments.
Offense is the big area of concern for College of Charleston
The offensive end is where the College of Charleston’s struggles are right now, and that became more acute on Friday night. The Cougars had to go without a key player, and that hurt the offense even more in a 55-51 loss to Auburn in the Charleston Classic.
2012 Charleston Classic – Friday Notes
The second day of the 2012 Charleston Classic is in the books and the final matchups for Sunday are set. Here are some quick hitters from the four games played on Friday.
Experienced Murray State shows they can overcome adversity
You can choose to look at Murray State’s 72-67 semifinal win over St. John’s as an instance of youth being served, experience winning out, or some other cliché. While those things apply to a degree, the big story should probably be something Murray State head coach Steve Prohm talked about after the game: resilience.
