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Monday, November 4, 2024
Notre Dame may have already lost any slim hope of an at-large bid, but a loss like Wednesday night’s is tough to stomach all the same. Plus the Flyers cruise on the road, the Wildcats can still win again, and some Tigers are going in the wrong direction as the regular season winds down.
With a little more of a sample size, we can now say that one conference is showing some signs of a real resurgence in the early going. Plus we can further over-analyze one team that much has been expected from, another win for one team is another good sign, and a few other noteworthy results from the day.
Just a week into the season, we’ve already had our first shocker and second top team in the polls to go down. Plus other close calls in the same conference, the Gavitt Games continue, and a conference’s attempt at a resurgence continues.
Old Dominion won the regular season and tournament titles in Conference USA, which was actually an improved conference again but whose razor-thin difference between many squads mean it didn’t always show.
On what will be one of the lightest Saturdays of the season, a buzzer-beating shocker in Charlotte stands out. Plus a couple of Mountain West teams lose openers at home, some big individual performances, and wild fires cause one game to be postponed.
Middle Tennessee State, Old Dominion and Marshall led a vastly improved Conference USA this year, one that yet again pulled a surprise in the NCAA Tournament.
With the NCAA Tournament down to 16 teams now and the number of teams still in their seasons dwindling, coaching news continues to take precedence in the sport’s silly season. Monday included hirings and rumors of near hirings, in many cases proceeding now after the conclusion of teams’ seasons made […]
It’s been a long time-way too long-since UNC Charlotte made some noise on the national college basketball scene. Pretty much everyone would’ve rather the 49ers made their return in a different way than they did Thursday, though.
Conference USA didn’t have a regular season to remember, but made some serious noise in the postseason and tries to carry that into next season.
The Final Four is set after an amazing comeback and another team having a little too much for the opponent. Plus a head coach leaves after a long time at one school, more coaching changes, and a championship game is set in another tournament.
