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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday night was ready to be pronounced as quite the dud, one of the more disappointing nights of the young season so far when it comes to anticipated games not being competitive.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 11, 2014
Doubleheaders at Madison Square Garden are as much a part of the fabric of college basketball as the ball itself or Bill Raftery. There is nothing better, and only a few things that even compare.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 9, 2014
A prevailing theme over the last week or so of college basketball games has been resilience. Just when some may have thought they were down and maybe even wanted to count them out on various levels, a number of teams have made some real statements in the past week in their next games following poor performances. We saw it again Monday night as Florida played easily its best game of the year to rout Yale 85-47.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 20, 2014
Doug McDermott and many of his friends have departed, but we know now that it was way too soon to write off a Creighton program that was plenty successful even before the glorious McDermott era.
2013-14 Big East Post-Mortem
Some of the names were the same, including that of the conference, and the tournament site was the same, too. But the Big East in 2013-14 was different.
Creighton and the cover story
A recent Sports Illustrated cover featuring Creighton star Doug McDermott has a story behind it, and one that goes back over three decades.
Creighton in the finals
Creighton ran out to an early lead, then had to hang on and pull out a semifinal win over Xavier to reach the Big East championship game.
Tournament madness: To Barclays and back
Thursday was a day full of basketball in New York with two tournaments at two arenas across town from each other.
Creighton’s defense left an impression
There was a lot to be impressed about in Creighton’s win at Seton Hall. The biggest might have been how they defend, as that set a tone for the team’s 2-0 start in its early Big East history.
