A hometown hero has Providence poised to continue to even greater heights never before seen. Plus more tournament action gets going, and another 20-20 game is in the books but in a losing effort.
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2016-17 MVC Post-Mortem
Last year was the end of a storied run in the Missouri Valley Conference, and the 2016-17 season was too, as Wichita State concluded a 68-year run in the league.
MVC’s best options to replace Shockers just might be already in league
Even without Wichita State, the Missouri Valley Conference has plenty of schools in it that have proven rather recently very capable of being very, very good. The conference needs some of them to be again.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 28, 2017
With all teams done with their seasons,, the pace for coaching vacancies to get filled will pick up this week. It certainly did just that Monday, as four more schools named and/or introduced new coaches.
Scanning the Nation January 24, 2017: On Wake Forest, Tulsa, Bucknell and more
Notes from around college basketball as we are in the late stages of January and endless bubble talk is just around the corner:
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Three distinct events, all exceptional and special in their own way, led the college basketball schedule Tuesday. They were unique, poignant, just fun, or all of the above, and it’s impossible to feature mention one but not the others.
2015-16 MVC Post-Mortem
The end of the 2015-16 season marked the end of an era in the Missouri Valley Conference, and that’s saying something in a 109-year old conference where names like Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Wes Unseld and Ed McCauley grace the list of former stars.
Impressions from first week of college hoops season
It hasn’t taken long for the analysis to come in on the new rule changes this college basketball season, but let’s breathe a little before jumping to too many conclusions.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 24, 2015
With the Maui Invitational, Kris Dunn, Ben Simmons and a renewal of an old Big 8 rivalry, Monday night saw a number of heavy hitters in action. Incredibly, though, a school that has never been a household name just keeps forcing itself into the national conversation, too.
2014-15 Missouri Valley Post-Mortem
The Missouri Valley Conference continues to claw out a spot just outside the top tier conferences in college basketball, and it did so again in 2014-15 with a noticeably improved product.
