North and south, east and west, there were high-level games and fantastic finishes last night. We’ve still got more than a month yet until we get to March-including a Leap Year day-but it felt like a snapshot from the greatest basketball month of the year.
Tag: Eastern Washington
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 10, 2015
Maybe now we can all put Dayton’s one loss this season far in the rear-view mirror and start calling the Flyers for what they are: a legitimate top 20 team right now.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 2, 2015
To some, Liberty is a sleeping giant program that been far more asleep than a giant since joining D-I almost 30 years ago. The school’s coaching history, though, has been…interesting? Quirky? Bizarre? Take your pick.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 15, 2015
Unwatchable? In a state of crisis? We challenge anyone who watched even some of the college basketball action on Saturday to come to those conclusions.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 13, 2015
The end of both halves of Thursday night’s Michigan-Illinois game exposed once again just how ugly college basketball is when coaches cannot just let their players…play.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 6, 2015
A young UCLA team continues to grow up, and the Bruins may be hitting a growth spurt at just the right time. Nearly written off just a couple weeks ago, UCLA has responded with three straight wins to jump back into the national conversation.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 1, 2015
One can’t help but be sad for Virginia Commonwealth senior guard Briante Weber, the walking symbol of Havoc whose college career is over after he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus Saturday in the Rams’ surprising 64-55 loss to city rival Richmond.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 2, 2015
Of all the leagues in the college basketball landscape, few are as much fun to follow as the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 20, 2014
A busier Friday night than usual featured a head-scratcher in Miami. It was also a good night for the Pac-12 to close it out, while SEC teams got a couple of wins and SMU will get some much-needed help.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 12, 2014
It bears repeating over and over: college basketball teams are not static entities over the entire season. They change and hopefully continue to grow and improve. What a team is in November is not what it will be in March.