The MSG Holiday Festival came and went with one current and one former Big East team coming out on top. We have news and notes from both games in the doubleheader.
Tag: Fordham
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 2, 2014
With November turning to December, we’re on what is easily the quietest month of the college basketball season. There are good reasons for that, of course (final exams) and not so good ones (far, far too many guarantee games).
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 30, 2014
As part of this weekend’s big kick off to the Christmas shopping season, yesterday was dubbed Small Business Saturday across the country. The basketball schedule for the day might have qualified under that designation, as few of the biggest names were in action, in part because the big holiday tourneys ended a few days ago. What the day may have lacked in big names, though, it did not lack for stories.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 21, 2014
Holiday tournament basketball tipped off on Thursday, one of the many things we can give thanks for over the upcoming holiday. Though perhaps not too much thanks. The proliferation of large, eight-team in-season tourneys has been a boon for teams looking to get in an extra three games over their NCAA schedule limit each season, but it also has played a part in watering down the importance of such tournaments as a whole.
Best players no one knows about – 2014-15 edition
There are plenty of hidden gems in college basketball, whether they play on bad teams or good teams that don’t get much of the national spotlight. We take a look at a baker’s dozen of the best
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 10, 2014
We look at more conferences heading into the season, including the best academic one of them all. Plus the story at North Carolina develops more, an Atlantic 10 star is suspended, and a few more exhibition games are in the books.
2013-14 Atlantic 10 Post-Mortem
There were undoubtedly those who thought the Atlantic 10 peaked in 2012-13, especially with important programs departing. They were proven wrong in a historic 2013-14 season for the conference.
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.
Dayton ends Fordham’s season
In another Atlantic 10 game where the winning team was a model of efficiency, Dayton knocked off Fordham in the second game of the busy Thursday.
St. Bonaventure 76, Fordham 65: Box score analysis and where does Fordham go from here?
Some notes from St. Bonaventure’s win at Fordham on Wednesday night, including some key statistics and a decision Fordham head coach Tom Pecora may have in front of him.
