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Sunday, December 22, 2024
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.
As much as almost any teams in the country, Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s are programs both known for offense, but their latest meeting was one marked with defense.
Thursday night provided a flurry of activity, good games and most notable results, but few games this year have drawn us in more at the end like the Conference USA tilt between UAB and Old Dominion did.
With conference play in full swing, some teams have more work to do regarding their NCAA Tournament hopes than others.
On paper, New Year’s Eve featured what could’ve been two of the very best games of the year in the Big East. Call it 1-for-2 at the plate, as one ended up being nothing of the sort, but the other delivered in every way.
With the release of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll on Monday, Providence is back in the top 10 for the first time in a long, long time-nearly 38 years, to be exact.
Come mid-March, December 19th may hold a special meaning to more than a few college basketball teams selected to the NCAA Tournament.
Gonzaga has been unstoppable at the top of the West Coast Conference for many years now, but it’s becoming increasingly evident that in its own way that adjective also can apply to Saint Mary’s and its place in the conference.
We go around the country, taking a look at Indiana, Gonzaga, UNLV, San Diego and others early in the season.
Coming into this season, it was natural and perfectly fair to wonder just how SMU would be affected by the postseason ban this year that was part of NCAA sanctions against the program this summer. The Mustangs are providing an authoritative answer so far.
