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Monday, December 23, 2024
The last postseason tournament standing is now the NCAA, as the CBI champion has been crowned with a big jump from the prior year. Plus a bug is going around one Final Four team, more coaching developments, and could some testimony not come out after all?
As the Final Four beckons, in this podcast we focus on coaching changes of note, the three tournaments besides the NCAA Tournament, and then look ahead to Saturday night’s national semifinals.
In our latest podcast, we talk about Arizona State’s win over Kansas and how the Sun Devils have carried the flag for a struggling Pac-12, as well as a couple of hot seats out west, a great coaching job in Texas, and a wide-open race for a major honor.
Jamie Dixon’s turnaround of his alma mater has been swift, and now it includes a big in-season tournament title. Can they take another big step? Plus three more games round out the Diamond Head Classic on a light day.
TCU just completed a renaissance season, one where it was one of the most surprising teams in the country. It even finished that season with a championship. And as much as the focus deserves to be on its feats this year, it’s mighty hard even now to not be already thinking about the Horned Frogs’ future next year.
In our latest podcast, we look at a marathon game from Tuesday night, which came just days after a wild Saturday. Then we have more on the SEC and Big 12, before one of Saturday’s big games leads us into talk about smaller conferences and television coverage.
Don’t we seem to write this same story every year for Michigan State? And, for that matter, Richmond too?
With the NCAA Tournament now on recess for a few days, the coaching merry-go-round is starting to spin again. Monday saw several vacancies filled, more created and rumors of still more to possibly come. The biggest moves both came in the Big 12, where TCU hired former Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon and Oklahoma State landed Stephen F. Austin’s Brad Underwood.
The improbable continues to happen as the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is in the books. Plus the ACC dominates the Sweet 16, some more coaching news, and no surprise at an early NBA Draft entrant.
Pittsburgh is nothing if not consistent in who they are. With Tuesday night’s 68-64 win at Providence being their third straight, the bottom line is keeping up with that consistency.
