As one of college basketball’s blueblood programs, Kansas gets all the benefits of membership in an elite club, as well as its relative drawbacks.
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The issues of scoring and pace of play in college basketball continue to get a considerable amount of press, and that’s a very good thing. ESPN this past weekend on College Gameday had a thoughtful, quality discussion of the state of the sport, and a good share of the conversation […]
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 14, 2015
What a difference a couple days makes. A week ago, there was debate of whether Duke might be as good or better than Kentucky, but the Blue Devils have now lost twice in three days.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8, 2015
The 9 p.m. EST block of games Wednesday night-many of them on TV-may go down as one of the uglier two-hour stretches in NCAA Division I college basketball history.
The Morning Dish – Monday, January 5, 2015
We remember a fallen colleague who touched us all in the sports world. Plus a Missouri Valley team keeps winning, and the start of Pac-12 play features an interesting day and ends with a thriller.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 31, 2014
One of the great things about conference play is watching just how teams and players react to playing quality competition and/or on the road after having not been challenged much in the season’s first six weeks.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Watching Wisconsin this season, one gets the feeling that the Badgers could shut it down right now and cancel the rest of their regular season schedule, get some rest, get a good start on second semester homework, eat some brats on State Street, and then begin playing again in March and still be a favorite to make a Final Four run.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 12, 2014
“Anybody can beat anybody” is a cliché. It’s also being proven on a regular basis early in this college basketball season. The upsets keep coming this year, and if there’s one thing we’re learning early this college basketball season, it is that you cannot take anyone lightly. That seems to go especially for NCAA Division I newcomers and transitional members.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 9, 2014
A prevailing theme over the last week or so of college basketball games has been resilience. Just when some may have thought they were down and maybe even wanted to count them out on various levels, a number of teams have made some real statements in the past week in their next games following poor performances. We saw it again Monday night as Florida played easily its best game of the year to rout Yale 85-47.
The Morning Dish – Monday December 8, 2014
Dunk City appears to be more than just a passing phenomenon, and that’s not all that’s happening in the Atlantic Sun. Plus a few ranked teams breeze, and the MAAC has some surprise leaders early on.
