Texas caps off a great month, plus a key Husky is injured, two more tournaments crown a champion, and a couple of team remain undefeated.
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The Morning Dish – Friday, November 28, 2014
Hoping all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The college basketball action was far better than the football games.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 14, 2014
Today’s the day we’ve been waiting for, the college basketball season opener. A few things we’re looking to see this weekend, and really in the first month of the season, as well as a preview of some of the top games tonight.
2013-14 Big 12 Post-Mortem
When it comes to overall depth, the Big 12 this season may have been one of the strongest leagues in a long time. The conference sent seven of its 10 teams to the NCAA Tournament, the first time in 21 years and just the fifth time ever that a league sent 70% or more of its teams to the tourney.
An improbable run by Kansas? That’s what this is
As Monday night’s national championship game beckons, Kentucky and Kansas are something of a study in contrasts from the standpoint of how they got to this point. In particular, Kansas wasn’t supposed to be in this game, but they have made it with a lot of improvement during the season.
Harvard’s path to the elusive NCAA Tournament bid just got tougher
Harvard is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning. On the hardwood, the NCAA Tournament has eluded the school, and the path to a bid this season just got a little bit tougher.
Baylor is clearly third in the Big 12
Baylor was thought by some to be a Final Four or national title contender. With four losses to Kansas and Missouri, the Bears are quite clearly not the best in their own conference right now.
The NCAA’s $2,000 hot mess
From flying tortillas to players behaving badly, we’ve got news from all over the hoops nation.
TIQ Player Ratings Reveal Top Returning Talent
North Carolina might be No. 1 in the pre-season polls, but the top returning talent in the country resides in the Midwest, based on Hoopville’s Total Impact Quotient player rating system.
Selfish NCAA Rule Betrays Mission to Student-Athletes
A week’s worth of news is capped by the NCAA rule change that forces early entrants to go all-in by mid-April, even if they don’t have much relevant information. How does qualify as making the student-athletes’ educational experience paramount?
