Small, private, religious-based, and running an athletics department on a modest budget, Valparaiso is precisely the type of school that makes NCAA Division I basketball so much fun.
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2016 USBWA awards: one man’s vote
The votes have been cast for the USBWA awards. A couple have been announced, and here’s a look at one man’s vote this time around.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Sad news was received by the college basketball world Tuesday as former Butler center Andrew Smith passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 25 years old.
Providence-Rhode Island game will be even more memorable later
Saturday night’s game between Providence and Rhode Island was all one could ask for in a rivalry game. It’s one that will be even more memorable later in the season, when both are more fully developed.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 3, 2015
Duke taught us once again last year that you don’t have to be flawless or even the strongest team on paper to win a national title. This year’s team is carrying a similar vibe early on as a talented-but-still-growing young squad.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 28, 2015
The ACC just might be ready to become the juggernaut it was expected to become. Plus more tournament action, including finals set, and one team with potentially another significant injury.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 24, 2015
With the Maui Invitational, Kris Dunn, Ben Simmons and a renewal of an old Big 8 rivalry, Monday night saw a number of heavy hitters in action. Incredibly, though, a school that has never been a household name just keeps forcing itself into the national conversation, too.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 15, 2015
Not a lot was expected of Radford this year, but the Highlanders stunned Georgetown on Saturday. It’s the latest upset of a blueblood by one of Division I’s smaller schools.
2015 USBWA awards: one man’s vote
USBWA award ballots were due recently, and after taking a look at how I voted for the CAA awards last week, now is a good time to look at how I voted for these postseason awards.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 30, 2015
It’s rare when we see TV networks do something even remotely outside the box when it comes to scheduling, so yesterday’s announcement of the Big 12/SEC Challenge moving to January qualifies as big news.
