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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Of the 68 teams that competed in the NCAA Tournament back in March, it’s possible none of them got off to a worse start this following season than Iowa State. With four starters to replace from last year’s 24-win, Big 12 tourney championship team, the Cyclones opened with a 0-2 […]
Kevin Willard’s good run at Seton Hall of late is continuing with a team that just got another nice win. Plus early conference play continues in the Midwest, a couple of surprises, and a first for a Mountain West team.
Notes from around college basketball as we close out November and enter the season’s quiet stretch in December:
Frank Martin is a heck of an accomplished coach, as well as one of the true personalities in college basketball these days, and he’s deservingly recognized for both. He also is a coach who sees the big picture, far more than most like him, and for that many who enjoy this sport should be grateful.
By now there should be no surprise to it anymore, but that doesn’t make it any less notable just what a job Texas-Arlington has done in becoming one of college basketball’s most impressive road teams.
For one night at least, the Gavitt Tip-Off Games take center stage and give us a look at a couple of intriguing teams. Plus suspensions for three are still to be determined, the Tar Heels gain one and lose one, and an AD it out immediately.
We roll on with a look at our favorite games for every day of the season, our ultimate dream road trip through an entire college basketball year, with a look at January.
It doesn’t matter how realistic television sets get, or how much fun it might be to follow social media feeds during a sporting event. There is no substitution for being there. And never will be. With that, we present our ultimate road trip for the season if we could have one.
The break in the NCAA Tournament from the regionals to the Final Four allows plenty of room for other NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments to get some time in the sun this week, including the CBI and CIT.
As Selection Sunday 2017 nears, Vanderbilt down the stretch has become one of the most intriguing case studies of this season.
