The news could not have been much better for Kansas on Wednesday-on the court and off, as the Jayhawks defeated Vanderbilt to win the Maui Invitational and also found out they soon will have Cheick Diallo available.
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The championship game for the 32nd annual Maui Invitational is set, and this year’s matchup looks primed be a dandy like so many other title games in the tourney’s history.
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.
Still pining for a real college basketball opening day
Every year, as the college basketball season nears, we are hit with the stark reality that this sport could start its season so much better than it does.
A game a day for the whole 2015-16 season: first up, November
Going into the 2015-16 season, we wanted to highlight what we see as the best game of the day, for every day of the regular season. The games we would go to every day, if we could.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving to all. One of college basketball’s true Thanksgiving traditions got underway once again last night, as the 37th annual Great Alaska Shootout got underway.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 26, 2014
The Big East is getting by just fine. Here is how good the Big East has been so far this year: nine of its 10 teams are so far undefeated. Villanova is 5-0. So are Providence and Creighton. Xavier and Seton Hall are 4-0. Georgetown, St. John’s and Butler are 3-0. Shoot, even DePaul is 2-0.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 25, 2014
By its extremely lofty standards, this year’s Maui Invitational is rather light fare, though still one of the kings of the in-season tournaments. Maui is always a highlight of November and Thanksgiving week, dating back to its emergence in the late 1980s, and the tourney opened yesterday with quarterfinals. The best game of the four was the last one, as old WAC and Mountain West rivals San Diego State and BYU went at it good deep into the night for us on the mainland.
