Collectively, the 2015 NCAA Tournament was a roller coaster. There was the high of the first few days before the tourney slipped into mediocrity in its middle rounds, only to rise high again for a big finish at the end, worthy of all the history of such a splendid event.
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Crisis? Tuesday’s First Four showed college hoops is far from it
The opening games of the NCAA Tournament showed yet again that college basketball is not a sport in crisis, just one with some rough edges that can be softened.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The NCAA Tournament opened last night with its First Four games. For entertainment value, the night could not have gone much better.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Officially, the NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday night with a pair of games, part of the “First Four” as it is known. Manhattan and Hampton square off first in a tussle between two 16 seeds, followed by Mississippi and BYU in a tilt of 11 seeds. Unofficially, these are still the games that a lot of brackets are going to let you slide on picking, in order to have a little more time to get your picks ready for your office pool or friendly competition with friends.
Bracket impressions: Committee missed it with Indiana, Texas, UCLA
If there was ever an advertisement for the NCAA Tournament going back to 64, the magic number for the tourney at its peak and the one that makes the most sense, this season is it.
Selection Sunday morning: One projection of NCAA Tournament field
With so many years of “bracketology” and the resulting better understandings of the NCAA Tournament selection process that has come from it, there are many years where predicting the teams in the field is not that much of a mystery, sometimes almost easy even. This year is not one of those years.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 4, 2015
On the scale of chic topics in basketball in general, free throws is near the bottom. But like special teams in the NFL playoffs, you better believe free throws will be important this month.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 20, 2015
Sometimes forgotten amidst all the “bubble” talk this time of year is a simple fact: if a team wins enough games, it doesn’t have to worry about being on the bubble.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 13, 2015
The end of both halves of Thursday night’s Michigan-Illinois game exposed once again just how ugly college basketball is when coaches cannot just let their players…play.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 19, 2014
Thursday night was another light, finals week-inspired schedule of games. Among the headlines of the night: reserves making their mark.