We’ve had days this college basketball season that have been marked by a high occurrence of one feat or another. This Saturday was one marked by one-point games and overtimes.
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The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 8, 2015
With the college basketball season building up to its crescendo next month, we should be focusing on the teams and players and how well they’re playing. Instead, we’ve had a run of injuries and illness of late, and it continued on Saturday:
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 9, 2015
Iowa and LSU continue to be two of the bigger teases in the country. That much remained certain after last night, when-just when you’re ready to believe in them-both suffered losses that can only be categorized as disappointing.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 12, 2014
It bears repeating over and over: college basketball teams are not static entities over the entire season. They change and hopefully continue to grow and improve. What a team is in November is not what it will be in March.
2013-14 SEC Post-Mortem
The SEC had two teams in the Final Four and their teams had a 12-3 record in the NCAA Tournament. But the conference was carried largely by two teams and looks very top-heavy.
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.
Notre Dame reminds us that we don’t play the games on paper
Did you expect Notre Dame to be in fourth place in the Big East this season? In all likelihood, unless you work in their athletic department, the answer is no.
Three coaching legends lose on the same day
It’s not every day that three of the greatest coaches ever lose a game on the same day. Yet that’s what happened on another Saturday full of noteworthy games, as Syracuse suffered its first loss on the season, Duke lost at home to put an end to a long home winning streak and Connecticut lost as well.
Looking back at the Jimmy V
A few notes from the Jimmy V Classic, which provided two good matchups including one that came right down to the end.
