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.
Tag: Murray State
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.
Why Murray State belongs in the NCAA Tournament
Murray State does not measure up by the immediate numbers-quality wins, strength of schedule, etc.-that we routinely hear crunched at this time of year. That does not mean there aren’t plenty of good reasons to include the Racers in the NCAA Tournament.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 8, 2015
It looked like we were going to have a fairly quiet year when it came to unlikely conference tournament losers sparking major debate as Selection Sunday nears, but that went out the window with Saturday night’s OVC final.
Scanning the Nation Notebook – February 27, 2015
Some college basketball thoughts from the end of February, just before we turn the calendar to the most exciting month on the sporting calendar:
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 27, 2015
Normally, the Big South is not leading news items in college basketball, especially at the end of February, when never-ending talk of bubbles and No. 1 seeds dominate the discussion, but no conference in NCAA Division I has had a more competitive league race this year.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 15, 2015
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.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 6, 2015
A young UCLA team continues to grow up, and the Bruins may be hitting a growth spurt at just the right time. Nearly written off just a couple weeks ago, UCLA has responded with three straight wins to jump back into the national conversation.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 1, 2015
One can’t help but be sad for Virginia Commonwealth senior guard Briante Weber, the walking symbol of Havoc whose college career is over after he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus Saturday in the Rams’ surprising 64-55 loss to city rival Richmond.
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.
