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.
Tag: NCAA Tournament 2015
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.
2015 NCAA Tournament Players to Watch – Part 2
After looking at noteworthy players whose teams play Tuesday and Thursday, we now have part 2, with players whose teams play Wednesday and Friday.
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.
2015 NCAA Tournament Players to Watch – Part 1
Many players come out from the shadows to make a name for themselves in the NCAA Tournament. We take a look at some who might fit that description this season in the games to be played on Tuesday and Thursday.
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 16, 2015
The NCAA Tournament has set its field, and some teams are happy and some are not. Plus a couple of teams changed coaches and one team that’s dancing will be without a key player unless they go far.
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.
Texas simply wasn’t as good as we thought they were
Texas shouldn’t be in the NCAA Tournament, but might be. In the end, the Longhorns simply were not as good as we thought they were, especially if you look back to a time when many were very high on them.
Gonzaga not a No. 1 seed even before BYU loss
There was a lot of talk about Gonzaga as a possible No. 1 seed before they lost to BYU last weekend. Even with a win, though, was their profile really that good, especially compared to others in the mix?
