A bad day for No. 2 seeds tells us a lot about the winners, including one with a coach whose legend grows. Plus a near miss for one conference, other top seeds move on, and more coaching news emerges.
Tag: NIT
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 22, 2015
When it comes to the lists of the very best teams in March, the current list of usual suspects starts with names like Arizona, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State. It’s high time another school was added to that elite hierarchy in the sport.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 21, 2015
Friday was pretty much the opposite of Thursday, and almost historic in a very different way, right up to the end. Plus some trendy picks didn’t work out this time around, a Bulldog should be ready for Saturday.
Rhode Island 88, Iona 75: A tempo free recap
Rhode Island beat Iona in a first round NIT game that was played at a fast pace. We have the numbers to give a little more of a sense of the end result.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 19, 2015
Calm in the face of daunting situations. Both Robert Morris and Dayton had it Wednesday night, and as a result, both are moving on in the NCAA Tournament.
Rhode Island has grown up right before our eyes
Rhode Island has gone through a nice season of growth, and that, along with a glimpse of the future, was evident in their first round NIT win over Iona in which they beat the Gaels at their own game.
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.
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.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 5, 2015
We’re just getting started on March, prime time for the college basketball season, but on Wednesday we couldn’t help but look back for a day, as the day marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Hank Gathers,
