The CAA had a little bit of everything in 2016-17, the first in the post-Tom Yeager era.
Tag: Northeastern
Remembering Jack Grinold, and an unplanned car ride to New Hampshire
My first memory of the late Jack Grinold came on an unexpected car ride to a basketball game while a student at the school Jack loved so much.
Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis – February 22, 2017
We touch on Player of the Year candidates, the wild ACC featuring a still-slumping Virginia team and a really hard-luck Clemson team, an SEC program where the bottom is falling out, the final weekend in the CAA and much more.
Northeastern keeps fighting through one injury after another
Northeastern’s season looked very promising in December and January, then it took a turn for the worse. A big part of that has been a number of injuries, which have been a silent killer.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 13, 2017
Hoops on the west coast is alive, well and healthy, as three of its top teams showed last night when UCLA, Saint Mary’s and Gonzaga all were ultra-impressive again.
Scanning the Nation: Notes from the first weekend of Jan. league play
It was a rather docile first full weekend of January, early in the conference portion of the college basketball season. Here are some quick hit notes from around the country, from A (Arizona) to…well, at least W (Western Illinois):
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 3, 2017
On the second day of 2017, a medium-weight college basketball schedule included quite a few games, though few of the high profile variety. Regardless of the stories developing early in some conferences (the Metro Atlantic and Southland being turned upside down, for example), it can’t be ignored that the biggest […]
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 19, 2016
There is hope once again at a school that has had a tough couple of decades, though we’ve heard that tune before. Plus a couple of SEC home losses and another hit to a Big Ten team that has taken a few during the first month and a half.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 15, 2016
The toughness that helped Villanova win a national championship a year ago was on display for the country to see, just two games into the Wildcats’ defense of their title.
2015-16 CAA Post-Mortem
It’s the end of an era in the CAA, and the conference sent its first commissioner out with a great season.