Three more bids go out, with a dramatic ending and one that could have led to an odd outcome. Plus a surprise in one semifinal win, and a few more regular season finales were mixed in with the tournaments.
Tag: Northern Iowa
Arch Madness-tested Northern Iowa cool, collected in holding off Salukis
Wichita State has earned much of the recognition in the Missouri Valley Conference this year, and deservedly so, but let it not be forgotten that Northern Iowa is the defending champion of Arch Madness. And there are plenty of veterans still around from that team who know how to get the job done again.
Scanning the Nation Notebook: Atlantic 10, Wisconsin, Siena, Notre Dame & more
Looking around the country with our weekly notebook, checking in on the Atlantic 10, Wisconsin, Siena, Louisiana-Lafayette and others.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 20, 2015
Come mid-March, December 19th may hold a special meaning to more than a few college basketball teams selected to the NCAA Tournament.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Coming into this season, it was natural and perfectly fair to wonder just how SMU would be affected by the postseason ban this year that was part of NCAA sanctions against the program this summer. The Mustangs are providing an authoritative answer so far.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 22, 2015
It was a historic – and almost perfect – day for a 109-year-old conference, plus a coach is not happy with the NCAA and a light day of tournament action ahead of one full of championship games.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 18, 2015
You can go a long time in this college basketball season and not have a better day of games than Tuesday provided, as the day was loaded with power matchups, revivals of rivalries, and just plain good games that were worthy of the national platforms they were provided, even if played at times that were the furthest thing from prime time.
A game a day for the 2015-16 season: January
We continue our look at our favorite games for every day of the season, our ultimate dream road trip through an entire college basketball season. We started on Monday with November, continued with December on Tuesday, and today we move into January:
A game a day for the whole 2015-16 season: first up, November
Going into the 2015-16 season, we wanted to highlight what we see as the best game of the day, for every day of the regular season. The games we would go to every day, if we could.
2014-15 Missouri Valley Post-Mortem
The Missouri Valley Conference continues to claw out a spot just outside the top tier conferences in college basketball, and it did so again in 2014-15 with a noticeably improved product.
