Wishing a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving to all today. A pair of top 10 ACC teams faced similar opponents on Wednesday, with dramatically different-but ultimately successful-results.
Tag: Oregon
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 21, 2016
Duke made it through a challenging early stretch in a good place, including a good win on Sunday. Plus a few more tournaments conclude, a controversial ending, and a Duck is ready to go.
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – November 17, 2016
In our first edition of Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis, we look at some of the early games and the impressions we can draw, as well as what we can expect over the course of the season.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Tuesday was one of the busier days of the college basketball season, but certainly its longest one with games filling literally almost every minute of the 24 hours.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 12, 2016
Opening night had something for everyone: a few upsets, some dandies, and some close calls. We look at all of it, plus off-court matters that include a Duck mentor sticking around a while longer.
2016-17 CBB Preview Questions: Can the sport shake its self-inflicted identity crisis?
As the 2016-17 college basketball season nears, one would think the caretakers of the sport should feel pretty good about its state. The most recent NCAA Tournament provided a likable champion and one of the sport’s all-time greatest title games and finishes. The recent script that has seen freshmen dominating […]
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Good Tuesday morning. As the regular season is now just three days away, we continue Hoopville’s preseason rundown of all 32 NCAA Division I conferences: The Northeast Conference in recent years is annually one of the most balanced leagues in the country. This year there is a clear favorite, though, […]
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – August 25, 2016
In our latest podcast, we look back at the Olympics and how far Team USA has come, then look at some news on teams on foreign trips, a couple of notable injuries, late transfers and a program that was hit hard by tragedy once again. We also look ahead to one notable early season tournament.
2015-16 Pac-12 Post-Mortem
The Pac-12 had quite a season and has a tough act to follow. Perhaps more notable is that the landscape is changing and a new program appears to be carrying the flag right now.
2016 NCAA Tournament second weekend notes and numbers
This year’s NCAA Tournament Final Four is set. By almost all accounts, it’s not a foursome many expected to be here collectively, and for a season and a tournament that has carried a double major in inexplicable and bizarre, that might be the best sign we have that it’s as appropriate of a group as we could’ve asked for.
