Lafayette and head coach Fran O’Hanlon have been together a long time. Both have been rewarded for their patience, and it will be good to see both of them again in the NCAA Tournament this year.
Tag: Patriot League
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 6, 2015
The nickname will live on, but as far as the team that earned the label for Florida Gulf Coast, it turns out the first we saw of “Dunk City” in the NCAA tournament in 2013 was also the last. At the same time, FGCU’s legacy as a D-I newcomer making it big will live on and could only be added to this March.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 4, 2015
On the scale of chic topics in basketball in general, free throws is near the bottom. But like special teams in the NFL playoffs, you better believe free throws will be important this month.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 3, 2015
While hustle is always appreciated and encouraged in basketball, increasingly there are times it gets out of control and safety becomes an issue.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 26, 2015
Coming off an outstanding season, the Atlantic 10 has flown under the radar this year. The league won’t be getting six teams in the NCAA Tournament again, but hitting the stretch run, no conference is more intriguing at the top than the A-10.
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 23, 2015
We should know who the Pac-12 Coach of the Year will be after Sunday. Plus a team can’t go to their locker room, an expected showdown may have lost its luster, and a Cardinal is long gone with the regular season almost over.
Holy Cross perseveres and tries to make a late run
Holy Cross had a rough stretch early in Patriot League play, but still has a chance to get a good seed and possibly a home game. To get there, they must tough it out the rest of the way to win like they did on Saturday.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Monday after the Super Bowl was a quiet night for college basketball, which gives us a chance to look at the Patriot League, home to what is top to bottom the most competitive conference race in NCAA Division I, bar none.
As more players develop, Bucknell becomes a clear contender
With help from a few more supporters, Bucknell is really clicking on offense now and emerging as a clear contender in the Patriot League. Winning on the road doesn’t hurt, either.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8, 2015
The 9 p.m. EST block of games Wednesday night-many of them on TV-may go down as one of the uglier two-hour stretches in NCAA Division I college basketball history.
