It’s early yet, but we’ve already had some upsets in conference tournaments of note, especially on Friday night. Plus two bubble teams have different fates in New York, and it’s down to one game to determine a lot for the Ivy League Tournament.
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Big Ten Tournament: Second round rundown
The second round of the Big Ten Tournament started with one team’s remote NCAA hopes being dashed, and ended with the closest team to the tournament site getting a nice win to advance.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 16, 2018
For those who couldn’t resist all the curling and skiing at the Winter Olympics and watched hoops, it was yet another evening of highly ranked teams going down and streaks getting busted, something that has become the norm this year. The TV window of games that started at 7 p.m. Eastern time alone was enough to wear out the remote control as they came to an end.
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 12, 2018
In a week where it was tough for teams to remain undefeated in conference play, one team made sure that didn’t happen to them in impressive fashion. Plus an injured star’s absence doesn’t hurt one team, a long streak of dominance over one team continues, and a long-time coach will call it a career.
Scanning the Nation Notebook for Feb. 8 – On Michigan State, bubbles, Loyola Chicago, Summit League & more
Notes, thoughts, numbers and more gibberish about the college basketball landscape post-Super Bowl and with Selection Sunday now just over a month away…
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 26, 2018
By its own lofty standards, the Big Ten has had a rather lousy basketball season. It’s hard to have much sympathy for a conference that practically prints money, but one supposes the league deserved a night like Thursday for its troubles this year.
The Morning Dish – Monday, December 18, 2017
Penn State has been and remains a tough place to win, but Pay Chambers might have his best chance at it yet. Plus the Tar Heels rally again, the Sun Devils win another, and a tradition continues at Madison Square Garden.
Texas A&M rolls to Legends Title
Texas A&M was the class of the Legends Classic, but we have notes on all four teams that competed for two nights at the Barclays Center in the early season tournament.
2016-17 Big Ten Post-Mortem
Caleb Swanigan and Purdue’s backcourt answered major questions in resounding fashion in 2016-17, leading the Boilermakers to a Big Ten title.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 8, 2017
A few days after Eastern Washington and Portland State played a three-overtime game that ended with two players scoring 45 points each and EWU finally winning 130-124, Alabama and South Carolina did their best to wrestle the mantle away for wildest game of the season. On Tuesday, the Crimson Tide […]
