Small, private, religious-based, and running an athletics department on a modest budget, Valparaiso is precisely the type of school that makes NCAA Division I basketball so much fun.
Tag: Providence
2016 NCAA Tournament first week review: ups and downs-in every way
What to make of the first weekend of the 2016 NCAA Tournament? If there is one thing we witnessed over those four days (six including the play-in games) that can come close to being a fair generalization, it is that this year’s tourney has no one-size-fits-all quality to it. Maybe the only conclusion one can come to is there is no conclusion.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 20, 2016
Defense wins championships and yadda yadda, but Saturday at the NCAA Tournament was a day when offenses were on full display and took center stage in every game.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 19, 2016
The beauty of the NCAA Tournament is not just the upsets, the near-upsets and the close games. Of course, they certainly are a big part of it, and we saw at least two of those categories tapped in games Thursday such as those between Yale and Baylor, Arkansas-Little Rock and […]
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – March 11, 2016
In the latest edition, we look at the Big East Tournament through most of the quarterfinals, as well as a notable coaching change just announced and Championship Week mirroring the rest of the season.
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – February 27, 2016
The latest edition of Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis touches on a number of topics as the regular season is about to end for many conferences.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 26, 2016
In a college basketball year that has been defined by unpredictability, we dare say that the host of downright thrilling conference races is a story developing late that is also becoming a signature mark of this season.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 18, 2016
February can be over any day now. After all that happened on a deliciously eventful Wednesday night, we’re sufficiently primed and ready for March, and the best month on the sports calendar can’t get here soon enough.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 11, 2016
When it came to trying to make the biggest splash, Wednesday night was a virtual game of ‘Can You Top This?’ across the college basketball landscape. Multiple teams came up with big wins. Really big wins. As in, the type of wins that some may point to in mid-March as […]
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Like so many conference foes now, Indiana and Michigan are more acquaintances than consistently fierce rivals, the product of today’s bloated leagues where yearly home-and-homes are no longer a given. Still, their only meeting this year looked juicy on paper, matching one top 25 team and another not far from it.
