Another quiet weekend included college football again making for light schedules, plus some underwhelming fields in eight-team tournaments. Here are some quick-hit notes from the third weekend of November and second of the hoops season:
Tag: Puerto Rico Tip-Off
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 20, 2017
Three early tournament winners may get an important boost for more than just their profile. Plus a couple of thrillers in consolation brackets, the Trojans survive a big test, and a couple of more teams remain undefeated early on.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 18, 2017
A hometown hero has Providence poised to continue to even greater heights never before seen. Plus more tournament action gets going, and another 20-20 game is in the books but in a losing effort.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 17, 2017
We may be barely a week into the college basketball season, but it’s not hard to make an argument that a number of teams and conferences just might be already entering the most important 7-10 days in their regular seasons.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 23, 2015
For the second straight year, one of the hottest teams to start the season is Miami (Fla.). The goal this year for the Hurricanes is to write a new ending to the same beginning script.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 21, 2015
Early tournaments are in full swing, and on Friday we had a big win for a team with a new coach, a surprise that wasn’t a surprise, and some good matchups set for Sunday in a couple of them.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 20, 2015
Though still a week from Thanksgiving Day, the holiday tournament season really began yesterday, and the results from the first two events were a good sampling of the first week of the 2015-16 season as a whole.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday was the big day in several early season tournaments, so they lead the way once again. This time, though, three of them crowned champions. We start with the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, which was an old Big East matchup. West Virginia made a strong start stand up, leading by 15 […]
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 22, 2014
A busy day of tournament action included one championship game, while several others have their championship matchup set. Plus a couple of late surprises and a couple of key injuries in tournaments.
After Shaky Start, ACC Needs Holiday Tourney Joy
Conference teams need big wins in upcoming holiday tournaments to erase the memories of Georgia Tech’s blowout loss to Kennesaw State and Wake Forest’s season-opening fiasco against Stetson.
