On Christmas Eve, we share some weekly thoughts from following the nation in college basketball:
Tag: Purdue
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Watching Wisconsin this season, one gets the feeling that the Badgers could shut it down right now and cancel the rest of their regular season schedule, get some rest, get a good start on second semester homework, eat some brats on State Street, and then begin playing again in March and still be a favorite to make a Final Four run.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 9, 2014
A prevailing theme over the last week or so of college basketball games has been resilience. Just when some may have thought they were down and maybe even wanted to count them out on various levels, a number of teams have made some real statements in the past week in their next games following poor performances. We saw it again Monday night as Florida played easily its best game of the year to rout Yale 85-47.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Ah, it’s started already. We’re still a couple weeks away from final exams for most schools, a time when especially it seems like highly favored schools need to pay a little extra attention in games that they should win easily. But we saw several teams have more trouble than expected in games Tuesday night that all expected to be blowouts.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving to all. One of college basketball’s true Thanksgiving traditions got underway once again last night, as the 37th annual Great Alaska Shootout got underway.
2013-14 Big Ten Post-Mortem
The Big Ten had some teams slip as the season went on, but plenty of others picked up the slack in another good year for the conference.
The Notebook: Alabama, Devon Collier, the 2K and turnovers
NEW YORK – Some notes and a look back at the 2K Sports Classic: The Classic was captured by Alabama in a convincing 77-55 win over Villanova. Alabama squeaked by Oregon State in the semis while Villanova came back late to defeat Purdue in overtime. Oregon State exited Madison Square […]
Harvard’s path to the elusive NCAA Tournament bid just got tougher
Harvard is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning. On the hardwood, the NCAA Tournament has eluded the school, and the path to a bid this season just got a little bit tougher.
Purdue Boilermakers 2011-12 Preview
Purdue has had some horrible luck with injuries in the past couple of years. The Boilermakers should be near the top of the Big Ten if they can reverse that trend in 2011-12.
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