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Saturday, November 23, 2024
Like most of the year anyway but especially now at the end of December, this is a time when football traditionally takes center stage in the Southeastern Conference. Thursday also marked the open of the conference season for SEC basketball as well, though, and an entertaining night it was.
Conference play beckons and has even started in a number of conferences. With that, we take a look at how they shape up based on the non-conference performances.
The college basketball season opens on Friday. As usual, it does so with a whimper.
Good Wednesday morning. The regular season is near, just two days away. We continue Hoopville’s preseason rundown of all 32 NCAA Division I conferences, with a trip to the South.
Quietly, Andy Kennedy has been consistently winning at Ole Miss. This year, his team faces a different challenge to continue the run the program has been on since he took over the reins.
Though challenged by Texas A&M, Kentucky basically ruled the roost in the SEC, and continues to do so as the conference as a whole is flagging.
The 2016 NCAA Tournament needed its signature game, and it got one in no better place-in its final game. And it was much-needed in a tourney that in many ways was slightly below average.
The new-look Selection Show wasn’t exactly a hit with viewers on top of the selections themselves. Plus three other tournament fields come out, one conference commissioner isn’t happy, and coaching changes continue.
LSU needed to win the SEC Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament. After exiting with a thud, the Tigers might not even be worthy of an NIT bid.
Friday gave us a tremendous day of basketball, and yet the best still seems yet to come. Plus more coaching moves, one of them leading to awkward situations, and one tournament is staying in the same city but changing venues.
