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Sunday, December 22, 2024
West Virginia is having the kind of year many expect of Bob Huggins’ teams, and they got the kind of win most figured they would get at some point last year but never did. Plus the Flames go down for the first time, the Jayhawks get a win and then a scare, and a Spartan misses a game due to injury.
We look back at the Diamond Head Classic championship, with the winner clearly trending upward, and then back to a busy Saturday. Included in that Saturday was a blueblood losing two in a row through offensive struggles, and then we talk about a departed big man.
The Big Ten/ACC Challenge gets going with two Big Ten home games that were a bit different. Additionally, it wasn’t a good day for the Hoyas, while the Hurricanes lost another player to injury, and a few other notable results on a light day of game action.
The Big East appears to have met its match in the early going in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, narrowly avoiding a sweep on the evening. Plus a good win in Richmond, another stinker in Tampa, and a good road win for a Big 12 team.
The season is finally here, and with it is our podcast looking ahead to the season and talking about one final off-court matter, for now at least. Plus a bad break in Florida, a suspension continues, and great news out of Texas.
The last postseason tournament standing is now the NCAA, as the CBI champion has been crowned with a big jump from the prior year. Plus a bug is going around one Final Four team, more coaching developments, and could some testimony not come out after all?
DePaul and South Florida played a second straight terrific game in the final series of the College Basketball Invitational. Also, coaching vacancies filled at Fairfield and William & Mary and early NBA entries.
After a superb career, Rick Byrd is off to a well-earned retirement. The Belmont coach will be missed, and should go down as one of the all-time greats.
Monday night saw still more coaching changes due to firings, as well as a position still on hold at Nebraska. Also, Colorado advances in the NIT and Coastal Carolina drills West Virginia in CBI.
Wofford is going to be a much-discussed team between now and March, but a look at the entire resume-not just Quadrant 1-should say surefire NCAA tourney team. The Terriers also won a dandy in overtime Thursday night at East Tennessee State. Plus: buzzer beaters galore.
