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Sunday, December 22, 2024
As early season tournaments get going with a few finishing up, one champion shows us what college basketball is these days as they show some resilience. Plus a few more tournament results, and another showcase features a triple overtime game that flew under many radars.
In our first off-season podcast, we look back once more on the national championship game and the implications of a couple of aspects of that and a prior game, then turn to a couple of big schools with a coaching change. We end with a look at some player movement.
Virginia gives the sport of college basketball a champion it can be proud of after outlasting Texas Tech in overtime in the national championship game Monday night.
We’re down to two defense-oriented teams for the national championship in two games that had some similarities, though one lacked the controversy of the other one. Plus a couple of coaching moves, a non-move of note, and a powerhouse school is investigating a claim about a star player.
A battle of two superb defenses was a decisive win for Texas Tech, Purdue and Tennessee turned a blowout into a classic, and Thursday even featured a triple-overtime game in the College Insider tourney.
Arizona State and St. John’s hardly put on a basketball clinic Wednesday night, but the Sun Devils advanced and now try to be the next team to make an NCAA Tournament run from the First Four. Plus, NIT, CIT and CBI recaps, including Brown continuing a historic season.
Recapping the mass of conference tournament games Thursday, as well as the bubble winners and losers, a list that included mostly losers among those truly on the fence.
In our latest podcast, we look at a few early games in the Big East and Atlantic 10 Tournaments, a few bubble teams in action, one more automatic bid that went out on Wednesday, and a shocking coaching move.
In our latest podcast, the bizarre beginning to the big rivalry game gets us going, along with some analysis of the game. We then look at some of what’s happening in the SEC and Big East, the former of which saw a bizarre incident of its own.
The big rivalry game will be most remembered for a bizarre occurrence just seconds into the ballgame, and not at all for the final result. Plus another bizarre result is in the SEC, some head-scratchers in another conference, and a past champion wins a game that influences the current race in their league.
