We get a perspective check as the season opens. Plus a mixed bag of matchups and game results, a couple of NCAA matters and team suspensions, and one conference contender has a scary moment with its star player.
Tag: St. John’s
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 13, 2015
It’s been a long seven-plus months, 221 days since Duke edged Wisconsin in an exciting 2015 NCAA Tournament finale, but the 2015-16 college basketball season is finally here.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 9, 2015
It remains to be seen just how much of an exodus there is from Kentucky’s absolutely loaded roster this year, and last year proved there could be more mystery to that than some might think.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 7, 2015
One of the greatest beauties of sports is that it really doesn’t matter how intricate or how detailed the analysis, evaluations and breakdowns are coming into a game. When the games are played, so much of that analysis goes out the window, and the outcome comes down to players making plays, which human beings seize the moment the most.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 1, 2015
We’re all biding our time until the Final Four games on Saturday, but all news is not just coaching changes and players coming and going (mostly going) as college basketball’s other tournaments are also wrapping up this week.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The thinking seems to be that the main motivation for St. John’s to be ready to hire Chris Mullin is that the school wants to follow the Fred Hoiberg model of hiring an alumnus who was a former NBA front office before making a splash as a college coach, but the Red Storm will get far more with Mullin.
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 30, 2015
The Final Four is set, with two teams from different stations in life advancing on Sunday. Plus coaching news starts to take over, including some vacancies filled.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 28, 2015
Gonzaga finally gets back to where they made it 16 years earlier, when they first rose to prominence. Plus a distinguished group of coaching winners, a few more coaching moves, and a big man plans to help a Big Ten team.
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 16, 2015
The NCAA Tournament has set its field, and some teams are happy and some are not. Plus a couple of teams changed coaches and one team that’s dancing will be without a key player unless they go far.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 24, 2015
For 39 minutes, Louisville and Georgia Tech was another ugly game this year in a season filled with ugly games. Then, in the final minute, the two teams reminded us of just what fun college basketball can be when it is allowed to be.
