While a number of recent college stars their first assignments in their careers as professionals, last night’s NBA Draft also was good for taking us back a couple months and reminding us just what we had in college basketball this past season.
Tag: Sun Belt
2014-15 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
Seemingly in a perpetual search for an identity due to so many membership changes in recent years, the Sun Belt Conference found one in 2014-15 as a conference that provided a little of it all.
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 – Saturday, March 14, 2015
A wild day of conference tournament action had a few endings that just can’t be explained. Plus an ejection in Nashville, controversy in the Big Sky, and a day full of championship games is right in front of us.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 13, 2015
Texas had a chance to make a convincing argument for its inclusion in the NCAA Tournament. But the Longhorns lost yet again to a top 50 team.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 6, 2015
The nickname will live on, but as far as the team that earned the label for Florida Gulf Coast, it turns out the first we saw of “Dunk City” in the NCAA tournament in 2013 was also the last. At the same time, FGCU’s legacy as a D-I newcomer making it big will live on and could only be added to this March.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 27, 2015
Normally, the Big South is not leading news items in college basketball, especially at the end of February, when never-ending talk of bubbles and No. 1 seeds dominate the discussion, but no conference in NCAA Division I has had a more competitive league race this year.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The issues of scoring and pace of play in college basketball continue to get a considerable amount of press, and that’s a very good thing. ESPN this past weekend on College Gameday had a thoughtful, quality discussion of the state of the sport, and a good share of the conversation […]
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 9, 2015
Iowa and LSU continue to be two of the bigger teases in the country. That much remained certain after last night, when-just when you’re ready to believe in them-both suffered losses that can only be categorized as disappointing.
Scanning the Nation – January 7, 2015
Some college basketball thoughts from the first week of the new year:
