Already enjoying great improvement the previous few years, the ancient Southern Conference broke out on the national scene with teams in the national rankings, NCAA at-large contenders, and the league’s best year in over half a century.
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The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 25, 2018
Campbell’s 5-foot-9 guard Chris Clemons has become a must-watch player, and nearly brought the Camels back to upset Georgetown-were it not for Trey Mourning. Plus, Ja Morant & Charlie Brown deliver prize individual performances and Cincinnati wins the Emerald Coast Classic.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Southeastern Conference is almost certainly on the precipice of a banner year for NCAA Tournament berths. Just which of those teams will receive them, though, and what might happen with them when they get there, will continue to be a mystery of the wildest proportions.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 4, 2018
Funny things happen in college basketball in late January and early February, and Saturday was a perfect example of as much, as the day was marked by upsets and near-upsets, and we’re talking real upsets.
2016-17 Southern Conference Post-Mortem
The ancient Southern Conference continues to show strength in the years after the loss of one of its premier programs, and a superb conference race highlighted an excellent overall year for the league.
2015-16 Southern Conference Post-Mortem
When all was said and done, there was just nothing that could stop Tennessee-Chattanooga’s re-emergence in 2015-16 as the Southern Conference’s best team.
Scanning the nation: the best from November in college basketball
Reflecting on the first (half) month of the college basketball season, we look back at some of the bests, worsts, achievements and trends from November:
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 18, 2015
You can go a long time in this college basketball season and not have a better day of games than Tuesday provided, as the day was loaded with power matchups, revivals of rivalries, and just plain good games that were worthy of the national platforms they were provided, even if played at times that were the furthest thing from prime time.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 15, 2015
Not a lot was expected of Radford this year, but the Highlanders stunned Georgetown on Saturday. It’s the latest upset of a blueblood by one of Division I’s smaller schools.
2014-15 Southern Conference Post-Mortem
The Southern Conference was expected to dearly miss Davidson, but Wofford stepped seamlessly into the Wildcats’ role and helped the ancient conference again make a few national ripples.
