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Sunday, December 22, 2024
The NIT Final was just the second all-time meeting between the participating schools, and the prior one occurred in the same arena. The end result was the same as the first, and it was very similar to the winning team’s most recent game in that it was a convincing win.
In the second NIT semifinal, Penn State took care of Mississippi State in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score might imply, and it was a double-digit win.
The NIT Final Four comes to New York soon, and there are some interesting notes regarding the teams in it as well as some history that they bring to mind.
The quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament seemed to have a little bit of everything, both on and off the court. We look at the action on the court, with four teams moving on.
The second round of the Big Ten Tournament started with one team’s remote NCAA hopes being dashed, and ended with the closest team to the tournament site getting a nice win to advance.
Notes, thoughts, numbers and more gibberish about the college basketball landscape post-Super Bowl and with Selection Sunday now just over a month away…
Penn State has been and remains a tough place to win, but Pay Chambers might have his best chance at it yet. Plus the Tar Heels rally again, the Sun Devils win another, and a tradition continues at Madison Square Garden.
