We conclude a league-by-league look at the biggest surprises of the season’s first two months, plus a recap of Saturday’s action including Kentucky outlasting Louisville, Cal State Fullerton stuns UCLA and UC Riverside’s improbable comeback.
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The Morning Dish – Friday, December 27, 2019
With many teams still on a holiday break but conference play ready to start in earnest, we begin a quick three-day look at some of the biggest surprises and storylines in each conference through the season’s first two months.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Opening night was as good as advertised, led by the big doubleheader in New York where the nightcap belonged to one freshman in particular. Plus a few road wins lead some close ones, a couple of mild surprises, and some major league blowouts with non-Division I schools.
2018-19 Big West Post-Mortem
A string of remarkable parity in the Big West Conference this decade was snapped by UC Irvine, which had a huge season and has emerged as the league’s top program.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Merry Christmas. On this Christmas Day, we remember one of the bigger upsets all-time in college basketball which took place 30 years ago as an NCAA Division II team rained three-pointers to stun a top-5 Division I squad.
2017-18 Big West Post-Mortem
After a decidedly down season before, the Big West Conference followed up with a much-needed bounce-back year in 2017-18. Perhaps surprisingly so.
2016-17 Big West Post-Mortem
Two years after UC Davis nearly parlayed a major turnaround into its first NCAA Division I tourney bid, the Aggies finished the deal this time in the Big West.
2015-16 Big West Post-Mortem
Hawaii was a fortuitous-and wise-addition for the Big West Conference when the school joined in 2012, and it took just a couple years for the league to see a significant payoff.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 26, 2016
In a college basketball year that has been defined by unpredictability, we dare say that the host of downright thrilling conference races is a story developing late that is also becoming a signature mark of this season.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 19, 2016
Is it possible Minnesota found a way to beat not just one team but two on Thursday? The Golden Gophers’ 68-63 triumph over Maryland will go down as one of the very biggest “how’d that happen?” results in a season that has had plenty of them, but did it also hurt Wisconsin?
