By its own lofty standards, the Big Ten has had a rather lousy basketball season. It’s hard to have much sympathy for a conference that practically prints money, but one supposes the league deserved a night like Thursday for its troubles this year.
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The worst part about the college basketball season being over is that, well, it’s over. No more games. No more debates about rankings, or teams, or players, or conferences. The day-to-day fun is gone. That’s bad. What’s pops up in its place is worse.
Bracket impressions: Little changes with selection committee fixations
As a whole, this year’s selections for the 2017 NCAA Tournament were not filled with a ton of injustices in selection. Before handing out bouquets, though, it must be noted: that does not mean they were without significant errors.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 26, 2017
On the final Saturday of February, a day that featured several big-time top 15 matchups got a jolt in one of its final games of the day.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 10, 2017
There was a huge conference game played in North Carolina Thursday night, one hyped by big names beforehand. The game was part of a series that has regularly provided drama of late, and once again delivered with spades. Of course we’re talking about the big one in the Big South played Thursday between UNC Asheville and Winthrop,
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 3, 2017
It wouldn’t be a college basketball season without Belmont finding a way to make ripples with its excellence, and sure enough, the Bruins are at it again.
Scanning the Nation January 31, 2017: On Georgia Tech, Akron, New Mexico State and more
Notes from around the country as we close out January and get ready to hit the stretch run of the season and the back half of conference play…
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 27, 2017
Thursday night meant one thing: Cincinnati vs. Xavier. The Crosstown Shootout. The best non-conference rivalry in college basketball, and (in this opinion) one of the top three rivalries in the sport right now.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 22, 2017
ith Hoopville czar Phil Kasiecki producing his Saturday notes regularly during the conference season, we typically enjoy taking a look at some of the best individual performances in the Sunday Dish.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 20, 2017
It’s almost unthinkable that a Big Ten team can have a 17-2 record and be flying under the radar. Yet that’s exactly what Maryland has done so far this year in building exactly that gaudy record. The anonymity of the Terrapins can be summed up by the observation that Maryland […]
