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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Ah, it’s started already. We’re still a couple weeks away from final exams for most schools, a time when especially it seems like highly favored schools need to pay a little extra attention in games that they should win easily. But we saw several teams have more trouble than expected in games Tuesday night that all expected to be blowouts.
The weekend has featured several instances of something we don’t see often: BCS conference (or Group of Five, or whatever term you want to use) teams taking to the road against good non-BCS teams.
Doug McDermott and many of his friends have departed, but we know now that it was way too soon to write off a Creighton program that was plenty successful even before the glorious McDermott era.
The Mountain West Conference didn’t quite match its performance of past seasons, but the top of the conference looked familiar and there is now some membership stability.
If it’s early December, it’s time for the Jimmy V Classic, one of the better events of the year that highlights a cause more important than winning or losing on the court.
As always, the college basketball landscape circa mid-season can alter significantly by March. This season was no exception.
If you’re looking for a couple of dark horse Final Four contenders, head west to Utah, home of some dangerous Aggies and Cougars.
Three potentially one-bid conferences could steal at-large spots from bubble teams if the favorites fail to win their conference tournaments.
