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.
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A game a day for the 2015-16 season: January
We continue our look at our favorite games for every day of the season, our ultimate dream road trip through an entire college basketball season. We started on Monday with November, continued with December on Tuesday, and today we move into January:
A game a day for the whole 2015-16 season: first up, November
Going into the 2015-16 season, we wanted to highlight what we see as the best game of the day, for every day of the regular season. The games we would go to every day, if we could.
Twenty teams to keep an eye on in 2015-16
Presenting our list of 20 teams to watch for 2015-16. Some aare Final Four favorites. Some are rebuilding powers. Some are (or should be) trendy sleeper, Cinderella, you-name-it picks that you may not know much about now, but may be hearing from in March. All are worth keeping an eye on.
2014-15 Horizon League Post-Mortem
Rather quietly, Bryce Drew is building a formidable program at Valparaiso, which won a Horizon League title for the third time in four years.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Robert Morris is the type of small eastern private school that fits in so perfectly in the college basketball landscape. Tuesday night, though, the Colonials may as well have been Kentucky, for the role of villain they took on in the Northeast Conference championship game.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 28, 2015
It was a great night for a few players in the Ivy League while the race evened up. Plus the Horizon League has a regular season champion, the Gators have some personnel questions, and the Miners will be short a coach on what will be a very busy day of action.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 26, 2015
Coming off an outstanding season, the Atlantic 10 has flown under the radar this year. The league won’t be getting six teams in the NCAA Tournament again, but hitting the stretch run, no conference is more intriguing at the top than the A-10.
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 23, 2015
We should know who the Pac-12 Coach of the Year will be after Sunday. Plus a team can’t go to their locker room, an expected showdown may have lost its luster, and a Cardinal is long gone with the regular season almost over.
Scanning the Nation Notebook – February 20, 2015
Some brief college basketball thoughts as we near the end of February and now March and tournament time is just around the corner: