Neither Oakland nor Iona are likely to win the regular season championship in their respective conferences. It also should surprise just about no one if either or both are in the NCAA Tournament a month from now.
Tag: Virginia
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 27, 2016
If you only saw the first 38 1/2 minutes of the game between Virginia and Wake Forest Tuesday night, you wouldn’t believe the final result. In fact, the same would go if you only saw the first 39 minutes and 45 seconds. It was the Demon Deacons’ night, about to snap a four-game losing streak with a home win over a top 15 team. The Cavaliers were done. And then they weren’t.
The Morning Dish – Monday, January 25, 2016
In handing SMU its first loss, Temple continued to grow since conference play began. Plus a big road win in the Big East, referees suspended, and a Hilltopper has departed.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 20, 2016
If there was any temptation to dismiss the NCAA Tournament chances of Georgetown, North Carolina State and UNLV, all three provided reasons Tuesday why you shouldn’t do that yet. The night was emblematic of this never-count-a-team-out season, as these perennial NCAA Tournament contenders earned unlikely victories.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Sad news was received by the college basketball world Tuesday as former Butler center Andrew Smith passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 25 years old.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Polls do matter. A case could be made that the All-America first team is already wrapped up right now. And it’s not at all hard to envision Oklahoma and Kansas playing two or three more times this year, including perhaps again in April.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 31, 2015
Whether a team is contending for a conference championship or an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, there is never a bad time or place to win games on the road in conference play.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 23, 2015
With teams looking to squeeze in games before Christmas and the holidays, the full schedule of games on Tuesday had the feeling of a Saturday. And boy, did it deliver.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Coming into this season, it was natural and perfectly fair to wonder just how SMU would be affected by the postseason ban this year that was part of NCAA sanctions against the program this summer. The Mustangs are providing an authoritative answer so far.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The heating up of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge was rightfully the main event heading into Tuesday night, but several incredible individual performances also became a story.
