The Big 12 has been on a great run to be the top conference in recent years, including last year. This year will be a challenge due to a big loss of experience throughout the conference.
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2015-16 Big 12 Post-Mortem
The past three years have been almost like Groundhog Day for the Big 12, which had its best year yet in a terrific recent run.
Friday Night Lights Brooklyn Style – anatomy of an upset
Some final thoughts from Friday’s action in Brooklyn, which brought to mind some of the larger picture of what happened over the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – March 18, 2016
Ted joins us to talk about the first two full days of the NCAA Tournament, dominated by upsets but with a striking similarity to the past at the very top.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 12, 2016
Friday gave us a tremendous day of basketball, and yet the best still seems yet to come. Plus more coaching moves, one of them leading to awkward situations, and one tournament is staying in the same city but changing venues.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 3, 2016
One of the most anticipated possible conference tournament finals of all will not be taking place this year, as the first two days of March are two-for-two in producing the upsets we’ve come to expect this time of year. The latest team to come from seemingly nowhere to make noise is Hartford, a seemingly benign seventh seed in the America East tournament.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Before Iowa State was placed in so many preseason top 10s and labeled by some as a Final Four favorite and a short-list contender for the national title, it might’ve been instructive to watch the Cyclones’ final game from the 2014-15 season.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 12, 2016
Temple has been one of the more schizophrenic teams in the country this year that of late has been giving us a taste of just how good it can be when right. Thus, it was only fitting that the Owls’ game against Connecticut on Thursday was a microcosm of their season.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Like so many conference foes now, Indiana and Michigan are more acquaintances than consistently fierce rivals, the product of today’s bloated leagues where yearly home-and-homes are no longer a given. Still, their only meeting this year looked juicy on paper, matching one top 25 team and another not far from it.
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.
