One Big 12 team earned a signature win Tuesday night, the kind that may well be a golden ticket right into the NCAA Tournament in March. Another Big 12 team had a chance to do the exact same thing-and missed in excuciating fashion. Texas Tech and Kansas State are two of […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 28, 2016
This morning, when they inevitably think again about the opportunity that got away last night, Minnesota players and coaches will have to remind themselves time and again: it was only one game.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, December 24, 2016
It’s been a long time since these Huskies have lost so much before the new year, and it continues a trend. Plus a couple of late tournaments continue, and one game was really over at halftime.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 30, 2016
With holiday tournaments past, college basketball hits a docile stretch, a relative lull in the schedule. One filled with guarantee games, light weeks while teams take final exams, made-for-TV games, and more guarantee games.
The Morning Dish – Monday, November 28, 2016
A program that had a rough season a year ago looks a lot better in the early going this year. Plus another team out west takes home a title, and one team out west may lose a key player for a while.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, November 24, 2016
Wishing a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving to all today. A pair of top 10 ACC teams faced similar opponents on Wednesday, with dramatically different-but ultimately successful-results.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Now the season has arrived. The 2016-17 college basketball season has its first real splash moment of the season in its first signature upset of the year.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 22, 2016
In its 34th year, the venerable Maui Invitational is college basketball’s premier in-season tournament, with its three days rightfully earning a reputation as some of the most anticipated of all of the non-conference season.
2016-17 CBB Preview Questions: Can the sport shake its self-inflicted identity crisis?
As the 2016-17 college basketball season nears, one would think the caretakers of the sport should feel pretty good about its state. The most recent NCAA Tournament provided a likable champion and one of the sport’s all-time greatest title games and finishes. The recent script that has seen freshmen dominating […]
2015-16 Big Ten Post-Mortem
The Big Ten had an enjoyable, entertaining, very nice 2015-16 basketball season, but enthusiasts of the conference can easily be forgiven if they were left with just a little bit of a dull taste at the end.