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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
This hasn’t been a season to remember for one of college basketball’s most consistent winners over the last few decades. Plus some Wildcats win at home, a tight race in the Midwest, a team out west remains winless in conference play, and suspensions are handed out from a brawl a day earlier.
On a night full of blowouts, one conference opener provided plenty of excitement right at the end to get things rolling. Plus a tragic death cancels a game, weather moves a couple of others, and the latest in the saga of a fired national championship coach.
The last time Villanova and Michigan met, it was a blowout. The same happened Wednesday night, but in perhaps even more stunning fashion. Plus, Indiana rolls, a record-performance by a Robert Morris player, and two ACC teams get chopped down.
For a host of reasons, these are dark times right now for the Horizon League. And the 2017-18 season may have been rock bottom.
The busiest night for several days saw several convincing wins and an overtime game. Plus a scare in Brooklyn, another conference final is all set, and more coaching news includes an interesting report of something that has not happened yet.
Has Nebraska done enough to get into the NCAA Tournament? They will be an interesting case. Plus a late-emerging champion down south, a damaging loss out west, and some bad off-court news to close out a weekend that had too much of that already.
The FBI investigation into corruption is about to hit college basketball in a big way, Plus a thriller in Bloomington, different key road results in the Midwest, another big showdown ahead in the northeast, and a Tiger is done for the season and beyond.
Kansas’s run at yet another Big 12 regular season championship is still alive and well. Oklahoma’s run at a seemingly lock NCAA Tournament berth a couple weeks ago may well now be in peril.
All of a sudden, only one team is undefeated in conference play after another one goes down. Plus a wild one in the Ivy League needs some extra basketball, showdowns in the northeast and Midwest, and a Trojan goes down for the season.
Friday was not a good day for the sport, and it had nothing to do with the limited on-court action. Plus one mid-major team remains undefeated in their conference, three teams are bunched up in another, and a coach is staying in an old home area for a little longer.
