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Friday, April 26, 2024
In our latest podcast, we talk about big road wins for a few teams, including a couple of bluebloods that looked destined for losses, as well as an unsettled Big Ten beyond one team, an SEC where you shouldn’t pay attention to bracketologists, and the problems with a proposed earlier start to the college basketball season.
Could SMU be a program for the long haul, beyond the days of a big-name coach? Plus the absence of a starter isn’t a problem in Fort Worth or Tuscaloosa, the Fighting Irish take another hit to their depth, and a historic loss in the nation’s capital.
Following up a Final Four is hard, but one program’s next act gets a big boost. Plus more good action in the competitive SEC, you can just about guarantee one result in the ACC, and a rare bad night for a young star who’s had many good ones.
Reports of Virginia’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, even though they weren’t being talked about much to begin with. Plus one conference remains very unsettled, and was a punch thrown during a court storm?
It wasn’t quite up to the level of the last two Saturdays, and that’s not always going to happen. But we had plenty of games worth expanding on in terms of the results, and we take a look at them here.
One of the Atlantic 10’s consistently good teams of late appears to be rebounding from a tough non-conference schedule. Plus a fundraising site opens for one player, an AD takes a hit to the wallet, and a lawsuit in Arizona.
In our latest podcast, we talk about several big pieces of news away from game play, one of which puts a lot in perspective. We also talk about the lack of dominant teams and how this has shown up in the results, especially this past weekend.
A lot of off-court news led the way on this day, one story standing out much more than the others because of perspective. Plus the scuffling Red Storm have a big loss, a coach will have a few more years, and a couple of surprise results on the evening.
Two teams remind us how conference play is different in a decidedly negative way. Plus road wins were hard to come by but big when they did, a logjam atop the Big 12, and a surprising result in Milwaukee,
In the early going, there’s a surprise co-leader in one major conference after Sunday. Plus more Pac-12 madness with one school picking up a second big win, a good in-state matchup elsewhere, and a referee considers moving on.
