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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of Talking Hoops With Ted Sarandis. It’s our first special podcast of the final days of Championship Week as we mainly look at tournaments Ted is covering in New York. The spotlight for the past couple of days, especially Wednesday, is on who won’t be […]
Boston University won its first Patriot League championship, and the long haul for their coach has the desired result at last. Plus many tournaments get going, one postseason event won’t happen at all, and a coach takes ill during a season-ending loss.
New York City- The Big East announced a restricted attendance policy for the remainder of the tournament. The decision was made during the DePaul-Xavier first round game at Madison Square Garden. Attendees will be limited to student-athletes, coaches, event staff, key personnel, conference staff and credentialed media. Immediate family member […]
NEW YORK – For the third time in the last four years St. John’s and Georgetown met in the Big East Tournament. Familiarity brings contempt? Back in the day this was a blood and guts rivalry. Not so much today, but that does not undersell the importance of the meeting. […]
Many teams miss out on the NCAA Tournament every year. Some are very close to getting in. Some are agonizingly close. Here is a list of 16 of the very nearest misses for the NCAA Tournament since the tourney’s expansion to 64 teams in 1985.
The SEC Tournament beckons, and most teams appear to have both reasons for optimism and reasons to be concerned.
On a day where five automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament went out, there was bigger news that was not as positive. Plus, yes, five bids did go out, another championship matchup is all set, and a few more tournaments get underway.
We conclude our extensive year-by-year looks at NCAA Tournament and Selection Sunday bubbles over the last 35 years by revisiting recent history, the last five years of tournament selection 2015-19.
As the regular season finishes for all teams and only conference tournament games remain before the postseason, we look at how a number of conferences finished and some coaching news.
A light night of action starts the week with a champion crowned despite a prior champion’s best efforts. Plus a rematch in the nation’s capital is ahead, an in-state matchup will come in another final, and a couple of close ones out west close the night.
