Officiating has come under scrutiny of late as championships were decided. How much of the blame they should shoulder for the end result is up for debate in each case.
Tag: NIT 2015
Stanford takes the NIT in a close one
Stanford pulled out a great championship game in the NIT over a Miami team that overcame a lot to get there and have a chance to win.
The Morning Dish – Friday, April 3, 2015
Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart once seemed they might be long-tenured at their schools when both were consistently spurning numerous job offers despite repeated opportunities to move on to bigger (paying) things. A couple years later, though, both are gone now to new challenges.
Larranaga cherishes win and Garden experience
Jim Larranaga has been to the mountain top, but had never been the head coach of a team at Madison Square Garden until Tuesday. His team did well on that first occasion.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 2, 2015
To some, Liberty is a sleeping giant program that been far more asleep than a giant since joining D-I almost 30 years ago. The school’s coaching history, though, has been…interesting? Quirky? Bizarre? Take your pick.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 1, 2015
We’re all biding our time until the Final Four games on Saturday, but all news is not just coaching changes and players coming and going (mostly going) as college basketball’s other tournaments are also wrapping up this week.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 26, 2015
The norm in March is that our spectacular finishes traditionally come in the NCAA Tournament. Maybe even conference tournaments. March Madness knows no boundaries, though, and while the National Invitation Tournament isn’t normally thought of as the home for of the amazing, on Wednesday it furnished what should go down […]
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 25, 2015
One of the most unsavory parts of the sport, college basketball’s free agency period is starting, as we receive news of transfers daily, sometimes in droves like it has come this week.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 24, 2015
With the NCAA Tournament taking a break for a couple days, we have a prime opportunity to check in on the good ol’ National Invitation Tournament, which was in the spotlight Monday night.
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 23, 2015
A bad day for No. 2 seeds tells us a lot about the winners, including one with a coach whose legend grows. Plus a near miss for one conference, other top seeds move on, and more coaching news emerges.
