Depending on how one wants to look at it, the Mid-American Conference in 2015-16 again fit into its seemingly perpetual niche as a good-but-not-great league, or is teetering on a breakthrough. Take your pick.
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Tulsa narrowly missed the NCAA Tournament last year, and the Golden Hurricane looked destined for a similar fate after their first meeting with Temple this year. After a second matchup with the Owls, though, it’s safe to say a lot has changed.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 10, 2016
As the season hits its stretch run, there will be numerous teams that see their NCAA Tournament chances slip away late in the year, sometimes in painful fashion. What we really want to see are teams who play their way into the tourney, or at least make us take notice based on their accomplishments late in the season. On that note, we introduce the Creighton Bluejays,
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Like so many conference foes now, Indiana and Michigan are more acquaintances than consistently fierce rivals, the product of today’s bloated leagues where yearly home-and-homes are no longer a given. Still, their only meeting this year looked juicy on paper, matching one top 25 team and another not far from it.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 27, 2016
If you only saw the first 38 1/2 minutes of the game between Virginia and Wake Forest Tuesday night, you wouldn’t believe the final result. In fact, the same would go if you only saw the first 39 minutes and 45 seconds. It was the Demon Deacons’ night, about to snap a four-game losing streak with a home win over a top 15 team. The Cavaliers were done. And then they weren’t.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, January 9, 2016
Another early showdown, this one in the Horizon League, demonstrates that they’re as good and valuable as ones late in the season. Plus another team gives chase in the Horizon, the Utes pull one out, and a MAC team quietly keeps winning.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
It’s way, way too early in the season to be counting anyone out, and that lesson was given on more than a few occasions Tuesday night.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, January 7, 2015
For a half last night in its game against Georgia, Arkansas was looking like same old Arkansas on the road, but in the second half the Razorbacks battled back on the road and got a big 79-75 win at Georgia.
The Morning Dish – Friday, November 21, 2014
Holiday tournament basketball tipped off on Thursday, one of the many things we can give thanks for over the upcoming holiday. Though perhaps not too much thanks. The proliferation of large, eight-team in-season tourneys has been a boon for teams looking to get in an extra three games over their NCAA schedule limit each season, but it also has played a part in watering down the importance of such tournaments as a whole.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 18, 2014
For all the of the bad TV ESPN has thrown at us in recent years (think ‘First Take’) it’s 24-hour college hoops marathon remains pure ESPN at its best.
