The unbeaten toppled over one-by-one on Saturday. About all you can say about this is: welcome to conference play.
Tag: Colorado State
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 1, 2015
Happy New Year to all! It wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t pretty. It was maybe the furthest thing from pretty. But Temple picked up another non-conference win on New Year’s Eve that could go a long way towards getting it back to the NCAA Tournament.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 28, 2014
The Kentucky hype wagon, already rolling along at NASCAR-like speeds, will only gain even more speed after yesterday.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 14, 2014
We’re down to nine unbeaten teams after Saturday, though the 10th undefeated left this season did not go quietly. Northern Iowa made the trip to VCU for the second time in four seasons, and the game between the Panthers and Rams was the best of the day Saturday. Virginia Commonwealth got a cold-blooded three-pointer from Treveon Graham in the second overtime and went on to a 93-87 win for a much-needed bounce back after the Rams’ loss at home to Virginia a week ago.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 12, 2014
“Anybody can beat anybody” is a cliché. It’s also being proven on a regular basis early in this college basketball season. The upsets keep coming this year, and if there’s one thing we’re learning early this college basketball season, it is that you cannot take anyone lightly. That seems to go especially for NCAA Division I newcomers and transitional members.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 4, 2014
This introduction was going to be about one of the most anticipated games of the year so far, as Duke and Wisconsin squared off in a battle between top 5 teams, Final Four contenders and legendary coaches. That changed after midnight here in the Central time zone after watching Wichita State face Utah in what was maybe the second-most anticipated game of at least the night, anyway.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 30, 2014
As part of this weekend’s big kick off to the Christmas shopping season, yesterday was dubbed Small Business Saturday across the country. The basketball schedule for the day might have qualified under that designation, as few of the biggest names were in action, in part because the big holiday tourneys ended a few days ago. What the day may have lacked in big names, though, it did not lack for stories.
2013-14 Mountain West Post-Mortem
The Mountain West Conference didn’t quite match its performance of past seasons, but the top of the conference looked familiar and there is now some membership stability.
Breaking the Studious Silence
The fall semester comes to a close, which means more games on the schedule and more eligible players on the court. As players get their grades back, we take stock of academic rankings for the top 25 teams.
Mountain West Notebook – A So-So Lobo Return
The view from the Mountain is about what you would expect at this point in the season. Collectively the Mountain West Conference is 52-20 as of December 7.
