A busy Friday included two conference tournaments at two sites for Ray Floriani, and he takes us through it all from start to finish.
Tag: Conference Tournaments 2015
The Morning Dish – Monday, March 16, 2015
The NCAA Tournament has set its field, and some teams are happy and some are not. Plus a couple of teams changed coaches and one team that’s dancing will be without a key player unless they go far.
A tough missed opportunity for Tulsa
Tulsa was in control for a lot of Saturday’s semifinal against UConn. But the Golden Hurricane let them hang around and couldn’t close it out, leaving themselves to have to wait and hope for the best on Sunday.
Fran Dunphy deals with bubble uncertainty for the first time
Temple is firmly on the bubble after losing in the American Athletic Conference Tournament to SMU. It’s the first time in head coach Fran Dunphy’s storied career that his team has been in this situation.
UConn is one game away
UConn came in needing four wins in four days. The Huskies are very close, with just one more game to go to do something special one more time.
It didn’t take Larry Brown long to change SMU
Larry Brown won’t be the head coach at SMU forever. As such, it’s a good thing he has already turned the program into one that can get better players and possibly win championships.
Groundhog Day for Stony Brook
Stony Brook lost another heart-breaker in the America East championship game. It doesn’t take away from what Steve Pikiell has built, but he’ll be answering more questions once again because of how we too often measure programs.
History shows the challenge ahead of East Carolina
East Carolina’s first season in the American Athletic Conference is complete. With that, the challenge they face as shown by their history looks clear, and they may have just the right coach to navigate it.
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 14, 2015
A wild day of conference tournament action had a few endings that just can’t be explained. Plus an ejection in Nashville, controversy in the Big Sky, and a day full of championship games is right in front of us.
Ryan Boatright and UConn live to see another day
With UConn’s NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, Ryan Boatright wasn’t ready for them to come to an end. It was his time, and he delivered to keep the Huskies alive in the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
