The Atlantic 10 couldn’t match the success of the prior season, but there’s no shame in that considering it was a tough act to follow. Going forward, it appears to be a bit of a mixed bag.
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The thinking seems to be that the main motivation for St. John’s to be ready to hire Chris Mullin is that the school wants to follow the Fred Hoiberg model of hiring an alumnus who was a former NBA front office before making a splash as a college coach, but the Red Storm will get far more with Mullin.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Officially, the NCAA Tournament begins Tuesday night with a pair of games, part of the “First Four” as it is known. Manhattan and Hampton square off first in a tussle between two 16 seeds, followed by Mississippi and BYU in a tilt of 11 seeds. Unofficially, these are still the games that a lot of brackets are going to let you slide on picking, in order to have a little more time to get your picks ready for your office pool or friendly competition with friends.
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.
George Mason hopes to improve in “Sophomore” year of the Atlantic 10
George Mason’s initial season in the Atlantic 10 was a challenge, but also a sign of what could be. Paul Hewitt hopes the second season builds on it with better results.
2013-14 Atlantic 10 Post-Mortem
There were undoubtedly those who thought the Atlantic 10 peaked in 2012-13, especially with important programs departing. They were proven wrong in a historic 2013-14 season for the conference.
George Mason has to improve key areas for a big stretch coming up
George Mason has begun a stretch that will be more challenging than their first four games, which they won mostly at home. They didn’t get off to an auspicious start at Iona on Saturday, and it showed some of what they need to address.
For George Mason, moving to the Atlantic 10 has advantages
George Mason is the new kid on the block in the Atlantic 10 this year. There are obvious advantages at first glance, but there are some less obvious pluses for the program as well.
Talented George Mason is winning, but not the way they want to
George Mason has won three in a row and is 5-2, which looks like a good record. But that masks the fact that they aren’t playing the way they want to, and as such have clear room to grow with all their talent.
George Mason Patriots 2012-13 Preview
George Mason might have as much talent as anyone in the CAA. The reason they aren’t picked higher is that there are a couple of questions about this team as of now that could be answered affirmatively, and as such it’s not hard to imagine them contending for the top spot this season.
