It’s been an excellent 41st year for the venerable Sun Belt Conference, and one that is showing no signs of dampening as the regular season winds down and conference tournament time approaches.
Tag: Georgia Southern
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 24, 2017
North Carolina State winning at Duke surprised just about all of the college basketball world. It probably shouldn’t have. For the seemingly never-ending enigma that is N.C. State basketball, Monday night’s 84-82 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium was all too fitting. The Wolfpack have been making a living for years of […]
The Morning Dish – Sunday, January 22, 2017
ith Hoopville czar Phil Kasiecki producing his Saturday notes regularly during the conference season, we typically enjoy taking a look at some of the best individual performances in the Sunday Dish.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 10, 2017
While college football again staged its light beer version of a national title game on Monday-and used an interminably long amount of time and an equally way-too-long list of cable channels to do so-the vast majority of NCAA Division I college basketball conferences once again punted on an opportunity for some […]
The Morning Dish – Saturday, November 12, 2016
Opening night had something for everyone: a few upsets, some dandies, and some close calls. We look at all of it, plus off-court matters that include a Duck mentor sticking around a while longer.
2015-16 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
The Sun Belt Conference provided the biggest surprise of the 2015-16 college basketball season, as Arkansas-Little Rock rose from 13 wins to 30 under a first-year coach.
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 – Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Miami (Fla.) certainly appears to be well past its Dow Jones season of a year ago. This year, the Hurricanes have established themselves as a legitimate top 25 team, and quite likely will continue to be even more than that if they can continue results like their 80-69 win over Duke Monday night.
2014-15 Sun Belt Post-Mortem
Seemingly in a perpetual search for an identity due to so many membership changes in recent years, the Sun Belt Conference found one in 2014-15 as a conference that provided a little of it all.
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 6, 2015
A young UCLA team continues to grow up, and the Bruins may be hitting a growth spurt at just the right time. Nearly written off just a couple weeks ago, UCLA has responded with three straight wins to jump back into the national conversation.
