Don’t we seem to write this same story every year for Michigan State? And, for that matter, Richmond too?
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Scanning the Nation: Notes from the first weekend of Jan. league play
It was a rather docile first full weekend of January, early in the conference portion of the college basketball season. Here are some quick hit notes from around the country, from A (Arizona) to…well, at least W (Western Illinois):
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 5, 2017
There’s a whole lot of the 2016-17 college basketball season left, but there won’t be a lot more regular season dates more captivating than Wednesday night was across the national landscape.
2015-16 MVC Post-Mortem
The end of the 2015-16 season marked the end of an era in the Missouri Valley Conference, and that’s saying something in a 109-year old conference where names like Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Wes Unseld and Ed McCauley grace the list of former stars.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 18, 2016
February can be over any day now. After all that happened on a deliciously eventful Wednesday night, we’re sufficiently primed and ready for March, and the best month on the sports calendar can’t get here soon enough.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 7, 2016
It’s not a surprise that Oklahoma had an off day shooting on Saturday, or even that it came against one of the bottom teams in the Big 12 in Kansas State. The surprise is that it has taken so long for the Sooners to have a loss due to cold shooting outside.
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.
Scanning the nation: Indiana, Gonzaga, UNLV and more
We go around the country, taking a look at Indiana, Gonzaga, UNLV, San Diego and others early in the season.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 6, 2015
Arizona showed resilience, the ability to adapt and the toughness and moxie needed to win a big road game on Saturday, even in a contest when it didn’t play its best.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The easy thing to do after the College of Charleston’s resounding win over LSU Monday night would be to talk about all that’s wrong with the Tigers. With that in mind, we’ll focus first on just what the Cougars are doing right.
