Some quick end-of-January notes from around the country looking at N.C. State, the battle atop the Big West, Tom Izzo’s transition game, Lipscomb, UAB, Saint Mary’s and our favorite name of the season.
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 2, 2016
This season, there are no surprises when a top-5 team goes down. Frankly, it’s also almost never a surprise when Louisville is the group defeating such a highly ranked squads. Still, the Cardinals’ 71-65 win over No. 2-ranked North Carolina on Monday was bigger than some and maybe most this year.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, January 20, 2016
If there was any temptation to dismiss the NCAA Tournament chances of Georgetown, North Carolina State and UNLV, all three provided reasons Tuesday why you shouldn’t do that yet. The night was emblematic of this never-count-a-team-out season, as these perennial NCAA Tournament contenders earned unlikely victories.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 30, 2015
After another nice-if not necessarily glamorous-win, it’s time to ask: what to make of Texas Tech this year?
The Morning Dish – Thursday, December 17, 2015
For all the first month of the 2015-16 season has brought us-the beginnings of a terrific national player of the year race; upstarts like Monmouth and Arkansas-Little Rock seemingly coming from nowhere; coaches suddenly releasing the shackles on offenses-one area where the offerings have seemed a little thin is buzzer-beating finishes.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 15, 2015
Not a lot was expected of Radford this year, but the Highlanders stunned Georgetown on Saturday. It’s the latest upset of a blueblood by one of Division I’s smaller schools.
NCAA Tournament first week review: few upsets, but history-rich programs remain
This year’s NCAA Tournament has not brought us many true upsets, but it will bring us a Sweet 16 full of history, though.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 22, 2015
When it comes to the lists of the very best teams in March, the current list of usual suspects starts with names like Arizona, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State. It’s high time another school was added to that elite hierarchy in the sport.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 4, 2015
On the scale of chic topics in basketball in general, free throws is near the bottom. But like special teams in the NFL playoffs, you better believe free throws will be important this month.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 25, 2015
In the wake of Monday night’s Kansas/Kansas State game, court-storming continued to be a big topic of discussion on Tuesday.
