Mike Daum’s terrific career at South Dakota State finished up this year. Surprisingly, it didn’t include another Summit League tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance, as this time it was North Dakota State returning to postseason supremacy.
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The Morning Dish – Friday, February 15, 2019
Once again another highly ranked team had some trouble on the road this week, with Gonzaga only pulling away from Loyola Marymount in the final minutes. Plus: the Murray State/Austin Peay rivalry is back, and some superb individual performances in the Big Sky, CAA and Summit League.
2017-18 Summit League Post-Mortem
South Dakota State’s excellence in the Summit League has taken on historic proportions, with the Jackrabbits on a run rarely seen in the league’s history.
2016-17 Summit League Post-Mortem
The Summit League in 2016-17 did not match what was in many ways a banner season the year before. There would be little arguing as much. Coming off a superb year when the league finished 12th in conference RPI-after rising as high as No. 8 at one point-and put forth […]
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 – Sunday, January 8, 2017
The first Saturday of the new year brought us a rarity in college basketball during conference play: a day with few meaningful upsets of any kind. Nineteen nationally ranked teams played on Saturday. Eighteen of them won. The only one that didn’t (Virginia Tech) was playing on the road against […]
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, December 6, 2016
There was nothing like a return to comfortable surroundings against a comfortably familiar rival to get Connecticut a win that maybe can get the Huskies’ season back on track. Desperately needing a spark in a season that early on has been defined by injuries, stunning losses and near-losses, the Huskies rallied […]
2015-16 Summit League Post-Mortem
The Summit League has been on the rise for much of this decade, but the confederation of Midwest and Great Plains schools really outdid itself in 2015-16.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 17, 2016
Two days into the 2015 NCAA Tournament have felt kind of like trying to start up the family roadster after she’s been sitting idle in the garage for a couple years. It’s taking a little time to get the engine warmed up, but slowly it’s getting back up to speed.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 8, 2016
Sometimes in college basketball, comebacks happen so fast and so suddenly that it’s literally as if a storm blew through, and a game seemingly in hand suddenly has slipped away. SMU was the victim in such a scenario in its NCAA Tournament loss to UCLA in March; last night, the Mustangs returned the favor.
