The one tournament that uses a series to determine its champion has a dramatic final. Plus coaching moves lead the way, and a Tiger will try out the NBA Draft but could return.
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 31, 2016
The college basketball season is a journey in every way, and few demonstrated that better this year than Old Dominion. The Monarchs’ 2014-15 campaign was truly a long and eventful one, full of ups and downs, successes and disappointments. It may not have always lived up to expectations on the outside, but there were plenty of reasons for that. Still, it would be hard to argue that ODU didn’t make the best of it.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 29, 2016
The fifth entrant in NCAA Division I’s college basketball postseason debuted on Monday with the first-ever Vegas 16 tournament tipping off. If you’re a history buff, you really should check it out now because…if the event is relying heavily on ticket sales, the odds of there being a second one are not very good.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 24, 2016
George Washington’s experienced core of seniors Patricio Garino, Kevin Larsen and Joe McDonald has accomplished a lot in four years together, so adding another milestone to their careers and to the school’s history books is a fitting ending for the three.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 22, 2016
With the NCAA Tournament now on recess for a few days, the coaching merry-go-round is starting to spin again. Monday saw several vacancies filled, more created and rumors of still more to possibly come. The biggest moves both came in the Big 12, where TCU hired former Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon and Oklahoma State landed Stephen F. Austin’s Brad Underwood.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Monmouth has knocked off one college sports giant after another this year. Plus: Bo Ryan retires from Wisconsin.
Scanning the nation: the best from November in college basketball
Reflecting on the first (half) month of the college basketball season, we look back at some of the bests, worsts, achievements and trends from November:
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 18, 2015
You can go a long time in this college basketball season and not have a better day of games than Tuesday provided, as the day was loaded with power matchups, revivals of rivalries, and just plain good games that were worthy of the national platforms they were provided, even if played at times that were the furthest thing from prime time.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Contrary to prevailing wisdom for some, George Washington’s win over Virginia Monday was a win for both teams-and for college basketball.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 26, 2015
The norm in March is that our spectacular finishes traditionally come in the NCAA Tournament. Maybe even conference tournaments. March Madness knows no boundaries, though, and while the National Invitation Tournament isn’t normally thought of as the home for of the amazing, on Wednesday it furnished what should go down […]
