We’re on the doorstep now-just one more day before the 2015-16 college basketball season officially commences. We continue our preseason peek at all 32 NCAA Division I conferences with six more today.
Tag: OVC
2014-15 OVC Post-Mortem
Murray State was the story of the OVC for the regular season, but Belmont continues to challenge the Racers for the title of the top dog in the ancient conference.
Why Murray State belongs in the NCAA Tournament
Murray State does not measure up by the immediate numbers-quality wins, strength of schedule, etc.-that we routinely hear crunched at this time of year. That does not mean there aren’t plenty of good reasons to include the Racers in the NCAA Tournament.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Championship Week leading up to the NCAA Tournament provides us all sorts of memorable moments, but almost every year we are reminded that sometimes it is at a cost.
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 8, 2015
It looked like we were going to have a fairly quiet year when it came to unlikely conference tournament losers sparking major debate as Selection Sunday nears, but that went out the window with Saturday night’s OVC final.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 6, 2015
The nickname will live on, but as far as the team that earned the label for Florida Gulf Coast, it turns out the first we saw of “Dunk City” in the NCAA tournament in 2013 was also the last. At the same time, FGCU’s legacy as a D-I newcomer making it big will live on and could only be added to this March.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 5, 2015
We’re just getting started on March, prime time for the college basketball season, but on Wednesday we couldn’t help but look back for a day, as the day marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Hank Gathers,
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 – Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Looking ahead at a couple more conferences as the season is now just three days away:
The Northeast Conference is wide open, with a number of teams sustaining significant player losses. When in doubt, go with Robert Morris, the most consistent program over the last five years. The Colonials have built some toughness, as evidenced by NIT wins over Kentucky and St. John’s the last two years.
