Notes from around college basketball as we are in the late stages of January and endless bubble talk is just around the corner:
Tag: Vanderbilt
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 30, 2016
Like most of the year anyway but especially now at the end of December, this is a time when football traditionally takes center stage in the Southeastern Conference. Thursday also marked the open of the conference season for SEC basketball as well, though, and an entertaining night it was.
The Morning Dish – Friday, December 9, 2016
Middle Tennessee State carved out a place in college basketball history in March when it posted one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history by knocking out Michigan State. This year’s Blue Raiders are not the same team as last year’s group, though. They very well might be better.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 30, 2016
With holiday tournaments past, college basketball hits a docile stretch, a relative lull in the schedule. One filled with guarantee games, light weeks while teams take final exams, made-for-TV games, and more guarantee games.
2015-16 SEC Post-Mortem
Though challenged by Texas A&M, Kentucky basically ruled the roost in the SEC, and continues to do so as the conference as a whole is flagging.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 7, 2016
With the 2015-16 season now complete, attention turns to news about college basketball players making decisions on entering the NBA Draft-some going, some thinking of going, some staying.
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A college basketball season like 2015-16 deserved better than the past few rounds of the NCAA Tournament had provided, and Monday night a thoroughly enjoyable year received a fitting sendoff with one of the great Final Four championship games in the sport’s history.
Talking Hoops with Ted Sarandis – March 28, 2016
The Final Four is set, and after No. 1 seeds looked dominant in the last round, only one advanced after a great comeback in one of Sunday’s games.
NCAA selection committee must learn from Vanderbilt mistake
The last we saw of Vanderbilt this season is bound to leave a sour taste in the mouths of not just its fans, but virtually everyone who follows college basketball and expected so much of the Commodores this year. Just the same, it should also leave NCAA Tournament selection committee members with a serious case of bitter beer face, too.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The NCAA Tournament’s First Four started the tourney with a whimper on Tuesday, and it ended Tuesday night with a whimper as well.
