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Virginia’s legitimacy was questioned during the 2014 ACC season. The Cavaliers are not doubted as much this year, but if they falter against Duke on Saturday, they certainly will be viewed with fresh skepticism.

Sowing Seeds Of Intrigue: The Discussion About No. 1 Seeds Heats Up After Duke and Virginia Lose

0 comments by on 3/14/2015

A tradition unlike any other: Single conference-tournament results unleashing an explosion of debate about No. 1 seeds. No, that’s not Jim Nantz — that’s just reality. Every year, there’s at least one conference tournament result, typically a quarterfinal or semifinal, which ignites a debate about the No. 1 seeds in the upcoming NCAA tournament. Friday […]

Stew Morrill: An Appreciation of A Regional College Basketball Giant

0 comments by on 3/13/2015

Our story begins with one of the more fascinating historical facts in the history of college basketball coaching: One of the 12 men to guide at least four different schools to the NCAA tournament once coached at Utah State. Larry Eustachy, currently the (very successful) head coach at Colorado State, has led the Rams to the […]

Tournament Time Reminds Us: Not All Endings Are Created Equal

0 comments by on 3/12/2015

‘Tis the season in college basketball — the season when seasons end. Once in a great while, a season headed for a dead end suddenly finds new life. Yes, this can apply to an NCAA tournament level of achievement, but only for a blueblood program such as Kentucky. For the Wildcats and other select programs, […]

The 5 Biggest Questions of Championship Week

0 comments by on 3/10/2015

The ACC tournament starts today — with not-very-good games, it must be conceded, but it still starts today. America is a nation that loves to check its bracket sheets on Selection Sunday night and the following Monday morning, but this week is one of the more underrated weeks of the entire sports year. So much […]

A Conference Tournament Viewer’s Guide: Daily Planner

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Last year, at the previous iteration of Bloguin’s college basketball site, Run The Floor, I wrote a viewer’s guide for Championship Week. A few readers complained that I talked too much about the games and didn’t provide straightforward TV listings. Okay, then: Here are the simple TV listings for the various conference tournaments, put together […]

An Ohio Valley Upset Creates a Not-So-Great Debate For Murray State

0 comments by on 3/7/2015

The first automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament was handed out on Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee. The way in which the Belmont Bruins earned their way into the field of 68 could not have been more dramatic. Belmont and its opponent, the Murray State Racers, basically traded basketball haymakers for 40 minutes. The […]

Bob McKillop, Davidson, And The Road Less Traveled

0 comments by on 3/6/2015

One of many veins running through the long and rich history of college basketball is the flow of New Yorkers into the South – not just the broader region, but the Carolinas in particular. One could devote a larger article to the history of New Yorkers succeeding throughout the Southern United States. Such an article […]

Bubble Dominoes: Why Stanford, LSU, UCLA, and Texas A&M Are Worried

0 comments by on 3/5/2015

It doesn’t happen every spring, but it does happen every March, just before the seasons officially change: A plot twist in the middle section of a power-conference race puts a bubble team in even bigger trouble. Hmmm — why this focus on the “middle section” of a conference race? What could be the point of […]

5 College Basketball Coaches Rival Fans Want To Keep Forever

0 comments by on 3/2/2015

If a rival fan base — or on a broader level, the collection of fan bases in a conference — hopes that a given coach sticks around for a long time, that’s a pretty good indication of a coach’s perception in the public eye. Keep this in mind: Perception isn’t necessarily reality. To be more […]

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