0 comments by Matt Zemek 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 […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone
In one of the better and more heartwarming stories of the college basketball season, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been invited to play in its first Division I postseason tournament, the CIT. The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, which is like the distant, non-blood relative to the NCAA Tournament and only cousins with the NIT […]
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Thanks to some great reporting from the Duke Chronicle, more and more information is coming to the light concerning Rasheed Sulaimon being accused of sexually assaulting two different women. The details that have been reported are troubling, confusing to some, and are part of a situation that should be played out over the course of a […]
0 comments by Bart D
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Okay, I’ll just preface this column with the fact that if it makes you angry, you need new hobbies. This is a list of the best school combinations of basketball and football coaches as compiled by one person, and while this can be done a million different ways, it really […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/4/2015
Pundits, websites, and television commentators — in sports but also politics and other realms of human endeavor — will frequently exaggerate. Some of this is intentional (click-bait, ratings, starting conversations, etc.), but there comes a point in time when people paid to analyze a given field of activity really do believe in an extreme position. […]
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Tuesday night, the Kansas Jayhawks won the outright Big 12 championship most people thought they’d win all along, present company very much included. Death. Taxes. Bill Self winning the Big 12. It’s part of the air we breathe in college basketball, as regular as your morning coffee or six timeouts in the final two minutes […]
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0 comments by Ryan Palencer on 3/3/2015
With the conference tournaments looming, bubble teams are looking to make some final impressions in the regular season. Here are some mid-week games to watch: TUESDAY Ole Miss at Alabama: With both of these teams on the bubble (and yes, Alabama is on the bubble, albeit the periphery), both need this win badly. Alabama needs […]
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0 comments by Steve Fetch on 3/2/2015
Championship Week is one of the best times of the year, a time when the Davids of the world get a chance to feel like Goliath. It is a chance for teams from leagues like the Atlantic Sun, SWAC, and Big Sky get to play on ESPN, and get a chance to make it to […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
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 […]
This man’s in a lot of trouble.
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The mean streets of Twitter had some fun at the expense of Memphis Tigers coach Josh Pastner recently. Terms like “Pastner’d” were used and everyone had a solid giggle. The attempts at humor had a lot to do with a growing thought that the young coach isn’t exactly brilliant drawing up the X-and-Os and the fact […]
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.
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Next week, you (like us) will be so immersed in conference tournament brackets that there won’t be time to step back and reflect on the just-concluded college basketball regular season. We’re waiting for the March crescendo, so in the meantime, let’s gain perspective on the season that’s winding down. Keep this in mind: What happens […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/1/2015
The conference tournaments in the smaller “one-bid” leagues are about to start, and so you’re naturally looking at the brackets. Which team is the number one seed? Where’s the sleeper in the bracket? Which matchups in a potential semifinal or final could be thorny for the higher-seeded teams? Those questions will be explored over the […]
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When the conference tournaments arrive, the label most readily assigned to this time of year is “Championship Week.” However, much as there’s really no such thing as “Bowl Week” in college football, there’s also no such thing as “Championship Week” in college basketball. The bowl season and conference tournament season run two full weeks (the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It felt a little bit like March on the final day of February. We are now fully immersed in questions and debates pertaining to NCAA tournament selection, seeding and bracketing. The one-bid conferences are about to start their tournaments, with regular-season championships having been decided. There’s a lot of ground to cover in college basketball. […]
