Each week, Dial Global NCAA Basketball analyst Bill Frieder scours the box scores to bring you interesting stories from the world of college basketball.
What do Gregg Marshall, Brad Stevens, Tommy Amaker, Billy Gillespie, John Beilein, Mike Rice and the late Rick Majerus have in common? Scroll down to the end...
What a great Final Four it was. My...
Well, it's finally on to the Final Four in Atlanta. Two from the Big East, one Big Ten team and Wichita State out of the Missouri Valley make up the field. In my opinion, Wichita wasn't a surprise in...
So there's a 15 in the 16 (the Sweet 16, that is) as Florida Gulf Coast pulled off the biggest surprise in dominating both Georgetown and San Diego St. to advance. It was the seventh time a 15 beat a...
Hats off to the Selection Committee, who did another great job. As usual, one of the regions is the clearly the toughest (Midwest) and one is the clearly the weakest (West), but that's...
As we approach the major conference tournaments, look for more surprises and upsets. But no matter what happens, also remember that the elite teams from the top power conferences will be in the mix...
Gonzaga, Georgetown and Kansas continue to win and have nailed down #1 seeds for the Tournament. Meanwhile, the Big Ten continues to beat up on each other. With Indiana losing at home Tuesday night...
One thing we've learned recently is that the four #1 seeds probably won't be decided until the conference tournaments. Indiana is there for sure and probably Duke, providing they beat Miami at home....
Victor Oladipo showed once again why he could be the national player of the year, as his offense and defense willed Indiana to a 72-68 win over Michigan State in East Lansing on Tuesday night....
Coaches need to spend more time in practice on last-second situations -- especially defending the three-point line when you have a three-point lead. The Wisconsin-Michigan game is a prime example as...
Keep Michigan #1:
The Indiana-Michigan game last weekend lived up to its billing as it was probably the best game of the season so far---great offense, tough defense and well-played by both teams....
