Monthly Archives: March 2020

The Tournament That Wasn’t: America East

HoopsHD continues its series leading up to Selection Sunday and March Madness, as we simulate what would have happened in TTTW (The Tournament That Wasn’t).  Today is Saturday, March 14, a day when 14 conference tournament championship would have been … Continue reading

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The Tournament That Wasn’t: The ACC Tournament

Up first among the 20 conference tournaments that weren’t: the ACC.  Simulating it out, we almost saw a surprising bid thief, as a team not projected to make a bid heading into the event made an amazing run through the … Continue reading

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The Tournament That Wasn’t

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the NCAA college basketball season came to an end.  20 conference tournaments that had not yet been completed were cancelled (including the Ivy League whose cancellation was announced two days earlier).  The NCAA Tournament was … Continue reading

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Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews Hofstra assistant coach Mike Farrelly

Even though the NCAA tourney has been canceled we can still hear from the players/coaches who were good enough to make it. On Tuesday Hofstra beat Northeastern 70-61 in the CAA tourney title game to earn an automatic bid to … Continue reading

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Hoops HD, The Coronavirus/COVID-19, and the Cancellation of March Madness

What is happening isn’t fair.  That’s a large part of how I feel.  I’m not saying that I think any decisions that were made were wrong.  I just hate that a freak set of circumstances denied so many players, coaches, … Continue reading

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Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews Robert Morris assistant coach Mike Iuzzolino

Even though the NCAA tourney has been canceled we can still hear from the players/coaches who were good enough to make it. On Tuesday Robert Morris beat St. Francis PA 77-67 in the NEC tourney title game to earn an … Continue reading

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