There is something tricky about beating a team three times in one season.
With so much parity in the world of college basketball these days, a season sweep over another team means very little once the conference tournament rolls around.
Bowling Green had lost both meetings during the regular season versus Kent State, yet in Monday’s Mid-American Conference Tournament opener the 12th-seeded Falcons edged the No. 5 seed Golden Flashes by a 70-69 score.
The cliché of “it’s difficult to beat a team three times in one season” has no exclusivity to it as Gonzaga topped St.