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We have reached the final days of February, and as conference races heat up, several players across the country excelled over the last week. We need your help to decide who had the best week and deserves to be named the Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week. Sophia Gregory (Youngstown State) Gregory had a […]
12 days ago | 4 reads
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a full eight-game preview piece, so I’m a little rusty. Forgive me if my writing and/or analysis isn’t as sharp as usual. Let’s dive in. Thursday, Feb. 26 Bryant @ UMBC (6 p.m. ET, ESPN+) Lest we forget, it was only a month ago when Bryant took […]
12 days ago | 3 reads
We are just days away from the most important month of the year: March. With conference tournament’s fast approaching, we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 16-22 by voting in the poll below. Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across […]
13 days ago | 3 reads
East Tennessee State is on top of the SoCon Basketball mountain for the first time since the 2019-20 season after it claimed the 2025-26 regular-season crown. The Bucs took down UNC Greensboro (12-17, 8-8 SoCon), 87-75, at Bodford Arena Saturday evening to secure at least a share of the league crown. When Furman (18-11, 9-7 SoCon) picked up a […]
14 days ago | 4 reads
Wright State will have two more opportunities to clinch the league title outright this week, but two dangerous backcourts will look to prevent it from doing so. Just two games separate second from sixth place, with the top-five finishers earning home tournament games. So, the final week is full of games with critical implications. Below […]
14 days ago | 2 reads
There’s a new No. 1 team in the Men’s Other Top 25, and it’s the undefeated Miami (OH) RedHawks. Travis Steele’s team is 27-0 and is the only unbeaten team in the country. They received four of the five votes for No. 1. Miami is 48 in the NET, 76 in BartTovik and 84 in […]
15 days ago | 2 reads
One week remains in the Horizon League’s regular season. Wright State has already clinched at least a share of the title, but fell to the defending champs Sunday, leaving the door open for someone else to join it. The penultimate week, as each week this season has done, brought a load of chaos, and there […]
15 days ago | 2 reads
North Dakota St. became the fourth team this season to sit atop the Women’s Other Top 25. The Bison moved up from three to one this week. They have won 23 straight games, which is the second longest streak in the country behind UConn. Jory Collins’ team is 41 in the NET and 51 in […]
15 days ago | 3 reads
If you’re a consistent reader of this columnist, I apologize for the absence over the past few weeks. I was in Italy watching my cousin compete in the Winter Olympics — Atle Lie McGrath finished fifth in the giant slalom, and after winning the first run of the slalom, he straddled in the second run, […]
15 days ago | 2 reads
I bailed on the drive up to Albany for Saint Peter’s-Siena on Sunday, and Bashir Mason is probably never going to forgive me for it. The Peacocks are 6-0 when I’m in attendance this season, and Mason has been seriously superstitious about trying to get me to their other games. Luckily for him, I’ll be […]
15 days ago | 1 read
You were watching the NFL Playoffs. You’ve been watching the Winter Olympics. You needed the extreme low intensity of an NBA All-Star Weekend as a detox from the high stress of said NFL Playoffs and Winter Olympics. Whatever your secret excuse for not watching mid-major college hoops this year, your secret is safe with us. […]
16 days ago | 3 reads
Joe Gallo is the king of Merrimack College. So much so that the Warriors gave away t-shirts, inspired by Drake Maye Lover’s viral attire, that read “I (Heart) Joe Gallo.” They broadcasted that love on national television on Friday night as Merrimack clinched a share of the MAAC Championship in just its second season in […]
17 days ago | 1 read
The Ohio Valley conference has been largely UT-Martin’s conference this season behind an all-time year from the Skyhawks that has seen them take down UNLV and Bradley on the road in nonconference play while jumping off to an early 11-2 record in OVC play. But, since losing four of their last five, Jeremy Shulman’s team […]
18 days ago | 2 reads
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – There is a lot left to play out over the final 12 days of the Coastal Athletic Association’s regular season, but five teams helped themselves – and in some cases – sent a message on a busy Thursday night in the CAA. The Top Tier Stays in Position At the top, the […]
18 days ago | 1 read
PHILADELPHIA – Fran McCaffery’s sole focus is on Penn’s next game. Last Friday, he was focused on beating Columbia. That same night, his attention shifted to beating Cornell the next day. This week, he’s worried about trying to get a win over James Jones’ first-place Yale Bulldogs in New Haven on Saturday afternoon. Although McCaffery […]
18 days ago | 2 reads
Doug Gottlieb will not be on the sidelines when Green Bay takes on Oakland on Friday in a game with major Horizon League standings implications. The Phoenix head coach received a one-game suspension for his criticism of officials following Sunday’s loss to Milwaukee, the league announced. Around the seven-minute mark of the second half in […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
The Big Sky has reaped plenty instant impact rewards in this new era of college basketball recruiting. In recent years they’ve reeled in some of the most game ready non-D1 transfers. Just a few that come to mind are Quinn Denker (Cal State San Marcos), Kai Johnson (Western Washington) and Cedric Coward (Williamette Univ.). These […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
Monmouth has easily been one of the Coastal Athletic Association’s biggest wildcards throughout the 2025-26 season. The Hawks went 6-7 during the non-conference with losses to La Salle, Le Moyne and Fairfield, but at times, glimpses of potential were evident. Monmouth battled Syracuse on the road in a single-digit loss back in November, beat Robert […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
March is fast approaching, conference tournaments are on the horizon, and we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 9-15 by voting in the poll below. Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across week 14 of the college basketball season. Luke […]
20 days ago | 1 read
This week saw players post monster double-doubles, a conference-record 29-rebound performance and a huge second-half comeback over a nationally-ranked conference rival. We need your help to pick who is our women’s player of the week. The finalists are Ryley Goebel (Northern Iowa), Payton Hull (Abilene Christian), Megan Norris (UC Davis), Adrianna Smith (Maine) and Riley Weiss […]
20 days ago | 2 reads
The week starts a little slow in terms of games with key implications for the upcoming conference tournament, but by the end of the week, there are plenty of games which greatly affect the final standings and seedings will have been played, capped off by Wright State taking on the surging defending champions. Here are […]
20 days ago | 1 read
A Wright State home loss early in the week opened the door for Oakland to knot things up atop the standings, but the Golden Grizzlies failed to capitalize, meaning the Raiders closed another week at the top. In addition to the competitive race for the crown, fans were treated to an all-time rant, more upsets […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
Saint Louis, Miami (OH), Utah St. and Saint Mary’s remained 1-4 in this week’s Men’s Other Top 25. San Diego St. and VCU each moved up one spot as Santa Clara slid four places following its loss to Gonzaga. New Mexico rejoined the top 10 and came in at No. 7. Belmont moved up one […]
22 days ago | 5 reads
The top three remained the same in this week’s Women’s Other Top 25 as Rhode Island came in at No. 1 for a third straight week. The Rams were followed by Atlantic 10 mate Richmond and North Dakota St. Fairfield and Princeton swapped spots at four and five. URI has won 17 straight games and […]
22 days ago | 3 reads
HAMDEN, Conn. — Joe Gallo lives for games like this. The MAAC lives for games like this. Twenty minutes into a matchup at the top of the conference standings, Merrimack and Quinnipiac were knotted at 21. It’s par for the course for a program that has made a living off of winning games by scores […]
22 days ago | 1 read