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ALBANY, N.Y. – The last few Albany Cups have been emblematic of Siena’s seasons. Two years ago, in front of the home crowd at MVP Arena, the Saints were a complete no-show, losing by 35. It was a harbinger of things to come, the second of five 30+ point losses that led to Carmen Maciariello’s […]
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Week three in the Atlantic 10 Conference saw some significant retirement news, new breakout stars and a pair of major upsets from Dayton and… *checks notes* Rhode Island? Our resident A10 reporter, Riley Frain, is bringing you a weekly notebook this season to recap all the latest news from his coverage around the league. This […]
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Under head coach Zach Spiker, Drexel has become the picture of consistency for the Big 5. The Dragons haven’t finished below .500 in the past six years under his leadership and are constantly overperforming early expectations. With Drexel selected to finish 10th in the CAA’s 2024-25 preseason poll, Spiker managed an 18-15 record overall while […]
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For the 2025-26 college basketball season here at Mid-Major Madness, we’ve decided to make our beloved readers and followers the award selection committee. Each week, we’ll release our mid-major men’s and women’s players of the week nominees and have YOU vote on which player we should give the award to. Here are our top five […]
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Week two is complete for this season, and we have five more finalists for women’s basketball player of the year. These nominees put together career-high scoring performances, set a conference record for steals and helped lead a win over an ACC foe. This week’s nominees, whom you can vote on at the bottom of this […]
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When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
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“Oh my God, it’s happening. Everyone stay calm!! STAY F***ING CALM!!!” – Michael Scott, The Office It’s only been two weeks, but for programs across the country — and three CAA teams, in particular — there might be reason to heed the word of the “World’s Best Boss.” Whether it’s been injuries, underperformance, coaching neglect, […]
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In a conference that has taken some time to rebuild in the past few years with the recent departures of Murray State and Belmont, the Ohio Valley Conference is starting to see some real success again with road wins against some high-quality opponents to begin the season. In Jeremy Shulman we trust… The UT Martin […]
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Davidson jumped from No. 16 last week to No. 7 in this week’s women’s Other Top 25. The Wildcats are 4-1 on the season and have posted four wins. They won at Appalachian State 74-55 on Wednesday and rolled past Iona 82-52 on Sunday. DC sits 60th overall in BartTorvik. With the two wins over […]
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Saint Mary’s remained in the top spot for a second straight week in the men’s Other Top 25. San Diego State and Utah State held steady at two and three. Saint Louis, Liberty, George Mason, VCU, Dayton and Akron all remained in the top 10. The Gaels are the top team in the country in […]
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Week three of the college basketball season in the Horizon League will feature a relatively back-heavy slate of games. After Green Bay nearly stunned Minnesota, the league is trending in the right direction to finally get an upset of a power-conference opponent, and the opportunities are once again aplenty this week. Whether it is an […]
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – For the first time this season, Iona faced adversity late in the game. Former Gael Dejour Reaves put Fordham ahead 64-58, leading a 14-2 run inside the Hynes Athletic Center with under ten minutes to play. The game stuck at 64-60 for what felt like eternity. Three minutes of game time […]
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Another week of Horizon League action is in the books, and there was plenty to discuss. The league nearly had its first upset of a high-major program when Green Bay forced overtime at Minnesota, but unfortunately fell just short. Even without an upset, a handful of teams picked up some quality wins. Here is a […]
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PHILADELPHIA – “Shooting Turnovers” is a term that La Salle head coach Darris Nichols uses to describe poor shot selection that although won’t make it on the stat sheet, counts just as much as the turnovers that do. The Explorers logged 15 turnovers in Saturday’s 83-69 loss to Penn State at Xfinity Mobile Arena, but […]
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You can’t tell the story of sports in Boston without Matthews Arena. Long before it became the home for Northeastern Huskies basketball – who will close the chapter on the building’s basketball history on Saturday against Vermont – it was a launching pad for some of the city’s greatest sporting brands. Built in 1910 (and […]
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Week two of action in the Atlantic 10 Conference saw multiple game-winners, several breakout performances and even two teams taking home some early season hardware. Our resident A10 reporter, Riley Frain, is bringing you a weekly notebook this season to recap all the latest news from his coverage around the league. This week, Fordham is […]
2 months ago | 1 read
Mid-Major Madness has created a new wrinkle to the player of the week process this season. Instead of just simply naming a player of the week, we are incorporating a vote. We’ll narrow down the list to a handful of finalists, and you get to pick who the player of the week is. Without further […]
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We can’t unsee it. Those games against non-Division-I teams. They’re happening all over the place these days, and they count, kind of. These games count for a team’s overall record. But they don’t factor into some of the computer metrics such as KenPom and the NET. However, 90% of fans believe these games should absolutely […]
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Tuesday night was the first truly loaded slate of high-major basketball … but it also provided plenty of gems in the mid-major world. Here’s what you may have missed if you were watching Louisville/Kentucky or Texas Tech/Illinois. Yale is pounding teams The two-time reigning Ivy League NCAA Tournament representative has gotten off to a scorching […]
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For the 2025-26 college basketball season here at Mid-Major Madness, we’ve decided to make our beloved readers and followers the award selection committee. Each week, we’ll release our mid-major men’s and women’s player of the week nominees and have YOU decide who we should give the award to with a vote. Here are our top […]
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PHILADELPHIA – Adam Fisher grew up in Bucks County, not far from Temple University’s campus. He knows the history and the gravity of what the Big 5 means to the now six schools that participate in one of college basketball’s greatest traditions. However, with so much roster turnover in today’s era of college basketball, the […]
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The first week of the season is in the books, and your favorite mid-major basketball team has played somewhere between one and three regular-season basketball games. (Unless you’re a fan of the gauntlet-seeking Utah Tech Trailblazers, Presbyterian Blue Hose or New Haven Chargers, who played four games in the season’s first eight days.) There were […]
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It is not often that a college basketball team is in “must-win” mode three games into the season. But the Loyola Chicago Ramblers desperately needed a victory after a rough start to the season. On opening night, the Ramblers required a buzzer-beating 3 to defeat Cleveland State — picked eighth in the preseason Horizon League […]
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It’s been a week, and that means we know everything about all 365 Division I teams. Okay, maybe that’s not entirely true. But we’re going to act like we do anyways. It’s tradition, after all. Here are three things I’ve noticed from the first week of CAA play, and how real, or fake, I think […]
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One week into the season, and we already have a change at the top of the Other Top 25. Saint Mary’s and San Diego State swapped in the top two spots with the Gaels ascending to No. 1. Randy Bennett’s squad is 2-0 with a pair of blowout wins. SMC routed Summit League favorite St. […]
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