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(Skip to bottom for scenarios) FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Anthony Latina and his staff are going to sit in their offices and watch the MAAC games on Sunday, waiting for their matchup. The Pioneers will either take on Iona, Mount St. Mary’s or Fairfield in either the 8-9 game or 7-10 game of the MAAC Tournament. […]
Despite being selected in the top-four of the Atlantic 10’s preseason men’s basketball poll for the first time in Chris Caputo’s tenure, it’s been a roller coaster ride of a season for the Buff and Blue. The Revolutionaries emerged as one of the conference’s hottest teams with five straight wins to start 2025-26, including a […]
It’s no secret that out of all 32 NCAA Division-I conferences, the Western Athletic Conference is one that has been hit the hardest by the conference realignment carousel. One thing is for sure: in the conference’s 64-year history, the WAC has certainly remained resilient throughout. Losing their last charter members to the Mountain West in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]