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2026 NEC Men’s Tournament Preview
We must start the NEC Tournament preview with a moment of silence for the fallen Division I basketball fate of Saint Francis University. By finishing 10th in the league, SFU did not qualify for the NEC Tournament in its final season before dropping to Division III. We thank the Red Flash for the memories. They […]
Big South Women’s Tournament Preview
High Point is the class of the Big South once again. The Panthers clinched their third consecutive regular season title. HPU won the championship for the second time in five seasons last year and has finished .500 or better in the league 15 straight years. The question is: can HPU punch its third ever trip […]
AmEast Preview: Season Finale
While I’d typically have my AmEast Recap from the weekend that was, I decided to skip that process this Monday, considering we have four more games on Tuesday to decide the AmEast Tournament seeding. Instead, I thought I’d talk about the four games on Tuesday, in the larger context of what will happen in the […]
2026 Patriot League Men’s Tournament Preview
The road to the NCAA Tournament typically ran through the sleepy upstate New York town of Hamilton. Matt Langel had a stranglehold on the conference for years, but his perch atop the Patriot League came to an unceremonious end as American ended Colgate’s season in the semifinals last year in Washington, D.C. It advanced the […]
The Women’s Other Top 25: Princeton retakes top spot to begin March
Princeton spent eight weeks as the No. 1 team in the Women’s Other Top 25 through the months of December and January, and now the Tigers are back atop the poll as the calendar has flipped to March. Carla Berube’s team has won its last four games to improve to 23-3 overall and 11-2 in […]
The Men’s Other Top 25: Undefeated Miami (OH) stays atop poll
The Miami (OH) RedHawks are the No. 1 team in the Men’s Other Top 25 for a second straight week. Travis Steele’s team is 29-0 and is two wins away from an undefeated regular season. It is up to No. 19 in the AP Top 25 as well. Miami swept the Michigan trip this past […]
Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Preview
The Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament will get underway on March 3, 2026, at the Pensacola Bay Center when No. 12 seed South Alabama (12-17, 5-13 SBC) takes on No. 13 seed Appalachian State (11-18, 4-14 SBC) at 12:30 p.m. EST. The second game of the opening day doubleheader will see No. 11 Georgia State […]
Summit League Men’s Tournament Preview
The Summit League men’s tournament is starting on Wednesday, and it should be a fun one! This year, two teams stood out, and surprisingly(!), neither one was perennial powerhouse South Dakota State. Instead, it was rival North Dakota State that exceeded expectations to win the league outright by two games. Their primary adversaries appear to […]
Big South Men’s Preview: Signs Point to High Point
High Point had struggled for more than two decades to get to the Big Dance before finally breaking through last year. As the Big South Men’s Tournament descends on Johnson City, Tennessee, High P looks like the favorites again, having dropped just four games all year and one game in conference. That loss was to […]
2026 Sun Belt Men’s Conference Tournament Preview
The 2026 Sun Belt Men’s Conference Tournament is set to get underway in beautiful Pensacola, Florida, this week, with one of its unique features being the “ladder format,” as the tourney will get underway on Tuesday, March 3, on both the women’s and men’s sides, respectively. The Sun Belt Conference is truly the wild, wild west […]
Horizon League Women’s Tournament Preview
The Horizon League women’s tournament bracket is officially here, with Green Bay once again earning the No. 1 seed. The Phoenix has been beaten three times in the closing weeks of the regular season, making for an enticing challenge for the league’s auto-bid. Here’s a little bit to know about each team heading into tournament […]
Horizon League Men’s Tournament Preview
The Horizon League men’s tournament bracket is officially here. Wright State has been the team to beat for most of the season, but it will be challenged by a number of teams who pose different challenges and have reasons to believe they can be crowned champions when it matters most. Below is a key headline […]
ASUN Women’s Tournament Preview
Eastern Kentucky was the class of the ASUN on the women’s side in the regular season, but there are several worthy contenders behind them in the standings. All eyes turn to Jacksonville, Florida, for the conference tournament with the title game on March 9. Below is a one-to-two sentence preview of each of the teams […]
Long Island split gives Hofstra CAA third seed
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Although the Hofstra Pride has the Coastal Athletic Association’s leading scorer and some other good offensive weapons, head coach Craig “Speedy” Claxton is under no illusion about what it would take for his team to win the CAA tournament and punch an NCAA tournament ticket in less than two weeks. A perfect […]
MAAC Report: MAAC TOURNEY SCENARIOS, SHU ends regular season with win, other notes
(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. […]
With Rafael Castro healthy, George Washington is finding itself heading into March
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 […]
The Last WAC Title Race: A 5th Utah Valley trophy, or a newcomer?
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 […]
Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week Voting: Feb. 16-22
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 […]
AmEast Preview: Week 9
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 […]
Mid-Major Madness Men’s Player of the Week Voting: Feb. 16-22
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 […]
ETSU wins SoCon regular-season crown with room to spare
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 […]
Horizon League watchguide Feb. 24-28
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 […]
The Men’s Other Top 25: Miami (OH) moves up to No. 1, Saint Louis slides to two
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 […]
Horizon League recap Feb. 16-22: Green Bay wins while Gottlieb out
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 […]
The Women’s Other Top 25: North Dakota St. emerges as No. 1 following upsets in Atlantic 10
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 […]
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