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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 […]
AmEast Recap: Week 8
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, […]
MAAC Report: Snowy Sunday; Merrimack outright champs
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 […]
1 Storyline for Each Mid-Major Conference Heading Into Final Weeks
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. […]
MAAC Report: We have a champ, we have the field, and Fairfield sweeps SHU
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 OVC is getting interesting down the stretch
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 […]
CAA Race: Hofstra, Drexel, Campbell Move Up Behind UNCW, CoC
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 […]
Penn takes it one game at a time as it climbs Ivy standings
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 to serve one-game suspension as Green Bay takes on Oakland Friday
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 […]
Weber State’s Tijane Saine Jr. Continues To Make Strides at D-I Level
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 CAA championship aspirations with Kavion McClain’s return
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 […]
Mid-Major Madness Men’s Player of the Week Voting: Feb. 9-15
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 […]
Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week Voting: Feb. 9-15
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 […]
Horizon League watchguide Feb. 16-22
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 […]
Horizon League recap Feb. 9-15
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 […]
The Men’s Other Top 25: South Florida makes huge jump as top 10 remains virtually unchanged
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 […]
The Women’s Other Top 25: Slight shift among top 10
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 […]
MAAC Report: Merrimack inches closer to MAAC title in classic fashion, other notes
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 […]
Fordham’s defense locks down in comeback for 3rd straight road win
KINGSTON, R.I. — Two seasons ago, Mike Magpayo’s UC Riverside team sat at 3-8 in Big West play before ripping off four wins in a row and seven of the last nine to finish 10-10 in conference play. Three thousand miles east, Magpayo is trying to pull off that same trick in his first season […]
VCU, Phil Martelli Jr. bearing the weight of expectations in the A10
No matter who stands as head coach of VCU’s storied men’s basketball program, the title always comes with one certainty: expectations. It’s a weight that first-year Rams head coach Phil Martelli Jr. was willing to bear when he first took the job in March 2025 after leading Bryant to the NCAA Tournament. “VCU and especially […]
MAAC Report: Spence Wewe shines, Quinnipiac holds off Siena, other notes
ALBANY, N.Y. – Every time Quinnipiac wins a game, head coach Tom Pecora gives out two hard hats and a pair of gloves to three different Bobcat players to emphasize the hard, blue-collar work that it takes to win a game. On Friday, all three went to sophomore big man Spence Wewe. “I think that’s […]
Bryan Hodgson’s 1st-place South Florida team honors the principles of Amir Abdur-Rahim
Bryan Hodgson was gobsmacked by messages when he accepted the South Florida head coaching job in March 2025. But one stuck with him more than the others. It didn’t come from a family member, a friend in the industry, or a former player. Instead, it came from a student at USF. “Congratulations, but I hope […]
AmEast Preview: Week 7
As mentioned on Twitter, I’m heading to the Olympics in Italy on Thursday to watch my little cousin compete. His name is Atle Lie McGrath. He’s an alpine ski racer and the current favorite to win the slalom. As such, don’t expect any AmEast content from me until I return to recap Saturday, Feb. 21’s […]
Mid-Major Madness Men’s Player of the Week Voting: Feb. 2-8
More than midway through conference play with March fast approaching we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 2-8 by voting in the poll below. Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across week 13 of the college basketball season. Collin Parker […]
Mid-Major Madness Women’s Player of the Week Voting: 2-8
This week had one of the strongest groups of performances all season. The group of six finalists for women’s player of the week compiled several career-highs and wrote their names in the program record books. The nominees are the following: Meghan Andersen (Fairfield), LaReesha Cawthorn (Tennessee Tech), Erin Condron (UC San Diego), Timaya Lewis-Eutsey (Marshall), […]
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