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It’s March Madness. The 68 teams for the women’s tournament has been announced. There’s just one at-large selection from the mid-majors. Shoutout to the two-bid Atlantic 10 for a second straight year. Region 1 — Fort Worth UTSA: The Roadrunners were the first mid-major team revealed. They are a 16-seed, and congratulations, the prize is […]
Don’t worry, fans of mid-major schools: Miami (OH) made the NCAA Tournament despite losing in the MAC tournament, and despite the weird narratives being pushed by terminally football-pilled bloggers and “journalists.” Broken down by league, the multi-bid mid-major leagues landed as just three leagues, which feels lower than usual: WCC (3, same as Big East) […]
PITTSBURGH – The final 30 seconds of Saturday afternoon’s Atlantic 10 Semifinal showdown between Saint Louis and Dayton played all the hits that only a conference tournament game in March can deliver. Dayton’s Amael L’Etang was the hero, tipping in a ball that seemed to hang in the air in slow motion with less than […]
March Madness isn’t the only thing heating up as we head towards Selection Sunday; the mid-major coaching carousel continues to intensify. There is quite a buzz surrounding new Southern Conference member Tennessee Tech’s latest hire: the Golden Eagles welcome in Tobin Anderson, who was most recently a head coach at the NCAA Division-I level for […]
Back on March 7, St. Bonaventure head coach Mark Schmidt officially announced to the world that he would be retiring from his position at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season. After leading the program to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances, a run to the NIT semifinals in 2022, and securing some Atlantic 10 silverware in the […]
The Mountain West championship game is set. No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 2 San Diego State. Today at 6 p.m. ET in Las Vegas. So, now the question is how many bids will the conference get tomorrow on Selection Sunday? You replied overwhelmingly that we’ll have a two-bid MWC with 83% of the vote […]
The UMBC Retrievers will host the Vermont Catamounts at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, for the America East Championship game. The game will tip at 11 a.m. ET and can be streamed live on ESPN2. A long, long time ago, I believe I was the only America East media personality who picked […]
You know we’re getting close to Selection Sunday when it’s Ivy Madness time. The 14 regular season games are complete, and we’ve known the matchups for the men’s semifinals for nearly two weeks at this point, but it’s finally time to get underway in Ithaca and determine the autobid. Here’s everything you need to know […]
Let’s start with the positive: The Streak lives on. Until this year, there has been at least one NMTC team to make the tournament in every single NCAA Tournament ever held. And this year, thanks to Queens and the ASUN Conference, that streak will continue. (Congratulations to the Queens Royals on making the tournament in […]
It’s championship season, and tickets are being punched to March Madness left and right, all leading up to Selection Sunday. We have a first-time champion. Shout out to the Queens men, who edged top-seed Central Arkansas in overtime in the ASUN title game. We have a couple of teams who are dancing for the first […]
Miami (OH) lost. Now what? The RedHawks were the only team in men’s Division-I college basketball to go undefeated in the regular season and entered the MAC Tournament at 31-0. However, they lost 87-83 to No. 8-seed UMass in the quarterfinals, which puts their NCAA Tournament hopes in the hands of the selection committee. We […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If it’s not exactly repeating itself, history sometimes has an interesting way of reinventing itself in a similar fashion. It had been 23 years since the Hofstra Pride last played in the NCAA Tournament when former Long Island point guard Craig “Speedy” Claxton led Hofstra back to the Big Dance in 2000 […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mid-Major fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We had a six-bid Mountain West just two years ago. This year, in the final iteration […]
CLEVELAND — Miami (OH) has been the story of the college basketball season and ran through the regular season as the only undefeated team in the nation, but the RedHawks lost their first game of the postseason, 87-83, to UMass in the MAC quarterfinals Thursday afternoon. The Redhawks led by double digits multiple times, but […]
The College Basketball Invitational will not be held this year, the organizers of the postseason tournament announced on Thursday morning with a social graphic post on Twitter/X. The post simply reads: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, the CBI will not be held this year. We will see you next year!” As of publishing, there […]
The Rainbow Warriors and UC Irvine might be on a collision course, but UC San Diego is a possible upsetter in the Big West men’s conference tournament. The action starts Thursday. Big West Men’s Conference Tournament Bracket UC Irvine (1) Russ Turner’s Zots are back on top. Behind another 6-foot-10 rim-protecting behemoth (Kyle Evans), UC […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – I had the chance to speak with MAAC Commissioner Travis Tellitocci ahead of the MAAC Men’s Basketball Championship Game on Tuesday. Here’s a full transcript Q: So, obviously with this MAAC tournament staying in Atlantic City until 2031, the reaffirmed commitment from AC and from you guys to AC, how did […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speedy Claxton has a favorite word, at least for now. Legendary. Leh-juhn-deh-ree. Just ask the man himself. He’d be quick to tell you, quick to bring it up, quick to flash a smile when Mid-Major Madness’s Jonathan Wagner mentioned the word at the press conference after Claxton coached his Hofstra Pride to […]
America’s team, Miami (OH) is 31-0. Enough said? Not really, as Akron is as deadly of a spoiler as an undefeated time might face along the way. MACtion gets rolling Thursday with, you guessed it, Miami taking on Frank Martin and UMass. Let’s get into it: MAC Tournament Bracket Miami Ohio (1) Our RedHawks. 31 […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two busloads of Siena students dressed in gold Saints t-shirts. A few of them have discarded those t-shirts in favor of body paint. The many other Siena fans throughout Boardwalk Hall are chanting “Let’s Go Saints,” making their voice heard. The confetti flying, Baloo (the school’s Saint Bernard) sitting patiently in […]
The Wright State Raiders will represent the Horizon League in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2022 after taking down Detroit Mercy 66-63 to win the 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship. Coming off a 103-point semifinal performance, the championship game was far from a repeat performance for the Raiders, but they […]
Believe it or not, folks, but the Atlantic 10 Conference has a chance to return to a three-bid league for the first time since the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Saint Louis’ at-large candidacy is firmly in tack, VCU is on the right side of the bubble after a win at Dayton, and if all goes well […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When Furman claimed its first Southern Conference regular-season title in 43 years — an 88-79 win over Chattanooga in 2023 — jokes often circulated that it had taken that long for Paladin basketball to return to the NCAA Tournament. However, when No. 6 seed Furman knocked off No. 1 seed East Tennessee […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Todd Brogna might’ve been the headliner of Merrimack’s offseason portal haul at the time. He was the only player with a Division I all-conference honor that the Warriors brought in, having averaged 12 points per game on near 50-40-90 splits last season for Stonehill. But he’s since taken a backseat to […]
The Mountain West Conference Tournament tips off Wednesday at noon at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas! Let’s break down the field. The Mountain West Conference Tournament Bracket Utah State (1) No surprises here. Jerrod Calhoun’s offense — led by superstar Mason Falslev — is a beautifully designed and executed motion offense that […]