Tag: College Basketball

• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Middle Tennessee State

  Mid Tenn State Blue Raiders: Derek Mason Why the job was open: Rick Stockstill had been one of the longest tenured coaches in all of College Football, he coached the Blue Raiders for 18 seasons! You just don’t see that at a CUSA program this day and age. Stockstill made it this long by leading…

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  February 27, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: UTEP

  UTEP Miners: Scotty Walden Why the job was open: UTEP is a tough job, it’s in Texas but unless you have the right coach and staff in place, you don’t really get the benefits of being in Texas. Dana Dimel took the program over at a real low point in 2018 and after a few…

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  February 14, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Final edition

  Summit League: Headline: Is this league wide open, or is South Dakota State back on top? The Jackrabbits had a stranglehold over this conference for some time but it was briefly interrupted every other year by an incredible run by Oral Roberts. Alas with Paul Mills gone, the Eagles have faded back to mid pack…

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  January 27, 2024

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• Patriot League:

  Headline: It might not be good for the strength of this league, but the Lafayette Leopards are one of the most interesting stories in basketball. They entered conference play 0-12 against D1 opponents, yes not a single D1 win!! They promptly flipped a switch when conference play began to be 6-0 in conference, that start…

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  January 25, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Mountain West Conference

  Headline: The Mountain West is awesome this year, but can the conference get 6 bids?? This seems possible with how many great teams are in the conference. San Diego State is as good as usual, Colorado State, Utah State and Nevada all looked great out of conference and picked up nice wins. New Mexico and…

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  January 24, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Part 4

  MAC: Headline: Can anyone stop Akron? The Zips are traditionally at the top of the MAC but this year’s team seems special. Akron only has 4 losses, 3 of them by one score (including against a currently ranked Utah State). The Zips are also undefeated in MAC play. They aren’t without challengers, Bowling Green under…

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  January 23, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Part 3

  Conference USA: Headline: This is yet another conference that has seen an absolute bloodbath to open conference play. This one might be one of the wildest yet. Liberty, Mid Tenn State and Western Kentucky were unanimously voted as the top 3 teams in preseason but have opened conference play a combined 4-10. Needless to say…

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  January 22, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Big Sky Conference

  Headline: The Big Sky Conference is very competitive this year. There are multiple contenders to win the conference and it was a strong year in non-conference play. Weber State made headlines for upsetting St Mary’s and other teams in the conference came so close to taking down some bigger opponents. The Big Sky Conference is…

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  January 21, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup: Big 12 Conference

  Headline: The Big 12 is still the best conference in the sport. From top to bottom this conference is loaded, there are multiple national title contenders and the conference almost certainly will put the most teams in the tournament. Contenders: Kansas Jayhawks – Kansas is still the favorite to win the Big 12 regular season…

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  January 21, 2024

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• College Basketball Roundup Part 2

  Big East Conference: Headline: UConn is one of the championship favorites once again, but who else can emerge from the battle royale that is this conference? UConn might be even scarier this year, last season they actually went on a slide in Big East play but they’ve been above it this season. Marquette and Creighton…

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  January 21, 2024

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