Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
It’s officially Champ Week as some of the mid-major conference tournaments have commenced. Most mid-major conferences only send one team to the NCAA Tournament, raising the stakes of the conference tournaments. Some of these games and tournaments go under the radar due to this. The Missouri Valley and Colonial conferences are two prime examples. Previewing […] READ MORE
This summer, Last Word on Basketball looks to profile college basketball teams and their journey through a season played during a pandemic. Our last installment took a look at Nicholls State from the Southland Conference. Previous pieces in the series also looked at Mount St. Mary’s and South Dakota. The next program in our series […] READ MORE
LWOS continues its conference previews with the 2020-21 CAA Basketball Preview. Hofstra continued its run of success in the league, capturing another regular-season title. However, the Pride finally broke through and earned the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, the program did not get to see if they were Cinderella last season due to […] READ MORE
The Colonial Athletic Association saw some conference realignment early in the decade. VCU and George Mason left after making Final Four runs for the league. However, new teams have stepped up as the conference creates a new identity. There have been some playmakers here over the last ten years. Colonial Athletic Association 2010s All-Decade Team […] READ MORE
One of the more interesting trends in mid-major basketball is how programs rotate through supremacy. Coaches can get in a good core of players and dominate the mid-major level for a few years. More often than not, those mini-dynasties are broken up by graduating seniors and coaches that get lured away by major programs. A […] READ MORE
Mid-major takeaways from week four includes Stephen F. Austin, who stole most of the mid-major headlines this week when they toppled top-ranked Duke. The Lumberjacks did not suffer a letdown in their next game, smothering Arkansas State by 19 three days later. They will be a team to keep an eye on from the Southland […] READ MORE
The mid-major landscape was euphoric after the Evansville Purple Aces downed the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats this past Tuesday. The Purple Aces picked up their first win over a number one ranked team in program history. It’s a win that the school can build on for years to come. It’s the unexpected nature of upsets that […] READ MORE
A Wofford graduate who loves a good upset by a mid major. Go Short Haired Dawgs!