The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending January 23, 2022. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the second #2 seed. A total of 10 […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 23rd, 2022. Belmont stays in the top position this week. The Bruins after defeating SIE-Edwardsville, lost at OVC rival Morehead State this past Saturday but still stay in the top spot this week. Current OVC rival Murray State […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 23rd, 2022. Gonzaga stays at the top in these rankings, as well as the overall ranked team in the Sagarin rankings. The Bulldogs defeated San Francisco in its lone game this past week. Houston stays at the #2 […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending January 17, 2022. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the second #2 seed. A total of 11 […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 17th, 2022. Gonzaga starts out this poll not only in the top spot but also the top overall ranked team in the Sagarin rankings. The Bulldogs have Power Six wins over the Big 12’s Texas and Texas Tech, […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 17th, 2022. Belmont is in the top position in this first poll CSJ has conducted this season. The Bruins have started the season at 14-4 with wins over the Missouri Valley’s Drake and Evansville, as well as the […]
The platinum blond hair made Bobby Cremins one of the most easily recognizable figures in college basketball. The success he had in turning collegiate basketball programs around made him one of the best coaches in the history of the game.
The scene that will unfold at a sold-out Hilton Coliseum (14,267) on New Year’s Day will likely have a party atmosphere when Iowa State entertains Baylor and figures to be one of the most electric afternoons in college basketball history. And with good reason.
A unique college basketball doubleheader returns to the hardwood with the renewal of the Never Forget Tribute Classic.
In a city known for its rich basketball tradition on the asphalt courts that abound on nearly every street corner, college basketball takes center stage once again with the annual Jimmy V Classic.
After a one-year absence from the college basketball landscape things take a giant step in a return to normal with the 2021 NIT Season Tip-Off.
The 2021-22 season tipped off Nov. 9 at Madison Square Garden with the 11th annual Champions Classic with Duke and Kansas both picking up victories to get their seasons underway in front of 18,132 spectators.
“I grew up in a home filled with love,” Dick Vitale explained. “My parents both had a fifth-grade educations … but they both had a doctorate in love.”
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket was announced on March 14th. The #1 overall seed was from a High Major in Gonzaga, who is the only undefeated team through the regular season. The NCAA tournament begins Friday, March 19th with the four First Four games and will continue through to the national championship […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Mar. 7th, 2021. Toledo moves into the top spot this week despite splitting its two MAC conference games this past week–losing at Central Michigan and defeating Ball State at home. The Rockets now will play Ball State again in […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 28th, 2021. Colgate remains in the top spot this week despite the Raiders not playing a game this past week. Colgate’s next game will be this week in the Patriot League tournament. Toledo stays in the second position […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending February 21st, 2021. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the third #2 seed. A total of eight […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 21st, 2021. Colgate moves into the top spot this week after the Raiders picked up two Patriot League wins on the road over Boston University. Toledo moves up to the second position after the Rockets two wins in […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending February 14th, 2021. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the third #2 seed. A total of eight […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 14th, 2021. Wright State moves into the top spot this week after the Raiders picked up two Horizon League wins at home over Milwaukee. Colgate moves up to the second position after these Raiders two wins at Army […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number two seed for the week ending February 7th, 2021. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the top #2 seed. A total of nine […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending January 24th, 2021. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as the top #2 seed. A total of nine […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 24th, 2021. Wright State moves into the top spot this week following two impressive wins over IUPUI in Horizon League play. Furman moves down one spot in the rankings this week following two losses to VMI and East […]
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament are currently projecting Gonzaga as the overall number one seed for the week ending January 17th, 2021. Another High Major team in Houston is also projected as a one of the four #1 seeds. A […]
It was announced earlier this season that the entire NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament would be played in the state of Indiana. The graphic above shows the locations in Indianapolis, Bloomington, and West Lafayette that will host tournament games. Four venues in Indianapolis including the NBA’s Indiana Pacers arena of Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the NFL’s Indianapolis […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 10th, 2021. Furman remains atop the standings despite not playing a game this past week. The Paladins were scheduled to play VMI in SoCon play but the game was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns within the VMI program. […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings, as well as overall, based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 10th. Gonzaga remains atop the standings (as well as overall #1) following its two wins this past week over Portland and BYU. Houston remains second after picking up two wins over Wichita State and […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 3rd, 2021. Furman moves up to the top spot following wins over Chattanooga and Mercer in SoCon play. Akron moves up to the #2 spot this week following the Zips win over Kent State to open MAC play. […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings, as well as overall, based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 3rd. Gonzaga remains atop the standings (as well as overall #1) following its three wins this past week over Northern Arizona and Dixie State in out-of-conference play and won its WCC opener versus San […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 27th, 2020. New Mexico State remains in the top spot despite not playing a game. NMSU has played two sub-DI teams thus far this season and is not scheduled currently to play again until Jan. 8th against Dixie […]
Makur’s injury should remind us that great basketball players have always come from HBCUs.
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 6th, 2020. New Mexico State stays atop the rankings this week despite not playing a Division I opponent as of yet. The Aggies did defeat NAIA Benedictine Mesa (AZ) this past week. Furman remains second in the poll […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings, as well as overall, based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 6th. Gonzaga remains atop the standings following the Bulldogs two wins to start the season last week over Power Six conference West Virginia. Houston remains second in the poll after the Cougars picked up […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 29th, 2020. New Mexico State stays atop the rankings this week despite not playing a Division I opponent as of yet. The Aggies did open their season with a close victory at NAIA Arizona Christian. Two Southern Conference […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings, as well as overall, based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 29th. Gonzaga remains atop the standings following the Bulldogs two wins to start the season last week over Power Six conference teams in Kansas and Auburn. Houston remains second in the poll after the […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the preseason of the 2020-2021 season. New Mexico State is the preseason pick for the Mid-Major rankings. The Mid-Major conferences include America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the preseason of the 2020-2021 season. Gonzaga is the preseason pick for not just the High-Major rankings but were the top spot overall. The High-Major conferences include AAC, A-10, Conference USA, Mountain West, West Coast, and Missouri Valley conferences. Sagarin rankings provide the […]
Parker Stewart made a name for himself in a short time at Tennessee-Martin. Now, he is hoping to hear his name called to play at the next level.
It was the weekend of March 8th where a slew of institutional decisions were made that really put Ms. Heppel on high alert.
With the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will not be played. But with all games now played for the season, the following would be the final projections for the tournament this year. This projection took into account either the tournament champions or the top seed in the tournment if that team’s respective […]
With the Coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA has ended the 2019-2020 men’s basketball season early just before the NCAA tournament and with several conference tournaments unfinished. These are the final Top 25 rankings for the High Major schools. Gonzaga finished the atop the rankings after running the table at the top spot in the High Major […]
With the Coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA has ended the 2019-2020 men’s basketball season early just before the NCAA tournament and with several conference tournaments unfinished. These are the final Top 25 rankings for the Mid-Major schools. East Tennessee State stays atop the mid-major Sagarin rankings after winning the Southern Conference tournament this past week with […]
Here are this week’s CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament projections using these same Sagarin rankings for the field of 68 teams. We are just one week away from Selection Sunday. This week, I will put together another projection after Wednesday’s results and another one after Saturday’s action. We use the Sagarin rankings to select our […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Mar. 8. Gonzaga remains atop the standings, where they have been since the preseason poll. Dayton and San Diego State are second and third respectively and all three ranked teams in this poll to be high seeds in this […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Mar. 8, 2020. East Tennessee State stays atop the rankings this week with wins over VMI and Western Carolina in the Southern Conference tournament with its championship game Monday versus Wofford. The Mid-Major conferences include America East, Atlantic Sun, Big […]
Entering the Big South conference as the 2 seed behind Radford, the Highlanders’ stunning loss to Hampton in the semis meant the Eagles hosted the Pirates in the Big South Championship game, handling Hampton 76-68 to capture its 12th Men’s Basketball title.
The kings of the Ohio Valley Conference maintained their familiar perch at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference as the 2019-20 regular season came to a close.
Here are this week’s CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament projections using these same Sagarin rankings for the field of 68 teams. We use the Sagarin rankings to select our Top 25 teams currently for our Mid-Major poll and High Major poll. We will be giving a projection for the Field of 68 schools each week following the release […]
Below are the Top 25 High-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Mar. 1. Gonzaga remains atop the standings, where they have been since the preseason poll. San Diego State and Dayton are second and third respectively and all three ranked teams in this poll to be high seeds in this […]
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Mar. 1, 2020. East Tennessee State stays atop the rankings this week with wins over Wofford and Western Carolina to finish their regular season as the outright Southern Conference champions and will begin play in the SoCon Tournament Saturday, […]
