It doesn’t matter to me, it doesn’t matter to almost everyone, and increasingly it seems like it doesn’t matter to the NCAA. Therefore, why should I pretend to care about it?
Tag: NCAA
Lehigh Spring Game To Feature Team’s Growth After Working Hard Out of Spotlight
Ever since the hiring of head coach Kevin Cahill in December – the first true “outsider” to be hired as a Lehigh head football coach in decades – it’s been an adjustment for everyone.
The NIL Mess: What Kavanaugh And Skinner Have Caused
Advocates of NIL will mine whatever viewing data they can to spin the numbers to pretend that fans are not leaving. And the same people will contort themselves to deny the fact that NIL and the new college landscape, brought to us by Skinner and Kavanaugh, has anything to do with it. But they’re wrong.
Columbia Rallies Past Fordham 78-73 in WNIT
The win moves the Lions, who improved to 25-5 on the season, into the Super 16 round where they will play in-state foe Syracuse of the Atlantic Coast Conference on March 24 at home.
Columbia Women Rout FDU 69-53 to open WNIT
Whatever Griffith and her staff put together during practice after learning the Lions had been left out of the NCAA Tournament played out near-perfectly as Columbia rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson 69-53 on March 17 at Levien Gymnasium on the Columbia campus.
Fordham Women Withstand Historic Performance in WNIT Triumph
Drexel’s Keishana Washington, the Colonial Athletic Association player of the year, scored a game-high 43 points in the game and reached double figures in scoring for the 65th straight game.
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Mar. 5
The CSJ’s NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament using the Sagarin rankings to field of the 68 teams that make-up the tournament for March 5th, 2023. This is the next to last projection in the field as we now are in the midst of conference tournament play. Houston is not only the top High Major team in […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Mar. 5
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending March 5th, 2023. Houston remains in the #1 position and also remains into overall top spot in the rankings as the Cougars won its final two regular season games in AAC play over Wichita State and Memphis this […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Mar. 5
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending March 5th, 2023 as conferences have completed their regular season and in some cases their conference tournaments. College of Charleston remains in the #1 position this week. The Cougars won their opening Colonial Athletic Conference Tournament game over Stony […]
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Feb. 26
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 Houston as the overall number two overall seed for the week ending February 26th, 2023. Another High Major team in Gonzaga is also projected as a #2 seed. A total of 8 […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 26
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 26th, 2023. Houston remains in the #1 position and also moves into overall top spot in the rankings as the Cougars won its two games this past week over Tulane and East Carolina in AAC play. Gonzaga […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 26
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 26th, 2023. College of Charleston moves into the #1 position this week–up one spot from last week–following the Cougars winning its two games this past week in CAA play over Towson and Stony Brook to end their regular […]
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Feb. 20
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 Houston as the overall number two overall seed for the week ending February 20th, 2023. Another High Major team in Gonzaga is also projected as a #3 seed. A total of 9 […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 20
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 20th, 2023. Houston remains in the #1 position but does slip to the second overall spot in the rankings as the Cougars won its two games this past week over SMU and Memphis in AAC play. Gonzaga […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 20
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 20th, 2023. Kent State moves into the #1 position this week–up two spots–following the Golden Flashes winning its two games this past week in MAC play over Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan. College of Charleston moves up two […]
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Feb. 12
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 Houston as the overall number one overall seed for the week ending February 12th, 2023. Another High Major team in Gonzaga is also projected as a #3 seed. A total of 9 […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 12
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 12th, 2023. Houston remains in the #1 position as well as the top spot overall in the rankings as the Cougars won its lone game this past week over Tulsa in AAC play. Gonzaga moves up one […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 12
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 12th, 2023. Oral Roberts remains in the #1 position this week following the Golden Eagles winning its two games this past week in Summit League play over St. Thomas and Western Illinois. Furman remains at the #2 position […]
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Feb. 5
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 Houston as the overall number one overall seed for the week ending February 5th, 2023. Another High Major team in Saint Mary’s is also projected as a #3 seed. A total of […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 5
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 5th, 2023. The top five positions actually all remain the same as last week. Houston remains in the #1 position but also move up to the top spot overall in the rankings as the Cougars defeated Wichita […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Feb. 5
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Feb. 5th, 2023. Oral Roberts moves into the #1 position in moving up two spots from last week following the Golden Eagles winning its two games this past week in Summit League play over South Dakota and UMKC. Furman […]
2023 CSJ Sagarin NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Projections-Jan. 29
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 Houston as the overall number two seed for the week ending January 29th, 2023. Another High Major team in Saint Mary’s is also projected as a #2 seed. A total of 8 […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Jan. 29
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 29th, 2023. Houston are in the #1 position as the Cougars defeated UCF and Cincinnati in AAC play this past week. Saint Mary’s is at the #2 position in this week’s rankings. The Gaels won their lone […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Jan. 29
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Jan. 29, 2023. Liberty is at the #1 position this week following the Flames winning its two games this past week in Atlantic Sun play over Jacksonville and North Florida. Kent State is at the #2 position following the […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – FINAL 2022
Here are the final Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2022 season. Tulane finished on top of the rankings following the Green Wave come from behind win over USC in the Cotton Bowl game. Fresno State finishes in to the #2 position after defeating Washington State […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin FCS Top 25 – FINAL 2022
Below are the final Top 25 rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the 2022 season amongst the FCS teams. South Dakota State finishes in the top position after winning the national title game over North Dakota State. NDSU finishes in the #2 position after that loss to SDSU in the national title game. Sacramento […]
2023 Division I FCS National Championship Game Preview: #3 North Dakota State vs. #1 South Dakota State
FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP: NORTH DAKOTA STATE VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATEWHERE: TOYOTA STADIUM, FRISCO, TEX.WHEN: SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2:00 PM ESTTV/STREAMING: ABC / WATCHESPN For the second time in the last decade, two teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference will play each other for the national title. The last time this happened also involved North […]
OPINION: The All Dakota FCS National Championship Game Won’t Make Any New FCS Fans, Which Is Why Things Need to Change
This Sunday – idiotically slotted against the NFL – the FCS National Championship Game will feature North Dakota State and South Dakota State in what will likely be the least watched ABC National Championship game in our lifetimes.
Maryland Women’s Hoops Topple Rutgers, 78-67
Maryland wasted little time in setting the tone on the way to an impressive 78-67 win over Rutgers on Jan. 2 in Big Ten women’s basketball action at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
Columbia Shakes Off Rust to Improve Record to 11-2, Overtakes Ohio 81-59
Columbia did some things with a bang. But it was being masterful at doing the little things with a slow and deliberate precision that allowed the Lions to put themselves in a position to fire on all cylinders and eventually rolling past Ohio University 81-59 in women’s college basketball Dec. 29 at Levien Gymnasium.
Kevin Cahill Looks To Bring Businesslike Mindset To Lehigh Football Program
The leak of the announcement late Sunday, that Yale offensive coordinator Kevin Cahill was going to be the 30th head coach in Lehigh history, was a surprise to many.
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 18
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 18th, 2022. Houston stays in the #1 position as the Cougars defeated North Carolina A&T at home and then defeated Top 5 ranked Virginia on the road. Gonzaga stays at the #2 position in this week’s rankings. […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 18
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 18th, 2022. Kent State stays at the #1 position this week following the Golden Flashes winning its only game this past week a blowout win over Division II Concord (W.V.). Iona stays at the #2 position following the […]
Group of Five 2022-23 Bowl First Weekend Recap & Highlights
College football bowl games are upon us as the 2022 postseason begin this past weekend. The action kicked off on Friday, Dec. 16 and continued its first weekend into Saturday, Dec. 17. In the first weekend of bowl action, there were a total of eight bowl games with seven of those involving Group of Five […]
UCLA Extend Winning Streak to Seven With 63-53 Win over Kentucky
The winning continued for UCLA as the No. 16-ranked Bruins took advantage of woeful shooting on the part of Kentucky in defeating the No. 13 Wildcats 63-53 in the second game of the CBS Sports Classic inside the World’s Most Famous Arena.
Tar Heels Rally Late to Defeat Buckeyes
The Tar Heels rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half and got the game into overtime before delivering the knockout punch in the extra session to defeat Ohio State 89-84 on Dec. 17 in the opening game of the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden.
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 11
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 11th, 2022. Houston stays in the #1 position but moves down to the second position overall in the rankings. The Cougars defeated North Florida but then fell to Top 10 overall Alabama for their first lose of […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 11
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 11th, 2022. Kent State stays at the #1 position this week following the Golden Flashes splitting its two games last week on the road–a loss at Gonzaga and a win at Cleveland State. Iona moves up five spots […]
OPINION: Deion Sanders Abandoned Jackson State. Let’s Hope He Left Some Sort Of Positive Lasting Change Behind.
Deion’s hopeful legacy at Jackson State is likely to be a lot less lasting and impactful than people thought.
Shannon Provides Late Spark as Illini Knock Off No. 2 Longhorns in Jimmy V Classic
That only left Matthew Mayer to make his mark until Shannon got going. And in the end, it was enough as the Fighting Illini overcame a double-digit lead in the second half on the way to an 85-78 overtime win over the Longhorns on Dec. 6 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Out With McCaffrey, In With Lamb at Northern Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) has made drastic changes to their football program in the past 15 days. Ed McCaffrey was fired after three years and two played seasons as the team struggled with a 6-16 (4-12) record. Additionally, there was the “clip-board scandal” at Montana State with Max throwing a broken clip-board at […]
2022-23 College Bowl Games for Group of Five Schools
A total of 43 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff semi-finals and championship, are scheduled to take place beginning Dec. 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and ending Jan. 2 with the Cotton Bowl for the Group of Five and on Jan. 9th for the College Football Playoff National Championship game in Los Angeles. Of […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 4
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 4th, 2022. Houston stays in the #1 position not only amongst the High Majors but in all of college basketball this week. The Cougars notched home victories over Norfolk State and Saint Mary’s this past week to […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Dec. 4
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Dec. 4th, 2022. Kent State stays at the #1 position this week following the Golden Flashes lone win this past week at home over South Dakota State. College of Charleston moves up to the #2 position following the Cougars […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Dec. 3
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending December 3rd, 2022. This is the final ranking following the conference championship games and the end of the regular season. We will will have a final ranking after all bowl games and the College Football […]
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Championship Game Recap 2022
The five Group of Five leagues hosted their championship games this past weekend with the the best of the best getting a shot at a New Year’s Six bowl bid. That bid likely will go to the AAC’s Tulane, who defeated UCF 45-28 to avenge its lone conference loss of the season. The victory marks […]
Highlights: CSJ FBS Group of Five Top Five Games and Recap of Week 13
Week 13 was the end of the regular season for most teams in the Group of Five (with the exception of two games–Akron @ Buffalo & Army vs. Navy). For ten teams though in the G5, they get at chance at winning their conference championship. This week, there were a few open possibilities in the […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin High Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Nov. 20
Below are the Top 25 High Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 20th, 2022. Houston moves up a spot to take over the #1 position not only amongst the High Majors but in all of college basketball this week. The Cougars notched home victories over Oral Roberts and Texas […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin Mid-Major Men’s Basketball Top 25 – Nov. 20
Below are the Top 25 Mid-Major rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending Nov. 20th, 2022. Kent State moves up to the #1 position this week following the Golden Flashes three wins this past week all at home over Portland, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and Chicago State. Furman moves down a spot to the […]
College Sports Journal Sagarin FBS G5 Top 25 – Nov. 19
Here are the Top 25 FBS Group of Five (G5) rankings based on the Sagarin rankings for the week ending November 12th, 2022. CSJ will show weekly rankings from the Sagarin rankings throughout the season and will have a final ranking after the national championship game in January. UCF stays at the top position despite […]
