1. Valparaiso (20-4, 10-1 Horizon). Last week: 2 2. Wichita State (17-6, 11-1 MVC). Last week: 1 3. Monmouth (19-5, 11-2 MAAC). Last week: 4 4. Little Rock (21-2, 11-1 Sun Belt). Last week: 5 5. Saint Mary’s (19-3, 10-2 WCC). Last week: 3 6. Gonzaga (19-5,…
This is a guest post by Tim Balk (@TimBalk). Balk is a freshman at Northwestern University studying journalism, and he writes with The Catch and Shoot’s Jesse Kramer at The Daily Northwestern. While Northern Iowa’s 58-39 win over Loyola on Wednesday at the Gentile Center…
1. Gonzaga (9-1). Last week: 1 Gonzaga moved to 2-1 against Pac-12 teams with wins against Washington State and UCLA. The Bulldogs should get their 10th win of the season Monday against Texas Southern. 2. Wichita State (7-1). Last week: 2 Wichita State came back…
A bunch of great matchups are on Sunday’s slate. The day tips off with No. 10 seed Stanford going for its second straight upset against a Kansas team that will once again be without Joel Embiid. Then undefeated Wichita State gets its toughest matchup of the…
The first (*second*) round of the NCAA Tournament was probably the best ever. Thursday was a college basketball fanatic’s dream day, and Friday hasn’t been too shabby so far, either. Here are some picks for the Round of 32 games that we’ll be seeing on…
That thing called the First Four will soon be in the past, and then we can move on to the real Madness. (Don’t get me wrong. The First Four was very entertaining. It’s just not the same as what is about to happen Thursday and…
1. Wichita State (9-0). Last week: 1 Wichita State remained undefeated with a win over Oral Roberts on Saturday night. The Shockers will host Tennessee this weekend. 2. Gonzaga (8-1). Last week: 2 Gonzaga held off New Mexico State on Saturday night for its…
Gonzaga and Wichita State unsurprisingly continued their dominance as the top two mid-majors in the country. However, there were still a bunch of upsets this week. Creighton lost to Drake, Lehigh beat Bucknell but then lost to Lafayette, Northwestern State defeated Stephen F. Austin, and…
Mid-Major Rankings as of Tuesday, January 22, 2013. 1. Gonzaga (17-2, 4-0 WCC) The Zags lost a heartbreaker at Butler on Saturday, but thanks to Creighton’s loss at Wichita State the Bulldogs are still the top mid-major. 2. Creighton (17-2, 6-1 MVC) The Bluejays also…
