After fumbling last year’s Patriot League Championship on their home floor, Colgate unleashed holy hell on their 4-team pod in 2021. Can the Raiders now seal the deal against a revamped competitive landscape in the do-or-die tournament? Ed DeChellis and the Midshipmen may have something to say about it…
Read moreAtlantic 10 Tournament Preview 2021
The Bonnies and Rams turned the consensus 2021 projections upside down. SLU and Richmond are the obvious *dark horses* heading in to the weekend, but they’ll have to dig their way out of unfavorable spots in the bracket.
Read moreOhio Valley Tournament Preview 2021
Belmont rolled through the regular season as top contenders Murray State and Austin Peay surprisingly stumbled. Can the Racers or Governors provide a challenge in Evansville? What about a dark horse like Morehead State, Jacksonville State, or a finally healthy Eastern Illinois?
Read moreAmerica East Tournament Preview 2021
With Anthony Lamb gone, UMBC swiped the 1-seed from Vermont in the final game of the regular season, possibly signifying a shift in who should be the postseason favorite. Here’s hoping for a rubber match for all the marbles in the early Saturday morning tip…
Read moreBig South Tournament Preview 2021
Winthrop was head and shoulders above everyone else in the Big South this season. Can the Eagles take care of business and enter the Big Dance as a dangerous first round opponent?
Read moreHorizon Tournament Preview 2021
Cleveland State shocked the conference by winning the regular season title and clinching the 1-seed, but a parity-ridden league could lead to our first dose of true madness in March…
Read morePatriot League 2020-21 Preview
After cruising to back-to-back Patriot League regular season titles, Colgate will try to avoid engaging cruise control when the stakes are highest - that is, if they get that far - after last year’s devastating home loss to Boston in the championship.
Read moreSWAC 2020-21 Preview
In a league full of Tigers, will the Panthers of Prairie View rule the big cat kingdom for the third year in a row?
Read moreBig South 2020-21 Preview
Winthrop has the Big South in a vice grip. Can an experienced UNC Asheville squad or the always-competitive Gardner-Webb slay the giants?
Read moreSouthland 2020-21 Preview
Most remember the Southland for one thing and one thing only last year: Stephen F. Austin winning at Duke in 3OT as a 27.5-point underdogs. Rightfully so, but the Lumberjacks are back for more chopping, with a competitive top tier in hot pursuit behind them.
Read moreMEAC 2020-21 Preview
The MEAC made a huge splash this offseason, most notably with Howard bringing in 5-star recruit Makur Maker and Purdue transfer Nojel Eastern. Is that enough to make the Bison the favorite? Or will several of the league’s traditional powers hold off Kenny Blakeney’s upstarts?
Read moreAtlantic Sun 2020-21 Preview
The Flames and Ospreys split the 2020 regular season title, finishing four games ahead of the rest of the ASUN field. After a mass exodus gutted both squads this summer, can a new challenger rise to the top in 2021?
Read moreNEC 2020-21 Preview
The NEC is wide open at the top with five or six teams having legit title hopes. Jahlil Jenkins-led FDU has the best offense in the league, but do the Knights have the defense to hold off the hungry hoard below them in these preseason standings?
Read moreAmerica East 2020-21 Preview
After an unprecedented exodus out of Stony Brook, Vermont is once again atop the preseason America East rankings, despite the loss of Anthony Lamb. Can anyone keep up with the Catamounts?
Read moreBig Sky 2020-21 Preview
Eastern Washington, Montana, and Northern Colorado lead the way in what should be a very competitive Big Sky. Portland State and Southern Utah have oodles of talent, but can Barrett Peery and Todd Simon mesh their new faces together in time to catch the faves?
Read moreWAC 2020-21 Preview
New Mexico State is on a different planet than their conference counterparts. The Aggies enter the 2021 campaign riding a 34-game win streak against WAC opponents, which dates all the way back to January of 2019.
Read moreOhio Valley 2020-21 Preview
The bottom dropped out of the OVC last year, but the top remained highly competitive. Will Austin Peay break up the Belmont/Murray State party? And can the rest of the league bounce back from a dismal 2019-20?
Read moreHorizon 2020-21 Preview
Wright State returns some heavy weaponry in the frontcourt, but the Raiders have enough questions at guard to leave the door open for teams like Northern Kentucky, Youngstown State, and Oakland. Plus, can newcomers Robert Morris and Purdue Fort Wayne make an impression?
Read moreBig West 2020-21 Preview
UC Irvine has 3-peat on their mind. The Eaters have finished first or second for seven years running, a testament to Russell Turner’s program building brilliance. A gutted backcourt leaves them vulnerable, but will anyone capitalize?
Read moreSummit 2020-21 Preview
Even without Mike Daum and Coach TJ Otzelberger, South Dakota State sat tied atop the league last season. With almost everyone back, the Jackrabbits are the prohibitive favorite, but who will rise as the prime challengers? All three other Dakota schools have some talent, Oral Roberts is quite solid, and Kansas City has returned to the league after a hiatus in the WAC…
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