Welcome to a new weekly feature at the Weave! Jim ranks the country’s Top 12 teams - plus the top 5 mid-majors - with some sort of insight or commentary on each squad.
Read moreLet's Overreact!
Week one of college basketball gave us plenty of surprising results. Let’s overreact!
Read moreSWAC 2019-20 Preview
Johnny Jones welcomes a bevy of talent to Houston, where Texas Southern will aim to avenge last year’s slip up in the SWAC Championship title game.
Read moreSouthland 2019-20 Preview
The Southland is wide open this year with a talented crop of seniors departing from nearly every squad. Sam Houston State has taken the mantle from Stephen F. Austn as the class program of the league, but SFA looks poised to bounce back. Preseason favorite New Orleans has its sights set on the school’s first NCAA Tourney bid since 2017.
Read moreNEC 2019-20 Preview
The NEC got a facelift this summer, with a brand new team (Merrimack) and a re-branded mascot (LIU-Brooklyn), but can anyone usurp Greg Herenda and the Knights at the top of the NEC totem pole?
Read more3MW's Bold Predictions - 2019-20
Before a new season tips off, the Weave fires off some spicy takes for the upcoming year. Several of these can be heard on our 10/30 podcast episode, but we saved plenty for written form, as well. Already excited/nervous to look back on these in April…
Read moreMAAC 2019-20 Preview
Death. Taxes. Tim Cluess winning the MAAC Championship…
Is this the year someone finally dethrones Iona? Or will another loaded crop of newcomers propel the Gaels to the NCAA Tournament for the 5th year in a row?
Read moreMEAC 2019-20 Preview
A new season in the MEAC sees plenty of change: Savannah State dropped to Division II, while UMES, Morgan State, and Howard all changed coaches. But the constants of NC Central and Norfolk State remain ever-present atop the league, with an assortment of contenders hoping to unseat them.
Read moreProjecting Pace: New Coaches, New Systems
Every offseason brings coaching changes, and with that comes stylistic shifts - sometimes severe. Mick Cronin to UCLA is the obvious one, but plenty of other under-the-radar changes may offer value early in the season…
Read moreAmerica East Preview 2019-20
Vermont looks unstoppable once again. Can Anthony Lamb lead his Catamounts to their third Big Dance in four seasons?
Read morePatriot League 2019-20 Preview
Colgate returns nearly everyone from a team that scared the pants off Tennessee in Round 1 last year. Can anyone challenge the Raiders as the presumed Patriot favorites?
Read moreBig West 2019-20 Preview
The talent uptick in the Big West sets the stage for a heated race to the finish, as UCSB and CSUN aim to dethrone Russell Turner’s Anteaters.
Read moreKy's 2020 Preseason Bracketology - 10/24/2019
Ky’s final bracketology heading into the 2019-20 season…
Read morePreseason Bracketology - 10/23/19
The season is mere weeks away, and we simply DO NOT have enough projection-type content to debate…so here’s a final preseason bracket!
Read moreBig Sky 2019-20 Preview
The Big Sky is as wide open as its teams’ states in 2019-20. Montana loses a ton from its 2019 Tourney squad, but Travis DeCuire should have enough talent to challenge for a third straight bid. Northern Colorado, Weber State, Southern Utah, and Eastern Washington all have the talent and experience to put the Griz down in 2020.
Read moreHorizon League 2019-20 Preview
The Norse and the Raiders are once again the early favorites to claim the Horizon League crown, but the blazing UIC Flames are charging fast, fueled by an explosive backcourt that can get buckets in bunches.
Read moreOhio Valley 2019-20 Preview
The OVC was a 2-bid league for the first time in ages last season. Belmont brings in a new coach and nearly everyone outside of Dylan Windler to repeat as league champion. Murray State loses superstar Ja Morant, but don’t count the Racers out of the race just yet.
Read moreBig South 2019-20 Preview
Twelve of the 15 all-conference honorees have departed (and honestly, Chris Clemons should count as two people), leaving question marks strewn throughout the league. Who will rise from the ashes, laying claim to a new era in the Big South?
Read moreAtlantic Sun 2019-20 Preview
After a thrilling two-horse race in 2018-19 that culminated with Liberty beating Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament and Lipscomb nearly winning the NIT, the ASUN looks like Liberty’s league now. Can anyone challenge the Flames?
Read moreSummit 2019-20 Preview
Mike Daum is gone and with him goes South Dakota State’s regular season reign of terror. Last year’s Tourney rep, North Dakota State, looks to be the favorite with nearly everyone returning, but South Dakota has two of the best players in the league. It’s a competitive race to the basketball Summit!
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