Mercer and East Tennessee State of the Atlantic Sun Conference as well as the Big South’s VMI will replace the departing schools in the SoCon next season. There is a very strong chance that one of the schools in their […]
However, the future for the league really won’t begin until next season since the premier squad, the defending national champion Louisville Cardinals, will be competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference a year from now. For now, the AAC will just […]
After dominating the 2011-12 campaign with a 15-1 league record, Murray State faced new challenges with Belmont’s arrival to the OVC and Eastern Kentucky’s dramatic improvement. The addition of Belmont increased the member total to 12, which allowed the conference […]
The league filled in some of the gaps last season with several up-and-coming teams from Texas and another from Colorado, but already they’ve packed up and moved on, which in turn has brought in six new programs for the 2013-14 […]
Head coach Joe Jones, now in his third campaign with the Terriers, jokes that he and his players have a target squarely placed on their backs, regardless of how accommodating the Patriot League might be. Sure, it is a phrase […]
It doesn’t seem to matter where Shaka Smart and his VCU Rams make berth. Year in and year out the Rams just seem to win. In their first season as a member of the A-10 all they did was finish […]
Butler’s streak of five consecutive Horizon League regular season titles finally came to an end when it departed for the Atlantic 10. The Bulldogs’ exit opened up the door for a new perennial powerhouse to emerge. Valparaiso has managed two […]
The 2013-14 campaign will see even more change, with those same winds becoming gale-force in strength, as an embarrassment of riches begins to fall on already one of the premier conferences in college basketball. Duke and North Carolina will still […]
Unfortunately, both the Bobcats and Hawks figure to be bit players in the league, at least for this season. Instead, the ruling parties should be Manhattan, Iona and Canisius, assuming there aren’t too many surprises and injuries to key players. […]
New Mexico picked up all but one first-place vote from the league’s media, the other going to UNLV which is hoping to put forth a good showing after losing Anthony Bennett in the 2013 NBA Draft. The Runnin’ Rebels finished […]