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Having recently completed its 9th season, The Mid-Majority is a community chronicle of the smaller Division I college basketball conferences. Last year, the theme was Team. Six groups of five (plus a fantasy mid-major player) were engaged in friendly Amazing Race-style competition, criss-crossing Hoops Nation to provide awesome college basketball content. Season X (2013-14) will be our final one.

Recent Game Recaps

Epilogue, The Ninth: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Memories

So We Meet Again

Rte. 139 - End of the Line

Hanging On

A Championship in Pictures

This Time of Year

Dotson Leads Ducks to the Sweet Sixteen

Grizzlies Overwhelmed by Orangemen

Empire

Challenge 11: Final Four Memories

By George, UConn is Dead

Butler and Us

Donning the Black and Gold

Challenge 10: Tourney Memories

The Madness of the Horizon League

The Rare Ivy League Conference Tournament

MAC Madness

Anything Can Happen in the MAAC

Challenge 9: Shock The Neighborhood

A Youthful Surprise

From Worst to First

Peers and Seers

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S9 February 21, 2013 Predictions are an integral part of any sport, but seem to be even more present in the world of college basketball. Every single season culminates in a billion-dollar monthlong prediction party, and the extended offseason of about thirty weeks affords more than enough time for amateur and professi...
S9 January 20, 2013 The road to Oxford, Ohio has many different routes, none of which are ideal. Each path is more or less equidistant from my residence in Dayton, but the time varies wildly. Instead of a rigorous plan of action, the GPS acts as more of a guide, illuminating a potential path that will be entirely re...
S9 January 12, 2013 There are games to write about in breathless prose and there are games to write about in a series of haikus. As the prescient reader will have already guessed, this is the latter: Tennessee State U Western Nashville, Tennessee Twelfth month, twenty-first Arriving early Sitting in the car reading ...
S9 January 7, 2013 Calling the University of Tennessee at Martin "off the beaten path" is being a bit generous. The next D-I university "within a two-hour drive in any direction" of Martin is Murray State, still over an hour away. Going to Martin means going purposefully, as Pierce Greenberg did in #TMM8, and as my ...
S9 January 4, 2013 Every winter I tell my girlfriend Jaclyn to pick a road trip destination, and I'll pick the accompanying basketball games. This winter trip is my basketball rejuvenation of sorts, providing a welcome relief from my usual Midwestern haunts. Last year we witnessed games at Richmond, Virginia, and V...
S9 December 27, 2012 Basketball in southeastern Michigan is a rich and diversified affair. A fan can enjoy small or large school basketball featuring teams from the Big Ten, Horizon, MAC, and Summit League, all of which call the area home. Frequently, I enjoy this hoops cornucopia with my eleven-year-old half-brother...
S9 December 18, 2012 Living in basketball-crazed Dayton, Ohio has some significant perks, not the least of which is a steady stream of hoops to enjoy between sub-Red Line schools Dayton and Wright State. For the most part, Dayton is below the Red Line in name only, which has both benefits and drawbacks. One of my fav...
S9 December 7, 2012 You can tell a lot about a college sports fan by the perspective they hold on conference realignment. As with many bad situations, a person usually falls into one of three camps: OPTIMISTIC The conference realignment optimist thinks keeping track of the constant shuffling is a headache, but is exci...
S9 December 4, 2012 My favorite part of NFL Sundays happens when the scheduled game ends. Greg Gumbel appears on screen and informs the viewing audience too poor to afford Sunday Ticket (like me) that CBS is about to take you to a magical place known as "bonus coverage". Without delay, we are all whisked away to five ...
S9 December 2, 2012 Game #9-113: Towson Tigers at Eastern Kentucky ColonelsNovember 17, 2012 6:00 pmMcBrayer ArenaBBState Stats/Recap "They aren't very good, you know." "I'm sorry?" "Eastern Kentucky. They aren't very good." The man repeated himself slowly and returned to pecking away at the hotel computer. He was rig...
S9 November 29, 2012 Game #9-103: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at Tennessee Tech Golden EaglesNovember 15, 2012 8:00 pmEblen CenterBBState Stats/Recap I'm notorious for remaining silent during games I attend by myself, but as I approached this particular gentleman I felt compelled to talk to him. Thirty minutes until g...
S9 November 26, 2012 Game #9-096: Winthrop Eagles at Indiana State SycamoresNovember 13, 2012 7:05 pmHulman CenterBBState Stats/Recap I arrived in Terre Haute under the inky blackness of November night. Having spent 14 of my previous 24 hours driving and 5 of those 24 inside the University of Michigan's Crisler Center, ...
S9 November 16, 2012 Game #9-040: IUPUI Jaguars at Michigan WolverinesNovember 12, 2012 9:00 pmCrisler ArenaBBState Stats/RecapI love coming to Ann Arbor, but I can't stand parking in it. Crisler Arena, home of the Michigan Wolverines basketball team, is located right next to Michigan Stadium, the largest stadium in the...
S9 November 12, 2012 Game #9-019: Bowling Green Falcons vs. Cleveland State VikingsNovember 12, 2012 6:00 pmAnn Arbor, MIBBState Stats/RecapNeutral site games might work for schools with enormous alumni and fan bases like Kentucky, Kansas, and Michigan State, but the draw tends to evaporate when you move below the Red L...
S9 November 11, 2012 Game #9-003: Rochester (MI) at Eastern Michigan EaglesNovember 9, 2012 12:00 pmConvocation CenterBBState Stats/Recap On a day featuring aircraft carriers, Germany, new Brooklyn arenas, and 15 of the AP Top 25, college basketball threw open the gym doors right here in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I arrived ...
S8 March 4, 2012 Game #8-691: California-Riverside Highlanders at Long Beach State 49ersFebruary 25, 2012 7:05 pmThe PyramidBBState Stats/Recap“This team has a chance to do something special. No distractions. I mean it guys. Don’t let your girlfriend, don’t let your dad who loves you be a distraction these next two ...
S8 March 1, 2012 Game #8-651: San Diego Toreros at Loyola Marymount LionsFebruary 23, 2012 10:00 pmA. Gersten PavilionBBState Stats/RecapLoyola Marymount is difficult to get to from Long Beach, Calif. I should rephrase that. If you’re a tourist from the Midwest who has to rely on the miracle of public transportation...
S8 February 25, 2012 Game #8-618: California-Santa Barbara Gauchos at Long Beach State 49ersFebruary 22, 2012 11:00 pmThe PyramidBBState Stats/RecapI haven’t been a member of a sports team since fifth grade basketball. Being born into a family of diminutive stature and still smaller athletic talent isn’t really conduciv...
S8 February 2, 2012 Game #8-494: Saint Louis Billikens at Dayton FlyersJanuary 4, 2012 8:00 pmU. of Dayton ArenaBBState Stats/RecapAUTHOR’S NOTE: Once every so often, I get so excited about something that I tend to bite off a bit more than I can chew. It has become readily apparent to me that my most recent something i...
S8 January 17, 2012 Game #8-403: Saint Peter`s Peacocks at Niagara Purple EaglesJanuary 13, 2012 9:00 pmGallagher CenterBBState Stats/RecapSo I’ve been playing a lot of Skyrim lately. For the uninitiated, Skyrim is a video game that allows the player to take the role of an adventurer who becomes the savior of the virtu...
S8 January 10, 2012 Game #8-374: Presbyterian Blue Hose at Virginia Military Institute KeydetsDecember 31, 2011 1:00 pmCameron HallBBState Stats/RecapAs someone coming from a non-military family, I was a bit in awe when my girlfriend and I arrived at VMI on New Year’s Eve. To call the Virginia Military Institute your n...
S8 January 4, 2012 Game #8-340: Towson Tigers at Virginia CavaliersDecember 30, 2011 7:00 pmJohn Paul Jones ArenaBBState Stats/RecapWith about a minute remaining in the unexpected clash of titans that was Towson and Virginia, with the Tigers down only four in a game where they held a lead as large as eight(!), college...
S8 January 3, 2012 Game #8-338: Liberty Flames at Richmond SpidersDecember 28, 2011 7:00 pmRobins CenterBBState Stats/RecapI’m going to be honest: I’m kind of a crotchety old man when it comes to my sporting events. I’m a diva when it comes to seat location: as close to center court as possible, be it in the upper or ...
S8 January 1, 2012 Game #8-318: Central Michigan Chippewas at Wright State RaidersDecember 22, 2011 7:00 pmErvin J. Nutter CenterBBState Stats/RecapI enjoy watching college basketball not just for the event itself, but also for its allegorical relationship to everyday life. The human triumphs within each game are thri...
S8 December 30, 2011 Game #8-307: Seton Hall Pirates at Dayton FlyersDecember 21, 2011 7:00 pmU. of Dayton ArenaBBState Stats/RecapI had forgotten how loud UD Arena can get. The atmosphere here is incomparable. My first-ever college basketball game was at this very place in 2002. Two things that I remember clearly from ...
S8 December 23, 2011 Game #8-282: Idaho Vandals at Wright State RaidersDecember 20, 2011 7:00 pmErvin J. Nutter CenterBBState Stats/RecapI get around quite a bit for the average college basketball fan. Last year, I managed to attend a solid 31 Division I games and this year I’ve already been to 21. In three years of tra...
S8 December 20, 2011 Game #8-262: Belmont Bruins at Marshall Thundering HerdDecember 19, 2011 7:00 pmHenderson CenterBBState Stats/RecapToo often, sports are said to be about the little things. Coaches accurately yet tiredly point to the little things as the difference between victory and defeat on any given night. If w...
S8 December 19, 2011 Game #8-258: Bowling Green Falcons at Michigan State SpartansDecember 17, 2011 7:00 pmBreslin Events CenterBBState Stats/RecapI’m not sure if Michigan State realizes the importance of this series. For the Spartans, playing Bowling Green likely means teeing off against an overmatched MAC squad, and w...
S8 December 15, 2011 Game #8-237: Cincinnati Bearcats at Wright State RaidersDecember 14, 2011 7:00 pmErvin J. Nutter CenterBBState Stats/RecapWelcome to Dayton. Situated in southwestern Ohio approximately an hour north of Cincinnati, Dayton is known primarily as a city of inventors and innovators. James Ritty, a local ...
S8 December 10, 2011 Game #8-212: Loyola (Ill.) Ramblers at Toledo RocketsDecember 10, 2011 3:00 pmJohn F. Savage HallBBState Stats/RecapHi, I’m Craig, and I’m an addict. I’ve spent the last two years trainspotting college basketball. I spent every red cent and waking moment of my collegiate money and time last year on ...
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