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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.

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S9 March 30, 2013 College basketball is a sport which is filled with sadness by the teams that lose to end their seasons. 343 teams (sometimes less if a team wins its final game and misses the conference tournament) end their seasons with a loss. Four teams end their seasons with wins, the winners of the NCAA, NIT, ...
S9 March 8, 2013 The College of Charleston has two traditions which have been a part of the program for many seasons. Almost every program does a Senior Night or a Senior Day promotion. This promotion has gotten more ink lately after Indiana did Senior Night festivities after a loss to Ohio State, in a 9pm game. To...
S9 March 7, 2013 The month of February was the wettest February in Charleston history. After just over a third of an inch of rain in the month of January, with an 80 degree day, we had over ten inches of rain in the month of February.This Saturday afternoon was another one of those gloomy days that everyone endures...
S9 March 4, 2013 The college basketball season is one which goes through many twists and turns during a regular season. Conferences can change with one game or one moment. The regular season conference schedule is important for most teams. It tests your mettle in a 14-20 game schedule, and whoever is the winner of ...
S9 March 2, 2013 Charleston is one of the biggest towns for tourism in the nation. Tourism gets very slow during the winter months in Charleston. December after Christmas and January is a very slow time. You can walk King Street through downtown Charleston on a weekday morning and only see a few people around. The ...
S9 February 23, 2013 The College of Charleston and Davidson College have been two of the biggest basketball rivals in the Southeast for many seasons.The two schools are complete opposites of one another. Davidson is a private school north of Charlotte, NC, along Lake Norman, that is known for its academics (and its bas...
S9 February 14, 2013 Homecoming has been a part of sports for over a century. Homecoming began in 1909 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, who had the first homecoming mixed with a football game. Homecoming is a tradition at thousands of colleges and high schools around the world. It is usually filled with pageantry, ...
S9 February 8, 2013 College basketball is a game that is one of the best in sports for the fans. The fans, especially at the mid-major level, re closer to the fans than in most other sports. They can be a part of the game by yelling chants, being close enough to the crowd that they can bother the opposing team, and th...
S9 February 1, 2013 Any Saturday afternoon in the Lowcountry, even during the winter, is one where you can attend many different events. You can go walking on the Ravenel Bridge, the tallest cable-stayed bridge in North America. You can go fishing. You can get on the boat and travel throughout Charleston Harbor and th...
S9 January 27, 2013 The College of Charleston and The Citadel have been rivals in the Southern Conference for fourteen years. The two schools have been intertwined with each other for a much longer period, but the rivalry ramped up in 1999 when the College of Charleston joined the SoCon.Before that, The Citadel and th...
S9 January 20, 2013 The College of Charleston and The Citadel are two schools which are both icons in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. There are huge differences between them, which are especially prevalent when you see the two school's campuses.The Citadel's campus is large, open, and fits the military school's prof...
S9 January 17, 2013 College basketball is a game which is followed all throughout the nation. The sport is one which is popular in many facets. In the mid-major realm, the Missouri Valley Conference schools are probably the most popular. Their games air on television; several schools average over 10,000 per game; seve...
S9 January 13, 2013 This season, the College of Charleston have been in a lot of very close games. Except for about 3 or 4 games (the opening win over Towson, the blowout loss to Louisville, and a couple of others), CofC has been in the game in the final minutes, as their average margin has been around a point and a h...
S9 January 11, 2013 The Samford Bulldogs romped into downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, getting ready for their weekend in Charleston, which will most likely be their last as a member of the SoCon. They practiced on the TD Arena court after busing from Birmingham, a seven-hour trip.The Bulldogs are a very young t...
S9 January 9, 2013 Saturday nights in the Lowcountry are very busy ones. You can go to the movies; you can go to the local bar to enjoy some grub; if the Stingrays (our local hockey team) is home, you can enjoy a game for a cheap price; or you can go out on the town.Earlier Saturday, I was at the Furman/College of Cha...
S9 January 9, 2013 The College of Charleston has been a team with extreme highs and lows this year. You never know what to expect from them from night to night. They are perfect on the road this year at 5-0, including tough wins at Vermont and Baylor.However, CofC has lost four games at home. Each has been more and mo...
S9 December 26, 2012 The rivalry between the College of Charleston and Coastal Carolina University has grown into a very interesting series. The two schools are like each other in many ways. CofC is the fast-growing state university for the Charleston area; while Coastal Carolina is the fast-growing state university fo...
S9 December 17, 2012 Game #9-168: Anderson at Charleston CougarsDecember 13, 2012 7:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/Recap The College of Charleston has been playing basketball for most of the last century. Along with the city of Charleston, the university has grown. So has their basketball program. Back in the ...
S9 December 14, 2012 The Citadel's basketball program has gone through many interesting periods in its history. The program under former head coach Pat Dennis was one that played sometimes as many as four non Division I opponents in a year.The lowest point in its history was in the 2003-04 season. The Dogs played Emman...
S9 December 6, 2012 Game #9-129: Louisville Cardinals at Charleston CougarsDecember 4, 2012 9:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/Recap It has been a long break between me writing recaps so far. After the Charleston Classic finished up on November 20, my team, the College of Charleston went on a road trip. This was...
S9 November 23, 2012 Game #9-076: Boston College Eagles at Charleston CougarsNovember 18, 2012 12:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/Recap Charleston is one of the best towns for basketball in the Southeast. Three local mid-majors, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, and the College of Charleston, provide for a very ...
S9 November 21, 2012 Game #9-065: Auburn Tigers at Charleston CougarsNovember 16, 2012 7:30 pmCharleston, SCBBState Stats/Recap Every team has suffered injuries of some sort. No matter if you play 4th grade basketball where the score often doesn't hit 20 or on the NBA champion Miami Heat, if you play basketball, you hav...
S9 November 20, 2012 Game #9-061: Saint John's Red Storm at Charleston CougarsNovember 15, 2012 5:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/Recap The College of Charleston and St. John's are two schools which are almost 14 hours apart by car. They have innumerable connections though which few schools have on the basketbal...
S9 November 11, 2012 Game #9-009: Towson Tigers at Charleston CougarsNovember 9, 2012 7:30 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/Recap College basketball is a sport which can unite universities, no matter who is playing. Unlike college football, where FCS teams and FBS teams have huge gaps between each other, even with...
S8 February 26, 2012 Game #8-625: Charleston Cougars at The Citadel BulldogsFebruary 25, 2012 3:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapThe College of Charleston and The Citadel have had a very good rivalry ever since they became schools. The College has grown into one of the most important schools in South Carolin...
S8 February 25, 2012 Game #8-612: Georgia Southern Eagles at Charleston CougarsFebruary 23, 2012 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapGeorgia Southern and the College of Charleston are two universities which are somewhat alike. Both are large state-run campuses that have over 10,000 students, Georgia Southern ...
S8 February 15, 2012 Game #8-573: Georgia Southern Eagles at The Citadel BulldogsFebruary 11, 2012 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapAfter seeing two exciting games on Saturday afternoon, featuring two of our local teams, The Citadel and Georgia Southern beckoned for me. CofC beat conference leader Davidson...
S8 February 13, 2012 Game #8-560: High Point Panthers at Charleston Southern BuccaneersFebruary 11, 2012 5:30 pmCSU FieldhouseBBState Stats/RecapThis Saturday was a very exciting day to be a college basketball fan in the Lowcountry, as I said in the first recap. I got to pick up Clyde the Cougar during the Davidson/Char...
S8 February 12, 2012 Game #8-548: Davidson Wildcats at Charleston CougarsFebruary 11, 2012 3:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapFebruary 11, 2012, #ALLCAPSDAY, was a very exciting day in college basketball terms, especially in the Charleston area. Today was the only day of the entire season where all three of ...
S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-543: Western Carolina Catamounts at Charleston CougarsFebruary 9, 2012 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapThursday night was a night which was laden with great finishes throughout college basketball. This included one at Charleston Southern just up the road which involved a 35-fo...
S8 January 31, 2012 Game #8-484: Wofford Terriers at Charleston CougarsJanuary 28, 2012 3:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe College of Charleston and Wofford have had a big rivalry for the last 13 years that they have been in the Southern Conference. The teams have fought hard in previous years. CofC won...
S8 January 28, 2012 Game #8-466: Furman Paladins at Charleston CougarsJanuary 26, 2012 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapEvery team has been through tough times. Even the best ones like Duke lose home games, and it depends on how your team can get through these.The College of Charleston, having to replace ...
S8 January 17, 2012 Game #8-406: Elon Phoenix at Charleston CougarsJanuary 14, 2012 7:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe College of Charleston had one of their toughest losses in years on Thursday night. They lost to UNCG, a team that won two games prior to this weekend. They lost by seven, and ...
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S8 January 14, 2012 Game #8-387: North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans at Charleston CougarsJanuary 12, 2012 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe election in South Carolina has been filled with many plot twists and turns. With the College of Charleston being the center of the election cycle in our state, a "...
S8 January 8, 2012 Game #8-359: Samford Bulldogs at The Citadel BulldogsJanuary 7, 2012 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/RecapThere are many college teams which have the same nicknames. The most popular nicknames are the Tigers, Bears, Wildcats, and the Bulldogs. Next year, there will be three Tigers in the S...
S8 December 31, 2011 Game #8-314: George Mason Patriots at Charleston CougarsDecember 30, 2011 7:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapAnything can happen during any game. The College of Charleston had been on a roll. They were 10-2 on the season, only losing to UCF in the Bahamas and close to Louisville in a gam...
S8 December 20, 2011 Game #8-247: Charleston Southern Buccaneers at Charleston CougarsDecember 17, 2011 6:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapAll teams have their games that they sleepwalk through, and they believe that a win will just come easy to them. Teams, often when a lesser game is sandwiched between two...
S8 December 17, 2011 Game #8-235: Tennessee Volunteers at Charleston CougarsDecember 14, 2011 9:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapCollege basketball is a game where there is a big difference in between the largest schools, mid-majors and tiny schools in the smallest D-1 conferences. This can be offset, by one...
S8 December 8, 2011 Game #8-194: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at The Citadel BulldogsDecember 6, 2011 7:05 pmMcAlister Field HouseBBState Stats/Recap"Pack the Mac." This is the new slogan for The Citadel basketball team when they play at McAlister Field House. They've tried to get fans into the arena for many years no...
S8 December 6, 2011 Game #8-191: Chattanooga Mocs at Charleston CougarsDecember 3, 2011 4:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapCollege basketball is a funny game sometimes. That's what makes it what it is. Anything can happen any time. Presbyterian came back from 15 down to beat Cincinnati. Every team has a sho...
S8 December 2, 2011 Game #8-167: The Citadel Bulldogs at Charleston CougarsDecember 1, 2011 8:00 pmCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe Citadel Bulldogs and the College of Charleston Cougars have been playing basketball for 110 years, and have been two of the biggest rivals in mid-major college basketball for ye...
S8 November 18, 2011 Game #8-000: Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Western Kentucky HilltoppersNovember 17, 2011 12:30 pmCharleston, SCBBState Stats/RecapEarly season tournaments have been a major part of college basketball for decades, almost since the beginning of the sport. Tournaments like the Maui Invitational and the Gr...
S8 November 15, 2011 Game #8-032: Morehead State Eagles at Charleston CougarsNovember 15, 2011 8:00 amCarolina First CenterBBState Stats/RecapCollege basketball. This is what we all desire for. From the smallest independent program to national champions, everyone has the same desire. The desire to play on national telev...
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