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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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S8 March 30, 2012 Game #8-793: Massachusetts Minutemen vs. Stanford CardinalMarch 27, 2012 8:00 pmNew York City, NYBBState Stats/RecapThe prevailing opinion is that the NIT just doesn't matter, existing in some sort of strange basketball purgatory. Everybody knows this.ESPN certainly knew this. The Worldwide Leader e...
S8 March 1, 2012 Game #8-652: Army Black Knights at American EaglesFebruary 29, 2012 7:30 pmBender ArenaBBState Stats/Recap"Lately it occurs to meWhat a long, strange trip it's been."-The Grateful Dead, "Truckin'"If a conference tournament is being played at campus sites, and games aren't close to sold out, doesn't ...
S8 February 21, 2012 Game #8-602: Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks at Howard BisonFebruary 20, 2012 7:30 pmBurr GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapLast week, before taking in Howard's game against Bethune-Cookman, I had tweeted that I was taking in the "most lovingly disorganized sporting event there is." If you've been following ...
S8 February 14, 2012 Game #8-566: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Howard BisonFebruary 13, 2012 7:30 pmBurr GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapThe last time I made a trip to Burr Gymnasium, I pointed out how much of a spartan experience taking in a Howard basketball game was. No tickets, no in-game entertainment, no frills. Fast-f...
S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-546: Iona Gaels at Loyola (Md.) GreyhoundsFebruary 10, 2012 7:00 pmReitz ArenaBBState Stats/RecapEven starting in the preseason, Iona's gotten the lion's share of the attention in the MAAC. The Gaels were picked to win the MAAC title this year, and that was even before learning that they'd b...
S8 January 24, 2012 Game #8-452: Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Lafayette LeopardsJanuary 22, 2012 2:00 pmKirby Sports CenterBBState Stats/RecapAfter seeing three college basketball games in one day and consuming three cheesesteaks, a roast pork sandwich and countless one-dollar hot dogs in a 24-hour span, and sane or reason...
S8 January 24, 2012 Game #8-447: Saint Joseph`s Hawks at Pennsylvania QuakersJanuary 21, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapI think that the way I can best describe my Saturday at the Palestra is to say this: Seeing Maryland and Temple in the morning was my first time seeing a game at the Palestra. Seeing Penn ...
S8 January 24, 2012 Game #8-450: Northeastern Huskies at Drexel DragonsJanuary 21, 2012 4:00 pmDaskalakis Athletic CenterBBState Stats/RecapThere wasn't much time for me to lick my wounds from Maryland's loss to Temple earlier in the day at the Palestra. I made a stop at Abner's in University City for a cheesesteak, th...
S8 January 22, 2012 Game #8-427: Maryland Terrapins vs. Temple OwlsJanuary 21, 2012 11:00 amPhiladelphia, PABBState Stats/RecapFor the longest time, I had never managed seen a game at the hallowed Palestra, the Cathedral of College Basketball. It's always been a matter of finding the right situation to see a game -- Ph...
S8 January 17, 2012 Game #8-391: Holy Cross Crusaders at American EaglesJanuary 14, 2012 2:00 pmBender ArenaBBState Stats/RecapIf you had made me guess which of my friends would have been most likely to join me for a game during the 800 Games Project, my died-in-the-wool Ohio State Buckeye fan of a co-worker probably w...
S8 January 3, 2012 Game #8-331: William & Mary Tribe at George Mason PatriotsJanuary 2, 2012 12:00 pmPatriot CenterBBState Stats/RecapDespite living in the greater DC area, until today, I had never bothered to attend a George Mason Patriots home basketball game.It's not terribly surprising why not; my subscription to ...
12. Justice
S8 December 29, 2011 Game #8-301: Albany Great Danes at Maryland TerrapinsDecember 28, 2011 8:00 pmComcast CenterBBState Stats/RecapAnybody who's had season tickets to any sports team has had to deal with That Guy. You know who I'm talking about. He's the fan who's in or near your section and is doing everything he can ...
S8 December 17, 2011 Game #8-244: Bradley Braves at George Washington ColonialsDecember 15, 2011 7:00 pmCharles E. Smith CenterBBState Stats/RecapTaking in a George Washington Colonials game at the Smith Center is nothing like I remember it.Part of that is obvious. Back in February of 2008, George Washington announced a...
S8 December 16, 2011 Game #8-238: Florida International Golden Panthers at Maryland TerrapinsDecember 14, 2011 7:30 pmComcast CenterBBState Stats/RecapIf there's a more inappropriate coaching fit in college basketball -- hell, maybe all of college sports -- than Isiah Thomas at Florida International, I'd love for somebo...
S8 December 13, 2011 Game #8-230: Saint Francis (NY) Terriers at Howard BisonDecember 12, 2011 7:00 pmBurr GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapThe start of my trip tonight to Burr Gymnasium threw me for a bit of a loop. My first stop upon arriving at a new venue is, predictably, to head to the box office to pick up my ticket. T...
S8 December 10, 2011 Game #8-214: Howard Bison at Georgetown HoyasDecember 10, 2011 12:00 pmMCI CenterBBState Stats/RecapWhen you're the Howard Bison, opportunities for large-scale success don't exactly come around all that often. That's why it has to be absolutely maddening that the Bison squandered the opportunity the...
S8 December 8, 2011 Game #8-198: Mount Saint Mary`s Mountaineers at Maryland TerrapinsDecember 7, 2011 8:00 pmComcast CenterBBState Stats/RecapTo do this recap appropriately, I feel I should start with something of a confession. I am, first and foremost, a fan of a team that sits firmly above the red line, the Maryland...
S8 December 4, 2011 Game #8-172: George Mason Patriots at Towson TigersDecember 3, 2011 7:30 pmTowson CenterBBState Stats/RecapYou can't walk around the Towson University campus without finding a sign, a shirt, or something else asking you to "Restore the Roar." It's part of the athletic department's effort to ignite i...
S8 December 2, 2011 Game #8-165: Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers at American EaglesDecember 1, 2011 7:30 pmBender ArenaBBState Stats/RecapIt saddens me a bit to see UMBC's basketball program going through its current state of affairs.You see, the Retrievers hold a special place in my mid-major heart. In a lot of w...
S8 November 26, 2011 Game #8-117: Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Maryland TerrapinsNovember 25, 2011 7:00 pmComcast CenterBBState Stats/Recap I've never been a fan of the game immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday, assuming it's played on campus. Yeah, I enjoy having the sports diversion as I'm still digesting t...
S8 November 17, 2011 Game #8-043: Florida Atlantic Owls at American EaglesNovember 16, 2011 7:30 pmBender ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Sometimes it’s all about the little steps for a program. Take American’s home opener tonight at Bender Arena, which was the first of six games to be picked up this year by the local Comca...
S8 November 14, 2011 Game #8-022: North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks at Maryland TerrapinsNovember 13, 2011 8:00 pmComcast CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe last time UNC-Wilmington and Maryland met on the floor, the stakes were much higher.  The Seahawks, an 11 seed in the 2003 NCAA Tournament, were drawn against the T...
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