The Mid-Majority : Season 9: We Are, Together.

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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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

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1. Epilogue, The Ninth: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

S9 April 9, 2013 I. Bucharest, Romania - February 9, 2013Admission was free. I didn't think I'd have to squeeze into a first-row baseline corner a full half-hour beforehand, though. This was a country with a basketball legacy summed up in a single gentle-giant folk hero, one who wore his freakish height on his jers... [more]

2. You, Me and Rick

S9 December 2, 2012 CHICAGO, December 2 -- The World Wide Web in 2004 was a far different world than the one we know now, but it held an eye-glint reflection of things to come. Real-time conversations among strangers were only possible in "Java applets," the term "sports blog" hadn't been coined yet, and "meme" was sti... [more]

3. I Let My Teammates Down

S9 November 8, 2012 CHICAGO, Nov. 5 - In January 2006, I had the opportunity to spend a Sunday hanging out with Southern Illinois equipment manager Alvy Armstrong. These were the types of days I appreciated most when I was on the road, killing myself slowly by zipping from game to game: meeting people whose names were ... [more]

4. Mid-Majority Season 9 Opening Chat and Draft

S9 November 1, 2012 The Mid-Majority Season 9 Opening Chat and Draft ... [more]

5. Mid-Majority Season 8 Closing Ceremony Chat

S8 April 2, 2012 The Mid-Majority Season 8 Closing Ceremony ... [more]

6. How We Used To Live

S8 February 24, 2012 Game #8-610: Green Bay Phoenix at Loyola (Ill.) RamblersFebruary 23, 2012 8:00 pmJoseph Gentile CenterBBState Stats/RecapCHICAGO -- The truest of all the true things written about The Palestra, The Mid-Majority's true and ancestral haunted home, is this: "It's a basketball echo chamber where every s... [more]

7. 800 Games Project: Guidelines

S8 November 2, 2011 The 800 Games Project will be made up of 800 individual games, and each recap must be awesome. To ensure this, here are eight simple guidelines to keep in mind as the season winds on. 1. The minimum length of a game recap is 400 words. That isn't very long. Anything less, and you're not giving fol... [more]

8. Prologue: All of Us vs. Each of Us

S8 November 1, 2011 CHICAGO, October 30 -- About a year ago, George Mason head coach Jim Larranaga called. "Thanks for writing that nice article about our 2006 team," went the voicemail. Five months later, on the morning of the National Championship game, over breakfast in the lobby of the downtown Hilton in Houston, I... [more]

9. Epilogue, The Seventh: The Complete Circle

S7 April 5, 2011 I. I Believe That We Will Win HOUSTON, April 5 -- When Adam Walsh was in his twenties, he climbed up the coaching ladder through the juco and small-college ranks as an assistant. All throughout, he had the following bullet point at the top of his résumé, under Career Goals: To be a Division I head c... [more]

10. Game 7-105: NCAA National Championship

S7 April 5, 2011 Butler Bulldogs vs. Connecticut HuskiesApril 4, 2011 9:23 pmHouston, TXBBState Stats/Recap Here's how the story ends. @midmajority Game Tweets21:00RT @mlandes1536 @midmajority the season doesn't always end in a loss....it can't #godawgsRT @fangsbites I'm loving @midmajority's tweets from the Fina... [more]

11. This Is Tomorrow

S7 April 4, 2011 HOUSTON -- Win or lose, this is it. Today, April 4, is the 154th and final day of The Mid-Majority's Season 7. As of this writing, the ultimate final result remains unknown. We do know two things: there is a basketball game tonight at 9:23 p.m. ET, Butler will fight hard for all of us and each of ... [more]

12. Rebirth Of The Cool

S7 April 3, 2011 AP HOUSTON -- In the early morning of January 20, 2009, after watching South Carolina State and Howard play a MEAC regular season game, I slept for two hours, grabbed my stuffed basketball, and made my way through the spaghetti tangle of Beltways and Metro lines to be on the Washington Mall to witn... [more]

13. Game 7-104: NCAA National Semifinal

S7 April 2, 2011 Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. Butler BulldogsApril 2, 2011 6:09 pmHouston, TXBBState Stats/Recap VCU from the Colonial, Butler from the Horizon League. Bulldogs and Rams. Black and gold against @ButlerBlue2. It was nothing less than the unprecedented, unbelievable Mid-Major National Championship.... [more]

14. There's a Basketball Game Today at 6:09 PM ET

S7 April 2, 2011 SAB HOUSTON -- For the past five months and one day, I've been very careful about making as few forward-looking statements as possible -- except when specifically hired to. This business, this "sports writing," is filthy with predictions about future events that we writers have no control over, and... [more]

15. The Night Before the Final Four

S7 April 2, 2011 HOUSTON -- For the record, Jack Swiger said "Houston, we've had a problem." A present-perfect report of the recent past, not an implication of overwhelm -- as per the endlessly repeated "we have" or "we've got" misquote. Big difference between the bottom of the valley and the first steps out of it... [more]

16. The Mid-Majority Interview: Chris "Pav" Crowley

S7 April 1, 2011 By now, most TMM readers are familiar with Chris "Pavarotti" Crowley, the self-described "that VCU guy" and the Rowdiest Ram of all. He's been a mainstay at Rams basketball games, through thick and thin, with his gold shirt and ever-present horn-helmet ever since his days as a student and a team man... [more]

17. The Mid-Majority Interview: Ron5Robot

S7 April 1, 2011 At some point around the #ALLCAPSGAME, a big shiny Robot began appearing at Butler's Horizon League contests games. A Ron5Robot! Ron5Robot is a tribute to Ronald Nored, the Bulldogs' exceedingly unselfish Secretary of Defense, whose battered legs contain surgically implanted metal rods, making No. 5... [more]

18. The Beautiful

S7 March 31, 2011 AP HARTFORD, Conn. -- I remember my first fixed game. It was five seasons ago. In the final minute of a body-bag guarantee matchup in an ACC arena, with the home team up by 14, a player on the home team broke away for a transition layup. But before he could rise to the hoop, players on the bench ye... [more]

19. Commonwealth

S7 March 30, 2011 CHICAGO -- Outside the art deco-inspired and quickly-aging United Center is a statue of Michael Jordan, eternally suspended in flight above a roiling sea of overmatched defenders. Underneath, an inscription: "The Best There Ever Was, The Best There Ever Will Be." On the grey afternoon of Sunday, M... [more]

20. "Star Power"

S7 March 30, 2011 Last year, around this time, we talked about the need for The Document, a comprehensive encapsulation of current glory that could be properly referenced and recalled later. It's one thing to offer a rote retelling of events, but it's more important and more difficult to be able to remember how it ... [more]

21. The Low Point

S7 March 29, 2011 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- On the evening of February 15, 2011, the Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University was packed to capacity, but the home fans were solemn and silent. The visiting team from George Mason had jumped out to a 34-19 halftime lead. The Patriot guards had rained down three-po... [more]

22. Unsung Hero

S7 March 28, 2011 DALLAS -- A tribute: I would never be able to do this 100 Games thing without Bally, my stuffed basketball. This is his fourth season with me, his fourth NCAA Tournament, and he's got his second Final Four coming up. He's been in thousands of photos and logged tens of thousands of miles. Bally is ... [more]

23. Don't Know Mind

S7 March 28, 2011 SAN ANTONIO -- All media is local, and it's been that way since the beginning: the rumor mill, the town crier, the news bulletin printed on a hand-cranked press. The more technology is involved, the wider a message's potential reach. Distribution networks, moving pictures, automation, and any tool t... [more]

24. Game 7-103: NCAA Southwest Region Final

S7 March 28, 2011 [11] Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. [1] Kansas JayhawksMarch 27, 2011 2:20 pmSan Antonio, TXBBState Stats/Recap After a second overnight drive, a second reward: a second member of the Other 25 in the Final Four. Virginia Commonwealth, one of the last teams in the door with the selection committee,... [more]

25. Game 7-102: NCAA Southeast Region Final

S7 March 27, 2011 [8] Butler Bulldogs vs. [2] Florida GatorsMarch 26, 2011 4:20 pmNew Orleans, LABBState Stats/Recap It started with a crazy idea. Since VCU and Butler were in the Elite Eight, with the sites just 550 miles away and nine hours from each other in San Antonio and New Orleans, why not go to both? After... [more]

26. Game 7-101: NCAA Sweet 16, Southwest Semifinal #2

S7 March 27, 2011 [11] Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. [10] Florida State SeminolesMarch 25, 2011 9:57 pmSan Antonio, TXBBState Stats/Recap 30fps There is no feeling in the world like wanting something to happen so badly that's right there in front of you but out of your direct control. There's no better feeling tha... [more]

27. Game 7-100: NCAA Sweet 16, Southwest Semifinal #1

S7 March 27, 2011 [12] Richmond Spiders vs. [1] Kansas JayhawksMarch 25, 2011 7:27 pmSan Antonio, TXBBState Stats/Recap The distance between the Round of 32 and the Sweet Sixteen is so long, the possibilities so tantalizing. The hopes of an upstart No. 12 seed become outsized, and an Atlantic One's dreams can grow ... [more]

28. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 720

S7 March 25, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 720 Butler is back in the Elite Eight, there is no Curse of Dick Bennett (although he certainly wouldn't have approved of Wisconsin's performance last night), and the only thing surprising about it is a.) the lack of general public shock and b.) that this video has ... [more]

29. What 100 Means Now

S7 March 25, 2011 SAN ANTONIO -- In March of 2005, during the original 100 Games Project, I felt like it couldn't hurt to ask. I called up Brian McCann, the sports information director at Cleveland State, a school that was organizing an NCAA subregional at the Wolstein Center. I explained that I ran a website about c... [more]

30. Something Good's Going To Happen

S7 March 25, 2011 SAN ANTONIO -- The power of a first impression comes from how forcefully it floods the vacuum of the unknown, how it fills a blank slate so completely. Before actual experience with a place and the people there, it's just another dot on a map. My first contact with Richmond, Virginia came in March... [more]

31. Butler, The Way, and the Curse of Dick Bennett

S7 March 24, 2011 SAN ANTONIO -- A single basketball play is made up of two opposing strategies hatched by two opposing coaches, ten free-agent entities of varying skill and experience levels who can choose to fall in with the chosen plan or not, hundreds of in-the-moment decision points by players and game officials... [more]

32. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 719

S7 March 24, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 719 Yee-haw! We are in San Antonio, Texas. So are VCU and Richmond. The weather is great, the Alamodome is weird, and we're ready to chat this afternoon on a special date but a regular time (4 PM ET). Come by and talk about the three remaining teams, the Butler-Wisc... [more]

33. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 718

S7 March 22, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 718 In this week between 32 and 16, only Butler, Richmond and VCU remain. What do they have to do to continue on and keep their lights lit? And what of all the fallen teams around Hoops Nation, what's next for them? New coaches, new players, or old patterns? Come ch... [more]

34. Redrawing the Red Line

S7 March 21, 2011 CHICAGO -- It may be a week from now, and it may be two weeks from now, but this is certin: no matter what, the Epilogue is coming. Judging from the outlines and drafts, this season's final post will be the longest yet. There's a lot of complicated information about the future to package as a downlo... [more]

35. The Gap Is Where We Live

S7 March 21, 2011 CHICAGO -- In 1979, the NCAA expanded its men's basketball tournament from 32 to 40. One reason was to accomodate automatic bids for conferences like the Sun Belt and Southland -- fallout from the governing body's football subdivision split that "protected" mid-size schools from 76-0 gridiron poundi... [more]

36. Game 7-099: NCAA Round of 32, Southwest Region 3/11

S7 March 20, 2011 [11] Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. [3] Purdue BoilermakersMarch 20, 2011 7:10 pmChicago, ILBBState Stats/Recap On Saturday night, we left Cleveland and headed west to Chicago to catch back up with the VCU Rams, the first PIG team to win a Round of 64 game. And we saw them become the first PIG tea... [more]

37. The NCAA Tournament Diff: Round of 32 Day 2

S7 March 20, 2011 This, March 20, 2011, is CAA Sunday. We're not talking about the Creative Artists Agency or the Canadian Auto Association, it's all about the Colonial Mother____ing Athetic Association. Three bids are fantastic and all, but the NCAA Tournament is about backing those bids up with NCAA Tournament vict... [more]

38. Game 7-098: NIT Second Round

S7 March 19, 2011 Charleston Cougars at Cleveland State VikingsMarch 19, 2011 2:00 pmH. J. Goodman ArenaBBState Stats/Recap There is one National Championship. Everything else is just low-rated cable programming. Lose the wrong game at the wrong time, and you end up here -- in basketball purgatory. At the Wolstein ... [more]

39. The NCAA Tournament Diff: Round of 32 Day 1

S7 March 19, 2011 CLEVELAND -- From 26 at the start of the week, there are only six teams left from the Other 25 conferences. Three games of local interest today, and while we're assured of one from our side of the Line to move forward, we cannot have more than three of the four advance. It happens. In this case, i... [more]

40. Game 7-097: NCAA Round of 64, East Region 3/14

S7 March 19, 2011 [14] Indiana State Sycamores vs. [3] Syracuse OrangeMarch 18, 2011 9:57 pmCleveland, OHBBState Stats/Recap Thousands of Big Blue fans -- the real Big Blue -- made the trip up from Terre Haute to spend all night in Quicken Loans Arena and watch their Valley champs go down to Big Orange. And they all... [more]

41. Game 7-096: NCAA Round of 64, East Region 6/11

S7 March 19, 2011 [11] Marquette Golden Eagles vs. [6] Xavier MusketeersMarch 18, 2011 7:27 pmCleveland, OHBBState Stats/Recap Hello, Xavier!! Our recently excepted friends were here in Cleveland with us, and Bally had trouble seeing over the mascot's hat from our seats in the front row corner. As the Musketeers ge... [more]

42. Game 7-095: NCAA Round of 64, East Region 1/16

S7 March 19, 2011 [16] Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners vs. [1] Ohio State BuckeyesMarch 18, 2011 4:40 pmCleveland, OHBBState Stats/Recap While the teams in this Tournament dream of replicating the feat that the Harvard women's team once pulled off, we're not getting any closer to seeing one of the 60th through 68th t... [more]

43. Game 7-094: NCAA Round of 64, East Region 8/9

S7 March 19, 2011 [9] Villanova Wildcats vs. [8] George Mason PatriotsMarch 18, 2011 2:10 pmCleveland, OHBBState Stats/Recap Getty Images > TMM360 Mason never wore white during the 2006 run. They also didn't awesome have glowing Kryptonite Nikes. They certainly weren't mercurial like this, didn't trade offense for d... [more]

44. The NCAA Tournament Diff: Round of 64 Day 2

S7 March 18, 2011 CLEVELAND -- Something's missing at the Q this weekend. "The Diff," the "statistic" from the Gund Arena days that tells viewers the difference between the number of points the two teams have scored in plus/minus format, was blacked out on the hardwired media room scoreboard by the NCAA. It was rem... [more]

45. Loss and Delay

S7 March 18, 2011 CLEVELAND -- Good morning. As usual at the NCAA Tournament, I am surrounded by people typing. I know exactly what they're typing about, because I get to read it, all of it, within hours of the moment when they hit "send." I also get to hear them talk with each other about what they're going to write... [more]

46. The NCAA Tournament Diff: Round of 64 Day 1

S7 March 17, 2011 CLEVELAND -- We'd be remiss if we didn't give you The Diff. Especially considering where we are this weekend! We do this every season during the NCAA Tournament: We sidestep the boilerplate game previews and give you the only numbers that really matter. For the games involving teams in Other 25 conf... [more]

47. Game 7-093: NCAA First Four, Game 4

S7 March 17, 2011 [11] Virginia Commonwealth Rams vs. [11] Southern California TrojansMarch 16, 2011 9:00 pmDayton, OHBBState Stats/Recap All in for VCU. It's the NCAA Tournament, and it's the return of eight versus five. As for 11 and 12 seeds playing in to the Big Bracket, we now have two games' worth of visual e... [more]

48. Game 7-092: NCAA First Four, Game 3

S7 March 17, 2011 [16] Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners vs. [16] Alabama State HornetsMarch 16, 2011 6:30 pmDayton, OHBBState Stats/Recap It's the second day of the inaugural First Four, and the kind of matchup Dayton is used to: between a SWAC No. 4 seed and a Southland No. 7. Bally lands the greatest temp job in the... [more]

49. Game 7-091: NCAA First Four, Game 2

S7 March 16, 2011 [12] Clemson Tigers vs. [12] UAB BlazersMarch 15, 2011 10:00 pmDayton, OHBBState Stats/Recap During a blowout, you need blowout material. In this case, a lot of talk about formal wear, Doctor Who and the All-Bowtie Team would have to suffice. Meanwhile, on the floor, UAB took a long and hard road ... [more]

50. Game 7-090: NCAA First Four, Game 1

S7 March 16, 2011 [16] North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs vs. [16] Arkansas-Little Rock TrojansMarch 15, 2011 7:30 pmDayton, OHBBState Stats/Recap It's a day of first firsts. The first day of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the first night of the 68-team future, the first First Four, the first this. This now is not like t... [more]

51. As-You-Go Bracket, As-You-Go! (clap, clap)

S7 March 14, 2011 DAYTON -- So let's get the so-called expertise out of the way first. Utah State and Belmont are way underseeded, as in "duh." Saint Mary's and Harvard would have been given at-large bids if the selection committee was made up of poets. But that's not the way it works. The reasons for all of the ab... [more]

52. Game 7-089: Atlantic 14 Championship

S7 March 13, 2011 [9] Dayton Flyers vs. [3] Richmond SpidersMarch 13, 2011 2:00 pmAtlantic City, NJBBState Stats/Recap After ten days, six leagues, 21 games, over 2,000 miles and two all-night drives, Championship Fortnight is at an end for us. It all culminates in the Atlantic 14 title game, and Spider destiny. Bu... [more]

53. Champions Of Hoops Nation 2011

S7 March 13, 2011 If college basketball has taught us anything, it's that there's nothing that becomes irrelevant more suddenly than Championship Fortnight. Once the NCAA Tournament bracket is released, the previous two weeks slip into history... very quickly. But one thing that has to be remembered: the teams that w... [more]

54. Tourney Central 3/13/2011 (Day 13)

S7 March 13, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;} Bullet PointsOn the penult... [more]

55. Game 7-087/088: Atlantic 14 Semifinals

S7 March 12, 2011 [12] Saint Joseph's Hawks vs. [9] Dayton FlyersMarch 12, 2011 1:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap [3] Richmond Spiders vs. [2] Temple OwlsMarch 12, 2011 3:30 pmBBState Stats/Recap AP The Atlantic Four become an Atlantic Two, without any Philadelphia representation for the first time since 2007. It does alw... [more]

56. Tourney Central 3/12/2011 (Day 12)

S7 March 12, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsA hearty 'Ray'... [more]

57. Game 7-085/086: Atlantic 14 Quarterfinals

S7 March 12, 2011 [10] La Salle Explorers vs. [2] Temple OwlsMarch 11, 2011 6:30 pmBBState Stats/Recap Rhode Island Rams vs. Richmond SpidersMarch 11, 2011 9:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap After a pair of quarterfinal upsets that set up a 9/12 semifinal, the evening session of the Atlantic 14 tourney goes according to se... [more]

58. Game 7-081/082/083/084: Mid-American Quarterfinals

S7 March 11, 2011 Bowling Green Falcons vs. Western Michigan BroncosMarch 10, 2011 12:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap Akron Zips vs. Miami (Oh.) RedhawksMarch 10, 2011 2:30 pmBBState Stats/Recap Buffalo Bulls vs. Kent State Golden FlashesMarch 10, 2011 7:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap Ohio Bobcats vs. Ball State CardinalsMarch 10... [more]

59. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 717

S7 March 11, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 717 It's been a crazy week: storming the court, driving through a snowstorm, and seeing lots and lots of games up close. We are half-alive and fully excited about being in Atlantic City this weekend for the grand finale of Championship Fortnight, and to see the Atla... [more]

60. Tourney Central 3/11/2011 (Day 11)

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61. Game 7-080: Northeast Championship

S7 March 10, 2011 Robert Morris Colonials at Long Island BlackbirdsMarch 9, 2011 7:00 pmAthletic CenterBBState Stats/Recap A classic championship game in the Northeast Conference, as Long Island defeated two-time defending champions Robert Morris in overtime. LIU would be one of the greatest programs in the history... [more]

62. Tourney Central 3/10/2011 (Day 10)

S7 March 10, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;} Bullet PointsCongratulati... [more]

63. Tourney Central 3/9/2011 (Day 9)

S7 March 9, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsThree more cha... [more]

64. Game 7-079: Princeton at Penn

S7 March 9, 2011 Princeton Tigers at Pennsylvania QuakersMarch 8, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap The final conference regular season game in the country, one of the most ancient and storied rivalries in Hoops Nation. A lot on the line, too. Princeton wins to force an Ivy playoff against Harvard at Yal... [more]

65. Tourney Central 3/8/2011 (Day 8)

S7 March 8, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsCongratulation... [more]

66. Game 7-078: Metro Atlantic Championship

S7 March 8, 2011 [5] Saint Peter's Peacocks vs. [2] Iona GaelsMarch 7, 2011 7:00 pmBridgeport, CTBBState Stats/Recap It's a title game. Scissors, nets, ladders, and trophies too. Serious ESPN2 airtime for Bally. Memories of MAAC hair: Mike Frensley and the ponytail, and Ricky Soliver Mohawk Night at Iona. The Jour... [more]

67. Stardate 120-20110307: Don't Be a Stranger

S7 March 7, 2011 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Last week, I went to a late regular-season matchup between Rhode Island and George Washington. These days when I go to games, I sit in the front row wearing a suit and sneakers at a desk, with a touchscreen computer for dispatching short bursts of information to the internet. ... [more]

68. Tourney Central 3/7/2011 (Day 7)

S7 March 7, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsCongratulation... [more]

69. Game 7-077: America East Semifinal

S7 March 7, 2011 [6] Hartford Hawks vs. [2] Boston University TerriersMarch 6, 2011 7:34 pmHartford, CTBBState Stats/Recap In the aftermath of yet another top seed crash on Severance Sunday (Vermont), No. 2 Boston University fights homestanding Hartford for the right to host the championship game. Turnovers vs. mi... [more]

70. Game 7-075/076: Metro Atlantic Semifinals

S7 March 7, 2011 [4] Saint Peter's Peacocks at [1] Fairfield StagsMarch 6, 2011 2:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap [3] Rider Broncs vs. [2] Iona GaelsMarch 6, 2011 4:00 pmBBState Stats/Recap It's the MAAC semifinals. Anthony Kiedis howls in a cavernous arena. It's a day of Tri-State recollection: we remember the Iona 'ha... [more]

71. Tourney Central 3/6/2011 (Day 6)

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72. Game 7-071/072/073/074: America East Quarterfinals

S7 March 6, 2011 [5] Stony Brook Seawolves vs. [4] Albany Great DanesMarch 5, 2011 12:05 pmBBState Stats/Recap [9] Binghamton Bearcats vs. [1] Vermont CatamountsMarch 5, 2011 2:15 pmBBState Stats/Recap [7] New Hampshire Wildcats vs. [2] Boston University TerriersMarch 5, 2011 6:05 pmBBState Stats/Recap [6] Hartford... [more]

73. Tourney Central 3/5/2011 (Day 5)

S7 March 5, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsNow it's mad, ... [more]

74. Game 7-069/070: Metro Atlantic First Round

S7 March 5, 2011 Marist Red Foxes vs. Niagara Purple EaglesMarch 4, 2011 7:30 pmBridgeport, CTBBState Stats/RecapManhattan Jaspers vs. Siena SaintsMarch 4, 2011 9:30 pmBridgeport, CTBBState Stats/Recap The time-honored tradition of the MAAC's #PFF, the two games that bring a 10-team league into a more manageable, ... [more]

75. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 716

S7 March 4, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 716 Championship Fortnight is in full swing, and the lights are going out every day on our tote board. What will the shape of the constellation be when it's all over? Come by and join us with your speculations and musings at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard. We are in Bridge... [more]

76. Tourney Central 3/4/2011 (Day 4)

S7 March 4, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsOn the third d... [more]

77. Game 7-068: America East First Round

S7 March 4, 2011 [9] Binghamton Bearcats vs. [8] Maryland-Baltimore County RetrieversMarch 3, 2011 8:15 pmHartford, CTBBState Stats/Recap Championship Fortnight begins with the other side of March: a low-seed eliminator between recent champions Binghamton and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. "Ladies... [more]

78. Stardate 116-20110303: Sportz Party

S7 March 3, 2011 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Championship Fortnight is two days old, but for us it truly begins now. Tonight is the America East's No. 8 vs. No. 9 game between UMBC and Binghamton, and we will be there. It would be just another bottom-seed wipeout in an mostly-empty neutral arena, except that these are two ... [more]

79. Tourney Central 3/3/2011 (Day 3)

S7 March 3, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;} Bullet PointsIn Day Two... [more]

80. Game 7-067: George Washington at Rhode Island

S7 March 3, 2011 George Washington Colonials at Rhode Island RamsMarch 2, 2011 7:00 pmRyan CenterBBState Stats/Recap There's a bye on the line! Atlantic 14 tiebreakers and scoreboard-watching, another Senior Night (with the student section), A-14 Title R compliance, small amounts on giant checks, Jack Kvancz's ret... [more]

81. Stardate 115-20110302: One More Chance To Try To Save My Soul

S7 March 2, 2011 KINGSTON, R.I. -- The stars are beginning to flicker and burn out in the elimination games. For others, it's far from over. Here, one final look at the remaining league regular season races as we move towards getting all the rest of the Other 25 conferences in the gate and ready for bracket time. ... [more]

82. Tourney Central 3/2/2011 (Day 2)

S7 March 2, 2011 h2 {margin-bottom:10px;font-size:13px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:17px;} #droid {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;margin-bottom:8px;} #droid a:link, #droid a:visited {font-size:11px;font-family:Droid Sans, arial;line-height:13px;}Bullet PointsThe Big South ... [more]

83. The History of the Conference Tournament

S7 March 1, 2011 To celebrate the beginning of March and Championship Fortnight, here is an excerpt from Chapter 13 of One Beautiful Season. This section covers the birth and evolution of the "conference tournament," in parallel to the fits and starts of the national overall title procedure -- from regional challeng... [more]

84. Stardate 114-20110301: Something Lucky About This Place

S7 March 1, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- First of all, a great big thank you to every single person who got in on the Team Ballz promotion yesterday. They sold out in just under eight hours, and there are going to be some awesome new Ballz births in Hoops Nation in April. There were some folks who ended up late and hea... [more]

85. Tourney Central 3/1/2011 (Day 1)

S7 March 1, 2011 Bullet Points The calendar says March 1. Repeat: March 1. Elimination games begin this evening on the first day of Championship Fortnight. For the fourth straight year, we will be providing daily updates to the tourney brackets, an avalanche of Basketball State information, and links to resources fr... [more]

86. Game 7-066: Saint Peter's at Rider

S7 February 28, 2011 Saint Peter`s Peacocks at Rider BroncsFebruary 27, 2011 1:30 pmAlumni GymnasiumBBState Stats/Recap Bronc Bobbleheads, tiebreakers with coin flips, dirty rafters, scoreboard porn, Coach Bingo, I Hate New York, and an 80-foot shot at the final buzzer that nearly went in. Just another final regular s... [more]

87. Stardate 113-20110228: Like Sonny Liston

S7 February 28, 2011 BOSTON -- There was never any master plan to any of it. The four-stage season and its familiar rhythms were formed by generations of pushes and pulls, and the best concepts became traditions. Putting the non-conference games at the beginning, holding separate league round-robins and eliminators, t... [more]

88. Game 7-065: Cornell at Penn

S7 February 27, 2011 Cornell Big Red at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 26, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap Kid Reporter Night at The Palestra! Suit separates, the taste of tweets, Corky Calhoun, Keeping It Klassy with the Sigma Kappa tug-of-war team, and Cornell hijacks the Power of Booba. @midmajority Gam... [more]

89. Game 7-064: Saint Bonaventure at Saint Joseph's

S7 February 26, 2011 Saint Bonaventure Bonnies at Saint Joseph's HawksFebruary 26, 2011 4:00 pmHagan ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Phil Martelli: don't call him Coach? Hard times on City Line, Hawk funerals, welding Saint Bonaventure back together after a decade of adversity, buff mascots, and THE BELLYFILLERS. @midmajori... [more]

90. Game 7-063: Columbia at Penn

S7 February 26, 2011 Columbia Lions at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 25, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap 30fps Palestra home shopping, #omgivydunx, the Good Drinks, Ben & Ed & William, golden pants, and Bally's greatest TV moment. Ever. @midmajority Game Tweets18:35 RT @SethHunt105: @midmajority Ooooo an en... [more]

91. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 715

S7 February 25, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 715 it's the final regular season weekend for everyone, and a few leagues start tourneys next Tuesday. That means one more full week of Stardates, Tourney Central, and four days of overlap. For the time being, it's time to chat about all the league races, tiebreaker... [more]

92. Stardate 110-20110225: Stars You Never Could See

S7 February 25, 2011 PHILADELPHIA -- Earlier this week, Caltech ended a 26-year, 310-game conference losing streak by beating Occidental 46-45. Last night in Shreveport, previously winless Centenary ended a 33-game skid (one away from the Division I record) by beating Western Illinois at home. It sure is tempting to f... [more]

93. Game 7-062: Milwaukee at Cleveland State

S7 February 25, 2011 Milwaukee Panthers at Cleveland State VikingsFebruary 24, 2011 7:00 pmH. J. Goodman ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Horizon League shoe blogging, rigged Dougie contests, airport codes, smoke and mirrors, and Milwaukee's big destiny-grab. @midmajority Game Tweets18:27 Game 7-062: Milwaukee at Cleveland S... [more]

94. Stardate 109-20110224: One Beautiful Season Later

S7 February 24, 2011 CLEVELAND -- Once upon a time, there was this really thick book, and it had a bunch of stuff about college basketball in it. No, not the book you're thinking of, I'm talking about One Beautiful Season. I wrote that, last summer! A few thousand people went ahead and bought it (perhaps you?), and it... [more]

95. Stardate 108-20110223: Shootaround Deluxe

S7 February 23, 2011 CHICAGO -- Every single one of the conference games going on tonight, and tomorrow, and Friday and Saturday too, were scheduled months in advance by a league office (or, in some cases, years ago). Some were circled rivalry games worth driving a day for, others were just-anothers. In early March, t... [more]

96. Stardate 107-20110222: The Stretch Drive

S7 February 22, 2011 CHICAGO -- BracketBusters 2011 can be summed up tidily in one paragraph. Utah State came back from 10 down at Saint Mary's to earn a résumé win. As the Missouri Valley -- the most successful conference in the short and strange history of BracketBusters -- bombed out with a 3-7 showing, three top t... [more]

97. Game 7-061: Missouri State at Valparaiso

S7 February 20, 2011 Missouri State Bears at Valparaiso CrusadersFebruary 19, 2011 5:00 pmAthletics-Recreation CenterBBState Stats/Recap Dickie V visits Valpo, BracketBusters balloon madness, lime green accents, and Horizon League dick jokes. @midmajority Game Tweets17:21 Game No. 7-061: Missouri State at Valparaiso.... [more]

98. GAME 7-060: BUTLER AT ILLINOIS-CHICAGO

S7 February 20, 2011 Butler Bulldogs at Illinois-Chicago FlamesFebruary 19, 2011 2:00 pmUIC PavillionBBState Stats/Recap The power, passion and glory of #ALLCAPSGAME 2011. @midmajority Game Tweets14:11 ROBO KREPS HAS SCORED THE FIRST BASKET OF THE #ALLCAPSGAME #BEEP #BOOP14:13 COREY GRAY HITS A #SUPERHOOP AND UIC IS ... [more]

99. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 714

S7 February 18, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 714 Keep bustin'! It's BracketBusters weekend, and here are those matchups again, and these Buster chats have been known to get pretty crazy. Come see the softer side of basketball, today at 4PM ET. ... [more]

100. Bracket Sale! Everything Must (As-You) Go!

S7 February 18, 2011 March is coming, and that means brackets, brackets, brackets. We fill them out a little differently around here. We don't enter office pools or fill them out ahead of time. The best bracket is a blank one that stays blank until the games start. Then, as the games are complete, we write in the winn... [more]

101. STARDATE 103-20110218: ALL CAPS

S7 February 18, 2011 CHICAGO -- Once upon a time in a city of big windy shoulders, there was a basketball game between two schools at the bottom of the Horizon League. Loyola (Ill.) beat the University of Illinois at Chicago 55-50. This wasn't any ordinary game. will go down in history as the first game ever broadcast... [more]

102. Game 7-059: Southern Utah at IUPUI

S7 February 18, 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds at IUPUI JaguarsFebruary 17, 2011 7:00 pmThe JungleBBState Stats/Recap Bally goes college, the most Caucasian And 1 Mixtape Tour stop ever, Badlands swimming and diving, Mid-Con Appreciation Night, and a return to the scene of an old temp job. @midmajority Game Tweets18... [more]

103. Stardate 102-20110217: Only Love Can Bust Your Bracket

S7 February 17, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS -- Things were different eight years ago. Folks were afraid of SARS. Valerie Plame was still anonymous. People still had AOL e-mail addresses. This website, Bally Basketball, and Willow Smith's recording career weren't even figments of imagination yet. But in 2003, a huge TV sports ne... [more]

104. Game 7-058: Rice at Marshall

S7 February 17, 2011 Rice Owls at Marshall Thundering HerdFebruary 16, 2011 7:00 pmHenderson CenterBBState Stats/Recap The Thundering Herd, the Owls, the ghost of Cam Henderson, Title R segregation issues, hard-dunxing Iranians, and Bally and Cusie kiss and make up. @midmajority Game Tweets19:01 Game No. 7-058: Rice ... [more]

105. Stardate 101-20110216: Dream Seasons

S7 February 16, 2011 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- March really is here before we know it, because there's half a week missing out of February. This month wasn't designed that way -- and nothing was adjusted for our benefit or anything -- but it's still disorienting and disruptive to look at a calendar and realize that in two ... [more]

106. Game 7-057: George Mason at VCU

S7 February 16, 2011 George Mason Patriots at Virginia Commonwealth RamsFebruary 15, 2011 7:00 pmSiegel CenterBBState Stats/Recap VCU hadn't lost two consecutive games at the Siegel Center since it opened. Broken streak, broken hearts, broken signboard. @midmajority Game Tweets18:50 Game No. 7-057: George Mason at VC... [more]

107. Game 7-056: Howard at Norfolk State

S7 February 15, 2011 Howard Bison at Norfolk State SpartansFebruary 14, 2011 8:00 pmEchols ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Behold the green and gold, most specifically the Spartan Legion band. @midmajority Game Tweets20:22 Game No. 7-056: Howard at Norfolk State. Echols Hall. http://img.ly/30Iq20:27 It's a very exciting ra... [more]

108. Stardate 100-20110215: Hell For Hundred

S7 February 15, 2011 RICHMOND, Va. -- For most of recorded history, things that weren't paid for didn't happen. Take the Old West, for instance. You think saloons allowed tabs? As long as there were four-legged vehicles tied to the post out front, every customer represented a potential flight risk. Plus, there was alw... [more]

109. Game 7-055: Saint Joseph's vs. Fordham

S7 February 14, 2011 Saint Joseph's Hawks vs. Fordham RamsFebruary 13, 2011 4:00 pmEast Rutherford, NJBBState Stats/Recap They had a ... [more]

110. Game 7-054: Fairfield at Saint Peter's

S7 February 14, 2011 Fairfield Stags at Saint Peter's PeacocksFebruary 13, 2011 2:00 pmYanitelli CenterBBState Stats/Recap Wall-mounted banners, slow starts, #superhoops and overtime off Exit 14C. @midmajority Game Tweets13:51 Game 7-054: Faifield at Saint Peter's. Do you know where you are? You're in the Peacock Nat... [more]

111. Game 7-053: Penn at Columbia

S7 February 14, 2011 Pennsylvania Quakers at Columbia LionsFebruary 12, 2011 7:00 pmLevien GymBBState Stats/Recap Your Columbia moment of Zen: the raising of the baskets. @midmajority Game Tweets19:51 Game No. 7-053: Penn at Columbia. Count it. http://img.ly/2ZtZ19:56 Whoo! I feel like I was just on Cash Cab! Except... [more]

112. Game 7-052: South Dakota at New Jersey Tech

S7 February 14, 2011 South Dakota Coyotes at New Jersey Tech HighlandersFebruary 12, 2011 4:00 pmFleisher Athletic CenterBBState Stats/Recap Life and love on the road in the Great West. @midmajority Game Tweets15:46 Game No. 7-052: South Dakota at NJIT. You're in Highlander Country. #therecanonlybeone http://img.ly/2... [more]

113. Game 7-051: Long Island at Saint Francis (NY)

S7 February 14, 2011 Long Island Blackbirds at Saint Francis (NY) TerriersFebruary 12, 2011 12:00 pmPhysical Ed. CenterBBState Stats/Recap The game of the year, plus the reason why the TV thing works best when I'm not talking. (The Battle of Brooklyn can be viewed in its entirety here.) @midmajority Game Tweets11:18... [more]

114. Game 7-050: Yale at Harvard

S7 February 14, 2011 Yale Bulldogs at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 11, 2011 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/Recap "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard": the original Ivy League smac-rap. @midmajority Game Tweets18:14 #FF @findthelastman. Take *that*, Christmas Creep!18:17 RT @LoyolanSports: @midmajority Happy birthday to the... [more]

115. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 713

S7 February 11, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 713 The last time there was a Chat Block, a loaf of bread cost a quarter. But those were only the loaves in the week-old bin, inedible for humans and only suitable to be crumbled up and given to birds. We're back on the Block after a 14-day absence, just as we embar... [more]

116. 800 Games Project: Practice Run No. 5

S7 February 11, 2011 It's Friday, so that means it's time to check in on preparations for next season's 800 Games Project, the crowdsourced game reporting that will take the place of our own hundreds of attended games and thousands of driven miles. It's pretty much the same thing as we've been doing -- go to a game and ... [more]

117. Stardate 95-20110210: The Emperor of Germany

S7 February 10, 2011 Your Last Man Live entries were quite enjoyable to read. I also got a kick out of trying to figure out who the Conduit was and following the #LastMan and #FindLastMan twitter hashtags. Congrats on making it past day two anyways.- FrankPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- And so after two days, 11 hours, 23 minutes... [more]

118. Stardate 94-20110209: I Wanna Be Your (Last) Man

S7 February 9, 2011 ??????, ?.?. -- The game continues into its third day; full coverage can be found on the Last Man Live page. Normally on Wednesday, we have a mailbag feature. At the moment, the mailbag is sitting in the corner, tied up. We're not reading The Form™ or e-mail or Twitter or anything outside th... [more]

119. Stardate 93-20110208: What Good Are Notebooks?

S7 February 8, 2011 ??????, ?.?. -- The game of Last Man continues into its second full day in the secret bunker. Follow along with as I slowly descend into madness. No, David, I have not heard about Pittsburgh, P. A., and don't tell me! Conference ShootaroundConference USA: Fact: the ex-Metro won 68 percent of its... [more]

120. Stardate 92-20110207: Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

S7 February 7, 2011 ?????, ?.?. -- Hello from back here on Sunday evening. As for the future present, we are playing our annual game of Last Man, and avoiding The Knowledge as best as possible. But we must always attend to our regular duties, which is sharing the good kind of knowledge with Hoops Nation. What a crazy... [more]

121. Game 7-049: American at Lehigh

S7 February 7, 2011 American Eagles at Lehigh Mountain HawksFebruary 6, 2011 2:00 pmStabler ArenaBBState Stats/Recap In which we prepare to bunker down for Last Man. @midmajority Game Tweets13:55 Game No. 7-049: American at Lehigh. You are here. http://img.ly/2WtR13:57 Nothing makes for a better pregame show than...... [more]

122. Game 7-048: Harvard at Pennsylvania

S7 February 7, 2011 Harvard Crimson at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 5, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap The last real Palestra soft pretzel, and double overtime. @midmajority Game Tweets18:12 RT @gashaheen: Be a NCAA Bkb Comm member - Step 1: make YOUR list of no-brainer teams "in" + a list of those whic... [more]

123. Game 7-047: Rhode Island at Temple

S7 February 7, 2011 Rhode Island Rams at Temple OwlsFebruary 5, 2011 2:00 pmThe Liacouras CenterBBState Stats/Recap Hooter's birthday, and fake Zooperstars. @midmajority Game Tweets13:48 Game No. 7-047: Rhode Island at Temple. Temple University welcomes you and your family.13:50 This, friends, is a band. http://img... [more]

124. Last Man Live

S7 February 6, 2011 It's become an annual Mid-Majority tradition. I try to be the last man in America to know who won the Super Bowl, and the last man in America to know the score of the game. Together, these two pieces of data combine to form The Knowledge. There's no game like this: a race against yourself, a game pl... [more]

125. Game 7-046: Dartmouth at Pennsylvania

S7 February 6, 2011 Dartmouth Big Green at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 4, 2011 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/Recap On a February Friday night in Philadelphia, there's no other place to be. @midmajority Game Tweets18:58 Game No. 7-046: Dartmouth at Penn. (Corrected.) Helloooo! http://img.ly/2VEk19:03 Penn huddlz... [more]

126. Last Man XXIII

S7 February 4, 2011 To truly understand American-Style Football and our reasons for it, you have to go back to the deep roots. It's a sport that took its original cues from the Rugby School game (more so than association footy), a violent and chaotic pursuit that found its shape in England's 1700s. Consider the timing.... [more]

127. 800 Games Project: Practice Run No. 4

S7 February 4, 2011 Friday mornings have become extra-enjoyable, because these game reports that are coming in are really great. While there's a lot of Season 7 left, I'm excited about Season 8, and the prospect of having well-written, well-executed student and passionate fan accounts of games across Hoops Nation to re... [more]

128. National Pixelvision Day II

S7 February 3, 2011 National Pixelvision Day II Schedule of Events (all times Eastern) 6:30 pm - National Pixelvision Day Pregame Show 7:00 pm - East Coast games begin 10:00 pm - Halftime show 11:00 pm - West Coast game(s) begin 1:00 am - Closing Ceremony ... [more]

129. Game 7-045: Maine at Boston University

S7 February 3, 2011 Maine Black Bears at Boston University TerriersFebruary 1, 2011 7:30 pmAgganis ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Could you survive a full-blown Chicken Riot? Boston is a city that's historically been a place for beans, chowder, Store 24's and Fenway Franks. But as the area exports its Dunkin' Donuts to the... [more]

130. Stardate 88-20110203: Power to the Pixels

S7 February 3, 2011 Today is National Pixelvision Day, and the festivities will last from 7 pm ET to after midnight. If you'd like to get involved, shuttle down. PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- An old hippie once proclaimed that information wants to be free. He was a publisher whose bound publication eventually folded. Me, I thi... [more]

131. Stardate 87-20110202: Weird Pizza

S7 February 2, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Despite the efforts of "Operation In Our Sites," the government's poorly-planned and badly-named offensive to try and shut down the #pixelvision feed aggregation sites (a topic broached on Stardate 15), National Pixelvision Day II is saved. Remember, that's tomorrow evening, so ... [more]

132. Stardate 86-20110201: Pixelvision Killed the Video Star

S7 February 1, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- So much has changed in a single calendar year. On February 1, 2010, the iPad had just been announced, and no mere civilian had touched one yet. Now, they're on press row at college basketball games. The Robot has grown a soul, exhibited feelings, taken a name. (It's "Doctor Thun... [more]

133. BracketBusters Matchups 2011

S7 January 31, 2011 As is annual tradition here at TMM, we've put together a full rundown of all the announced BracketBusters matchups, and this will likely be the most clicked-on page of the season once again. It's incredibly difficult to find a complete list of all the non-TV games, which are quietly announced by the... [more]

134. A Personal Appeal From TMM Mascot Bally B. Basketball

S7 January 31, 2011 How does a 100 Games Project come together? First, before Christmas, you have to get to as many Multi-Team Events as you can. Rack up games like a squirrel hoarding nuts for the winter. The next key benchmark is the halfway point; if you make 50 by early February, you're in pretty good shape. The ... [more]

135. Stardate 85-20110131: Geeks vs. Madness, Poets vs. Sanity

S7 January 31, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- What is madness? Back up, let's start this way: the reason and order necessary for understanding and mastery of one's surroundings has no room or space for such anarchic disruption. Madness is the danger where once things were safe, displacing sense and destroying sensibilities.... [more]

136. Game 7-044: Cornell at Harvard

S7 January 30, 2011 Cornell Big Red at Harvard CrimsonJanuary 29, 2011 6:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/Recap I believe. @midmajority Game Tweets17:32 We are so early to this Cornell-Harvard game that we can pay a visit to the World's Classiest Dunkin Donuts. http://img.ly/2Tjx17:33 Airball's Revenge. RT @midm... [more]

137. Game 7-043: Georgia State at Northeastern

S7 January 30, 2011 Georgia State Panthers at Northeastern HuskiesJanuary 29, 2011 1:00 pmMatthews ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Northeastern has always been frustrating. Back at Drexel, the team always helped make the America East hell for the Dragons. It's got to be frustrating to be a sports fan there, too. The school i... [more]

138. Game 7-042: Columbia at Harvard

S7 January 30, 2011 Columbia Lions at Harvard CrimsonJanuary 28, 2011 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/Recap Thirty years ago, sixteen and one were just a pair of numbers, even to basketball fans. In the early 1980s, "Sixteen" had no real hoops significance outside the state of Kentucky, because the NCAA Tournam... [more]

139. Game 7-041: Wagner at Bryant

S7 January 29, 2011 Wagner Seahawks at Bryant BulldogsJanuary 27, 2011 7:00 pmChace Athletic CenterBBState Stats/Recap Those of us old-time sports fans left who remember television's rabbit-ears era (and know the difference between UHF and VHF), probably appreciate the 21st Century Full Court/#pixelvision reality mor... [more]

140. Game 7-040: Binghamton at Boston University

S7 January 29, 2011 Binghamton Bearcats at Boston University TerriersJanuary 26, 2011 9:00 pmCase GymBBState Stats/Recap New England has had a tough winter. Snowstorm after blizzard after Nor'Easter has dumped feet and feet of snow on the upper right-hand corner of Hoops Nation; it's piled high along the sides of roa... [more]

141. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 712

S7 January 28, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 712 At the close of January, just about every conference is in the second half of their schedules, so we have a pretty good idea of who the contenders and the other teams are as they move into position for March. Utah State, Saint Mary's, Coastal Carolina, Northern C... [more]

142. 800 Game Project: Practice Run #3

S7 January 28, 2011 It's Friday morning, and it's time for more game reports. First, though, let's take a look back at Thursday's action via 360, including the strange story of Towson getting caught in the snow on the way to George Mason. Colonial: Virginia Commonwealth beats Hofstra 82-67 (G!O!T!N!)West Coast: McConne... [more]

143. Stardate 81-20110127: Gentlemen About It

S7 January 27, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The real state of the Union is that it's changing faster than ever. When you're away from the place you live for an entire month, don't expect it to be the same when you return. Here in Providence's baseball suburb, there are more "for sale" signs on frozen front lawns than ever... [more]

144. Stardate 80-20110126: The 100 Pins Project

S7 January 26, 2011 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- It's Wednesday, and that's come to mean mailbag day around here -- that sack of letters is the hump. Your input is always welcome via The Form™, but that's not the only way to "interact" with TMM... we have another Chat Block coming up Friday at 4 pm Eastern, and if you've... [more]

145. Stardate 79-20110125: Winning Enough

S7 January 25, 2011 BOSTON -- This day contains failure. Every day does. Some failures are life-changing losses, some are spectacular flameouts, but most fall within the category of regular everyday minuses. You might now perform up to somebody's expectations today, or you might forget an important something somewher... [more]

146. Game 7-039: Illinois-Chicago at Loyola (Ill.)

S7 January 24, 2011 Illinois-Chicago Flames at Loyola (Ill.) RamblersJanuary 22, 2011 4:00 pmJoseph Gentile CenterBBState Stats/Recap In a century of progress, college basketball has proven to be infinitely scalable: from the cramped quarters of the 3,400-seat oldest living Division I gymnasium at Fordham to a 90,000... [more]

147. Stardate 78-20110124: A Brief History of Mid-Major Smac Rap

S7 January 24, 2011 CHICAGO -- American higher learning dates back to before the whole "United States" thing. But until the Civil War was over, no college had a fight song. That idea coincided with the idea of college athletics, and school-specific tunes were written for the purposes of intimidation and inspiration. Ma... [more]

148. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 711

S7 January 21, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 711 Onward we push into the middle of conference season. There is unvarnished league excellence at Saint Mary's, Belmont, Coastal Carolina and Oakland, surprising overachievement at places like Duquesne, Valpo, and even MEAC-undefeated Bethune-Cookman. Most of the d... [more]

149. 800 Game Project: Practice Run #2

S7 January 21, 2011 If you're just joining us, or re-joining us, 2011-12 at The Mid-Majority (a/k/a Season 8) will feature an experiment in college basketball crowdsourcing. We're calling it the 800 Game Project, and we're going to try to put together the biggest cross-referenced national spectator game report database... [more]

150. Stardate 74-20110120: Echo Chamber

S7 January 20, 2011 CHICAGO -- It can't be said enough: most of what we do as college basketball fans is try to figure out exactly what it is we're looking at. Keeping proper perspective during the season is difficult, impossible sometimes. Up there, north of the Red Line, it's easier because ranked and regarded team... [more]

151. Stardate 73-20110119: Dubl-Bag

S7 January 19, 2011 CHICAGO -- Patterns develop as the season goes on; one seems to be that Wednesday is a perfect day to open up The Form™ and publicly respond to a few letters, many of which have been quite heartfelt lately. There have also been some seriously great game reports, and I think Fridays (before c... [more]

152. Game 7-038: Missouri State at Bradley

S7 January 18, 2011 Missouri State Bears at Bradley BravesJanuary 16, 2011 8:00 pmCarver ArenaBBState Stats/Recap If one were to choose the city in the United States most victimized in jokes and anecdotes by theatrical personalities, the selection of Peoria, Illinois, would be a popular, if not likely choice. Two of ... [more]

153. Game 7-037: Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa

S7 January 18, 2011 Southern Illinois Salukis at Northern Iowa PanthersJanuary 15, 2011 8:00 pmMcLeod CenterBBState Stats/Recap Of all the times we've been to Cedar Falls, there's one consistent memory: feeling like every extremity is going to freeze and fall off on the walk from the car to the arena (whether the old... [more]

154. Stardate 72-20110118: What If/What Now

S7 January 18, 2011 CHICAGO -- What if the shot went in? BUTLER 62, DUKE 6104/05/2010DUKE 34-5 (13-3) -- K. Singler 7-13 2-2 19; N. Smith 5-15 2-5 13; J. Scheyer 5-12 4-5 15; L. Thomas 3-5 0-0 6; B. Zoubek 3-4 2-4 8; M. Plumlee 0-2 0-0 0; A. Dawkins 0-1 0-0 0; M. Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-52 10-16 61.BUTLER 34-4... [more]

155. Stardate 71-20110117: No Love's As Random

S7 January 17, 2011 PEORIA, Ill. - Two years ago yesterday, on January 16, 2009, the news came down. I stared out the window for a little while, got a piece of a song stuck in my head -- it's all beginning/to feel like it's ending -- and wondered how it hadn't made it on to my 160GB iPod. I downloaded the MP3 from Am... [more]

156. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 710

S7 January 14, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 710 Wasn't it just yesterday when we were driving around Vermont looking for wifi so we could hold Chat Block 701? Seasons go fast; savor every #omgdunx and #superhoop. The tenth edition of S7 will occur, as always, on Friday at 4 pm Eastern (3 pm Central). Sugges... [more]

157. Stardate 67-20110113: The Season of Ideas

S7 January 13, 2011 CHICAGO -- Whenever I am standing in a long line at a bank, holding a check and a deposit slip in a limp right hand attached to a limp right arm, my mind wanders. I know the others in line are experiencing the same in-between feeling too, that it's a state we share. These days, most people occupy ... [more]

158. Game 7-036: Cleveland State at Valparaiso

S7 January 11, 2011 Cleveland State Vikings at Valparaiso CrusadersJanuary 9, 2011 2:35 pmAthletics-Recreation CenterBBState Stats/Recap Sometimes Our Game is so difficult to understand. Can you wrap your head around the concept of retractable bleachers? Somehow, with hydraulics and sparklepony magic, a wall transfo... [more]

159. Stardate 65-20110111: Football Independence Day (Observed)

S7 January 11, 2011 CHICAGO -- America has one more month in its ongoing annual quest to figure out how to allow violence to thrive in tightly-controlled, non-contaminated petri dishes. But as you might have heard, last night marked the conclusion of the Ugly Season. For those of you just joining us this year, we sav... [more]

160. Game 7-035: Wright State at Loyola (Ill.) - plus BONUS NAIA field trip!

S7 January 10, 2011 Wright State Raiders at Loyola (Ill.) RamblersJanuary 8, 2011 4:00 pmJoseph Gentile CenterBBState Stats/Recap Without rules, societies collapse, and all that's left is smashed windows and awesome rock music. To avoid this, The Mid-Majority has specific rules about what games count and what games do... [more]

161. Stardate 64-20110110: Family Business

S7 January 10, 2011 VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Now that January has reached double-digits, the slow transition is, in full essence, complete. It's conference season, and even the teams in the Ivy League are starting to play each other. This is definitely the second part of the beautiful season, the third best of the four. N... [more]

162. Game 7-034: Detroit at Illinois-Chicago

S7 January 8, 2011 Detroit Titans at Illinois-Chicago FlamesJanuary 8, 2011 2:00 pmUIC PavillionBBState Stats/Recap The five-game, four-day, three-city Horizon League tour continued with a Chicagoland doubleheader. First up, it was a trip to the Near West to see Detroit go up against UIC. At UIC Pavilion, you ca... [more]

163. Game 7-033: Cleveland State at Butler

S7 January 8, 2011 Cleveland State Vikings at Butler BulldogsJanuary 7, 2011 7:00 pmHinkle FieldhouseBBState Stats/Recap Much of what passes for sports wisdom in enlightened 2011 is so linear and transitive. With so much information to sift and process, the human brain goes into panic mode. It must break matters do... [more]

164. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 709

S7 January 7, 2011 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 709 We won't have an accurate reading until it's all over, but somewhere around here is the exact middle point of Season 7. And students are coming back from break now (unless you go to a Jesuit school and are still in your pajamas, eating cereal and watching 30 Roc... [more]

165. Game 7-032: Detroit at Loyola (Ill.)

S7 January 7, 2011 Detroit Titans at Loyola (Ill.) RamblersJanuary 6, 2011 8:00 pmJoseph Gentile CenterBBState Stats/Recap So good to be back to work. @midmajority Game Tweets 20:05 Game 7-032: Detroit at Loyola (Ill). Oh-oh, back on the chain gang. http://img.ly/2LlN20:09 RT @HorizonLeague: Detroit @ Loyola Men's... [more]

166. Stardate 60-20110106: I.D.

S7 January 6, 2011 CHICAGO -- Many of the conferences in college athletics were born in hotel ballrooms somewhere, converted from ideas into working cooperatives by men in suits who took turns talking and occasionally sipped glasses of water. The league names and statements of purpose and guiding principles and slog... [more]

167. Stardate 59-20110105: The 800 Game Project

S7 January 5, 2011 I felt like I ought to write in about the end of the 100GP, since I have to admit I felt a pretty big sense of disappointment (though not surprise) when you said it wasn't going to happen in the future...I think the road is an important part of the site. In general, I think a good outcome would b... [more]

168. Stardate 58-20110104: Dark Roads

S7 January 4, 2011 Kyle, I just returned home from my first college basketball double header not involving a conference tournament. I drove for about six hours today to watch UNCG play in front of a couple hundred fans at Greensboro Coliseum against Richmond at noon. Followed a few hours later by a UNCW game against... [more]

169. Stardate 57-20110103: Become What You Are

S7 January 3, 2011 CHICAGO -- Coaches talk a lot about taking things away from an opponent; indeed, one of the objects of basketball is exert enough force and will as to displace identity. If the other team is slow and methodical, you might try to speed them up, or vice-versa. If there's a dynamic star who scores an... [more]

170. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 708

S7 December 31, 2010 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 708 Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Sure! Why the hell not. Say goodbye to 2010 and let's look forward to two months of awesome conference play and the megafun of March Madness today at 4 pm ET. It's New Year's Eve, and the house rule of... [more]

171. Stardate 54-20101231: Between '10 and '11

S7 December 31, 2010 CHICAGO -- Here at The Mid-Majority, the calendar is off-kilter. New Year's Day is November 1, and Auld Lang Syne is a refrain for March or April, not now. Most other people, however, strictly follow the more traditional Julian calendar, a grid of 12 months and not five. Still, December 31st is a ... [more]

172. Stardate 53-20101230: How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All

S7 December 30, 2010 CHICAGO -- I was very young during the Blizzard of 1978. It was not my first memory of snow, but it was the first time in my life that snow had transformed the world around me into a network of tunnels, mazes and forts. I took the opportunity to ask my father what it all meant. "Why is snow white, ... [more]

173. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 707

S7 December 24, 2010 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 707 (XMas Edition) So this is Christmas. And we're going to try to keep the Chat Block streak alive. One last chance to gather together before we go back to our real, actual families. Like most things on this site, it will either be heroically epic or tragically emb... [more]

174. Stardate 46-20101223: Winter Break

S7 December 23, 2010 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- This is the last Stardate until 52-20101229 (a Wednesday), at which time we'll turn our attention away from Red Line Upsets to conference play. There will be a Chat Block on Christmas Eve at 4 pm Eastern, and if there's anybody around, we'll talk about whatever you want to talk ... [more]

175. Stardate 45-20101222: The Last One Hundred

S7 December 22, 2010 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- I remember when I was a baseball-obsessed preteen. I followed the standings and leaders in the newspaper every day, collected Topps and Donruss and Fleer baseball cards, and tuned in Armed Forces Radio games on a shortwave I bought for ten dollars at a yard sale. The world of ba... [more]

176. Game 7-031: Saint Joseph's at Boston University

S7 December 22, 2010 Saint Joseph`s Hawks at Boston University TerriersDecember 21, 2010 7:00 pmCase GymBBState Stats/Recap TMM Throwback Night at the Golden Greek. @midmajority Game Tweets 18:22 Boston. Basketball town. http://img.ly/2Fqg18:56 Game 7-031: Saint Joseph's at Boston University. Welcome to TMM THROWBA... [more]

177. Game 7-030: Western Kentucky at Murray State

S7 December 21, 2010 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Murray State RacersDecember 18, 2010 8:30 pmCFSB CenterBBState Stats/Recap There is nothing like the sight of a college basketball arena on a December night, white beacons beckoning. Groups of shadows move towards the light, arms rigid, hands in pockets against the ... [more]

178. Game 7-029: Middle Tennessee at Evansville

S7 December 21, 2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Evansville AcesDecember 18, 2010 3:05 pmRoberts Municipal StadiumBBState Stats/Recap Roberts Municipal Stadium was built in 1956, back when indoor arenas were called "stadiums" and it didn't sound kind of awkward. It has seen a lot of Evansville Purple Aces basket... [more]

179. Stardate 44-20101221: The One With Embedded Charts

S7 December 21, 2010 PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- When do Red Line Upsets happen? Well, one timeframe when they don't is January and February. That's when everybody's playing conference games. So that means we are closing in on the end of rooting for the little guys, surprise @RedLineUpsets alerts on Twitter, and all of the oth... [more]

180. Stardate 43-20101220: Error 302 Object Moved

S7 December 20, 2010 Kyle, I remember reading your "Lombardi" piece when you first posted it, but since you referenced it, I re-read it. What strikes me now, is what separates the game you talk about, compared to what's covered by the larger sports media. To them wins and losses adds to the entertainment. Basketball (... [more]

181. Game 7-028: SIU Edwardsville at Indiana

S7 December 18, 2010 SIU Edwardsville Cougars at Indiana HoosiersDecember 17, 2010 7:00 pmAssembly HallBBState Stats/Recap Hi Kyle-- I should go ahead and preface this by saying that I'm a lifelong Bloomington resident and a student at IU now. I've spent my entire life on the other side of the Red Line and agoniz... [more]

182. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 706

S7 December 17, 2010 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 706 As we wind down this leg of the journey and head back east, it's another Chat Block live from the CPIA in our capital city of Indianapolis. We can blab about all the big Red Line Upsets this week (Drexel! Oakland! UC Santa Barbara!), or about how your team looks... [more]

183. Illinois State Wins "The Moment"

S7 December 17, 2010 We are pleased to announce that we have a winner in our "The Moment" writing contest. With 36 percent of a heavy vote and a very organized campaign, Stephen Spence and Illinois State have taken the prize home to Normal, and to the Valley. For his efforts, Stephen will be receiving a red and white ... [more]

184. Game 7-027: Jacksonville at Saint Louis

S7 December 16, 2010 Jacksonville Dolphins at Saint Louis BillikensDecember 15, 2010 8:00 pmChaifetz ArenaBBState Stats/Recap Saint Louis University and Jacksonville University are two institutions of higher learning that aren't hiding from anybody. Their names betray their exact GPS locations, no state-location haystac... [more]

185. Stardate 39-20101216: Lunchbang

S7 December 16, 2010 15:08@whelliston I just straight-up lunchbanged some Casey's General Store pizza and potato cheese wedges. #boOMFG15:38@caseysgenstore @whelliston: Happy to hear you enjoy our pizza :-)16:54@whelliston: I love it and want to marry it! RT @caseysgenstore: @whelliston: Happy to hear you enjoy our pi... [more]

186. Stardate 38-20101215: Good Choices

S7 December 15, 2010 In 1996, Malik Rose recruited me to Drexel University. Not in person, but through a 17-inch TV set. The invite came in the form of slam dunks and jump shots. I was living in Oregon, looking for an east coast school to attend, and there was this 6-foot-7 guy, leading the Dragons to a 12-over-5 upset... [more]

187. Game 7-026: Trinity International at Chicago State

S7 December 15, 2010 Trinity International (NAIA) at Chicago State CougarsDecember 14, 2010 8:00 pmDickens CenterBBState Stats/Recap Chicago State is one of the weirdest ongoing stories in Division I, much less higher education. And while framing a New York Times story by using a nearly-empty basketball arena as a meta... [more]

188. Game 7-025: Long Island at Northwestern

S7 December 14, 2010 Long Island Blackbirds at Northwestern WildcatsDecember 13, 2010 8:00 pmWelsh-Ryan ArenaBBState Stats/Recap I'm not even sure how it happens anymore. Every so often, something like a perfectly normal mid-December guarantee game in a Big Ten arena can be transformed into something bigger, greater, gr... [more]

189. Stardate 37-20101214: Songs in Red and Teal

S7 December 14, 2010 @midmajority I don't think this has been asked/answered yet... what's the record for RLUs *surrendered* in a single season in the TMM era?Brendan L. (via Twitter)CHICAGO -- One of the best things about Red Line Upsets is that the terms are defined in advance. The Line is the Line. At the beginning... [more]

190. Stardate 36-20101213: All Hail the Guaco

S7 December 13, 2010 CHICAGO -- Necessity is the mother of invention, but another thing that Mom does is feeds and cares for you. On Saturday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse, as "Underdawgs" author-slash-Indianapolis Star superwriter David Woods and I competed to see who could close the press room (he won), I experienced a... [more]

191. Game 7-024: Mississippi Valley State at Butler

S7 December 13, 2010 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Butler BulldogsDecember 11, 2010 7:00 pmHinkle FieldhouseBBState Stats/Recap Hinkle Fieldhouse. The very name oozes basketball history, if letters could ooze. For the first time in Season 7, we went to the home of the Butler Bulldogs on a mid-December Satu... [more]

192. Lost Star

S7 December 11, 2010 It was Wednesday, March 30, 2010. The Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport was bustling with activity. For the first time in years, every single room was filled for a week straight, and at any given time there was a line four deep at the front desk. Rolling suitcases slid and zipped across the slick ... [more]

193. Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 705

S7 December 10, 2010 Mid-Majority Chat Block, Episode 705 ... [more]

194. Game 7-023: Butler at Xavier

S7 December 10, 2010 Butler Bulldogs at Xavier MusketeersDecember 9, 2010 9:00 pmCintas CenterBBState Stats/Recap A story: once upon a time, there were two brothers. As sometimes happens with brothers, they could not have been any more different from each other. The older was the mild-mannered and cerebral one, shrew... [more]

195. The Moment

S7 December 10, 2010 Last week, we asked you to submit a short essay about a college basketball moment that altered your life's course. To some, that meant a real shift, and to others it was a play that closed a circle and instilled something deep in the heart. We received 26 entries, and they were all great, but we h... [more]

196. Game 7-022: Toledo at IPFW

S7 December 9, 2010 Toledo Rockets at IPFW MastodonsDecember 8, 2010 6:00 pmAllen County War Memorial ColiseumBBState Stats/Recap Fort Wayne, Indiana is one of hundreds of far-inland American cities struggling to find an identity in the post-crash New Economy. For now, "sports tourism" will do. And we are sports tour... [more]

197. Stardate 32-20101209: The Journey or The Conversation

S7 December 9, 2010 CINCINNATI -- Recently, at a game, I sat next to a "national columnist" as I tapped away at my keyboard, scribbling notes in a notebook, wearing my suit with sneakers, accompanied by my stuffed basketball companion. Afterwards, as I was packing up, he extended his hand tentatively. "Kyle, right?" he... [more]

198. Game 7-021: Purdue at Valparaiso

S7 December 8, 2010 Purdue Boilermakers at Valparaiso CrusadersDecember 7, 2010 9:00 pmAthletics-Recreation CenterBBState Stats/Recap Hope. (via 30fps) @midmajority Game Tweets 20:54 Game 7-021: Purdue at Valparaiso. Hail Crusaders who rise to glory.20:57 RT @cmlrun: @midmajority Our colors are unfurled.21:00 Awes... [more]

199. Stardate 31-20101208: Hold On Hope

S7 December 8, 2010 FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The Athletics-Recreation Center at Valparaiso is a brick multipurpose sports facility, and at its heart is a fieldhouse-style gymnasium where the hooping Crusaders play. Most of the time, when Horizon League teams like Youngstown State and Green Bay visit, the place might fill ... [more]

200. Stardate 30-20101207: It's All About The State

S7 December 7, 2010 @midmajority there have been 59 red line upsets, @TempleUniv has three of them. What is the single-school single-season record?- @clivedaddy (via Twitter)CHICAGO -- That's a fantastic question, Mr. Daddy! We've gone into our six-year archive of RLU history and discovered that the two seasons with th... [more]

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