#TMM9
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 In the round of 32 in San Jose, the first game of the afternoon matched fourth-seeded Saint Louis University with the (underseeded?) twelfth-seeded University of Oregon. The Billikens (28-6) reached this game by defeating WAC Champion New Mexico State 64-44 on Thursday; they had won their prior fiv... [more] |
| S9 March 30, 2013 Going to the NCAA tournament is an interesting process. Within an hour or so of the selections and seeding being announced, each school's designated contact is called by the NCAA's travel agency about plans for reaching the first game. Generally, school contingents arrive two days before their firs... [more] |
| S9 March 30, 2013 I was sure at the end of my nineteen-game week in Las Vegas (the WCC final, all 18 M/W WAC tournament games) that my season was over. I was so tired that I slept the entire trip on the plane home, through the St. Patrick's Day party at my spouse's college roommate's home, and through the family bir... [more] |
| S9 March 27, 2013 Following a Friday of upsets in the WAC Tournament, the championship game matched the third-seeded New Mexico State Aggies (23-10, 14-4 WAC) and the fourth-seeded University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks (19-12, 11-7 WAC). The regular season games between these teams were the first of the confere... [more] |
| S9 March 23, 2013 The second Friday semifinal of the WAC tournament matched two schools in their first seasons in the WAC, coming from the Southland. Fourth seeded UT-Arlington (18-12, 11-7 WAC) faced ninth-seeded UTSA (10-21, 3-14). The Mavericks advanced to this game with a Thursday 83-78 win over Utah State; the ... [more] |
| S9 March 23, 2013 It has been a disappointing season for both of the teams in the fourth quarterfinal game of the WAC tournament. Utah State's WAC leadership had been derailed by health issues. Forward Danny Berger collapsed and was resuscitated by the training staff in December; he seems to be returning to health a... [more] |
| S9 March 23, 2013 The third game of Thursday matched top seed and regular season co-champion Louisiana Tech with the Roadrunners of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Louisiana Tech (26-5, 16-2 WAC) had won both season contests with UTSA (8-21, 3-14 WAC): in mid-January, the Bulldogs won 73-71 in San Antonio; t... [more] |
| S9 March 23, 2013 Game four of the WAC tournament matched the seventh-seeded Texas State Bobcats (10-21 overall, 7-11 WAC), 68-56 winners on Tuesday against Seattle, with the second-seeded Denver Pioneers (21-8, 16-2), WAC co-champions of the regular season. Denver won both regular season matchups fairly easily, in ... [more] |
| S9 March 16, 2013 Game 7, the first semifinal, of the WAC tournament pitted third seed New Mexico State, a 65-49 winner against Idaho in the tournament's quarterfinals, against seventh seed Texas State. Texas State began the tournament with a defeat of Seattle, 68-56, in Tuesday's first round; their quarterfinal was... [more] |
| S9 March 16, 2013 In the first quarterfinal of this year's WAC men's basketball tournament, the third-seeded New Mexico State Aggies played the sixth-seed, the Idaho Vandals. New Mexico State and Idaho are the only two schools that were in the WAC last year that will return next year, so this matchup is what passes ... [more] |
| S9 March 14, 2013 It has been a long season for both teams in this game between the eight-seeded San Jose State Spartans (9-19 overall, 3-14 WAC) and the ninth-seeded UTSA Roadrunners (8-21 overall, also 3-14 WAC). The Spartans have struggled through several player suspensions. James Kinney, leading scorer for SJSU ... [more] |
| S9 March 13, 2013 With ten schools In the WAC for this year, the tournament starts with first round games on Tuesday among those teams at the bottom of the standings. The first contest, matched the seventh seed, Texas State (10-20 overall, 5-12 WAC), against tenth-seed Seattle (8-21, 3-15 WAC). Texas State swept the... [more] |
| S9 March 12, 2013 As I prepared for travel to Las Vegas for the WAC Tournament, I noticed that if I scheduled my flight a little earlier, I could make it to the Orleans in time for the WCC Championship final. Since BYU joined the WCC, the final has been moved from Sunday to Monday, making a quick turnaround for the ... [more] |
| S9 March 12, 2013 The final game of the regular season in Las Cruces brought the Mavericks of the University of Texas at Arlington to visit. This was the thirteenth meeting between New Mexico State and UTA in men's basketball and the second as members of the WAC. Since UTA is moving to the Sun Belt next year, it is ... [more] |
| S9 March 9, 2013 What a season for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs! Coming into the final weekend of the regular season, they had twenty-six wins, having won all fourteen home games and the last eighteen contests consecutively, the nation's longest active streak. Although two of their three losses (at Texas A&M, No... [more] |
| S9 March 9, 2013 This weekend's INCREDIBLY LARGE GAME in the WAC was the second meeting of the year between the second- and third-place teams in the standings, the Denver Pioneers (18-8 overall, 13-2 in the WAC) and the New Mexico State Aggies (19-9, 12-3).Denver had won its prior seven games, including five away f... [more] |
| S9 March 6, 2013 New Mexico State believes their all-time record before the second game this season against UTEP is Aggies 103, Miners 100. The Miners believe the long rivalry is tied at 102 games each. Whichever is correct, a question I may try to tackle over the summer, the Aggie-Miner rivalry, begun in 1915 betw... [more] |
| S9 February 23, 2013 The Seattle University basketball program was once one of the nation's premier teams. Led by Elgin Baylor, the Chieftains reached the 1958 Final Four, defeating #1 Kansas State before losing to Kentucky in the national final. Seattle gave up its independent status in 1971, joining the West Coast At... [more] |
| S9 February 23, 2013 Prior to Idaho joining the Big West, there had only been one basketball game between New Mexico State and the Vandals, an 81-69 Aggie victory in the 1964 Anaconda, Montana, tournament. Since then, the teams have met 24 times. The Aggies won six of eight contests while both were members of the Big W... [more] |
| S9 February 1, 2013 The Game's challenge number eight could not have come at a more opportune time. Over the past couple of weeks, New Mexico State head coach Marvin Menzies has added his voice to a statement that New Mexico head coach Steve Alford has made several times: playing the Rio Grande Rivalry game once a yea... [more] |
| S9 January 27, 2013 Wednesday night's game featuring a visit from the Denver Pioneers to the Pan American Center in Las Cruces to face the New Mexico State Aggies was one of the more important games of the week in the WAC. The Pioneers (before this game 11-7 overall, 7-1 in WAC games) and Aggies (12-8, 6-2) were playi... [more] |
| S9 January 25, 2013 Coming off Thursday's victory over Utah State, Saturday finds the New Mexico State Aggies facing the San Jose State Spartans. The Spartans, joining the Blue Aggies in moving from the WAC to the Mountain West next year, are the WAC opponent that New Mexico State Aggies' have played the second most t... [more] |
| S9 January 23, 2013 The primary rivalries, at least to the fan base, of the New Mexico State University Aggies (for today, let's call them the Crimson Aggies) are with the New Mexico Lobos and the UTEP Miners. By far the nearest other Division I schools, it is only natural that these would remain important, despite s... [more] |
| S9 January 20, 2013 Monday's matchup between the Houston Baptist Huskies and the UTEP Miners was my fourth visit to the Don Haskins Center this season. I previously saw the Miners take down Oral Roberts, New Mexico State and Idaho, the latter two of which were pretty close games. As someone who sees a lot of games in ... [more] |
| S9 January 20, 2013 Women's basketball is recognizable to followers of the men's game as mostly the same game, but there are significant differences. The pace is somewhat different; since the players are not usually as quick, the ball seems to move much more slowly up and around the court. However, the shot clock is o... [more] |
| S9 January 7, 2013 "Southwest Texas State Normal School opened its doors in 1903. Over the years, the Legislature broadened the institution's scope and changed its name in succession, to Normal College, Teachers College, College, University, and in 2003 to Texas State University-San Marcos." (TSU website) Texas State... [more] |
| S9 January 6, 2013 For 2012-13, the University of Texas at San Antonio joins the Western Athletic Conference for its only season, having already joined Conference USA for next year. Tonight is the first of the Roadrunners' nine WAC road games, visiting New Mexico State. The first week of WAC play went poorly for both... [more] |
| S9 December 30, 2012 Today's matchup between Missouri State and New Mexico State is only the second time the two schools have met on the hardwood. On December 12, 1950, the New Mexico A&M Aggies visited Springfield and were defeated by the Southwest Missouri State College Bears, 64-54. Although the Aggies were once... [more] |
| S9 December 27, 2012 The Rio Grande Rivalry measures the competition between New Mexico State and New Mexico in the fourteen sports they sponsor in common. Points are assigned to each sport and divided among the contests between the two schools. In basketball, both men's and women's, as well as baseball and softball, t... [more] |
| S9 December 27, 2012 Round one of the Rio Grande Rivalry between the New Mexico Lobos and the New Mexico State Aggies this year was held at University Arena in Albuquerque, also known as the Pit. The two teams play an annual home-and-home series despite not being in the same conference since the Lobos abandoned the Bor... [more] |
| S9 December 24, 2012 Happy Holidays from Ballyfest Destiny! Welcome to our Holiday Video Tour! We'll start with a moment honoring those recently, senselessly lost in Newtown, Connecticut, courtesy of NBC and Saturday Night Live.Next, we bring you a few minutes below the Black Line with Taylor University's "Silent Night... [more] |
| S9 December 15, 2012 Game #9-162: Idaho Vandals at Texas-El Paso MinersDecember 8, 2012 9:00 pmSpecial Events CenterBBState Stats/RecapMy third visit this season to the Don Haskins Center in El Paso saw the host UTEP Miners play the Idaho Vandals for only the third time in history. In late December 1975, the Miners and ... [more] |
| S9 December 8, 2012 Game #9-139: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles at New Mexico State AggiesDecember 1, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/Recap December 1 was another busy sports day for Las Crucens, but much of it came to us on the radio. In the afternoon, the Las Cruces High Bulldogs won their state semi... [more] |
| S9 December 6, 2012 Game #9-130: New Mexico State Aggies at Texas-El Paso MinersNovember 28, 2012 9:00 pmSpecial Events CenterBBState Stats/Recap I know of no other non-conference rivalries that regularly play two annual games, home-and-home, besides the ones between New Mexico State University and the University of Ne... [more] |
| S9 November 27, 2012 Game #9-097: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at New Mexico State AggiesNovember 23, 2012 9:30 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/Recap The day after Thanksgiving, New Mexico State basketball fans saw the first round games of the women's Hotel Encanto Classic. In the first, the Anteaters of the Uni... [more] |
| S9 November 25, 2012 Game #9-082: Northern New Mexico at New Mexico State AggiesNovember 21, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/Recap Thanksgiving eve brought the second-ever matchup between the Northern New Mexico Eagles and the New Mexico State Aggies. Northern New Mexico College took the "Junior" out of it... [more] |
| S9 November 21, 2012 Since the NMSU Aggies did not start the season on the opening Friday of the season, I found myself making the relatively short trip to the nearest game. I had not been in the Don Haskins Center at UTEP since before it got that name; it was previously known by the colorless name "Special Events Cent... [more] |
| S9 November 20, 2012 Game #9-055: Southeastern Louisiana Lions at New Mexico State AggiesNovember 15, 2012 10:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/Recap After a loss at Oregon State to open the season and the Wounded Warrior Classic, New Mexico State hosted the Southeastern Louisiana Lions of the Southland Conference. ... [more] |
| S9 November 14, 2012 When the first #TMM9 challenge of the season was issued, after checking to see if it connected strongly for any of my teammates, I thought about who I knew that would have thoughts about the beginning of the basketball season that someone else might want to read. After a little thought, and a quick ... [more] |
| S8 March 12, 2012 Game #8-748: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. New Mexico State AggiesMarch 10, 2012 11:59 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapSaturday’s WAC Men’s Basketball Championship final featured the second seed New Mexico State Aggies and the fifth seeded Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The prior two nights have seen the ... [more] |
| S8 March 11, 2012 Game #8-738: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Nevada Wolf PackMarch 9, 2012 11:30 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapFriday’s second semifinal in the WAC tournament featured the regular-season champion Nevada Wolf Pack playing the fifth-seeded Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Nevada had an easy victory on Thursda... [more] |
| S8 March 10, 2012 Game #8-736: Hawaii Warriors vs. New Mexico State AggiesMarch 9, 2012 9:00 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapIt was another great day for hoops in Las Vegas, sunny and 67 degrees for the six p.m. tip of the first WAC semifinal contest between second seed New Mexico State and sixth seed Hawai'i. The ... [more] |
| S8 March 9, 2012 Game #8-733: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Utah State AggiesMarch 8, 2012 11:30 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapThe fourth game of the day in the WAC tournament matched the fourth seeded Utah State Aggies and the fifth seeded Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, the second Aggie-Bulldog matchup of the day. The ... [more] |
| S8 March 9, 2012 Game #8-732: San Jose State Spartans vs. Nevada Wolf PackMarch 8, 2012 9:00 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapWelcome back to Las Vegas, where it was still a balmy 63 degrees as the evening session of games in the WAC Men’s Basketball Tournament began with the top seeded Nevada Wolf Pack facing the ... [more] |
| S8 March 9, 2012 Game #8-730: Fresno State Bulldogs vs. New Mexico State AggiesMarch 8, 2012 5:30 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapWelcome back to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for the second quarterfinal of the WAC Tournament. At the tip, it was still 63 degrees in Las Vegas for the matchup between the second see... [more] |
| S8 March 9, 2012 Game #8-727: Hawaii Warriors vs. Idaho VandalsMarch 8, 2012 3:00 pmLas Vegas, NVBBState Stats/RecapWelcome to sunny Las Vegas, where it is a balmy 63 degrees for Thursday’s first game of the WAC tournament between the third seeded Idaho Vandals and the sixth seeded Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors. Of cours... [more] |
| S8 March 1, 2012 Game #8-649: San Jose State Spartans at New Mexico State AggiesFebruary 25, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapA little more than 6,000 fans came out for New Mexico State’s senior night game against San Jose State. The three seniors were honored after the game with video highlights, t... [more] |
| S8 February 25, 2012 Game #8-622: Bucknell Bison at American EaglesFebruary 23, 2012 7:00 pmBender ArenaBBState Stats/RecapSometimes business travel comes at inopportune times for those of us heavily dependent on basketball schedules to arrange our winter evenings. This season, I have been away from Las Cruces, N.M., on... [more] |
| S8 February 20, 2012 Game #8-594: Drake Bulldogs at New Mexico State AggiesFebruary 18, 2012 3:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapBefore the BracketBusters pairings came out on January 30, New Mexico State knew it was possible that it would be one of the 26 teams selected to play on national television, but not ... [more] |
| S8 February 18, 2012 Game #8-583: Northern New Mexico at New Mexico State AggiesFebruary 14, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs New Mexico State starts its final home stand of the season, I spent some time thinking about how I became a devout follower of college basketball, and the Aggies in particula... [more] |
| S8 February 6, 2012 Game #8-517: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at New Mexico State AggiesFebruary 4, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapSaturday marked the beginning of the second half of the WAC season for both New Mexico State and visiting Louisiana Tech. On Jan. 7 at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, th... [more] |
| S8 February 4, 2012 Game #8-504: Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners at New Mexico State AggiesFebruary 1, 2012 8:30 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapWednesday in Las Cruces saw a visit to New Mexico State by the Roadrunners of California State University at Bakersfield. The Roadrunners played their first Division... [more] |
| S8 January 31, 2012 Game #8-485: Fresno State Bulldogs at New Mexico State AggiesJanuary 28, 2012 9:30 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapSaturday brought us to a series of basketball events to the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M. First, the NMSU women continued to learn new coach Mark Trakh’s system agains... [more] |
| S8 January 27, 2012 Game #8-461: Nevada Wolf Pack at New Mexico State AggiesJanuary 26, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapIn the time since Sam Wasson and I both covered the NMSU-Idaho game nearly two weeks ago, the conference race has begun to take shape. Tonight’s opponents in Las Cruces are the clear... [more] |
| S8 January 15, 2012 Game #8-395: Idaho Vandals at New Mexico State AggiesJanuary 14, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapAs the Eight-Hundred Game Project reaches its halfway point, today in Las Cruces was a day of milestones in other ways. This afternoon, I attended a memorial service for Dick Waugh. Dic... [more] |
| S8 January 13, 2012 Game #8-381: Utah State Aggies at New Mexico State AggiesJanuary 12, 2012 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapConference play in the WAC started last weekend, and the race appears to be wide open. Before the season, WAC coaches picked Nevada to win, followed by New Mexico State and Utah Sta... [more] |
| S8 January 2, 2012 Game #8-328: Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions at New Mexico State AggiesDecember 31, 2011 2:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe atmosphere at Saturday’s noon game between the Golden Lions of Arkansas-Pine Bluff and New Mexico State was quite different from the Aggies’ Wednesday sellout ag... [more] |
| S8 December 29, 2011 Game #8-305: New Mexico Lobos at New Mexico State AggiesDecember 28, 2011 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapWednesday night brought the last of New Mexico State’s annual home-and-home rivalry games against New Mexico and UTEP. The Aggies beat New Mexico in Albuquerque what seems like a li... [more] |
| S8 December 22, 2011 Game #8-279: McNeese State Cowboys at New Mexico State AggiesDecember 21, 2011 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapWednesday night’s matchup between the McNeese State Cowboys and the New Mexico State Aggies was the first time the two teams had met since 1956, so there is not a lot of histor... [more] |
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60. Why?
S8 December 19, 2011 Game #8-259: Western New Mexico at New Mexico State AggiesDecember 14, 2011 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapI have seen a lot of discussion over the past week or so about the increasing number of games between Division I schools and schools belonging to Division II, Division III and th... [more]
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| S8 November 30, 2011 Game #8-155: Arizona Wildcats at New Mexico State AggiesNovember 29, 2011 9:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/RecapNew Mexico State and Arizona have a natural geographic rivalry that is not renewed often enough. Of Division I schools, only Arizona State and Northern Arizona are closer to Arizona... [more] |
| S8 November 20, 2011 Game #8-069: Texas-El Paso Miners at New Mexico State AggiesNovember 19, 2011 8:00 pmPan American CenterBBState Stats/Recap There are only five other division I schools within 400 miles of Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1951, the Border Conference moved from the newly organized College Division of the N... [more] |
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