The Southland is now an 8-team league following the departure of four Texas schools and Central Arkansas. Nicholls is the heavy favorite to repeat as champs and win the auto-bid, but SLU and UNO lurk in the shadows.
Read moreMEAC 2021-22 Preview
The MEAC watched three teams exit this offseason, leaving a streamlined league competing for the precious NCAA Tournament bid. Powerhouses Norfolk State and North Carolina Central should be right back in the hunt, but Morgan State’s renaissance continues under Kevin Broadus…
Read moreAmerica East 2021-22 Preview
Look out Vermont, the America East is coming. COVID constricted the Catamounts’ chemistry last season. Now, they’ll have to overcome a loaded field that stockpiled talent and experience over the summer.
Read morePatriot 2021-22 Preview
Colgate still reigns supreme in the Patriot. Can the Raiders get back to their third Dance in four seasons? Or will Boston U avenge its lost 2020 Tourney berth?
Read moreBig South 2021-22 Preview
Mike Jones and Pat Kelsey left for greener pastures, leaving a potential power vacuum at the top of the OVC totem pole - can anyone not named Winthrop or Radford rise to the occasion?
Read moreQuick Peek At Futures - 2021-22
The people have been clamoring for it: that’s right, it’s the 7th annual Quick Peek at Futures! This one is not as quick, though, because Jim went a little nuts this offseason…
Read moreOhio Valley 2021-22 Preview
And then there were 10… Two less challengers won’t make it any easier for teams not named Belmont, Morehead State and Murray State, the clear cut top-3 with a 2022 OVC crown in their sights.
Read moreColonial 2021-22 Preview
The CAA is wide open this season with as many as seven teams capable of winning the league and crashing the Field of 68. James Madison, Northeastern, and Hofstra lead the way.
Read moreNEC 2021-22 Preview
The turbo-charged Bryant offense took the country by storm last year, but it was Mount St. Mary’s oversized, methodical style that earned the NEC’s auto-bid. Will one of those two reign in 2021-22? Plenty of challengers lurk if not…
Read moreHorizon League 2021-22 Preview
Get the popcorn ready, Horizon League superfans. A 5-star show is coming to a theatre near you. Wright State and Cleveland State are old, deep, and really good but can Patrick Baldwin Jr. leapfrog Milwaukee ahead of last year’s co-champions?
Read moreASUN 2021-22 Preview
The Flames keep burning at Liberty as the ASUN’s NCAA representative returns several key weapons. But OVC defectors Jacksonville St. and Eastern Kentucky will compete right away, and FGCU, Bellarmine, Stetson, and Lipscomb all have major reasons for optimism.
Read moreMAAC 2021-22 Preview
Rick Pitino brought his chessboard to the MAAC’s game of checkers. Can anyone stop the Gaels?
Read moreBig West 2021-22 Preview
The UC schools dominated the Big West last season and look poised to do so again in 2021-22. Irvine and Santa Barbara lead the way with a feisty Riverside nipping at their heels.
Read moreBig Sky 2021-22 Preview
The Big Sky is loaded at the top with several strong contenders hoping to fill the vacancy left by Eastern Washington’s exodus. Will Southern Utah’s experience prevail over Montana’s developing roster and Weber State’s array of talent? Will another emerge to defeat all three?
Read moreSummit League 2021-22 Preview
He’s baaaack… Max Abmas tugged on our heartstrings last March. To replay that magic in 2022, the Golden Eagles will have to outlast the ‘Dakota States’, who return everyone of relevance from a year ago.
Read moreWAC 2021-22 Preview
The WAC grows to 13 teams this year with the addition of the Southland Four. With hot new contender SFA in the mix, can New Mexico State and Grand Canyon maintain their dominance?
Read moreIvy 2021-22 Preview
After a year hiatus, the Ivy is a mystery box. Every team has two classes of players we’ve never seen before, and the ones we are familiar with haven’t hooped in 20 months. Still, the top four looks like the top four once again…
Read moreConference USA 2021-22 Preview
The Mean Green of North Texas stunned Purdue in March, and Conference USA has multiple teams with the talent to pull off a similar shocker in 2022. Two teams seem to have elevated themselves at the very top of the league, but there’s no shortage of challengers lurking behind them…
Read moreMAC 2021-22 Preview
MACtion is as fierce as ever with Buffalo and Ohio both potential top 75 teams this year. Bowling Green is loaded, Toledo is always tough, and Kent State and Akron always seem to hang around. A competitive league chock full of talent awaits in the middle of America.
Read moreSun Belt 2021-22 Preview
The Sun Belt loaded up with transfers and “extra year” super seniors, meaning the league should see a major resurgence from a relatively down 2020-21. Will the continuity of Georgia State prevail? Or can a transfer-heavy team like Louisiana or South Alabama take the crown?
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