Anything But Mid College Basketball Podcast

With reduced schedules, constant pauses, and more, teams have not played as many games as they normally would have by mid-January. This has left us with a handful of undefeated teams, and some of them with a real chance of finishing the season unblemished. We take a look at each one of them (minus Alabama State, sorry) and talk about their chances moving forward. Then, we move on to Dayton before...

This week, Northern Iowa announced that it would forgo the remainder of its non-conference schedule to try and get healthy. The Panthers are 1-4 and have now lost star AJ Green for the season, so the balance of power has shifted significantly in the Valley. We break that down, then look at the San Diego State Aztecs who are somehow even better than expected. The gang also touches on Grand Canyon,...

It's been, well, a week in college basketball. The most anticipated game of the weekend (Gonzaga vs. Baylor) was called off and the Bulldogs are now paused due to positive COVID-19 case(s) within the program. So instead of breaking that game down, we discussed the Mercer Bears and why they are Sam's mid-major crush of the week. Then, Russ challenged Sam and Lance to a game about Ohio's 40-0 run be...

There’s no better time to make reckless claims about the quality of college basketball teams than after precisely five (5) days. It’s science. Western Kentucky and Richmond are awesome. Northern Iowa stinks. Gonzaga is basically the ‘96 Bulls. Most importantly: Grant Golden remains our son. Sam and Russ were on again this week, while Hannah Butler made her podcast debut to help break it all down a...

Well folks, the 2020-21 college basketball season is here. Mid-Major Madness has staffed up in recent weeks and we are thrilled to welcome Lance Hartzler and Sam Newberry (among others) to the team. Lance and Sam jump on the pod to talk about their mid-major backgrounds, what they're looking forward to this year, and to help Russ figure out how the hell this season is going to work. Learn more abo...

It takes a lot to bring us out of our offseason bunkers, but a global pandemic sure did the job (after like 4 months). We've hit the point in the summer where it's time to start seriously looking at what sports will look like in the fall and winter. The Ivy League has announced it will not play until January at the earliest and Stanford has cut a bunch of athletic programs. It's not looking good!...

By now, you’re probably tired of “simulated bracket” posts, but hopefully we have something that’ll pique your interest at Mid-Major Madness. We have officially created an NCAA Tournament bracket with mid-major teams only, and are proud to release it to you. Sit back and enjoy our selection show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are no sports. At all. It sucks. Today was supposed to be the first full day of the NCAA Tournament and instead you're scrolling through your podcast feed and reading a description about an hour-long candles discussion. I'm so, so sorry. But Cam and Tehr make it all worth it, I promise. Introducing The CamTehrion Collection. Our own Cam Newton and Tehr Umar chat for an hour or so about whate...

February and March are the two best months of the college basketball calendar, but Conference USA takes it to a different level. First, it brings us bonus play, where the top teams in the conference all face each other in hopes of improving seeding or postseason bid opportunities. Then, it's their one-of-a-kind conference tournament, where the men's and women's teams play in the same stadium on tw...

Remember last year how the hope for a 2-bid SoCon was all the rage? Well, this year the conference isn't quite as good, but that might actually be possible. East Tennessee State has built a great resume and, if it falters in the SoCon tournament, will get serious consideration. We also dive into Gonzaga, which still has the dumb narrative of not being able to win in the tournament despite, uh, alw...

We're back! Russ had the flu and of course couldn't trust anyone else to record, so the pod had a brief hiatus. In the meantime, Cam went and saw Obi Toppin in person, the ASUN decided it wants to expand to 20 members, the SoCon got fun again, and CUSA crept closer to flex play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The gang is back, and with conference play heating up, we already know what's on your mind: "Can my favorite team get an at-large bid?" No. But there are interesting tournament-related threads to follow throughout the next couple months. The 1 seed in the West is going to come down to Gonzaga and San Diego State — and we even make the argument for giving them both 1s. Then there's the West Coast C...

The Coaches' Show is back as Jared Kotler dives head-first into the Atlantic 10 once again, this time with George Washington head man Jamion Christian. The first-year coach goes into detail about: What it was like playing on an undefeated high school basketball team His style of rebuilding basketball programs His mayhem style of play  This year’s GW team and the future of the program Learn more ab...

In a throwback to the Mid-Major Madness podcasts of yore (like 3 years ago), Russ and Greg take on the mid-major world solo. It starts with Delaware, which fell to Villanova this weekend in a close one. Are the Blue Hens for real, and what has been the key to their success? Discussion then turns to Liberty, which has remained undefeated and has played nobody of note. How will that affect the rest...

I'm lazy, so Jared Kotler is taking over the Coaches' Show for a bit. He starts with a discussion with Richmond head coach Chris Mooney. Mooney has the Spiders off to a strong start with three wins over Power 5 teams and a top-30 offense in all of college basketball. He talks through how his program has developed over the years and the strength of the Atlantic 10 in 2019-20. Learn more about your...

Our voters had a tough time deciding who should be No. 1 this week. Ultimately, San Diego State edged out Gonzaga and Dayton, but all three have a good case. We dissect the end of Feast Week and everything that came out of it, talk a little Vermont and whether we should be worried, and address the trolls on Twitter who got mad at us not ranking Stephen F. Austin. Learn more about your ad choices....

After a technical difficulty-riddled hiatus, we are back, and it's just in time to make sense of Feast Week. Since we last spoke, Dayton went out to Maui and decided to look like a Final Four team for a bit, Gonzaga beat a really good Oregon team then got smoked by Michigan, and Penn looks like the best 5-3 team in the land. We talk about all that and more this week. And with Kyle on, do we get a...

The season is barely a week old and the east coast already has us questioning our own sanity. Northeastern, led by Jordan Roland, appears better than we thought, and Delaware is already 4-0. On the other end of it, we debate what to do with Harvard. The Crimson are short-handed, but that's been the case for a year now. Elsewhere, UTSA has let us down again and THE WAC MINUTE RETURNS! Learn more ab...

New Orleans beat Spring Hill 114-58 on Tuesday, but the biggest day of UNO's season so far was on Wednesday when head coach Mark Slessinger joined the Mid-Major Madness podcast. We talked the Privateers' season-opening win, their rough road slate coming up, that state of the Southland, Slessinger's A+ dance moves, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In case you missed it, Mid-Major Madness published 149 (and counting) college basketball coach contracts on Monday. They were all obtained via FOI request from public universities. John Templon, who spearheaded the effort to bring them to you, joins the pod to explain the process, why it matters, and some of the fun things we found along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

College basketball season is upon us! With games tipping off on Tuesday, the gang is here to run you through our preseason All-American picks and EVERY mid-major team we think will make the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Be sure to listen because we have never been wrong once ever. After that, Cam makes us play a dumb game and we spend way too long Remembering Some Guys. It's good stuff! Apologies for the...

The preseason AP and Coaches polls were released last week, so we open there with some talk about who we think is over/underrated. We also touch on some America East news, South Alabama, favorites in the MAC, Pepperdine, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cam and Russ make their glorious return to your earholes today as the regular season draws closer. We’ll get the full crew together soon enough to give the 2019-20 season the true preview it deserves, but for now, we touched on some of the key storylines and took your questions about what lies ahead. Here’s what we discussed:Cam’s new home in NMTC heaven and also Cam’s momBelmont and the rest of t...

Oakland has lost four players this offseason to transfer, including Jaevin Cumberland — a guard who averaged 17 points per game last season and, at first, told coaches and fans that he would return to the Grizzlies. The sudden changes have forced coach Greg Kampe to quickly adjust his roster, and when he joined the Coaches' Show, he had some things to say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

An America East school that plays in an old gym with wooden bleachers in the middle of snowy New England should not be nationally competitive. But the Vermont Catamounts are perennial NCAA Tournament contenders and routinely play power conference teams tough. Head coach John Becker talks about the basketball tradition in Burlington and what he expects from his team next season. Learn more about yo...