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Category: College Basketball
Mid-Major Monday: Liberty
Team: Liberty Flames Conference: Atlantic Sun Current Record: 20-5 Coach: Ritchie McKay Coach Profile: McKay’s been all over. He was an assistant at Virginia and well as a head coach at Portland State, Colorado State, … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Liberty
Mid-Major Monday: Wright State
Team: Wright State Raiders Conference: Horizon Current Record: 17-4 Coach: Scott Nagy Coach Profile: Nagy is coming off another great season at Wright State and a second straight Horizon League regular-season title. He's now 91-43 … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Wright State
Mid-Major Monday: Colgate
Team: Colgate Raiders Conference: Patriot Current Record: 7-1 Coach: Matt Langel Coach Profile: Langel played and coached at Penn under Fran Dunphy. When Dunphy moved to Temple, Langel followed as his assistant. In, 2011 Langel … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Colgate
Mid-Major Monday: Loyola (IL)
Team: Loyola (IL) Conference: Missouri Valley Current Record: 14-3 Coach: Porter Moser Coach Profile: Moser previously spent time as head coach at Little Rock (2000-2003) and Illinois State (2003-2007). He then spent four year at … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Loyola (IL)
Mid-Major Monday: Western Kentucky
Team: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Conference: C-USA Current Record: 13-4 Coach: Rick Stansbury Coach Profile: Stansbury was the head coach at Mississippi State from 1998–2012, where he took the Bulldogs to six NCAA Tournaments. He spent … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Western Kentucky
Mid-Major Monday: Furman
Team: Furman Paladins Conference: SoCon Current Record: 10-3 Coach: Bob Richey Coach Profile: Bob Richey took over Furman just three years ago, but the Paladins have been solid ever since. They haven't made the NCAA … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Furman
Mid-Major Monday: Belmont
Team: Belmont Bruins Conference: Ohio Valley Current Record: 12-1 Coach: Casey Alexander Coach Profile: Casey Alexander is now in his 2nd second season at Belmont and it looks like he was the perfect successor to … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Belmont
Mid-Major Monday: Abilene Christian
Team: Abilene Christian Wildcats Conference: Southland Current Record: 9-2 Coach: Joe Golding Coach Profile: Joe Golding took over his alma mater in 2011 and helped transition them to division 1 (now in their 8th D1 … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Abilene Christian
Mid-Major Monday: Drake
Team: Drake Bulldogs Conference: Missouri Valley Current Record: 10-0 Coach: Darian DeVries Coach Profile: DeVries spent nearly two decades on the Creighton coaching staff. Two years ago, DeVries got his first head coaching gig with … Continue reading Mid-Major Monday: Drake