Middle Tennessee State is the heavy favorite in the Sun Belt tournament. Can the Blue Raiders take the league title?

Gonzaga is starting to make us worried with their high ranking from the computer. The last couple of teams that made this exalted level didn't follow through on their numbers. So what should we think of this Bulldogs squad?

Gonzaga is bucking the trend among the mid-major ranks as teams try to establish themselves in the minds of the NCAA Tournament committee. Then again, that should be no surprise. The full rankings from 1 to THE GRAMBLING.

Could the soft bubble for this season's NCAA Tournament favor the mid-major teams sitting on it with chances for at-large tickets? History tells us "no," but when you compare the teams by the eye test, you might get a different answer.

Gonzaga earned a couple of first place votes in the AP Poll, and Memphis is back among the ranked squads. But where are the rest of the mid-majors? They are all caught in a giant jumble just outside the top 25.

Mid-major teams might have had a little trouble gaining a foothold in the computer rankings earlier this season. But now we count seven of the Top 25 in the MRI among our ranks. What has changed?

Villanova ran through the top 10 teams in the computer rankings over the last week and caused a little shuffling at the top. But is this upset potential just a symptom of college basketball as a whole?

Do Middle Tennessee State and Belmont have what it takes to crash the NCAA Tournament as at-large teams should they not get auto bids? We look at the two mid-major upstarts who are making strides in the latest computer rankings

We take a look at what is really causing all the trouble down at North Texas, and the answer is not what we expected. Time for Tony Benford to buy stock in a dairy farm.

Wichita State took advantage of another round of upsets in the major conferences to gain back its spot in the AP Top 25. But the field of mid-majors is still looking for some respect among the voters.