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Iona hires FDU’s Tobin Anderson as their new head coach

Anderson, who led the Knights to the second ever 16-over-1 upset in the NCAA Tournament, replaces Rick Pitino with the Gaels

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St. Francis Brooklyn cancels entire athletics department

Effective at the end of the school year, there will be no more Terriers

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Steve Lutz stresses importance of people as he takes over at Western Kentucky

Lutz won the Southland Conference in each of his two years at Texas A&M-Corpus Christie

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Florida Atlantic is Twitter’s NCAA Tournament villain, and that’s fine

A missed dunk heard round the Twitterverse led to some — interesting — takes. Embrace the hate, Owls.

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Florida Atlantic knocks off Fairleigh Dickinson to reach Sweet 16

The Owls earned their second-ever NCAA Tournament win

Florida Atlantic and Fairleigh Dickinson do battle for...a spot in the Sweet 16?

FAU and FDU stage the perfect matchup for college basketball junkies like you and me

Mountain West saves face with San Diego State

The Aztecs advance to the Sweet 16 after a dominating performance against Furman

Western Kentucky names Steve Lutz as new head coach

Lutz led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to the NCAA Tournament in both of his two years leading the program

Florida Gulf Coast, Toledo pull off 12-5 upsets

The Eagles downed Washington State, and the Rockets topped Iowa State

Princeton dances into the Sweet 16 with win over Missouri

The Ivy League champs dominated the battle of the Tigers to become the fourth No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16

San Diego State becomes first Mountain West team to reach Sweet 16 since 2018

The Aztecs defeated Furman to by 23 to punch their ticket to the second weekend

NIT First Round Recap: Mid-majors are alive in each region

With all eyes on the field of 64, mid-majors have been making noise in NIT

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A trio of mid-majors advance on first full day of women’s NCAA Tournament

Princeton, South Florida and South Dakota State move on to second round in crazy finishes

A Fairleigh Large Upset in Columbus: FDU becomes the second ever 16-Seed to beat No. 1

UMBC isn’t alone as No. 1 Purdue goes down in the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament

Kennesaw State comes up painfully short, but is on a tremendous journey

One final Hooty Hoo to the Owls for one heck of a season and many more in the future.

Dreaming Up an All-Mid-Major Men’s Final Four

Likely? No. Possible? That’s all I needed to write this.

Princeton, Furman headline wild first day of NCAA Tournament

The Tigers knocked off No. 2 seed Arizona, and the Paladins edged No. 4 Virginia

San Diego State Quiets The Mountain West Can’t Win In March Narrative ... For Now

The Aztecs closed Charleston’s storybook season in an impressive defensive effort, 63-57.

Everything you need to know about Princeton’s upset over No. 2 Arizona

The day of March Madness upsets continue as the 15-seed Tigers knock off the 2-seed Wildcats in the Round of 64.

Pegues’ March magic keeps Paladins dancing

After a 43-year absence from the Big Dance, Furman is making the most of this trip to the NCAA Tournament

How does Iona match up with UConn?

MAAC beat reporter Sam Federman takes a look at the Gaels’ chances against the Huskies

How each mid major can win a game (or 2!) in the NCAA Tournament

A panel of some of your favorite MMM writers took a stab at each team within our little niche at this year’s men’s edition of the Big Dance.

Furman’s JP Pegues has emerged a top point guard in SoCon

The sophomore has scored in double figures in each of the Paladins’ last seven games

Watch out for these under-the-radar players in this year’s March Madness

We know the teams, now here are the players.

The dark horse teams in this year’s tournament who you haven’t heard of

These are the some mid-major teams that can make a run and create their own March Madness moments

Here’s how far every seed has advanced in the NCAA men’s tournament

One 16 seed has advanced to the round of 32... No five seed has won the title... and everything in between

Which mid-majors have good odds to make the Sweet 16?

There is a ton of value in the Midwest Region

Ranking the likelihood of the 12-over-5 upsets in this year’s NCAA tournament

It’s the most popular upset pick on the bracket, but which one should you take?

Why Houston stands a great chance to win 2023 title

The Cougars have been ranked in the top-five all year long

One sentence for every team in NCAA Tournament field

A snapshot of all the teams in March Madness

Princeton gets revenge on Yale, wins Ivy League title at home

One year after falling in the title game, the Tigers are dancing

Memphis tops shorthanded Houston to claim their first AAC Tournament title

After falling to Houston twice in the regular season, the Tigers topped the Cougars in the AAC title game

Key first round games for mid-majors 

There are three contests between Thursday and Friday that pit two mid-majors against each other

VCU gets a chance at NCAA Tournament redemption after winning Atlantic-10 Championship

The Rams won the program’s second A-10 Championship since joining the conference in 2012

Put two rings on it: Four conferences saw the same school win both men’s and women’s tournament titles

Vermont, Princeton, Iona and Drake claim championships in both men’s and women’s hoops