Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne dive into what they've seen from teams around the country. North Texas and Columbia have gotten off to hot starts. The Atlantic 10 is trending up. The Missouri Valley seems wide open. North Florida has been great!

Traditionally one of the top mid-major conferences, the Atlantic 10 shapes up to be must-watch again this season. Matt Modderno and Isaac Bourne discuss their expectations for the upcoming season in the A10.

The Ohio Valley Conference featured a lot of parity in men's hoops last season, and then the Transfer Portal hit the league hard. Now, it's hard to parse through all the changes to determine who is the favorite. On the women's side Southern Indiana won the league by six games last year and returns its top five scorers. Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks di…

Mid-Major Madness' Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks dive into preseason expectations for Conference USA. The league saw a lot of parity last year and shapes up to be an exciting race this season as well.

Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State are leaving the Mountain West for the Pac-12 in 2026. Later in the episode, Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks look into some of the top mid-major transfers of the offseason.

Memphis cut ties with assistant coaches Rick Stansbury, Faragi Phillips and Jamie Rosser along with team advisor Demetrius Dyson. Mid-Major Madness' Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks react to the news that came surprisingly just two months before the start of the season.

We are two months away from the beginning of the 2024-25 season, Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne preview some of the top mid-major matchups for the opening week of the campaign. Below are the games they preview: Charleston vs. Southern Illinois (men) Saint Louis vs. Santa Clara (men) McNeese State vs. South Dakota State (men) Marshall at Toledo (women) …

Our Sam Federman sits down with Maxwell Baumbach from No Ceilings NBA to discuss the top mid-major players to watch in advance of this week's NBA Draft.

Belmont head coach Casey Alexander chats with our Ian Sacks about the Bruins' 2024 offseason. They discuss how the team looks to replace more than 80% of its scoring from last season, the program's near decade-and-a-half run of consecutive 20-win seasons, and the state of college basketball and the Transfer Portal.…

Mid-Major Madness' Austin Montgomery speaks with Brandon Kaiser and Taylor Griffin, the CEO and VP of Biggest Fan, a consulting agency that works to increase fan engagement. The pair began their work with the creation of the GCU Havocs.

A full March Madness preview episode of the Mid-Major Madness Podcast. Nick Lorensen, Austin Montgomery and Ian Sacks break down the field of 68, upset specials and who will be the last team standing on April 3.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Northern Kentucky head coach Darrin Horn joins the podcast to discuss the Norse's Horizon League championship, heading to the NCAA Tournament and the heartbreaks of recent postseasons.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mid-Major Madness' Ian Sacks and Austin Montgomery discuss Oral Roberts' incredible season and the prospect of another March Madness run for the Golden Eagles. The Mountain West is so stacked with five teams in the top 50 in KenPom. And they are overshadowing the turnaround season for San Jose State. Gonzaga picks up wins with an exclamation point.…

Ian Sacks and Austin Montgomery discuss VCU stepping into first place in the Atlantic 10, the gauntlet that is the Mountain West with five teams in the top 50 in KenPom, Aidan Mahaney showing up for Saint Mary's on the biggest stage against Gonzaga, and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New Mexico is the last unbeaten men's basketball team in Division I. And the Lobos face a gauntlet in a stacked Mountain West conference. Plus, it'll be a fun year for Conference USA before a mass exodus. Ian Sacks, Nick Lorensen and Austin Montgomery break down these stories and much more in the first episode of 2023.Learn more about your ad choic…

Authorities provide updates on the investigation surrounding Mike Peake and the New Mexico State basketball program: one of the assistant coaches and a few of Peake's teammates had larger roles in the incident than it initially appeared. On the court, the New Mexico Lobos, Utah State Aggies and UNLV Runnin' Rebels are all undefeated to start the 20…

With Feast Week in the rearview mirror, Ian Sacks and Austin Montgomery provide their thoughts on one of the busiest weeks of the college basketball regular season. Portland looked sharp against the likes of North Carolina, Villanova and Michigan State. Gonzaga showed some flaws in its loss to Purdue. Houston reaches No. 1 in the AP Poll for the fi…

We take a look at some of the top teams and tournaments to look out for during Feast Week 2022. Plus, major props to Charleston, and pump the brakes on the Wyoming hate.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fordham fired Jeff Neubauer on Tuesday, meaning we got a chance to engage in our favorite activity: baseless speculation about college basketball coaching hires. We also discussed Terry Taylor, Richmond, and conference tournaments before jumping back to coach talk because we just can't help ourselves.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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 …

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…

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 challenge…

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 …

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…

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 b…

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 podcastchoice…

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…

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'…

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 bei…

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 gi…

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 teamHis style of rebuilding basketball programsHis mayhem style of play This year’s GW te…

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 pla…

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 …

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 Ste…

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 …

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 do…

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 …

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.Le…

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 Remember…

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 h…

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…

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 expe…

Dana Ford is just 34 years old, but he's on his second head coaching job and has learned from the best in the business, including Wichita State's Gregg Marshall. The head man at Missouri State joins the pod to talk about what to expect from his team, how he's mastered the transfer market, and the challenges that face the Missouri Valley going forwa…

Going into last season, Furman had to replace half of its offensive production. Few could have blamed the Paladins for taking a step back. But instead, head coach Bob Richey led his group to a 12-0 start, complete with a win at Villanova. Richey joins the Coaches Show' to discuss how it happened, what lies ahead for the program, and what he needs t…

Casey Alexander has the daunting task of following a coaching legend. The new Belmont head coach played and learned under Rick Byrd, and now takes over one of the most consistent programs in mid-major basketball. He joins the Coaches' Show to talk about the challenges he will face, how he plans to recruit, and what he wishes the NCAA would do to tr…

We're in Dayton for the First Four and will break down our experience so far and preview a little bit of what's to come in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. We have notes and quotes from players and coaches, including how Belmont players feel about people criticizing their inclusion, a suggestion from Levelle Moton to make the tournament bett…

Russ, Chris and Cam break down the NCAA Tournament bracket, give their picks for the First Round of games and make their Final Four and National Championship predictions. They also riff on Jeff Boals' name for some reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have automatic bids! The group gets together to discuss the OVC, ASUN, Missouri Valley and Big South champions as well as looking ahead to Week 2 of conference tournament action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices