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James Madison gets its moment in the Sun (Belt)
Conference realignment trickle-down has officially reached the Football Championship Series, as the Sun Belt Conference officially announced the addition of James Madison University Saturday by a unanimous vote of its members’ CEOs....
Eat it, Javy Baez! Here’s a Cinderella-saving squeeze-play, a ‘caught stealing/unassisted/by catcher,’ a dinger hitting a moving freight train & a buzzer beater
No unseeded team had ever won its first two games at the Women’s College World Series, so James Madison’s second straight triumph in Oklahoma City was historic in its own right on Friday night....
A College Basketball Insider Is Uniting Mid-Majors To Bust The Big Guys' NCAA Tourney "Cartel"
A mid-major lifer is calling out the NCAA tournament for the cartel system it is. And college basketball’s mid-major conferences aren’t silently nodding their heads anymore....
Conference USA Is Completely Revamping Its Conference Schedule Setup And It's Just Brilliant
Tired of low seeds and early exits from the NCAA tournament, Conference USA is ready to try something different....
UAB Football Is Back From The Dead. Now The Hard Part Begins.
If you thought watching a football program die was hard, wait until we witness one try to raise itself from the grave....
Memphis Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Memphis Tigers, who in beating Marshall 83-57 won the Conference USA tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
The Big East's Plan To Save Itself By Becoming Conference USA Continues To Take Shape
To review: Pitt, Syracuse, and West Virginia are going. Houston, Central Florida, and Southern Methodist are joining, with Boise State, San Diego State, and Navy eventually signing on just for football. And now, per CBS Sports, Memphis is in "the final stages of negotiations" to become an all-sport...
Oh, Great, Now Conference USA Is Merging With The Mountain West To Form A 22-Team Conference
Because why the fuck not, at this point? [MWC]...
Who Says Conference USA Is Not Very Deep?
Everyone says that Memphis plays in a conference where talent doesn't stretch very far, but we did assume that the talent at least stretched farther than Memphis's own bench....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: Conference USA
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to crush your enemies into paste. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to [email protected]....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Conference USA
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf, and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and ...