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Kyle WhellistonBlog | ChatsKyle Whelliston has contributed to ESPN.com's college basketball coverage since 2005. He covers mid-major programs for Basketball Times magazine, and will have a basketball travelogue of the 2008-09 season published next summer. Whelliston also founded midmajority.com and statistical database site Basketball State (www.bbstate.com). |
Trio of Panthers feast on conference slates
Kyle WhellistonWith the exception of the late-starting Ivy League (which will have its first full slate of games next week), action in traditional one-bid conference...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009
Hold on to the ball, hold on to hope
Kyle WhellistonDuring the 2006-07 season, Butler and Southern Illinois figured prominently in the national polls all season, and each ended up taking a trip to the S...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009
Difference in miles traveled is all over the map
Kyle WhellistonWith the last games of nonconference play winding down this week and next, teams are preparing to settle back into the comfortable rhythms of their le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 31, 2008
Predictions for one-bid conferences
Kyle WhellistonFor many of the smaller conferences in Division I, the season hasn't truly begun yet. Sure, all the teams have played 10 games in non-league play, bu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008
Three mid-majors to keep an eye on
Kyle WhellistonAt this time of year, most college sports fans are focused on the football bowl picture. Therefore, hoops news has to be of the big, bold and shocking...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008
Mid-major stock watch
Kyle WhellistonPower conferences collect NCAA bids like kids collect Webkinz dolls, but mid-major leagues are defined by a single digit: the number of teams they sen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008
Blog | December 04, 2008
Dayton flying once again early in the season
Kyle WhellistonLast season's Dayton Flyers were December's children (and not necessarily everybody's). A team with eight underclassmen made a lot of noise during the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2008
Looking for the mid-major contenders
Kyle WhellistonLooking back one calendar year, we can see that 24 of the AP Top 25 teams on Feast Week 2007 were destined to be thankful all season long. With the ex...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008
Florence powers Mercer's fast start
Kyle WhellistonGardner-Webb, currently a verb that means "to beat Kentucky," left for the Big South over the summer. Belmont's November 2007 wins over Cincinnati and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2008
Never too early for BracketBusters excitement
Kyle WhellistonAfter a summer of budget-busting gas prices and thermometer-busting temperatures, it's good to know that the BracketBusters is just five months away. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 05, 2008
Money underdogs in the Dance
Kyle WhellistonThe term "mid-major" does little to describe the low finances of teams outside the big-time leagues. Smaller colleges with smaller budgets have it har...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2008
Belmont ready for Round Three
Kyle WhellistonNASHVILLE -- Championship Week moves along at a constant and rapid rate of speed, always forward. With new action unfolding on a daily basis, there's ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2008
Cleveland State on closing mission
Kyle WhellistonIn January, Cleveland State jumped out to an early and surprising lead in the Horizon League regular-season race. Picked to finish ninth in the presea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 04, 2008
BracketBusters weekend recap
Kyle WhellistonBracketBusters VI was three days of mid-major magic, a chance for the smaller schools to show that they've got some Big Dance moves too. Let's take on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2008
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