Kyle Whelliston

Kyle Whelliston

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Kyle 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).

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Trio of Panthers feast on conference slates

Kyle Whelliston

With 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Hold on to the ball, hold on to hope

Kyle Whelliston

During 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009

Difference in miles traveled is all over the map

Kyle Whelliston

With 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 31, 2008

Predictions for one-bid conferences

Kyle Whelliston

For 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008

Three mid-majors to keep an eye on

Kyle Whelliston

At 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008

Mid-major stock watch

Kyle Whelliston

Power 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008

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ESPN Insider Blog | December 04, 2008

Dayton flying once again early in the season

Kyle Whelliston

Last 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2008

Looking for the mid-major contenders

Kyle Whelliston

Looking 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2008