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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Inside the Bracket: Sending out an S.O.S. to Cinderella, SEC

Mike Hume, ESPN Insider

Mid-majors are missing from the projected NCAA Tournament field, a fact that could help a weak SEC.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 13, 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

Mid-major preview: Look for Davidson to excel, Valley giants to awake

Kyle Whelliston, ESPN.com

The heady days of Gonzaga's multiple-year tourney runs and George Mason's Final Four run are past. Mid-major conferences have fallen on hard times the past few years come tourney time. But don't be surprised to see some familiar faces in this year's tourney, writes Kyle Whelliston.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2008

BracketBuster games pay off for Drake, Kent State

ESPN.com

...to show for its cross-country trek to No. 20 Saint Mary's. Key Shot By Kyle Whelliston Special to ESPN.com BracketBusters VI is over, and the nation's top mid-majors have...

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Whose brackets will get busted?

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Here is a viewers' guide and breakdown of the BracketBusters matchups this weekend.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2008

Memphis, Butler and Xavier look like legit contenders

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Memphis and Butler are pretty much where we expected them to be, but Creighton, Ohio and Gonzaga may be pretenders this season, writes Kyle Whelliston.

Story | Conversation | January 01, 2008

Get familiar with Davidson, George Mason and more

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Davidson is the leader of the mid-major pack in Kyle Whelliston's preseason list of mid-major teams to watch.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2007

Mason's miracle almost was derailed in CAA quarters

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

George Mason provided hoops fans with the NCAA run of a generation, but the miracle tale almost ended before it started against Georgia State in the CAA quarterfinals, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | March 02, 2007

How do you follow up the impossible?

ESPN.com

Expecting another CAA team to "pull a Mason" this season is flat-out unrealistic.

Story | Conversation | July 13, 2006

Mason proves team ball can overcome money, stars

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

What does GMU's Final Four run prove? That mids should get a fair bracket shake and that team ball is in, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2006

Hoosiers have adopted GMU, are drinking to them

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Hoosiers have adopted George Mason and what the Patriots have been brewing, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | April 01, 2006

Humphrey, Gators shoot Patriots out of dome

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Florida flipped the shootings script on George Mason, bringing an abrupt end to the Patriots' run, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | April 01, 2006

Patriots were expected to be a middling CAA team

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

George Mason's run shows you should never count out a mid-major with dodgy defense that's picked to finish fifth in its league, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | March 29, 2006

Mason sticks around in its own Tourney Wonderland

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

George Mason handled the bizarro world of the Sweet 16 better than Wichita State and is on to the regional finals, Kyle Whelliston writes.

Story | Conversation | March 25, 2006

Like most things, it's usually about the money

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

The mid-majors have had a remarkable year despite extreme monetary disadvantages. Now they need to do it again and again, writes Kyle Whelliston.

Story | Conversation | March 25, 2006