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Recent struggles and key injuries have suddenly put a few mid-majors on the bubble. For those teams -- along with a few looking for one more committee-impressing win -- BracketBusters couldn't come at a more perfect time.

Despite George Mason's Final Four run, or perhaps because of it, elite mid-majors still can't get anyone to play them on their courts, Andy Katz writes.

No mid-major team has advanced to the Final Four since 1979. History won't be on George Mason's side when the No. 11 seed Patriots take on Big East powerhouse UConn on Sunday, writes Andy Katz.

The mid-majors have an unusually good shot to land a team in Indy. Can they work through the distractions and pressure to get there?

Again and again, the mid-majors are proving they belong. Just look at Thursday's results.

RPI? Old news. It's the non-league scheduling that the committee is focusing on now more than ever.

Declare the final Saturday in February a non-conference day for all mid-majors and Bracket Buster Saturday would be flawless.

1. The NCAA selection committee met in Grapevine, Texas, at the NCAA convention Wednesday and had to come up with some quirky new rules for the selection-committee chair after Xavier athletic director Mike Bobinski announced he is leaving for the sam...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- There are storylines aplenty in the Atlantic 10 this season, led by Saint Louis trying to recover from Rick Majerus' absence and the arrival of mid-major darlings Butler and VCU to create the greatest depth in the league's history. ...

The final two cuts were made in Colorado Springs for the World University Games team, and the unlucky pair was Connecticut's Shabazz Napier and West Virginia transfer Aaric Murray. Among those cut earlier in the week were Yancy Gates (Cincinnati), Jo...

The college basketball coaching carousel is in full swing. Andy Katz takes a job-by-job look at the hires and the to-be-filled positions.

Editor's note: This is one of five posts in a series tackling the seemingly eternal debate in college basketball involving at-large bids: mid-major vs. middling major. For argument's sake, let's label the "major" conferences as the following: ACC,...

Jimmer Fredette is not Stephen Curry. They are not the same type of player. Fredette is not a lock for the lottery, as Curry was. And BYU is hardly Davidson. BYU is not a mid-major. The Cougars play in front of 22,000 fans at the Marriott Center. ...

The NIT semifinals has a little bit of everything, but there is no doubt that one storyline rises above all of them: the Bruce Pearl circus arriving in the Big Apple.

Championship Week is here. Here's a rundown of what you need to know about this week's conference tournament favorites and potential NCAA tourney upstarts.

It's an oft-made statement: Just give the mid-major a chance on a neutral court. Portland got that chance at the 76 Classic -- and the Pilots have taken full advantage.