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The mid-majors' best teams and players

Fran Fraschilla, ESPN.com

Here's a look at the best mid-major teams, coaches and players for the 2009-10 season.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Gonzaga pulls off thrilling finish

Ted Miller, ESPN.com

While Demetri Goodson and Gonzaga were celebrating a thrilling win, Western Kentucky is left to wonder what could have been.

Story | Conversation | March 21, 2009

Katz's Region Breakdowns: South

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

From the best player to the hottest team, Andy Katz breaks down the South Regional.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009

Giant Killers: Predicting NCAA upsets

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating, ESPN Insider

Our secret formula reveals the likeliest underdogs to pull off NCAA tournament stunners, plus the big-time schools that are most vulnerable.

Story | Conversation | March 09, 2009

Champ Week: Setting up Week 1

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

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

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2009

Thank goodness college hoops decides its champion on the court and not in the polls

Jay Bilas

Nothing generates more discussion, frustration and anger than a Top 25 poll. Everybody with a pen has a power ranking or poll, but there is very littl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 13, 2009

Sun Belt ShootAround: Can the conference get multiple NCAA bids again?

ESPN.com

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee South Alabama earned an at-large bid last season. Can the Sun Belt send two teams dancing again? Look who's back on the ...

Page | Conversation

Counting down the most prestigious programs since 1984-85

Harold Shelton, Nick Loucks and Chris Fallica, ESPN Research

How do you evaluate the 50 best programs in the modern era of college hoops (since the 1984-85 season, when the NCAA tourney expanded to 64 teams)? That's the issue ESPN's researchers tackled with the Prestige Rankings. Here are programs Nos. 41-50.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008

Indiana makes top hire in tame coaching carousel

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

If Bill Self had left for Oklahoma State, it would have been chaos. But that didn't happen, making Indiana the shining star in a rather tame offseason coaching carousel, writes Andy Katz.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2008

Western Kentucky coach Horn leaving for S. Carolina

ESPN.com news services

After leading his 12th-seeded Western Kentucky squad to a berth in the Sweet 16, Darrin Horn is leaving the Hilltoppers to replace the retiring Dave Odom at South Carolina, according to a published report.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2008

Soak up the one-and-done experience of Love

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Kevin Love's NBA countdown is at a three-game max. That wasn't soon enough for Western Kentucky, writes Gene Wojciechowski.

Story | Conversation | March 27, 2008

What's in store for the Sweet 16

Andy Glockner, ESPN.com

How did they get here, and what can they expect? Andy Glockner takes a look at the Sweet 16 matchups.

Story | Conversation | March 21, 2008

Team preview: Western Kentucky

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2007-08 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 27, 2007

Time to break down the fun conferences

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Kyle Whelliston breaks down the rest of the regular season and predicts the winners of all the true mid-major conferences.

Story | Conversation | January 04, 2007

Nine mid-major stars to watch

Kyle Whelliston, Special to ESPN.com

Kyle Whelliston looks at nine of the less-publicized mid-major stars to watch in 2006-07.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2006