SBC baseball and more 2026

 In the top 25: CCU beat Wake Forest on April 7.  Rex Watson season stats: (11HR, 39RBI.6SB)

USM : Kyle Morrison (10HR, 31RBI)

April 12, 2026

DBAP rolled SHSU in CUSA action and trails Jax St, who lost its first conference game yesterday, by 3 games. Jared Schaeffer  is now(4-0) for the Patriots

Liberty 7  Jax St 6: first CUSA loss for Jax St

April 13, 2026

LU beat Jax St again while Missouri St completed a sweep of DEL to move within a game of first place in the CUSA. Curry Sutherland went 3-3 for the Bears,

April 15, 2026

I did a double-take on these scores yesterday 

Bethune Cookman(SWAC) 13 FLA 7.  D. Lee HR, 3 RBI  & A.Martinez HR, 4RBI for BCUBB

Jacksonville(ASUN) 5 UCF 4

April 18, 2026

Blake Primrose (13HR, 41RBI) and the JOES (14-2 A10) sit atop the A-10 after a 5-4 W over Dayton yesterday.

I'm a little surprised to see UTSA and UAB, each 9-5 and a game up on ECU in AAC.

April 20, 2026

Gonzaga Overall 23-14 (12-3 WCC). Meffert  (7HR, 31RBI, 8SB) for the top team in the WCC. Biggest OOC win is over Oklahoma.

April 22, 2026

T. Carpenter (2HR, 4RBI) leads Maine(American East) to an upset of BC, who's in the top 25

UAB(AAC) rides a 7 run first inning to an 11-2 upset of Bama

April 27, 2026

ECU, ,UTSA, and UAB are tied for first in the AAC at 12-6. ECU is  on a 4 game winning streak. Jack Herring (7HR 38RBI, .359AVG) this season

SBC: CCU has a four game lead over USM and Appy in the SBC. APPY is on 7 game winning streak. Gage Peteson is 6-0 with 82 Ks this season.

April 30, 2026

Bit surprised to see UTRGV(Southland) upset Oregon St 9-7. Raygoza and Ramirez each had a HR & 2RBI.

May 2, 2026

Beavers(Independent) lose again ,this time to CSUN who scored two in the 10th inning  for the win. V, Coleman (4hits, 3rbi.( CSUN(Big West) 10 Oreg St 8

Wright St beat Oakland  and is 13-3 atop the Horizon. Milwaukee is 4GB

May 4, 2026

GASO,  the last place team in the SBC, upset CCU yesterday.

Pagano and Dickinson each had 3RBI for JOES in a 14-9 rout of the Bonnies in A10 baseball.JOES sit atop the A10.

May 6, 2026

Liberty is on a 5 game winning streak and sits 2GB behind first place Jax St in the CUSA

Nick Barone has 10HR 50RBI 16SB this season for the Flames

May 8, 2026

MAC: Kent St is hanging on to a one game lead over MOH and NIU. Brody Williams (8HR, 46RBI, .328AVG)

May10, 2026

Rice has won 5 straight and moved into 3rd in the AAC. Paul Smith (11HR,44rbi) this season

May11, 2026

 USM is on a six game winning streak in conference, only 1GB of CCU in the SBC.

 Grayden Harris is 7-1 for the Golden Eagles.

CCU lost 2 of 3 to ODU this weekend

thx to Robert Ash for alerting me to VT how tgot to to weasel out of a forfeit to the Herd: 

somehow not a technical forfeit, but cancellations can have a negative impact on a team's evaluation by the NCAA Tournament selection committee if deemed as

2026 NIT starts

 Eight NIT games today.

Since all the pre Dance talk about Auburn deserving a bid, I'm curious about USA(SBC) playing at Auburn. SBC PoY Chaze Harris (18.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.9 apg) will be a marked man.

Seattle(WCC) hosts St Thomas (MN) who finished second in the Summit. Nolan Minessale  20ppg for the Tommies

I thought Wichita was snubbed so we'll see if they play well hosting Wyoming.

March 18, 2026

AAC: WICH  got by WYO and Tulsa needed OT to defeat SFA

Christian May (16 points,  8reb), hit go-ahead 3-trey from the corner with 35.5 seconds left for UNCW  in a 68-67 win over Yale,

 USA lost to AUB and DAV fell to OKST, who benched three starters

SEA represented the WCC well with an easy win over UST. Maldonado (15pts, 5 asst) for the Redhawks.

UNLV beat UCI and LIB beat GM

March 19, 2026

L. Wolf (24pts, 7 reb)   for Illinois St(MVC) in 79-58 W over Kent St(MAC) 

MWC: UNM and NEV won and CSU lost to JOES

March 24, 2026

Down to 8 teams . Games are on ESPN 2

Tuesday, March 24 — Quarterfinals 

No. 1 Tulsa vs. No. 3 Wichita State, 7 p.m.  AAC matchup

No. 1 New Mexico vs. Saint Joseph's, 9 p.m. |  MWC /A10

I'll go with Tulsa and UNM tonight and Dayton and Auburn tomorrow night

Wednesday, March 25 — Quarterfinals

No. 2 Dayton vs. No. 4 Illinois State, 7 p.m. |  A10/MVC

No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Nevada, 9 p.m. |  SEC/MWC

March 25, 2026

T. Buljan UNM (27PTS11REB)for the Lobos who handled the JOES, and Tulsa got by WICH

Wes Miller, ex-Cincy HC, signed a five year deal with Charlotte(AAC)

March 26, 2026

 I guess ILLST (MVC) is the Cinderella of the NIT. C. Walker ILST

(13PTS10REB) They beat Dayton while AUB beat Nevada.

April 2 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indiana: : AUB/ILLST, UNM/Tulsa

March 27, 2026

Saint Marys promotes M. McConnell to replace Bennet (ASU)

Chris Mack leaves Charleston(CofC) for USF. You'll remember him from his stints at Louisville and Xavier coach.

Donlon, an assistant at Clemson , takes the EMU HC job . He was 155-133 as HC at Wright State and Kansas City(formerly UMKC) HC

March 28, 2026

and bam, Mark Turgeon re-appears to be the HC at UMKC (Summit). His last gig was at MD where he was dismissed after the 2020/21 season

March 29, 2026

Travis Ford is back. Ark-LR(WAC) hired him. His last gig was at St Louis(2016-24)

WAC merges with the ASUN to become the United Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026,

April 2, 2026

ILL ST surprising run is done. AUB blew them out . T. Coleman scored 17 for the Redbirds.

DGreen scored 13 for Tulsa in a 74-69 W over UNM

TUL(AAC)/AUB (SEC) in the final  April 5, at 8 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. ESPN2 is airing the game.

April 6, 2026

D. Green (TLSA) 25PTS,6REB in an OT loss  to AUB. Tulsa made a he!! of a comeback in the 2nd half after a weak first half. Tigers prevailed in OT.

April 7, 2026

UNC Greensboro Spartans

Former coach: Mike Jones (March 9)

New coach: Jerod Haase (March 17) , who's last HC gig was at Stanford. He was the HC at UAB(2012-16) before that.

2026 Dance is near

 D. Mingo scored 35 for CTL in a win over UAB and faces USF  today in its bid to steal a dance ticket. WICH/Tulsa is the other AAC matchup.

SDSU escaped with a win over UNM to move to the MWC final against USU, who beat Nevada.

I thought SHSU was going to win the game against KENN, who roared back in the second half for the W and faces LT, who beat MOST, in the CUSA final.

UMBC, my alma mater, faces Vermont in the A-East final, It would be funny if the Retrievers made the Dance and faced UVA, coached by Odom., who coached UMBC in the 2018 Dance upset of UVA.

Akron/TOL in the MAC final

Cal Baprist/UVU in the WAC final

Hawaii/UCI in the Big West final

March 15, 2026

Cheers to to D. Armstrong(33pts) and UMBC who beat VER to get  the AE Danced ticket 

A. Lyles (15PTS16REB) for Akron who's Dancing

WICH/USF in the AAC ffinal today. I think both are going to the Dance

Dayton/VCU in the A10 final today. Does the A10 get three tickets with SLU losing to Dayton yesterday

Cal Baptist , Hawaii , KENN, USU , Howard, and PVAM punch tickets

March 16, 2026

WCC (3), MAC(2), and A10(2) is fair , but Wichita St (AAC) and SDSU (MWC) deserved a bid. Big East only got three so it looks like it's a power four(35) now. I'm taking UMBC to beat Howard tomorrow night in one of the play-ins

March 18, 2026

Well UMBC won't  have a  chance to play UVA at the Dance.  Howard played better early and survived a late comeback attempt by the Retrievers. King led UMBC with 19 points

March 19, 2026

MOH shut up some folks last night. Elmer scored 23 for the RedHawks in a play-in W over SMU

I'm tempted to take Akron but don't like the matchup with Texas Tech

March 20, 2026

A10 goes 2-0. SLU blows out GA, and VCU roars back to defeat UNC. Will Schertz, the SLU HC, leave after one season?

High Point(BIg South) edges Wisky.

March 21, 2026

Falslev UTST (22 PTS , 7 REB , 4 AST) and the Ags rode a strong second half to a win over NOVA

Daniels Jr. CABP (25 PTS , 7 REB , 3 AST) on'y scored 18 in the first and were down by 20, and played a better second half in a 68-60 loss to Kansas.

Wright St was in the game with UVA until the final minute. UVA turned up the D on the Jacarmy and held on for the win

MAC: Akron & MOH each lost by 20 or more points.

Wild  action at the end of regulation  UK tied it at the buzzer and survived OT for the W over Santa Clara.

March 22, 2026

R.Martin HIPT (30 PTS , 4 REB , 5 AST) helped the Panthers hang with ARK but fell 94-88. VCU and SLU  were rolled by respectively, ILL and MICH. GONZ lost to TX.

March 23, 2026

Utah St, the last non-power hoops  teams at the 2026 Dance, lost to Zona 78-66.  Aggies were outrebounded  54-26

April 1, 2026

No foolin: : Ben Jacobson, who returned 11 members of his 2024-25 roster to the UNI squad that made the 2026 Dance, is taking the HC job at Utah St.

April 4, 2026

A first name from a an old, western flick-  Nevada Smith, an asst at Marquette, replaces G. McNamara(Syracuse) at Siena. 

Non-power conference tournaments in March 2026

 Horizon: Detroit Mercy has been on my radar for a few weeks. Last night T. Nadeau (17PTS 6REB) for the Titans who move on to face RMU on Sunday

NEC: Chicago St was on the edge of downgrading many of its sports teams a few years ago. They gave LIU a scare  before falling 79-75 . S. Byard (22PTS12REB) for the Cougars

OVC: T. McMorris(15PTS13REB3BLK) for EIU in upset of SIU-Edwardsville

March 6, 2026

SBC: T. Moore (25PTS4STL) in the GASO upset of Ark St  and now faces USA. TXST plays USM in the other semi.

Top seed Navy survived Bucknell to stay alive in the Patriot T

March 7, 2026

MOH needed OT to beat Ohio and remain undefeated. Zips crushed NIU. Not the MACT yet ,but these teams are getting a lot of national ink.

A. Applewhite scored 34 points for GASO in an  upset of  USA . USM got by TXST  in the SBCT

High Point rolled GWEB and looks very tough in the Big SouthT

March 8, 2026

Rod Strickland, a player at DePaul, then the NBA, is going to the Dance again, this time as the HC of LIU(NEC).  He was a key player for DePaul when the Blue Demons went to three straight NCAA Tournaments and back-to-back Sweet Sixteens in the late late 1980s.

 Tenn St will represent the OVC at the Dance

One seed NDST will face three seed ND in the Summit final. George Natsvlishvili made a free throw with 0.1 seconds for the ND Fighting Hawks's in a 67-66 W over 2 seed St. Thomas.

Anderson 25 PTS , 12 REB , 3 AST for HIPU, who faces two seed Winthrop today for the Dance ticket.

March, 9, 2026

GASO continued its hot run with a W over USM and will face Troy, who beat the Herd, in SBCT final.

NDKSU won the Summit 

L. Wells NKU  26PTS 9 REB in a blowout of GB in the HorizonT. NKU plays Wright St tonight. DET /RMU in the  other semi-final matchup

March 10, 2026

After Santa Clara beat SMC in the WCCT semis, I'm guessing  the WCC gets three tickets. Zags beat the Beavers to set up tonight's final. S. Gavalyugov 23PTS, 6AST for the Broncos. 

GASO ran out of gas and fell to Troy in the SBCT. Nice game for Dowd, TROY F,

23 PTS , 13 REB , 3 AST

Wright St won  and faces DET inthe Horizon finaland. Furman  upset ETSU, the 1 seed in the Southern Conference.

March 11, 2026

Zags get the WCC ticket with a W over SC.

K. Pickett WRST had 17PTS,7REB,4BLK in the comenback win over DET for the Horizon ticket.

Sienna knocked off MERR for the MAAC ticket

Southland Semis: SFA came back late to beat TAMCC  and McNeese held up UTRGV

March 12, 2026

McNeese punches Southland ticket. Garcia scored 31in the win over SFA. Will Wade left for the NCST job and Bill Armstrong doesn't miss a beat.

Idaho beat Montans for the Big Sky ticket.

1 seed Liberty upset in the CUSA semis by M. Osei-Bonsu (31PTS8REB) and his MOST teammates

March 13, 2026

L. Bettiol for (25PTS8REB)  MASS in thee upset of MOH. Akron nipped BUFF and TOL and KENT also advance in the MAC.

M. Falslev(24PTS9REB3STL) for USU over UNLV. SDSU, NEV, and NM also advance in the MWC.

KENN beat WKU to face MOST and LT beat MTSU  to face SHSU todayin the CUSA.

April 17, 2026

I've been following Chicago St hoops out of the corner rof my eye for years and  the Cougars won 5 games in the NEC(1A)  this year , which was an improvement.  They've found a way to fund a football team that starts play in  as an Independent FCS for 2026/27, then joins the NEC(FCS) for 2027/28 season. Bobby Rome II is the HC.

 

Non power hoops, it's mid February

 Enis scored 27 for first place USF(AAC) who needed OT to get by FAU.

Wells scored 19 for RMU(HOR) in a win over OAK. Fourth straight win for the Colonials.

Smiley scored 21 for first place BEL(MVC) in a win over MUR.

Feb 17, 2026

Fricks scored 27 for the Herd in a win over USA that places them in a 3 way tie for second with Troy and USA behind first place Appy.

Coppin St edged SCSU in MEAC action for its third straight win.

Feb 18, 2026

MOH beat UMass but Akron beat WMU to remain 1GB.

Henley scored 21 for GC in a big MWC win over the Aztecs.

Feb 19, 2026

ASUN: C. Ark has won 10 straight to move within a game of APU. Last night QUE beat UNA to move into third.

T. Moore scored 27 for WKU(CUSA, 3rd) in an OT win over DEL.

Feb 20, 2026

J. King scored 24 pts for UMBC in a win over VER, that puts them atop the AM.East

Marshall knocked off APPYwith a strong second half and moved into a tie for first with Troy in the SBC. Speer scored 24 for the Herd

Feb 21, 2026

Horizon: Nadeau scoreed 25 for DET in a W over MILW . Titans is a hot team that's within a half game of second place GB who beat OAK last night

Feb 22, 2026

Three teams are 11-5  atop the Big West . HAW, beat UCSB.  UCI, lost to UCSD. and CSN beat LBSU.

HIgh Point(14-1, Big South) beat Winthrop for it 10th straight W

Feb 23, 2026

Horizon: Lovejoy scored 33 for DET in a W over GB to move into a tie for 2nd with RMU and OAK, 2GB of WRST.

In the AAC, MEM' descent continues. UAB beat them yesterday.

Feb 24, 2026

C. Benson scored 30 for the Privateers in an upset of SFA, which allowed McNeese, a winner over UTRGV, to move within a game of SFA in Southland action.

Feb 25, 2026

MOH and Akron won and remain 1/2. in The MAC 

L'Etang (26PTS10REB3BLK) for  DAY in an A10 upset of SLU.

 Fricks led the Herd to a win over ODU, Troy beat ULL. They are tied with Appy atop the SBC

Feb 26, 2026

WCC- Zags and  SMC made it clear last night they are still the class of the conference. Zags beat POR by 41. M. Lewis  scored 27 for SMC(15-2) in a W over Santa Clara(14-3). 

Broncos finish the regular season against the Beavers. SMC faces the Zags.

Feb 27, 2026

Hawaii and UCI each won to remain tied atop the Big West

RJ Johnson scored 25 for KENN in an upset of LIB. I can see the Flames getting upset in the CUSAT

Feb 28, 2026

Finally a MOH game on CBSSN, and I was underwhelmed. Coach Steele lost his composure a few too many times. Atlason (16pts) was solid for MOH in a comeback win over WMU.

Akron rolled Kent St on ESPN and looks like the better team now T. Johnson(22PTS6REB7AST) for the Zips.

 Appy and the Herd lost, allowing Troy, a winner over ULL to sit alone atop the SBC.

T. Dowd(TROY 22PTS11REB)

March 1, 2026

VCU beat FORD to stay 1GB of SLU in the A10

SMC took care of the Zags leaving them tied atop the WCC. M. Lewis scored 31 for the Gaels Zags get  # 1 seed via tiebreaker (2-0 vs. Santa Clara)

March 2, 2026

K.Giles scored 28 for WICH in a W over UTSA. USF won and has a two game lead in the loss column over WICH and Tulsa.

WICH has one game left. USF & Tulsa each have two games left

Tulsa crushed Tulane.

Wonder if the penny drops on Coach Hardaway.  MEM fell to 7-9 in AAC play. It wasn't that long ago that the PAC 12 was wooing the Tigers.

March 3, 2026

Portland State finished first in the Big Sky with a win over Weber. Jaylin Henderson  (20 points and 10 assists) for the Wildcats. Sac St  made it to an 8 seed  with a win over Idaho St.  

Sac St: Football headed to the MAC in 2026. All other sports to the Big West in 2026

Exit from Big Sky is effective June 30, 2026

March 4, 2026

UNLV clobbered USU 92-65. SDSU didn't take advantage of it losing to BSU, led by D. Fielder(33PTS 9REB). UNM is .5gb of USU in the MWC.

MOH and Akron keep winning in the MAC

Non Power hoops -it's February

 WCC: Ike scored 30 for Gonz in a win over SMC and remains a game ahead of  of SCU who blew out LMU.

Yaloho scored 26 for Wazoo in a romp over PORT, and the Beavers survived SD

SF beat PAC

MOH(MAC) beat NIU to remain undefeated.

Feb 2, 2026

AAC:  T. Riley scored 30 for Tulsa, who's tied wth CHAR for first,  in a W over WICH   J. Riley scored 35 points for ECU in an upset of FAU. MEM lost to TUL and fell to 8th

Feb 3, 2026

P.Johnson scored 35 points for Sac St , who moves to middle of the Big Sky pack with a win over Weber St. 

This is the Hornets first year under Mike Bibby. Shaq is the GM.Next season they join the Big West.

Feb 4, 2026

Akron had a close one, surviving EMU to stay 1GB behind MOH who edged Buffalo. T . Johnson scored 17 for the Zips

I''m keeping my eye on UMass(6-6). M. Banks Jr 37PTS 5STL in  a win over CMU.  Frank Martin was an assistant for Huggy  at Cincy & Kansas ST

Feb 5, 2026

D. Green scored 27 for Tulsa in a W over  FAU and sits alone atop the AAC. USF, a winner over UTSA, and CHAR, a loser to WICH, are in second place.

Feb 8, 2026

SBC took 10 of 13 in the challenge with the MAC. 

Closest games were USM 66 KENT 65, CCU 94-91 win OT over UMass, & JMU 73 TOL 71.

The big attraction was undefeated MIOH 90  MRSH 74. E. Elmer (18pts, 9reb) for the Red Hawks

NIU and Ball St were the other two MAC winners.

Feb 9, 2026

I Nelson(25, 10) for USF in a W over Tulsa which leaves them tied for 1st in the AAC. MEM found a pulse and beat CHAR. WICH beat Tulane.

Feb 10, 2026

Periodic check -in on Chicago St. Cougars(3-9 NEC) beat St Francis. Tankersley and B. Bush each scored 19. LIU(10-1) sits atop the NEC

Attendance was 27 for a Monday afternoon game .

 Huibregtse scored 20 for Bradley(10-5) in a MVC upset of Belmont(12-3)

Feb 11, 2026

Gory scored 21 for the Utes in a win over FRES and sit atop the MWC

GM lost to RICH and fell to third in the A10. Zags blew out Wazoo in WCC action.

Feb 12, 2026

Herd are buzzing around APPY at the top of the SBC with a win over ODU. Fricks scored 24 in the win.

Santa Clara and SMC each won last night. SC is a half game up on the Zags and 1.5 games up on SMC

Feb 13, 2026

Daniels scored 32 for  first place Cal Baptist(WAC)  in a win over SUU. Lancers are a game up on UVU and UTU. UTU beat UVU.

Horizon: Wright St lost  but remains in first with Oakland's loss last night.  green Bay is lurking in 3rd place on a three game winning streak

Feb 14, 2026

MOH keeps rolling with a win over Ohio ,while Akron stays 1GB with the W over UMASS.T.Johnson scored 23 for the Zips.

SLU has one OOC loss to Stanford and a win over SantaClara, first in the WCC.

Feb 15, 2026

Zags knocks SCU out of  first in the WCC. Ike (21pts, 15reb).

JMU knocks APPY out of first, and USA beats Ark St in OT to take the top SBC spot.

USU(MWC) spanked MEM(AAC) M. Collins (24pts)

Non power hoops- conference play in January

 I thought UMass would start off better playing in the MAC , but they are 0-3 in MAC play with an OT loss to BGSU. J. Campbell scored 47 points for the Falcons

ORU/NDSU was a back and forth affair in Summit action , Strickland scored 15 for  the Bison in the double OT win.

CHAR beat WICH in OT in AAC action. Mingo scored 29 for the 49ers.

Herd move 2-1 in the SBC with a W over Appy. Speer scored 21 for MU.

Jan 6, 2026

Green Bay 8-8 ,3-2(HORIZON) edged MILW 79-76 in Horizon play. Gottlieb is having a better season than last year. J.Allen scored 21 points for the Phoenix

Jan 7, 2026

Definitely didn't expect  the Cowboys to squash the Rebels. WYO 98 UNLV 60. Walker scored 28 for WYO.

Dayton  played a sluggish first half against GW but  were only trailing  by 5 at halftime and outscored GW by 12 in the second half for  79-72 W. Bennett scored 20 for the Flyers.

Jan 9, 2026

Gonzaga outscored Santa Clara, 52-40 in the second half for an 89-77 win. Ike scored 34 for the Zags.

LMU outlasted SF in OT. R.Beasley of the Dons was the high scorer of the game with 32 points

Beavers beat the Redhawks

Ok, I still check in on Chicago St. They played decent  but went to 0-3 in the NEC with  a 70-63 loss to FDU. Attendance was 329 and, it was not snowing in Chitown yesterday.

Jan 10, 2026

MAC: Woolfolk scored 20 for MOH(17-0, 5-0)  in a W over Toledo, Lyles(18, 10) for Akron(12-4, 3-1) in a W over BGSU.

Jan 11, 2026

W. Fricks (21PTS10REB3ST) wasn't enough for Herd who fell to G St.  He!! of a matchup in  in VA. JMU out scored ODU 43 -25 in the second half for a home W.

Troy, CCU,USA, USM, Ark St won yessterday. USM is in first by a half game.

Jan 14, 2026

MOH(MAC) remains undefeated, pummels CMU

In MVC action UIC edged UNI Momoh scored 21 for the Flames.  J.Johnson scored 35 for BRAD in an OT win over EVAN.

Jan 15, 2026

It appears UAB is waking up. KLM (19, 12) for the Blazers in a win over TUL.

WTH happened to USM. Campbell scored 30 for the Trojans in a 91-65 W over USM . Troy is in first place in the SBC

Winthrop beat  High Point to move into a tie for first with them in the Big South.

Jan 17, 2026

MAC Friday: Zeigler(28 7 4) led Ball St to a W over Ohio. Kent St survived TOL and sits 1GB of MOH

Jan 18, 2026

Moore (20pts, 6ast) led GCU to a big win over USU . UNLV, NEV, & SDSU also won among theMWC top 6 teams.

Queens sit atop the ASUN after a win over  STET. Mann(20, 10, 6) for Royals

Jan 20, 2026

GMU (FT 49%, FT 65%) survived GW in a nip & tuck game and sit atop the A10 by a half game over SLU who 's ranked 24th in the  AP25

Jan 21, 2026

Suder(MOH) and Whaley(KENT) put up  solid numbers.  The Red Hawks survived in OT 107-101. AKR rolled BUFF and 1.5GB MOH in the MAC.  SLU beat DUQ to move into a tie for first with GMU in the A10.

Jan 22, 2026

It took 2OT for  Seng(34pts) & Troy U to beat ODU and remain atop the SBC. Tulsa handled MEM easily in AAC action. FAU sits atop the AAC

Jan 23, 2026

I have to mention the Herd hitting 26/52 treys in a 115-60 win over ULM. Duninsky and Hollenback each hit 5 treys.

MOSU is in the thick of the CUSA race. Palek score 26 in the Bears win over NMSU.

Hawaii and UCI remain tied atop the Big West. HAW beat CSB and UCI beat UCR.

Jan 24, 2026

Billikens spanked the Bonnies in A10 action

G. Emejuru (16reb) for ECU getting  its first AAC win. ECU 63 NTX 59

UMass is finding its way in the MAC up to 4-5 with a W over BUFF

Jan 25 2026

MEM loses again , this time to WICH. 

TEM and Tulsa each won and are 1GB FAU(AAC)

K.Williams scored 21 for MOSU(CUSA-2nd) in a win over UTEP

Jan 28, 2026

MAC: MOH edged UMass to remain undefeated.

A10: A. Williford, JOES guard had 17pts and 10 reb, in a blowout of LOYCH. T. Green scored 23 for 1st place SLU in a win over GW.

Jan 30, 2026 

Metheny scored 29 for the Flames (10-0, CUSA)in a W over MTSU

C.Davis scored 23 in JMU's upset of first place Troy(SBC)

Pierce(25pts, 10 reb) was not enough for PREB to knock of first place High Point(Big South)

Jan 31, 2026

Horizon: Detroit led by Spratt's 28 points beat NKU. Burch scored 18 in WRST win over MILW and lead Oakland  by a half game.

 Charlotte(AAC) beat Rice for its 4th win in a rowand takes over the top spot.

Last two O5 bowl games are today

 Cincy still has its O-Line, but some of the best Bearcats from other positions  ain't playing today.  Navy 24 Cincy 23

TX St finished the regular season well . I'll go with Bobcats in 27-24 W over Rice in this intrastate matchup

CCU scooped up Ryan Beard the Missouri St HC.

Ohio U promoted Hauser after the Smith mess

Jan 2, 2026

Bobcats crushed the Owls. Navy did the same to Cincy. Solid game from Horvath, the Navy QB. 2-0 this blog 2-0.

I was looking at conference moves and  was reminded that UTEP goes from the CUSA to the MWC on 7/1/26.

Jan 27, 2026

 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, a safety from Toledo, did not try to the transfer portal and may possibly go in RD1 of the 2026 NFL draft. Forced fumbles  is one of his better stats.

April 8, 2026

EMW , a safety from Toledo, is getting some mention to be taken late in RD1, and Chris Johnson, a CB, from San Diego State, may go early in RD2.

North Dakota State MWC football schedule in 2026 Home games vs. Nevada, NIU, UTEP, Wyoming. 

Away at Air Force, Hawaii, New Mexico, UNLV.

And I'm guessing Hawaii  visits NDS in 2027- crazy.

April 14, 2026

Possible RD3 picks:Ted Hurst, WR, Georgia State (71rec, 1004yds) last season

Two guys from N. Dakota St : Cole Payton, QB and  Bryce Lance, WR, Trey's brother.

April 16, 2026

Michael Heldman, EDGE (CMU), first-team All-MAC selection in 2025, is getting some pre-draft ink.

April 19, 2026

Travis Burke Memphis OT is getting some chatter for rd3 or 4.  Nearly 6'9

April 21,2026

Red Murdock LB from Buffalo U ,was second in tackles  in the USA with 142. 6'1 240

April 23, 2026

Skyler Bell, WR from UConn , may go in rd3. He's maybe 6' and caught 101passes for 1278 yards and 13 TDs in the 2025 season.

April 24, 2026

Chris Johnson, a CB, from San Diego State,  was the only non power conference player taken in RD1. Miami took him with the 27th pick.

April 25, 2026

EMW , a Safety from Toledo to Browns. Hurst , a WR from GAST, to the Bucs. Those two make it just three non power conference players taken in the first three rounds.

April 27, 2026

Burke to LAC in Rd 4. 

Bryce Lance WR, to the Saints

Anthony Smith WR ECU to the Cowboys, see ya speed  caught my attention

Kuwatch LB from MOH to the Dolphins

Heidenreich Navy RB  to the Steelers

Fuller Toledo CB to Seahawks

Broncos used last pick in the draft to take Red Murdock LB, Buffalo U

May 1, 2026

Bengals sign   Kentrell Bollock, a UDFA,YDS. 1,085.  TD. 14 for the South Bama Jags last season

Non-power after Xmas

 Lobos and Coach Eck are a good story but I think the Gopher rushing attack will  be too much for them. MINN 27 UNM 21

I wonder if CMU gives Flores some work and return to a two QB system,  Lapas has been a decent passer.  Gut pick here: CMU 20 NW 19

McCown and UTSA survived a nail-biter . UTSA 35 FIU 34

Wrong on my CMU hunch, correct on MINN but UNM gave them a scare,  Roadrunners owned the road in a blowout of FIU. 2 of 3

Today, ECU w/o Hauser will have a rough time. Pitt 30  ECU 17

MWC will keep having a rough bowl season.  MOH 27 FRES 20. NTX 28 SDSU 23

UConn with interim HC Sammis survives a scare from from Army.  UConn  17 Army 16

Dec 28, 2025

Army struggled in September, but they re-grouped the rest of the way this season.. Tulsa was their only bad loss after September. They put a whoopin on the Huskies yesterday

NTX was the only O5 game I picked correctly yesterday.. Impressed that SDSU  nearly came all the way back in a 49-47 game.

Gotta admire how ECU played and w/o Hauser. I think that kid made a mistake going into the portal. An ex- co-worker moved to Greenville  in August and told me the town nearly shuts down for football Saturdays during the season.

Kurt Warner's kid EJ did enough for FRES to beat MOH.

 1 for 4 yesterday,  3 for 7 in this blog.

Dec 29, 2025

Intra-conference SBC  bowl game. I'll go with GASO 28 APP 27

Dec 30, 2025

GASO handled Appy  in a 29-10 W. 4-7 this blog

In the last O5 game of 2025, LA Tech 20 CCU 13 CCU is in a state of flux

BTW, Grayson McCall will be calling plays for CCU. Not too long again he was the Chanticleers starting QB.

Dec 31, 2025

Ok, I made it 5-7 with LT making a big comeback  in the second  half to defeat CCU 23-14. Kukuk, the LT QB, was the top rusher with 121 yards.

Non Power bowling 1

 Troy needs to contain C.Cook, JVST RB, My gut says a close game .  Troy 17 JVST 16. Trojans will score a DTD. More picks tomorrow.

Wrong immediately on Troy who lost 17-13 to JVST .

Tonight, both starting QBs opted out of playing. ODU 20 USF 17

Davis/Perry backfield tandem will lead ULL to  27 24 W over DEL led by Minicucci 

Dec 18, 2025

Split last night, correct on ODU, wrong on ULL. Henicle did a fine job starting at QB for ODU. rushing for two TDs. 

I can't find the XBox bowl on Bowl Mania pickem

Dec 19, 2025

WMU 's D will contain Odom, the Owls QB.  WMU 20 KENN 16

Memphis lost its last 3 games of the regular season.   NCST 24 MEM 17. Bailey, the Wolfpack QB, has a solid game.

Dec 20, 2025

Easy wins for WMU & NC St yesterday. WMU 41- KENN 6. NCST 31 MEM 7

J. BuckleyRB, WMU 8CAR 174YDS 1 TD

C. Bailey tossed 2 TD passes for the Wolfpack

3-2 , so far 

Dec 22, 2025

Ok, going with Wazoo winning 28-27 over USU this afternoon. Eckhaus, the Cougars QB, will step up

Dec 23, 2025

Got that one right. Z. Eckhaus tossed for 334 YDS and 3 TD for WSU in a 34-21 win. 4-2

Today, I'll go with LOU,  WKU, and UNLV. Colandrea will have a solid game for the Rebels

Dec 24, 2025

Wrong on UNLV, correct on LOU & WKU.  McIvor ,replacing  Tisdale, turned the TOPS around in a 27-16 W over USM. I like CAL over HAW tonight.   6-3 now

Dec 25, 2025

MWC(1-3) finally gets a win and it's Hawaii 35 Cal 31. Alejado tossed 3 TD passes, but when he got hurt Luke Weaver tossed the winner.

6-4 now

Jan 29, 2025 

Chris O'Leary is now the ex DC at WMU, since the Chargers hired him for the same position vacated by Jesse Minter. I don't  recall a non power conference assistant making that jump often.

He got his start in coaching under Minter, as a graduate assistant at Georgia State in 2014.

2025 Non -P4 conference title games

 Four on Friday, MAC on Saturday

Kennesaw State 24  Jacksonville State 20: A. Odom, the KENN QB, is an explosive player.

JMU 27 Troy 19: Troy will have trouble slowing down Barnett, the Dukes QB.

UNLV 31 Boise St 24: BSU will focus on stopping the Rebs passing game led by Colandrea so J.Thomas will rush for 100 yards

NTX 24 Tulane 23: Retzlaff is the key for the Green Wave. and NTX will find a way to slow him down in a nailbiter.

WMU 20 MOH 17:  Broncos have won 4 in a row. Lowry will do enough to get them the W.

Dec 5, 2025

I get Neal Brown to NTX and not so sure on Napier to JMU-back in the SBC but not seeing the fit in Harrisonburg , VA

Mora has West coast connection so I get the CSU Rams' hiring.

I've seen Huff mentioned for Tulane. He fled Marshall and his USM squad wiltered at the end of the season.

UAB is  elevating Mortensen from IC to HC, probably the best move.

Dec 6, 2025

Split last night. Correct on KENN and JMU. Odom tossed the winning TD for KENN with 57 seconds remaining on the clock. W. Knight RB, JMU:21CAR,212YDS,1TD 

wrong on NTX and UNLV Retzlaff scored two TDs with his legs for TUL. Broncos slowed down the Colandrea aerial show.

Dec 7, 2025

Two 60+ yards TD runs for Jalen Buckley fueled WMU to 23 -13 win over MOH and the MAC title.  3-2 for the weekend.

JMU and Tulane have a chance for the CFP. Noteworthy that Retzlaff may make it as the TUL QB while BYU , may not. He left the Cougars after an honor code violation

Dec 8, 2025

First glance. KENN vs WMU  , looks like a solid bowl matchup of conference champs in Myrtle Beach. BSU/UW, and UNM/MINN look interesting.. 

Dec 12, 2025

I'll toss my first bowl pick in Mewe bowl Mania chat. UW 28 Boise St 24. Demond Williams , the Huskies QB, has a solid game.

Dec 13, 2025

I'm confused that Charles Huff's USM squad sputtered down the stretch in the SBC, and he got the Memphis HC gig. Blake Anderson, who has a decent resume from HC stints at Ark St  and USU. was elevated to HC.

Dec 14, 2025

Rough day for the Blue Turfers. UW 38 BSU 10.  It was 31-3 after 3Q. D. Williams tossed 4 TD passes.

April 28, 2026

Tulane: I'm a bit surprised Retzlaff didn't get a UFA contract. Seattle invited him to camp to compete for a contract. Bears signed KC Eziomume -- CB

Early December non power hoops

 Delaware may have moved to the CUSA but Iona , an AAC school in upstate NY gave them a lesson last night. C. Anthon scored 26 for the Gaels in an 89-66 win. 

T. Alston (19pts, 8reb) for MTSU(CUSA) in a 76-61 win over an erratic UAB(AAC) squad

Dec 4, 2025

I thought Cal Baptist(WAC) would do a little better BYU 91 CBU 60

Nice win for UNA(ASUN) over San Fran(WCC)  Bacchus scored 20 for UNA in the 65-63 win. 

BTW San Fran beat MINN who beat Indiana last night

Dec 6, 2025 

Ike ,28pts, 10reb, for the Zags in a 94-59 blowout of UK 

ETSU(Southern) rolls South Bama(SBC) 91-65. M.Johnson scored 29 for the Buccaneers

Dec 10, 2025

MAC: BUFF struggled with UMBC(AMEAST) and escaped with an 83-79 W.  Garry(15,7,8) for SDST(Summit) in a 68-64 W over Ball St.

It's been a long time since UMBC upset UVA at the Dance.

Dec 14, 2025

USM(SBC) gave Ole Miss a scare but fell 71-67. 

MACTION: MOH remains undefeated with a 79-69 W over EKY . Atlason scored 19 for the RedHawks. DHS (27pts, 10reb) for UMASS in a 103- 95 over  Florida St

Zags(WCC) beat UCLA.

Dec 19, 2025

LBSU(BIG WEST) edged PEPP(WCC) 81-78. Sykes scored 23 for the 49ers.

TEM(AAC) beat DAV(A10) 68-63.  D. Ford(23,9, 2) for the Owls.

Dec 21, 2025

Nice win by the Flames  Z. Cleveland (16 reb, 7ast)  was solid for LIB in a 64-61 W over Dayton. DAY blew out Florida St on the 16th.

Howard upset UNCW 67-66, B. Harris(18pts, 11reb) for the Bison.

Dec 28, 2025

Checking in on some hoops: Stanford needed a big second half to beat CSN(Big West) 88-80 in OT. L. Hughes scored 26 for the Matadors.

Dec 31, 2025

WSU falls to SEA in WCC action. Maldonado scored 15 for the Redhawks.

UMass falls to 0-2 in MACtion with a loss to EMU, who were led by C. Hart with 23pts,12 reb

I'll close the blog with a local CAA score. I visit extended family frequently in Hampton ,VA where last night's game was played.  Towson U(0-2), a short ride from my house,  got close but no cigar in a 63-62 loss to Hampton(2-0). Jalyke Gaines-Wyatt scored 15 points for the Pirates.

I've stayed at hotels not far from  the Hampton Coliseum

Feb 6, 2026

Last night 's CAA scores reminded me of  trips to Hampton, VA over the years.  W&M is in Williamsburg, not too far from Hampton.

J. Gaines-Wyatt scored 23 for Hampton in an OT W over Elon. 

R. Miller scored 23 for William & Mary in a W over UNCW

Week 14 is it Navy blue

 WMU will finish the regular season with a narrow road win over EMU to finish atop the MAC. Broncos will contain N. Kim who has tossed for 16TDs and 2490 yards for the Eagles. WMU 20 EMU 19

AAC: Navy is in a three way tie with TUL and NTX for first place and visits Memphis. B. Lewis will get his passing skills back into gear. MEM 28 Navy 24.

other three picks later this week.

Nov 26, 2025

N. Kim got his usual numbers for EMU, but Lowry and McMillan rushed for 203 yards for WMU. WMU 31- EMU 21. Broncos finish with best conference record in the MAC.

Nov 28, 2025

Navy was trailing 17-14 and fumbled away a scoring chance near the goal line  in the 3Q  Memphis went nowhere  after its recovery ,and Navy went on to outscore the Tigers 14-0 in the second half for a 28-17 W. I was wrong on this one and am  1-1 so far.

CUSA: WKU needs to beat Jax St to stay on pace with KENN. Tisdale will toss 2 TD passes  for the Tops win .  WKU 24 JAX 17

MWC: SDSU D has re-grouped since the blowout loss to HAW. Lobos are hot. and are at home for this  game.  UNM 24  SDSU 23

SBC: Troy 20 USM 17.  Goose Crowder is back for the Trojans. He'll be the difference for Troy to win the SBCW.

Nov 29, 2025

Up to 2-1. UNM 23 SDSU 17. Laubstein,  the backup UNM QB rushed for 70yards, 40 on a TD run in the 1Q.  Layne the starting QB , tossed the winning TD pass.

If UNLV wins today it's a four way tie for for 1st place and UNLV did not play SDSU  and lost to BSU and UNM.   Metrics will likely make it BSU/UNM

Nov 30, 2025

Wrong on the Tops, correct on Troy.  3-2 for the weekend

Some big stats in the KENN OT win over LIB.

E. Dickens 43 CAR 267 YDS, 4 TD for the Flames

A. Odom(KENN) 14/23, 240 YDS, 4 TD,  13 CAR 72YDS, TD

Random memos . I'm  impressed TXST became bowl eligible, JAX St didn't miss a beat losing Rich Rod to WV. Charles Kelly  has them in the CUSA title game against KENN.

Week 13 MAC time

 WMU needs this game to stay atop the MAC. NIU may want to exit the MAC winning.

Broc Lowry tosses a late TD pass for the Broncos to seal the W. WMU 17 NIU 16 

More picks later in the week.

Nov 19, 2025

WMU TCOB with NIU ast night in a 35-19 win. Broncos scored 5 rushing TDs, Lowry(3) and Buckley(2) 

WMU moves to 6-1 in MAC play. It's only conference loss was to MOH.

1-0 so far

Nov 20, 2025

MWC:  Friday night visit by the Rainbow  to Vegas. Mullen's Rebs in a nailbiter. UNLV 23 HAW 21

AAC: NTX travels from Denton to Houston to play Rice . Owls will hang tough for awhile. Hawkins has a good for rushing game for the Mean Green. NTX 30 Rice 20

CUSA: Jaz St is 6-0 in conference play. They'll make that 7-0.  Cook will rush for 100 yards for the Cocks. JAX 27 FIU 20

SBC: Must win for USM after the beatdown by TXST, Braxton may not play. I'll go with USA at home in a close one. USA 20 USM 17

Nov 22, 2025

I thought HAW would score more but UNLV found some D.  A. Colandrea tossed 3 TD passes for the Rebs. UNLV 38 HAW 10. 2-0 so far

Nov 23, 2025

Wrong on Jax St  despite Cook rushing for 138 yards. Owens rushed for 125 for FIU. FIU 27 JAX 21

Correct on:  NTX  who crushed Rice, and USA who beat USM thanks to K. Bullock(23 CAR 187 YDS, 3 TD). 4-1 for the week.

SBCW: Troy is tied with USM

Minor league baseball tales

 In the last two years I've been reading short books on the history of minor league baseball in the USA. I'm reading 

I came across some interesting first names:  

Judy Cline , a dude who hit a 457' homer out of Merchants Park in Denver, CO. His legal name was William Cline Jr

Ed (Bears Track) Green played in the Western Association.  While doing a deeper dig on this  the searchh engine kept taking to me Ed  Bearss, Chief Historian of the National Park Service.

So much information is not on the internet because it hasn't been entered into any data system.

I'll keep having fun.

Nov 17, 2025

Marty Marion, the Cards SS won 1944 NL MVP the award for the St. Louis Cardinals for mostly his  defense. He hit .267  with 6 HR , 63 rbi.

He played  his minor league baseball in Huntington, WV of the Middle Atlantic League, then a few seasons in the International League for Rochester,NY, before moving up to the Cards.

Nov 27, 2025

OKC Indians had purchased a pitcher named Collins for the 1927 season, but he was playing as FayThomas  for NY Giants(NL). Commish Landis punished him with fines and an MLB ban . He didn't return to the MLB until 1931.

Dec 20, 2025

I noticed Earl Weaver, a 2B, had some decent stats for  Omaha, the Cardinals A team in the Western League, and wondered why he never got a shot to play in the MLB. At that time A ball was the highest minor league level. The levels were A, B, C, & D. 

I did some research  and  the Cardinals new manager, Eddie Stanky, chose himself over Weaver for the final roster spot on the 1952 opening day roster.

Jan 7, 2026

Spades Wood was a left-handed pitcher for Wichita, Tulsa, and St Joseph in the Western League in the 1930s . I wonder if his nickname came from playing cards.

Jan 26, 2026

James Macullar holds the record in the Western League(Topeka) for hitting .464 in 1887, however there's an asterick due to walks being counted as base hits in 1887. It was still considered the minors

In the majors Tip O'Neill of the St. Louis Browns batted .485 that season, which was reduced to .435 in the record books. It still seems confusing how it's being handled by the record keepers.

Browns (American Association) lost to to the Detroit Wolverines (National League) in the 1887 WS.

May 5, 2026

Earl Weaver is 4th in ejections. 

1 Bobby Cox 162

2 John McGraw 121

3 Leo Durocher 100

4 Earl Weaver 96

Older blog disturbing july5

Week 12 Mackin early

 In 2026 the NIU football team will join the MWC, while all other sports will move to the Horizon League.  They 're going out on a weak note , but perhaps they can get their second MAC win of the season at UMass(0-9, 0-5). NIU's only win is vs Ball St.

 Chavon Wright and Telly Johnson Jr. combo will do enough rushing the ball to give NIU a road W tomorrow night at UMass. 

NIU 19 UMass 13. other four picks later in the week.

Nov 13, 2025

Correct on NIU,but UMass barely showed up. Late FG saved them from being shutout.  NIU 45 UMass 3

AAC: Houser has tossed  for 2469 yards and14 TD passes . I smell a home upset for ECU. ECU 28 MEM 27

CUSA: Odom avoids tossing INTs and leads KENN to road win over Jax St . KENN 24 JaxSt 20

MWC: Rebs eke out a 23-20 win over Utah St

SBC: CCU escapes with a 31 -27 win @ Georgia Southern. Collier ,once again , is the man for the Chanticleers.

Nov 16, 2025

L. Montgomery rushed for 102 yards and 2 TDs in ECU's upset of MEM

KENN lost 35-26 to Jax St

UNLV needed OT to defeat USU

GASO prevailed over CCU.

Wrong on KENN  & CCU. Correct on UNLV & ECU 3-2 for the weekend.

TXST  got its first conference win of the season in a 41-14 rout over USM.  B. Jackson  tossed for 192 YDS, 3 TDs for the Bobcats. 

Week 11 MAC Tuesday etc

 It's crowded atop the MAC. Two (5-3) teams, MOH & Ohio, meet tonight in Athens, OH. I'll go with Bangura having a good game running the ball for the Bobcats. Ohio 27 MOH 21.

Other 4 picks later in the week.

Nov 5, 2025

Ohio 24 MOH 20: Bongura rushed for 102 yards and a TD for the Bobcats.  1 for 1 this week. 

Nov 7, 2025

AAC: Retzlaff will put up good numbers  again, but it won't be enough at MEM. MEM 34 TUL 28

CUSA: LA Tech 24 DEL 20  Thevenin  gets 100 yards rushing for  the Bulldogs in a road win.

MWC: Aztecs slow down Alejado, the Hawaii QB , and win a road game. SDSU 21 HAW 16

SBC: USM goes on the road and wins a close one at Ark St. Another solid game for Braxtion, the Eagles QB. USM 31 Ark St 30

Nov 8, 2025

Wrong on Memphis. My gut  was screaming Tulane , but I didn't think Retzlaff was enough. He was. 4TDs, 3 passing. TUL 38 Memphis 32. 1 -1 for the week.

Nov 9, 2025

Wrong on La Tech, Wrong on SDSU, I thought Hawaii would give them a tough game and lose , but the Rainbows blew out the Aztecs 38-6, wow. Hawaii QB :M. Alejado 22/34, 256 YDS, 3 TD. MWC regular season title is wide open

Right on USM, but Ark St gave them a scare late.

2-3 for the week

November peek at non-power hoops 2025/26

Gonzaga: Graham Ike, 23, is the highest-ranked non power conference player. Zags are in their final season in the WCC  . Tough  November: Creighton, OK,  MD, and Bama.  Next season they play in the PAC12

Dayton of the A10 faces Cincy and Marquette this month. Flyers will need Nate Santos to score more than 14 points a game

Memphis is counting on 7'1  Aaron Bradshaw.  @ Ole Miss on Nov 11

NTX is counting on  Cahmal Crosby.  @ St Marys on Nov 14

St Marys will rely heavily on Paulius Murauskas . Gaels are in their last WCC season before joining the PAC12.

More to come

Nov 3, 2025

Ok, HC Billy G  can your Tarleton team start with an upset @ SMU(ACC). Is Chris Mpaka  progressing?

Nov 4, 2025

Tarleton(WAC) got crushed 96-76 by SMU. D. Johnson scored 23 for the losers.

UNO (Southland)Privateers upset Big12 member TCU, 78-74 

Nov 5, 2025

Only bad WCC loss so far is Wazoo losing to Idaho 

UNLV(MWC) lost to to UT Martin last night.

Nov 6, 2025

USC Upstate(Big South) upset FRES(MWC) 67-66. KGregory led the Spartans with 15 points. USCU lost its opener to Cal Baptist(WAC)

USCU is in South Carolina.

Nov 10, 2025

Close game MEM (AAC) 76 SF(WCC) 70 . M. Cook was solid for the Dons. Zags edged OK(SEC)

Boise St(MWC) blew out UVU on its road to recovery from  its loss to Howard Payne 

J Speer and the Herd outscored TOL 55 to 33 for an 85- 73 W in an SBC/MAC matchup.

Nov 12, 2025 

Wow, rough OT loss for UAB. Alabama St (SWAC) 77 UAB 73(AAC)  A.Anderson  20 pts 7 ast for the Hornets.

Nov 14, 2025

Olsen scored 21  for USA(SBC) in a 66-64  nail-biter over CMU(MAC). Wichita St(AAC) had no problem with LOYCH(A10).

Nov 17, 2025

UNLV handled MEM. Fleming (25 pts, 12 reb) for the Rebels.

D. Gillespie (26 pts, 17reb) for Kent St(MAC) in an OT win over Wright St(HOR)

Nov 21, 2025

Memphis hung close to Purdue but lost 80-71.

In the Trojan battle Troy(SBC) hung with USC but fell in OT-107-106. C. Campbell(32, 12,8) for Troy

Nov 25, 2025

Tulane(AAC) edged BC(ACC) C Williams scored 32 for TUL

USU(MWC) crushed DAV(A10) M Colins scored 40 for the Ags.

Nov 27, 2025

WCC yesterday. Zags were blown out by 40 by Michigan. WSU lost to Seton Hall. PEPP was rolled by Fresno(MWC)

SMC beat Wichita St(AAC). T. George(19pts, 6 reb) led Portland to a 93-73 win over LBSU(Big West)

Dec 1, 2025

MWC : L Walker (28pts) and the Cowboys gave TT quite a scare.  TT 76 WYO 72 .  D. Smith(30pts) led CSB(Big West )over Fresno St

USA routed UTSA 82-58. Jags are off to a 7-1 start. Only loss was to UAB

Week 10 Tuesday SBC etc

 TX St has stumbled  through a rough season with plenty of O and less D. Brad Jackson , the QB, (1,786 YDS 9 TD 2 INT) is capable of big games. I'm going to go with TXSt beating the odds and pulling out a squeaker at home .  TXST 31- JMU 30.

Other four guesses will be made later in the week.

Oct 29, 2025

When TXST closed to 28-20 to end the first half, I thought I had a shot, but JMU blanked them in the second half. JMU 52 TXST 20. Zero for 1

Oct 30, 2025

AAC: Memphis 28 Rice 24.  Owls will give the Tigers a scare  with Quentin Jackson rushing for 100 yards.

CUSA:  LIB 23 DEL 20. Flames have re-grouped after a shaky September.

MAC: Only two  games on the schedule. Tossup so I'll go with WMU the home team WMU 20 CMU 17

MWC:  UNLV gets back on track after the spanking by Boise St. J Glover , UNLV RB, is worth watching. UNLV 31 UNM 27

Nov 1

Correct on Memphis but wrong on Rice making it close.  QJack only rushed for 22 yards for the Owls.

Nov 2, 2025

1-1 going into yesterday.

Wrong on ULNV who lost to UNM 40-35. Both QBs tossed 3 TD passes. Lobos are hot ,but the Aztecs are hotter in the MWC.

Correct on LIB  & WMU. 3-2 for the week. 

E. Dickens ,22 CAR 217 YDS, 4 TD, for the Flames

Week 9 Tuesday O5 time and picks

 Ok I"m not going to ignore the CUSA this week.

Kennesaw St has been surprising and will  win at FIU. Dexter Williams will toss two TD passes for KENN  in a 27 to 20 win.

Other four O5 conferences will be picked on Thursday.

Oct 22, 2025

KENN couldn't stop Owens but  the Odom/William QB tag team were too much. for FIU D. 

KENN 45 FIU  26.  1 for 1, so far

Oct 23, 2025

Memphis is coming off a bad  loss to UAB. USF has been rolling since they lost to Miami(FLA). Another good game for B. Brown and the Bulls this week. USF 35 MEM 24

UMass has struggled , as expected in in the MAC, but showed some improvement in a 28-21 loss to BUFF last week.  CMU is 2-1 in conference play with a loss to Akron. CMU 20 UMass 17

SDSU is right there with BSU in the MWC standings. LUcky Sutton will have another solid rushing game for the Aztecs. SDSU 24 FRES 17

Troy is tied with USM in the SBCW.  Kilcrease will toss two TD passes for the Trojans. Troy 31 ULL 20

Oct 26, 2025

wrong  on  USF. MEM outscored USF 17-0 in the 4Q for a 34-31 W

right on CMU who handled UMass

right on SDSU who blanked Fresno

right on Troy. Kilcrease didn't toss any TD passes, but J Lovett led the Trojans in rushing:21 CAR 113 YDS, 2 TD in a 35-23 W over ULL

4 of 5 for the weekend

Oct 27, 2025

Blake Horvath, the Navy QB, makes the Campbell Trophy list and gets a little  Heisman chatter.