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. 

DI Baseball peek in April 2024

 UC Irvine 24-4 (10-2 Big West) Joichiro Oyama 5HR 28RBI 4SB

ULL 24-8 (11-1 Sun Belt) LP Langevin has four saves.

Eyes on WKU who just knocked off Dallas Baptist in CUSA play. 

April 11, 2024

La Tech beat ULL 7-2. How about top 10 ECU(AAC) who got 3 RBIs from Cowart in a win over ODU.

Herd beat WV. Maryland chatter: After losing 15 consecutive games to MD, UMBC(AEC) finally beat the Terps.

April 14, 2024

SBC: UL edged Marshall 1-0. Morgan pitched 8 strong innings and the Cajuns got the only run on a fielder's choice. Ga Southern upset CCU.

AFA(MWC) beat Dallas Baptist(CUSA) for its first win over a ranked team since 4/19/22. 

April 17, 2024

 Catching Carolinas: ECU beat W&M. CCU beat UNC. T. Thach (HR, 2rbi) for UNCW in a win over Wake Forest. 

Citadel lost to the Gamecocks. Charlotte lost to Clemson.

April 21, 2024

Coast to coast: ULL edged CCU. Bermudez(HR, 5 RBI) for UC-Irvine in a win over SDSU.

April 23, 2024

T. Holder went 4-5 with (3HR, 4RBI) for Nevada in a 21-13 win over Utah Tech

April 27, 2024

In AAC action ECU blanked Memphis 14-0. SIU 3 INS 2 in a mild MVC upset. Vallee(SIU) went 2-4 to lift his AVG to .348.

April 30, 2024

Dickinson and Garrett each had 5 RBIs for UVU in a 17-12 WAC win over Utah Tech.

May 4, 2024

Time to catch up on non- Power conference baseball. Trey Yesavage, (10-1) gets the W for top 10 Pirates (AAC): ECU 11 USF 1. Cal Poly upsets top 10 Cal-Irvine. MTSU(CUSA) beat Binghamton(America East) 7-4

May 6, 2024

ECU beat USF again. ULL needed the10th inning to get by Troy 14-13. Sears knocked in a run and scored a run in the 7th for INS in a 6-4 win over Belmont.

May 9, 2024

Marshall had 4 SBs in a win over Ohio. Vogel had 5 RBIs for Murray St in a win over Ol Miss. ETSU beat UNC Asheville for its 12th win in the last 13 games.

May 14, 2024

A Lopez(3-5,2 RBI) for LBSU(BigWest) in win over Cal Baptist(WAC). UCSB(Big West) lost 2 of 3 to Campbell(CAA). 

ECU(AAC) and ULL (SBC) slipped in the rankings.

May 18, 2024

Brethowr (2HR, 4rbi) for UCSB in 14-2 win over CSUN . ECU gets big win over Rice. South Bama blanks ULL 10-0, top team in SBCW.

May 21, 2024

USM(SBC) has been great this month with its only  loss to TX St on May 17. Slade Wilks (14HR,58RBI)

May 23, 2024

ECU returns to Power 10 and faces Wichita St next. USM continues to roll with a shutout of CCU. Dallas Baptist beat NMSU in CUSA action.

May 24, 2024

Wichita State pummeled ECU 14-4 in a winner's bracket AAC contest. ECU needs to beat Rice to stay alive. USM beat Troy in SBC action,

May 25, 2024

ECU squeaked by Rice and needs to beat Wichita St twice today to advance to the AAC final. UCSB 20 UCR 4 ,while UC Irvine lost to CSUN in Big West action

May 27, 2024

Automatic bids: Tulane found a way to get  the AAC bid.  USM , WMU, Dallas Baptist(CUSA) UCSB(Big West). T Marsh (3 rbi) for UNCW  in win over CofC for the CAA bid.

March 31, 2024

Can Tyler Wilson(16hr, 63rbi) and Grand Canyon(WAC) knock off Zona today in an intrastate Day1 matchup?

June 1, 2024

Tyler Wilson hit a home run,and Pelc (4 rbi) for GCU in its win over Zona. Evansville beat ECU, and VCU upset Wake Forest.

June 2, 2024

ECU eliminated Wake Forest which is a big deal in NC. Dallas Baptist eliminated Zona. Stetson eliminated Bama. Brent Widder had 4 RBIs  for Evansville in a 17-11 win over VCU

June 3, 2024

UC Irvine still hanging on continues suspended game vs Oregon St. ECU  at home plays Evansville.

June 4, 2024

Two non power teams left . Evansville(MVC) and UConn(Big East)

June 7, 2024

I drove down to Chapel Hill this morning to attend a wedding tomorrow. It was cool to see the JMU stadium from US-81 and about two  hours later , the Liberty Flames stadium along US-29S .  Bunch of last minute WVU and UNC fans were checking into my hotel this afternoon for the game. UNC won.

June 9, 2024

Evansville(3HRs) out-slugged the Vols to force a game 3 today. UConn was eliminated by Florida St in a 12th inning loss.

Vols handled Evansville in game 3. ACC/SEC   teams in the CWS.

July 1, 2024

RHP Trey Yesavage, ECU(AAC) make it to the first ten selected in the MLB 2024 draft? He was 11-1 .

Walker Janek, a catcher from Sam Houston. St , may get drafted in rd1 MLB draft.

Mike Sirota , OF from Northeastern(CAA), can get you 20sb and bats around .300, seems to be rising.

July 15, 2024

RD1: RHP Trey Yesavage, ECU(AAC) goes to Toronto.

Walker Janek, a catcher from Sam Houston. St ,goes to Houston

Cole Mathis, C of Charleston went to the Cubs in rd2. 14 HR 57 RBIs

My O's took Colin Tuft - C - Tulane(AAC) in rd8. He stole 13 bases last season and is now playing in the Cape Cod league.

Feb 17, 2025

Baseball season is back and it feels too damn cold for it.. ECU will  occupy the third base dugout as the home team vs UNC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Last time they faced each other on this field was February 24, 2018, in a 5-4 Tar Heels victory. ECU hosts one game  and UNC one game in the three game series.