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.

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

Non P6 hoops- more news- WCC and W2 too

 NCAA requires at least seven active Division I members, which must sponsor men's and women's basketball, and for the conference to sponsor at least 12 Division I sports. Beavers and Cougar of the PAC2 have a two-year grace period in which it can exist without the minimum number of schools.

Oregon St and Wazzoo are working to join West Coast Conference as affiliate members. Zags and San Francisco are off to decent starts this season and are keys to the Alliances as well geography. St Marys has stumbled a bit this season but has been a regular Dance participant in the past 5 years. Dec 20 WCC scoreboard.

Dec 28, 2023

I took a quick look the non power6 hoops standings and focused on Liberty and WKU each being 10-3. LU got rocked by FAU but has a decent win over Wichita St. Flames face Bama today and WKU on 1/6. WKU lost to Wichita St.

Wichita St (AAC) played solid games against Kansas St and Mizzou but lost.

Dec 30, 2023

 Kind of confused by "stuns" in this headline:  San Diego State stuns No. 15 Gonzaga 84-74. Aztecs were in the Dance Final game last season and have less losses than the Zags this season.

Jan 1, 2024

Checked out some of the Summit League matchup of Omaha @ South Dakota. Frankie Fidler is a player to keep your eyes on. He scored 27 and made three steals for Omaha in a 67-51 win. ORU knocked off Denver, who defeated Omaha on Dec 29.

Jan 4, 2024

Omaha 81 Arizona(Big Sky) 55 Fidler 22 points, 2 steals

Marshall is getting healthy playing SunBelt opponents with recent wins over ULL and ULM after the Dec 21 loss to UNCW(CAA), who beat Kentucky earlier this season,

Jan 6, 2024

MAC: Checked in on the end of the Toledo 68 MiamiO 64 game last night. Ragged, physical play and neither team looks like it will fare well against Akron this season. Freeman (24pts,11reb) in the Zips 83-67 win over Bowling Green last night.

Jan 7, 2024

A10 is heating up. GW hung on to win 84-82 at VCU, who were trying to recover from a tough loss to the Bonnies. James Bishop IV made a two-point pullup jump shot for GW with two seconds remaining.

#herd beat TXST for its 3rd straight SBC win

WKU edged Liberty in CUSA action.

Jan 10, 2024

Wow, Aztecs got a scare from San Jose St  SDST 81 SJST 78.  J. LeDee  scored 31 PTS for Aztecs in MWC play.

Zips keep winning in MAC play. Akron 80 Ball State 76

Jan 12, 2024

FAU facing some tough AAC foes . Boyd scored 21 for FAU in an 85-84 win over Tulane.

WCC: Gonzaga(11-5), 4th in WCC lost to  Santa Clara(12-6), 2nd in WCC by the score 77-76

Santa Clara has wins over Oregon and Wazzoo(Pac12) and a loss to  Taco Tech(San Jose St-MWC)

Jan 13, 2024

Friday night is a decent night to check in on the non-P6, but sometimes it ain't pretty. Youngstown St 81 Wright St 71 -looked more like a rugby game at certain points.

Robert Morris 91 Purdue(Fort Wayne) 88. Corbin led RMU with 28 points. Perhaps RMU is finally getting some traction since leaving the NEC in 2020.

MILW 88 CLEV 80

Jan 15, 2024

Ragged game. Surprised Liberty stayed close to the end.  La Tech 80 LU 76. Crawford scored 22 for LT

In AAC play Memphis 112 Wichita St 86.

Plus Tulane lost a tough one to last place Tulsa 94-87 in OT. Haggerty scored 25 for Tulsa.

Jan 17, 2024

Akron remains in first in the MAC. AKR 77 WMU 66. Freeman had 20 pts, 14 reb for the Zips.

June 12, 2024

Wazzoo and Oregon St join WCC hoops as affiliates for the next two seasons . WSU made it to rd2 of the Dance, and  this may help the WCC possibly get three dance tickets in 2025.