We’re ringing in the college basketball season with a ranking of the top 100 teams heading into 2020! Follow CBB Review Rank all month long. Make sure to tweet about CBB Review Rank using #CBBRank with comments, suggestions, and more. We’ll be posting all month long, ending with the top projected team in the country! *All recruiting and transfer ratings
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Coaching at the mid-major level is often seen as a stepping stone to a gig at a power conference school. Many coaches stay for a handful of years, turn a program around, and use that as a springboard to further their careers. However, there are also some who stay at schools for years, remaining loyal and becoming legends among that
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Terry Taylor has been tearing up the Ohio Valley Conference for three years at Austin Peay. He put the league on notice right away, earning the Freshman of the Year award and being named to the conference’s first-team. Taylor has continued to grow, and he just finished a junior season that saw him average 21.8 points and 11 rebounds per
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The final installment of this series takes a look at the last group of first-year head coaches at the mid-major level. You can find part two here. The final group of coaches ultimately had more success than most, exceeding a lot of preseason expectations. Carmen Maciariello, Siena Record: 20-10 (15-5, 1st place in the MAAC) Carmen Maciariello may have been
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Last week we took a look at 15 first-year coaches at the mid-major level in the first part of our series. We continue on with the next 15 in part two. Lennie Acuff, Lipscomb Record: 16-16 (9-7, 3rd place in the A-Sun) Lennie Acuff arrived at Lipscomb from the Division II level after leading Alabama-Huntsville to a basketball powerhouse at
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The first year as the head coach at any school can be challenging. Coaches come in with expectations laid out by the school as well as with the way they want to establish their own coaching style. Mid-major programs have different goals compared to their power conference foes. That could range from making the NCAA Tournament to just winning double-digit
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Dayton and San Diego State seemingly came out of nowhere last season. However, they were both top ten teams by the end of the season. College basketball’s unpredictability is what fans love the most about the game. This is especially true when crowds get behind a mid-major Cinderella in the Big Dance. Here are five mid-major teams that could surprise
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When Joe Mihalich was introduced as the new head coach for Hofstra basketball in 2013, the program was coming off a seven-win season. It was the first time Hofstra basketball had won single-digit games in ten years. Furthermore, the gap between the Pride’s last NCAA Tournament appearance was growing. Mihalich came from Niagara, where he guided the Purple Eagles to
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There are two big talking points that get college basketball fans excited during the offseason. One of those is recruiting. The other is the release of schedules for the next season. While many full team schedules do not come out until late August or September, lots of non-conference matchups begin to take shape earlier in the summer. Mid-major programs lick
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Wildcats. Bulldogs. Eagles. Camels? With 353 programs at the Division I level (and four more joining for the upcoming season), there are all kinds of nicknames out there. There are some that are overused while others are about as random as they get. A mid-major mascot can get as strange as they come. Here are some of the most unique
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