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CUAA's Ritsema is Blessed to Be A Blessing

Selflessness is uncommon, no matter the person’s age. Colton Ritsema has spent much of his time at Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA)...

Illinois' Ranley Clayton - Competitive yet Compassionate

When Ranley Clayton cruises around with her dog Adler, she is in her happy place. She loves driving her black Jeep Wrangler, engine...

November in Augusta

The clock strikes 8 a.m. in Augusta, Georgia. November Morton, a senior shooting guard for the Augusta Jaguars, just wrapped up another...

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Williams Star Nate Karren Dreams On

Not your typical grandma. She didn’t crochet, or knit, or quilt. Nope. This grandma loved to hoop. Well, she loved to watch hoops,...

Humber has a Winner in Kia Watt

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Kia Watt believed she had never won anything. Family Ties: Growing up in Toronto, running along a nearby...

The Drive of QUC's Kenny Dye

Kenny Dye watched his mom’s eyes well up with tears. Or so he imagined — he couldn't even catch a glimpse of her. She endured harsh...

Delfina Cortes Garcia

Williams Star Nate Karren Dreams On

Not your typical grandma. She didn’t crochet, or knit, or quilt. Nope. This grandma loved to hoop. Well, she loved to watch hoops,...

Amanda Card

Humber has a Winner in Kia Watt

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Kia Watt believed she had never won anything. Family Ties: Growing up in Toronto, running along a nearby...

Shelby Swanson

The Drive of QUC's Kenny Dye

Kenny Dye watched his mom’s eyes well up with tears. Or so he imagined — he couldn't even catch a glimpse of her. She endured harsh...

Dave Barend

Some Love For CUNY's Errol Samuels

Not another one of those. I can’t take it. Uh, Dave? Ok, allow me to explain. As editor-in-chief of College Basketball Times, I’m forced...

Wisconsin-Whitewater's Mada McCabe Is Powerful In Battle

Gaurav Law

Wisconsin-Whitewater's Mada McCabe Is Powerful In Battle

“I need to go get the doctor.” Jody Hull’s nurse uttered those words while looking at the sonogram. Not the words Hull anticipated...

Washington and Lee's Kathryn Vandiver Knows When To Push Pain

Evalynn Booth

Washington and Lee's Kathryn Vandiver Knows When To Push Pain

Kathryn braced for the pain. Shortly thereafter, the 10-year-old headed to the gym ready to show off her newly pierced lobes. Then the...

Josh Caplan

Robert McCann and Savannah Townsend: "Unified" at Florida

Darkness strikes. It happens to almost everyone. Most have others for support. Robert McCann did not. Yet he knew that basketball would...

Gavin Davis Kept The Dream Alive at West L.A.

Matthew Cooper

Gavin Davis Kept The Dream Alive at West L.A.

Gavin Davis had just helped his team secure a hard-fought victory. Yet he did not return home elated. He did not return home oozing with...

Prouder and Prouder of Polk State's George Pridgett, Jr.

Joanna Shillingford

Prouder and Prouder of Polk State's George Pridgett, Jr.

Brenda Pridgett went into labor, and laughed. “George Sr. was taking forever to come out of our bedroom . . . when he did come out, he...

Jack Bloomfield

Mid-Atlantic Christian's Kayla Kent Can

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Kayla Kent could never have predicted this scenario with two full months left in the 2023 season. An...

The Mount's Aryna Taylor Perseveres With Perspective

Taylor McLaughlin

The Mount's Aryna Taylor Perseveres With Perspective

Ready to break the press, Aryna Taylor grabbed the baseline out of bounds pass. After blasting straight down the court unimpeded, the 7th...

Natalie Kolb Has Her Balance At Franklin And Marshall

Evalynn Booth

Natalie Kolb Has Her Balance At Franklin And Marshall

What am I going to do? How am I going to make this work? These questions raced through the mind of basketball-loving Natalie Kolb. And it...

Anthony Picott Has Remade His Story at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Sean Savage

Anthony Picott Has Remade His Story at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Young, confused, and close-minded. That was Anthony Picott in a nutshell. "As a man now, I could honestly say I did not love basketball,"...

Texas Tech's Beau Martin Manages to Play

Emma Hurley

Texas Tech's Beau Martin Manages to Play

As the sun just begins to peek over the horizon, Beau Martin and the other managers are already awake. In fact, they barely slept. They’d...

Rochester U's James Fisher: Big Fish With Big Plans

Joe Malandruccolo

Rochester U's James Fisher: Big Fish With Big Plans

“God has a plan.” So says Theresa Fisher, especially with respect to her nine, yes nine, children. Shortly after her youngest son's first...

Shelby Swanson

Rice's Max Fiedler Is Loving It

Quincy Olivari doesn’t remember much about his first visit at Rice University with his teammate Max Fiedler, other than how quiet he was....

Jeremy Evans Is Doing His Thing At Edinboro

Jorie Allen

Jeremy Evans Is Doing His Thing At Edinboro

We have all heard it. Perseverance is crucial to success. It is not how many times you fall; it is how quickly you get back up. But here...

Redeemer's Isaiah Brinkley Keeps The Dream Alive

Collin Atwood

Redeemer's Isaiah Brinkley Keeps The Dream Alive

"Legend" is a title Isaiah Brinkley has wanted since he was 10. Not because he seeks fame and fortune, but because he aspires to approach...

Montrell Jacobs has the Power of Confidence at Kentucky State

Elijah Moore

Montrell Jacobs has the Power of Confidence at Kentucky State

Montrell Jacobs looked down the court at the open basket. Without thinking, he let loose a three — his shot since he was a child. With...

Patrick Engels

University of Mary's Carly Kottsick Can

The sign read: “Garage Sale.” With just two dollars in their pockets - granted by their parents - 4-year-old Carly Kottsick and her older...

NIACC's Audrey Martinez-Stewart is a Reflection of her Greatest Fan

Matthew Cooper

NIACC's Audrey Martinez-Stewart is a Reflection of her Greatest Fan

"Don't ever cry." As Audrey Martinez-Stewart saved a loose ball during an AAU tournament in Indiana, crying did not cross her mind. She...

Northeastern's Knox Lendall: Trying to Join the Coaching Club

Jack Bergamini

Northeastern's Knox Lendall: Trying to Join the Coaching Club

Knox Lendall had an odd goal. As a freshman on Bishop Fenwick High School’s basketball team in Peabody, Massachusetts, he wanted to...

UHSP's Grace Beyer Is One Happy Eutectic

Emma Hurley

UHSP's Grace Beyer Is One Happy Eutectic

High school senior Grace Beyer stood at the free throw line, alone in the gym. Her father’s words echoed in her mind, louder with every...

Mystic Striker: Great Lakes Christian College's Overcomer

Collin Atwood

Mystic Striker: Great Lakes Christian College's Overcomer

Mystic Striker has lived a life even more unique than her name itself. But when she settled down at Great Lakes Christian College, she...

The Toughness of Villa Maria's Mia McCarthy

Sean Savage

The Toughness of Villa Maria's Mia McCarthy

Alone and hopeless. "I stopped eating. I had anxiety. I was not playing. I had nobody. I could not even talk to my coaches about it.” And...

For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps

Matt Wynn

For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps

Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...

Semper Firebird - Saint Katherine's Bryan Baptiste

Joe Malandruccolo

Semper Firebird - Saint Katherine's Bryan Baptiste

Bryan Baptiste had one choice to make, one of those life-altering choices that impacts everyone around him. His college decision had...

The Sport That Saved EWU's Jackson Atwood

Savannah Reger

The Sport That Saved EWU's Jackson Atwood

Jackson Atwood wanted accent colors. And he wanted them on his wheelchair. The exact desire: a blue frame with purple accents. This...

LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible

Patricia Smallwood

LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible

Five-year-old Emaia’s heart raced. She ran barefoot over the sharp grass in her backyard, hardly feeling the sting as she sprinted past...

London Cobbs: A Non-Knucklehead At Kent State Tuscarawas

Frederick Eberhart

London Cobbs: A Non-Knucklehead At Kent State Tuscarawas

Standing in the airport, London Cobbs spots a former teammate walking toward him, decked out in University of Minnesota basketball gear....

KCU's Jasmine Flowers Keeps Pushing for a Purpose

Collin Atwood

KCU's Jasmine Flowers Keeps Pushing for a Purpose

Dyslexia in a nutshell: Reading words like “how” as “who” or “now” as “won.” Right? Wrong. Really wrong. Kentucky Christain University...

Trinity's Ashlyn Milton Always Comes Back To Basketball

Matt Wynn

Trinity's Ashlyn Milton Always Comes Back To Basketball

Ashlyn Milton always comes back. Sometimes, she needs to step away. But no matter what struggle she faces, one thing never changes. She...

Kylie Wroblewski is a Supported Supporter at St. Ambrose

Emma Hurley

Kylie Wroblewski is a Supported Supporter at St. Ambrose

Good luck texts before games from her sister, homemade posters waving in the stands from her mom, hours of training sessions in the...

Sam Stevens: Skinny Student To Middlebury Monster

Josh Banner

Sam Stevens: Skinny Student To Middlebury Monster

Sam Stevens struggled. He had some on-court skills, and pretty good athleticism, but he was usually younger and almost always skinnier...

Though She's Getting Worse, Arizona's Emilee Gustafson Keeps Getting Better

Dave Barend

Though She's Getting Worse, Arizona's Emilee Gustafson Keeps Getting Better

“I’m kind of boring.” I have a story to write about Emilee Gustafson who just described herself as boring. Wonderful. “I really enjoyed...

Nicole D'Costa

TCNJ Club's Michael Hoffman Stands Tall

If there’s one thing Michael Hoffman knows, it’s how to hustle. Work harder than everyone around him. Play smarter than the next guy....

Kendra Parra is a Compassionate Competitor for MSU Denver

Patrick Engels

Kendra Parra is a Compassionate Competitor for MSU Denver

Board games. Trampoline football. Basketball. Name the activity, and Kendra Parra will seek to dominate you. It makes Kendra, Kendra. “I...

Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up

Olivia Brown

Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up

September 10, 2018 “Is everyone in your family home?” At 7:30 p.m., Tamara Collier, a mother of three, received this phone call from her...

Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself

Colin McNamara

Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself

Wild, lost and curious - the three words Dian Wright-Forde used to describe his past self. He associated with the wrong crowds and...

Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State

Alexandra Nikou

Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State

Nope. Not Nya Valentine. Everyone has at some point stopped working hard. Everyone has, at least on occasion, given in to the temptation...

Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens

Jack Meyer

Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens

“Everyone has a plan until they get hit . . . I will not be shaken, for He gives me the strength to hit back.” The message inscribed...

UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future

Nicole D'Costa

UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future

John Mhilli loves basketball. From the time he was a teenager with more potential and height than skill, to his days as a collegiate club...

BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise

Frederick Eberhart

BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise

Most successful athletes grow up with the active support of at least one parent, if not two. A mom or dad to drive them to practices,...

Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective

Sean Savage

Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective

None. When asked how many significant problems he has faced in his life, Cedarville University's senior Jacob Drees claims none. He's...

Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail

Timothy Dashiell

Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail

Brain damaged. Mute. Unfunctional The future for Koda Inman-Ahlstrom following a 2007 car crash at age 7, that put him and his cousin...

Matt Wynn

Rochester's Hannah Lindemuth Helps

Come half-time at the University of Rochester, Hannah Lindemuth takes shot after shot, finding confidence every time she drains one....

Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family

Olivia Brown

Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family

When asked to name their closest friends, many people will identify college roommates, childhood playmates, or maybe even a significant...

CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez

Angelina Davila

CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez

Her parents call her “Luchona.” That means fighter - a perfect nickname for Katherine Valdez. Well, perfect now. Throughout a journey...

Hannah Boyer is a Baller And More At Emmaus

Collin Atwood

Hannah Boyer is a Baller And More At Emmaus

At a quick glance, Hannah Boyer appears to be just another athlete giving her all on the court. Her 6-foot stature makes her extremely...

Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement

Caitlin Cummings

Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement

When Kiki Jefferson returns home from James Madison University to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she encounters the utmost love...

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10 Reasons the Portland Pilots are a Team to Watch This Season

Blake Silverman

10 Reasons the Portland Pilots are a Team to Watch This Season

Without a winning record in the last six seasons, the Portland Pilots were looking for a fresh start. In walks Shantay Legans, the coach...

Mr. Sports Travel Finds Former College Hoopers Thriving In Latin America

Joe Connor

Mr. Sports Travel Finds Former College Hoopers Thriving In Latin America

What's even better than enjoying basketball games as a fan and writer in 11 different countries over five months? Playing basketball...

10 Reasons to Root for Ohio Wesleyan Women's Hoops

Jayla VanHorn

10 Reasons to Root for Ohio Wesleyan Women's Hoops

Can the coach really pull off “The Griddy?” The only way to find out is to follow the Ohio Wesleyan University women’s basketball team,...

Matteo Macolino

10 Reasons Dakota State Should Be Proud

The NAIA Women’s Basketball Championship officially came to a close March 18 after Clarke (Iowa) defeated defending champion Thomas More...

Transfer Treasures: Smaller Names, Big Games

Shelby Swanson

Transfer Treasures: Smaller Names, Big Games

Over 1,000 men’s basketball players have entered the transfer portal this offseason — a testament to the impact of the NCAA’s decision to...

Evalynn Booth

10 Reasons For CNU To Be Proud

Christopher Newport made it all the way to the NCAA Women's D3 Finals. The Captains finished their season with an amazing 33-1 record....

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Men's NCBBA Regionals Preview

The 2023 regional tournaments are upon us. All season long our team of experts has voted who would make the field of 40. Soon the field...

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Men's Club - Final 2023 Bracketology

The absurdity commences in a week. Most teams know their destiny and are preparing for their possible matchups, but a few teams still...

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