3/9/2026 If you were looking for a high-stress, cardiovascular workout without actually going to the gym, Saturday’s regular-season finale between  Texas A&M  and  LSU was exactly that. In what turned into a triple-overtime marathon, the Aggies clawed out a  94-91  victory in Baton Rouge. Here is a humorous breakdown of the absolute chaos that unfolded at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. 1. The Game That Refused to End By the time the third overtime rolled around, fans in t

3/8/2026 The Kennesaw State Report Week 17: The “R-O-C-K in Conference USA” Edition A season that once felt destined for a Gordon Lightfoot-style tragedy—a painful dirge reminiscent of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"—has suddenly become an ocean of possibility.   Captain and Coach Antoine Pettway has righted the ship, and as the Owls sail into Huntsville, they carry a legitimate chance to pull off one of the more remarkable mid-season turnarounds in recent memory. Huntsv

3/8/2026 The last week has come and gone, and I have way more hope than I usually do this time of year. Apparently, so does the rest of the TCU basketball community, as one of my friends told me we could beat Houston right now. I still think the only thing we beat them in is the least amount of devastating national championship losses in the last 11 months.    It was no Houston, but the Frogs got out to a blistering start by toppling number 10 Texas Tech. As it’s been all yea

3/8/2026 Two straight losses vs Texas Tech and Arizona have probably finished off any chance at a #2 seed for Iowa State. The Cyclones took an incredible butt whooping at Arizona this past Monday after its lone home loss of the year against the Red Raiders. Down by 12 at the break this was no contest with a 73-57 Wildcat victory. Five guys from the YMCA would keep a road game closer against these Big 12 contenders. An embarrassing effort away from Hilton this season losing si

3/8/2026 In League With Creighton Week 17: The “How The East Was Won” Edition Thanks to the Creighton security staff and a few overly exuberant fans, I spent most of this week recovering from the physical toll of daring to check myself into a game (see previous column). I’m halfway certain that Owen Freeman was one of the people who kicked me while my spleen was doing its best impression of a Gallagher prop, but since he didn't appear on the injury report with a broken toe, I

3/10/2026 The UNC Greensboro Report Week 17: The “When It’s All Been Said and Done…” Edition It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Some days felt like passing a kidney stone; others felt like walking on air. Sometimes they were the windshield, and sometimes they were the bug. But for better or worse, the UNC Greensboro men’s basketball team closed out the season on Sunday with a tough semi-final loss to Furman. From the outside, it probably looks like just anot

We at College Basketball Times have decided to take our somewhat successful Domination Rankings concept (ranking together all categories: women, men, wheelchair, D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO . . . .) and apply it to just D1 Men. Uh Dave, doesn't that seem to completely contrary to the purpose of the Domination Rankings and CBT's non-profit mission of equality? Well, we also decided to add a brand new purpose to our mission - providing something our readers actually ask for. So you

Definition of Domination Rankings : the ranking of all categories of college basketball - women, men, wheelchair, D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO . . . - together (based on record, average margin of victory [AMOV], and a super secret formula) by the arguably insane folks at College Basketball Times as part of our non-profit mission of equality. Make sense? Uh, not really Dave. Then take a look below and I think you'll get it. And you might even get a few laughs. You mean the rankings

3/2/2026 Tony Bennett left Virginia and is now with LA. But we all know that’s not where his heart is.  2/28/2026 Headline: "No More Tinkle at Oregon State.” Well, they might want to get their prostates checked. 2/24/2026 Just in case you are one of the few who have yet to find something to complain about college hoops, I give you this: Duke is ranked #1. 2/21/2026 UCLA’s coach shocked everyone by ejecting his own player from a game. Though I’m guessing it would have been an

3/2/2026 As of mere hours ago, my foolish and naive younger self was lamenting the lack of days in February. This grumbling was preceded by the realization that 28th isn’t followed by the 29th and so forth, but instead by the 1st, which means it's already March. Suddenly, things are due way sooner than I thought, and now, I have three essays to write and a midterm to prepare for, and I sti - STOP. Sweet mother of Mallorica, IT’S MARCH.  Thunderous applause, joyous sobbing, a

DOMINATION RANKINGS OF EVERYTHING If you'd like to be one of our voters, just click here: VOTE Uh, Dave, what are we voting for. Well, as you know, College Basketball Times created the Domination Rankings - of college basketball. (Come on, let me assume you knew that.) Anyway, we decided to expand things a bit to include, well, everything together. The result: essentially a satire on all rankings. Here's how it works - sort of: Our voters come up with a weekly Top 25 which

2/28/2026 The last game of the regular season has come and gone. Last but not least. Richmond needed this game to be in the at large bid conversation for the NCAA tournament.  Maggie Doogan performed near her hometown at St.Joes and scored 35 points with 40 friends and family attending.  The ladies won 72-61 and locked up a 3 seed in the A10 tournament. It's officially March Madness! 2/15/2026 The 2nd place Spiders continued their winning ways in what was considered a trap ga

3/1/2026 t’s here, ladies and gentlemen: March! The most wonderful time of the year, not named Christmas, has finally arrived, and as such most of the conferences are set to begin their tournaments. Not the A-10, however! We’ve got a little action from the past weekend before the eventual tournament extravaganza in Pittsburgh.  A swift snowstorm delayed Rhode Island’s trip to Olean, pushing back the Wednesday contest against St. Bonaventure to Thursday. But the snow delayed t

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2/3/2026 The Saint Bonaventure women defeated Fordham 77-69.  The final game of the regular season proved to be a thriller.  An even bigger thrill than the warmer weather....ok just kidding.  In St. Bonaventure we take any decent weather as a sign of good things to come.  Three lady Bonnies made it into double figures.  The icing on Bonaventure's cake was eight points from the charity stripe.  The Bonnies traded buckets most of the game, outrebounded the Rams and shot the lig

2/23/2026 I spent eight hours sitting on a shower floor cleaning a chocolate fountain today. It was one of the least enjoyable experiences of my life. I’m not sure if my extreme sleep deprivation or my fingernails really hurting after hours of hacking at hardened chocolate sticking onto the fountain, which apparently couldn’t be cleaned using WATER which obviously made everything much easier and to further lessen the burden I didn’t have any scrubbing tools and I just want to

2/16/2026 Notre Dame turned in a dominating performance Sunday afternoon at home against a good NC State team and walked away from the “Think Pink” game with a 79-67 win. Hannah Hidalgo continues to be one of the best players in the country and led a balanced attack with 19 points as the Irish never trailed. ND stands at 16-9 overall and 8-6 in conference play. With the NCAA tournament coming up fast, Notre Dame should be in decent position for a bid if they secure another co

2/16/2026 Notre Dame stopped a 5 game losing skid with an 89-74 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday in South Bend, IN. It was Valentine’s Day and I need to steal a line from the write up on the school’s website on the game. They led with “nothing but love and buckets from Cole Certa” (lol) who went off for 37 points including seven made three point shots. The Irish played without breakout freshman star, Jalen Haralson, who sprained his ankle in the previous game against SMU. BT

2/10/2026 There is a great episode of  The Twilight Zone  from 1961 titled “A Penny for Your Thoughts.” It stars a young Dick York of  Bewitched  fame as a bank clerk who buys a newspaper on his way to work. He flips a coin into the vendor’s coinbox, and it lands on its edge–da da dum! That one-in-a-million outcome leads to him gaining the power to hear other people’s thoughts. At work, he hears the thoughts of Smithers, an old trusted bank co-worker, who is thinking about ho

2/1/2026 I am sure everyone has noticed that there have been no PC updates recently.  It has taken a while to recover from the Friars first loss to UConn, where they had a commanding double-digit lead, then blew it in dramatic fashion.  As I watched I wondered to myself, even when they were up fifteen, how will they blow this?  Turns out one player decided to set up a wide open layup under the hoop and then steal the ball from his teammate, by accident,  and knock it out of b

1/22/2026 Duke pulled off two wins against Louisville and SMU, going down early in both games before regaining its composure and pulling out wins.  After trailing by 9 at the half, Duke came out swinging in the second half, outscoring Louisville 46-26 in the second half.  Duke clamped down on defense, and Caleb Foster had perhaps his best game at Duke, dominating on drives to the basket in the second half and scoring 20 points.  Cameron Boozer and Isiah Evans had strong offen

1/18/2026 The ‘Cats started the SEC slate with a very rough first half vs ‘Bama, trailing by 16 at the break, and were unable to rally in a 15 point loss. Otega Oweh led UK with 22 points in 36 minutes. Jaland Lowe chipped in 21 off the bench but they were unable to get any help slowing down Aden Holloway and his 26 for the Crimson Tide. After the opening defeat at the hands of the Tide, UK still in search of some consistent performance and rotation, lost at home to Missouri

1/11/2026 The Catamounts improved to 2-0 in America East action this week with victories over New Hampshire and Binghamton. Next up is Maine. All eyes will be on Ace Flagg, Cooper's brother. When I watch this Maine team, mine eyes are fixed on the glory that is senior forward John Shea, who has been blessed with a strong chin and a head of hair as thick and mysterious as the Amazon. 11/15/2025 The Catamounts continued their winning ways this week by defeating Brown University

12/19/2025 The start of the season has been a little bit surprising considering that eight of the thirteen players on Penn State are first year freshman.    After defeating four "internet schools" along with other schools that are somewhat known in non-conference play and finishing 8-1, they opened Big Ten play with an embarrassing loss to Indiana. However, Mike Rhoades and his Nittany Lion squad responded with a very close game against #9 nationally ranked Michigan State, fa

12/19/2025 The reigning USCAA Division Two Small College national runner ups are having an up and down season. Schuylkill is starting the year at 5-7 as they conclude the 2025 portion of the season.    After starting the season with two wins, they lost six in a row, including to Division 2 squad Kutztown University, which has a better football team than basketball. After that skid, they won three of their final four to go into winter break.     Amir Gray has been the highligh

12/19/2025 The Lady Lions opened the season 2-0. Then they fell into a skid, losing five games in a row. After that they won two of their last five, including one of the wins being a forfeit.    Not a lot of big-time stats for the Lady Lions, but Serena Jones has 11.4 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game. Another solid player is Ava Novak who is behind Jones in points per game with 9.1 and she also has 7.7 rebounds per game. Jones and Novak are the top two free throw sho

12/19/2025 Non-conference play has been a roller coaster journey to say the least. After winning six of nine games, they lose by 40 to third ranked South Carolina. When playing a team with that high of a caliber, what do you expect to happen?    Kiyomi McMiller and Gracie Merkle have been carrying the Lady Lions through a solid start to the season.    This weekend, the Lady Lions will play two games. They play VCU on Saturday, and Richmond on Sunday. After that, they enter Bi

11/30/2025 There’s something amiss in Dayton’s kitchen. Head Coach Anthony Grant earned his Michelin Star in 2020 with a top-5 Flyer team. Now, it looks like he can’t turn on a stove.  Despite a good Thanksgiving feast, Flyer fans are left with a bad taste in their mouths.  “Not a good coach,” and “didn’t have to be so painful,” were phrases that appeared on my texts this week as Dayton routinely built leads and lost them. Against Marquette November 19, the Flyers gave up a 1

11/9/2025 11/30/2025 The Big East felt it got snubbed by the tourney committee last year. So this year they entered with 3 teams in the top 25 and two in the top 5.  5 weeks later, it looks like the committee has the last laugh, as the conference is not getting it done. One team dropped completely out and St John's has gone from 5 down to 14.  The only team holding its own is UConn, which is fitting, since that was the message the league sent to the tournament selection commi

11/30/2025 I am still feeling pretty good about what I have seen so far this year from the Bonnies. And - I have actually been able to SEE them! Living outside Phoenix, Arizona it is somewhat of a rare occurrence to have a St. Bonaventure game available to watch, but that has been the case for three of the last four games. I am highly recommending Fubo these days. The Fort Myers Tip Off tournament put the Bonnies up against the North Carolina Tar Heels. Both teams were undefe

11/28/2025 After a 5-0 start, the Orangemen lost their way in Vegas. They managed to go 0-3 against teams from the former Big 8 (is it now 10, 12, 14, 16, or more?). They lost by ever larger margins as the tournament went along. Tuesday brings Tennessee and a chance for redemption--or another double-digit defeat. 10/31/2025 Syracuse basketball tips off on Nov. 3 against the mighty Binghamton University Bearcats (what the Hell's a Bearcat?) to open a new season. Hope springs e

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