11/23/2025 TL;DR    Friday night hoops - USC without the great JuJu (Watkins). Notre Dame with tons of (the good kind of) juju. Up and down the season goes. And we are only five games in. No. 24 Notre Dame bounced back from getting throttled last weekend by Michigan to stun No. 11 Southern Cal, 61-59, in South Bend. Hannah Hidalgo was the hero with 22 points including a clutch mid-range bucket with less than two seconds left. The defense was outstanding all night for the Iris

11/23/2025 Before I begin my column responding to Davidson’s victory over Boston College, I would like to mention that BC is my editor’s alum and fellow writer Sadie Barend’s college, so I may temper my reaction to avoid upsetting anyone here at CBT. So with that in mind: ahem LET’SSSS GOOOOO WOOOO HOLY MOLY ME OH MY, THAT’S A WIN OVER A POWER FIVE SCHOOL! WE ARE SUCH A BETTER BASKETBALL SCHOOL THAN BC COULD EVER HOPE TO BE. SERIOUSLY, WHAT DOES THE BC STAND FOR? BASKETBALL C

11/15/2025 The Catamounts continued their winning ways this week by defeating Brown University. Overcoming the Ivy League school was difficult. UVM took a Princeton Review course to prepare for the SAT, tried their hand at the ACT, hired a writing coach to help them craft their college essay, and applied early decision. 11/11/2025 The Catamounts kicked off the regular season with victories over Western New England and Plattsburgh State. Thus far, Vermont has won 100% of their

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