3/13/2026 One of my favorite commercials is the GEICO commercial when Caleb the Camel strolls through an office asking people what day it is, knowing full well that it’s Wednesday.  “Mike Mike Mike Mike MIke, what day is it Mike?” “Hump Dayyyyy!!!!!!!” Hilarity ensues.  Illinois Coach Brad Underwood can relate. The hump is where he exists. Every single day is now “hump day” for him. Can he ever get over the hump, or will he be followed by the proverbial camel mocking him for

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

2/1/2026 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