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

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

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

2/28/2026 UNC Greensboro Report, Week 16: The "It’s the Taxonomy, Stupid!" Edition Leopold and Loeb are shoulder-to-shoulder in the bleachers. Leopold is a die-hard Greensboro fan; Loeb has trekked from Johnson City, Tennessee, to back his alma mater, East Tennessee State (ETSU). They are strangers, united only by a shared section and the same questionable scalper. With five minutes left, ETSU leads by three. The tension is thick. Naturally, they begin to communicate the way

3/1/2026 In League With Creighton Week 16: The “Imposter Syndrome" Edition Writing a column about a team that has, for all intents and purposes, been eliminated from NCAA tournament contention is a grim task. At this point in the season, I’ve exhausted every observation, statistic, and world-weary metaphor available. When I took my concerns to my editor, Dave, hoping for support, he offered a different sort of motivation. “Stop your pathetic sniveling, you lazy child of an un

2/27/2026 The Southwest "Wait, We’re Still Playing?" Classic: A Recap FAYETTEVILLE, AR  — In a game that can only be described as "accidentally athletic," the  No. 20 Arkansas Razorbacks  defeated the  Texas A&M Aggies 99-84  on Wednesday night. The matchup, held in the deafening, hog-scented confines of Bud Walton Arena, proved once and for all that while Aggies are great at puzzles (reportedly finishing a "2-3 years" box in just 45 days), they still haven't figured out how

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

2/26/2026 Kennesaw State Report Week 15: The “Stranger on a Train” Edition I was genuinely impressed by Kennesaw’s gutty 58-55 win over Louisiana Tech last Saturday. The way they slammed the door on the scoreboard to close it out was nothing short of inspiring. I was so amped that, despite being 20 miles outside of Los Angeles, I decided I had to find a way to the next game. I looked into flights, but the only option was a red-eye on Frontier. Having almost suffered a hernia

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

2/23/2026 A thrilling “Big Monday” victory 70-67 for Iowa State against Houston this past Monday at Hilton Coliseum. Hilton Magic. I guess a yellow-out is better than a white-out. Nate Heise hit a go ahead 3 pointer in the final seconds to seal a game that lived up to the hype on National TV. Definitely an impressive two game home stand against Kansas and Houston. The win moves the Cyclones to 23-3 and a tie for second in the conference. Now we are predicting a loss Saturday

2/16/2026 Alright ladies and gentlemen, it is time for my favorite part of the week: to recall just how much TCU basketball played with my emotions. This week was especially toxic, reminiscent of a relationship where I should have been gone long ago. Instead, I’m fully ready and excited to get my heart shattered in March. I can taste the depression ice cream already.    The lowpoint? A loss to UCF that was never particularly close, where the squad shot an abysmal 19% from lon

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

2/16/2026 The Lady Bonnies sent a shot through the heart of VCU!  On this Valentine's Day the Lady Bonnies showed VCU no love.  This was the first win by Coach Crowley against the Rams.  Games are won and lost in the paint and the Bonnies did the job scoring 26;points in the paint.  Two Lady Bonnies were in double figures and a couple of others came up big when they were needed.  This was a sweet win for the Ladies.  The Lady Bonnies will take a week off and prepare for Loyol

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

2/10/2026 For a country that couldn’t even agree on collectively viewing a half-time show, I believe there is one thing we can all agree on: That was one of the most disgusting football games we’ve ever seen.  In light of this crime against the sport of football, I want to share some crimes against the activity of football watching I had the displeasure of seeing tonight: I walked into my friend’s dorm for our Super Bowl watch party to find my friend Ethan surrounded by 15 of

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 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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