Mid-Majors

Two players battle for a basketball on a court. The player on the left is in a blue uniform and the player on the right is in a white uniform.

How Destiny Leo is making her mark as a Lady Rebel

By Kelly Johnson / December 3, 2025

La Rocque: ‘She’s doing everything that we’re asking’

American head coach Kelly Killion walks down the sideline during a game. She raises her right arm, gesturing to her players on the court.

Despite early struggles, Kelly Killion is Eagle-eyed about what she wants to build at American

By Jenn Hatfield / December 3, 2025

Killion: ‘These games are going to shift … our tide’

Four side-by-side photos of Ivy League alumnae playing for professional basketball teams overseas. In two of the photos, the players are dribbling the ball with their right hand. In a third, the player is shooting an open right-handed jump shot, and in the fourth, the player is shooting an open left-handed layup.

Why an increasing share of Ivy League graduates are playing professional basketball

By Jenn Hatfield / November 29, 2025

Since 2018, 20% of Ivy League women’s basketball graduates have turned pro

Yale guard Kiley Capstraw dribbles the ball with her right hand and scans the court. A Northeastern defender is in front of her but not guarding her very tightly.

After rebuilding her confidence, Yale’s Kiley Capstraw isn’t just back to her old self. She’s better

By Jenn Hatfield / November 29, 2025

Capstraw: ‘I’m so confident in probably every single part of my game right now’

Davidson head coach Gayle Fulks sits in the middle of her players, who are in a circle around her, during a timeout. A member of her staff is leaning over behind her.

Davidson head coach Gayle Fulks receives contract extension

By Natalie Heavren / November 26, 2025

What Fulks’ extension means for the Wildcats

Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade stands smiling with her arms crossed in front of a collage of photos of A-10 universities and student-athletes playing their respective sports.

How Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade became a sports ‘pioneer’

By Natalie Heavren / November 25, 2025

Tamika Williams-Jeter: ‘That’s something she can hold a legacy on — that now young women think they can be commissioners’

Laine McGurk drives the ball to the basket on a fastbreak.

CAA notebook: How Laine McGurk went berserk and fueled Drexel’s victory over Pitt

By Rob Knox / November 23, 2025

Also a look at North Carolina A&T’s D’Mya Tucker, Towson’s 3-point shooting and Charleston’s long road trip

A graphic shows two close-up photos displayed side-by-side. On the left, Georgetown forward Chet Nweke holds the ball with two hands and looks up and ahead. On the right, Princeton guard Toby Nweke shoots a right-handed jump shot.

Amid the rigors of college basketball, Chet and Toby Nweke have a secret weapon: Each other

By Jenn Hatfield / November 21, 2025

The Georgetown graduate student and Princeton sophomore have lifted each other up through injuries and doubts

North Carolina Central's Morgan Callahan dribbles in a game last year.

HBCU notebook: Inside Morgan Callahan’s decision to return to North Carolina Central

By Rob Knox / November 16, 2025

Also, a look at Howard’s 4-0 start and a profile of UAPB’s Indiya Bowen, plus notes on Delaware State and Alabama A&M

Several planes sit outside Newark Liberty International Airport. The city skyline is in the background.

Without charter flights, Ivy League teams roll with flight disruptions

By Jenn Hatfield / November 15, 2025

Megan Griffith: ‘It’s just, how do you respond in those moments?’