Mid-Majors

UNI's Maya McDermott drives against Drake's Katie Dinnebier

Familiar faces battled in the Missouri Valley Conference semifinals

By Angie Holmes / March 17, 2024

These Drake and UNI stars have been playing each other since high school

Patriot League notebook: Boston U-Holy Cross title game preview

By Todd Goclowski / March 16, 2024

Terriers, Crusaders run it back in the best rivalry in the league

Several members of the Princeton bench clap, cheer and pump their fists as they watch the action on the court.

‘No matter what it looks like’: Princeton, Columbia survive semifinal scares, set up titanic Ivy League title clash

By Jenn Hatfield / March 16, 2024

Princeton showed rare jitters, while Columbia kept its nerve after being upset last season

UC Davis' Mazatlan Harris celebrates after eliminating Hawaii in the Big West Tournament

Big West Tournament Semifinals: An upset and some chalk

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / March 15, 2024

The Big West Tournament Semifinals featured an upset and top seed advancing.

A preview thumbnail for the Locked on Women's Basketball podcast covering bracketology, featuring an image of a press conference backdrop branded with the March Madness logo and #MARCHMADNESS, with a banner on the bottom in white text on an orange background that reads "Previewing Selection Sunday"

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Bracketology 101

By The Next / March 15, 2024

Bracketologist Megan Gauer joins the pod to preview Sunday’s bracket reveal.

USC guards McKenzie Forbes and Kayla Padilla wear championship hats and T-shirts along with reflective sunglasses as they answer questions in a press conference after winning the Pac-12 Tournament.

How the Ivy League reacted to its alumnae winning the Pac-12 Tournament

By Jenn Hatfield / March 15, 2024

‘The people in this league can succeed anywhere they want’

From left to right, Drake's Katie Dinnebier, Anna Miller, and Grace Berg pose with their trophies and plaques at the 2024 MVC Awards banquet.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament notebook: Drake aims to defend title

By Angie Holmes / March 15, 2024

Top four seeds play in Hoops in the Heartland quarterfinals Friday

Patriot League notebook: Semifinal round playoff preview and game breakdowns

By Todd Goclowski / March 14, 2024

Top seeds hang on to set up semifinal showdowns among the league’s best

A zoomed-out view of the Levien Gymnasium court and capacity crowd.

What to watch for in the 2024 Ivy League Tournament

By Jenn Hatfield / March 13, 2024

Same semifinal matchups as 2023 — but maybe different results?

Five Cornell players sit on stools in a horizontal line facing head coach Dayna Smith. Their teammates and the rest of the staff huddle in a semicircle around them.

After 22 years, Dayna Smith is out as Cornell’s head coach

By Jenn Hatfield / March 12, 2024

The Big Red have struggled since winning their lone Ivy League title in 2008