mid-majors

Sacred Heart junior guard No. 33 Amelia Wood (in white, high in the picture) looks toward the basket and shoots a three in the Pioneers 74-48 win over Merrimack on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Sacred Heart endures highs and lows during final playoff push

By Ben Yeargin / February 23, 2025

Wood: “We have to get two wins in a row”

Saint Peter's huddles up together right inside the three-point line at Leo D. Mahoney Arena.

Saint Peter’s relying on its defense amid its shaky playoff situation

By Ben Yeargin / February 15, 2025

Leedham: ‘It’s inch-by-inch … one little inch, that’s the difference’

A basketball and trophy are displayed at the 2022 Big South basketball media days in Charlotte, N.C. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

Gardner-Webb remaining silent as head coach Scott Merritt is dismissed

By Mitchell Northam / February 6, 2025

After less than two seasons on the job in the Big South, Scott Merritt is out as Gardner-Webb’s head basketball coach

Four Niagara women's basketball players (in black) huddle around each other while freshman guard Nevaeh Otis (No. 1, center) looks to her right and has her hands on her hips. (Photo credit: Demetrius Kazanas).

How Niagara is trying to find silver linings in its one-win season

By Ben Yeargin / February 6, 2025

Pierce: ‘We’re learning lessons here, and we just got to start to figure it out and put it together’

Fairfield sophomore guard Kaety L'Amoreaux dribbles the ball upcourt while looking to her right.

Inside the preparations for, and takeaways from, Quinnipiac-Fairfield

By Ben Yeargin / January 31, 2025

Carly Thibault-DuDonis: ‘[Grit] is what this team has always hung our hat on’

Manhattan junior guard Brianna Davis (in white) releases a jump shot with her right hand and looks toward the basket over Fordham junior guard Chae Harris (in black) in the Jaspers 65-58 win on Nov. 20. (Photo credit: Vincent Dusovic).

‘Learn from the mistakes’: Manhattan hoping to escape hot-and-cold start to conference play

By Ben Yeargin / January 24, 2025

Davis: ‘We have to adapt better’

Jordyn Dorsey dribbles the ball in a game against Hampton. She leads North Carolina A&T, the CAA preseason favorite (photo credit: Erin E. Mizelle, North Carolina A&T Athletics)

2024-25 CAA preview

By Rob Knox / October 30, 2024

Season outlook for each CAA program

UC Irvine guard Deja Lee attacks the defense during the Big West Tournament semifinals.

2024-25 Big West Conference preview

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / October 15, 2024

Breaking down the Big West rosters and predicting who will come out on top

Fairfield's Janelle Brown stands in the middle of a huddle for the Stags and raises her right hand in the air.

‘The people make the place’: At Fairfield, success is all about family

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / May 11, 2024

An in-depth look at a mid-major on the rise

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