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Conference Preview: Sun Belt

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Chad

The Sun Belt conference was dominated by Georgia State last season. The Panthers went 17-1 in conference and then blew out Arkansas State in the Sun Belt tournament semifinals. This is why it was almost a complete shock when Louisiana-Lafayette … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Arkansas-Little Rock, college basketball, conference preview, Georgia Southern, georgia state, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Sun Belt Conference, Texas State, Texas-Arlington, Troy | Comments Off

Conference Preview: Summit League

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Chad

The Summit League says hello and goodbye as it heads into the 2014-15 season. The hello is for Oral Roberts, which returns after spending two seasons in the Southland to a conference that it had pretty much dominated through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged college basketball, conference preview, Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, oral roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State, summit league, Western Illinois | Comments Off

Conference Preview: SWAC

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Chad

Of the 32 conferences in Division I, the SWAC has been hit the hardest by the Academic Progress Rate rules, having had multiple teams ineligible for postseason play each of the last few years. Last season was perhaps the roughest … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, college basketball, conference preview, Grambling State, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, southern, swac, texas southern | Comments Off

Conference Preview: Southland

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Chad

If you have no done so already, make sure you check out our Preseason Bracketology Podcast here: https://hoopshd.com/2014/11/02/preseason-bracketology-podcast/ With thirteen members and only the top eight teams allowed into the conference tournament, it would appear that the Southland, in theory, … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, college basketball, conference preview, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, McNeese State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Comments Off

Conference Preview: Southern Conference

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Chad

Check out our Preseason Bracketology Podcast here: https://hoopshd.com/2014/11/02/preseason-bracketology-podcast/ The conference realignment craziness of the past few years seems to be finally coming to an end, and one of the victims of it all, once again, was the SoCon. Gone from … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged Chattanooga, college basketball, conference preview, East Tennessee State, Furman, mercer, Samford, Southern Conference, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, VMI, Western Carolina, Wofford | Comments Off

Conference Preview: Patriot League

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Chad

The NCAA established divisions prior to the 1947-48 season. Since then, some teams have left D1, but a ton more have joined (and some have left and then returned). However, of the teams that have been a member of D1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference Preview, News and Notes | Tagged american, Army, Boston University, Bucknell, Colgate, college basketball, conference preview, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola, Navy, Patriot League | Comments Off