Checking In On… the Ivy League
Michael James is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League. You can also find his musings on Twitter at @ivybball. Looking Back Rising Tide Keeps Rising – Despite a rocky start to the 2014-15 campaign,...
View ArticleO26 Midseason Awards: Jeff Jones, Kyle Collinsworth, 10 All-Americans…
With conference play having begun in most leagues across the country, it‘s time now to pass out some midseason superlatives to deserving players and coaches across the O26 world. A few of these guys...
View ArticleO26 Weekly Awards: Albany, Saah Nimley, Ben Jacobson & Dartmouth…
Throughout the season, the Other 26 microsite will run down our weekly superlatives, including team, player, coach and whatever else strikes our fancy in that week’s edition. O26 Team of the Week...
View ArticleO26 Weekly Awards: Harvard, Jalen Cannon, Jim Les & Rice
Throughout the season, the Other 26 microsite will run down our weekly superlatives, including team, player, coach and whatever else strikes our fancy in that week’s edition. O26 Team of the Week...
View ArticleCircle of March: Vol. VI
We’re already through the first “week” of Championship Fortnight, and some 58 eligible teams have been eliminated from contention from the Circle of March (and National Championship contention). Friday...
View ArticleBracket Prep: Texas Southern, Harvard & Wyoming
Let’s finish off the Bracket Prep series with our reviews of each of the weekend mid-major automatic qualifiers to help you fill out your bracket. Here’s a primer on each of the most recent bid...
View ArticleWhere 2015-16 Happens: Reason #24 We Love College Basketball
Here we go… headfirst into another season heralded by our 2015-16 edition of Thirty Reasons We Love College Basketball, our annual compendium of YouTube clips from the previous season completely...
View ArticleThe Mid-Major Disadvantage: The Power of the Power Conferences
For the first time in recent memory, Gonzaga is in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament. Throughout a season in which the Zags began in the top 10, they have experienced a variety of miscues (home...
View ArticleWhere 2016-17 Happens: Reason #17 We Love College Basketball
As RTC heads into its 10th season — Season X, if you will — covering college basketball, it’s time to begin releasing our annual compendium of YouTube clips that we like to call Thirty Reasons We Love...
View ArticlePreviewing Tight Races in the Mid-Majors: Part II
Yesterday we published Part I examining the tight races at the top of the WCC and Atlantic 10. Today in Part II we will take a closer look at projected two-horse races of the Ivy League and MAAC. Ivy...
View ArticleO26 At-Large Watch: Early Season Games With Late Season Impact
With March still several months away, it’s impossible to know which non-conference match-ups will actually prove critical once Selection Sunday arrives. But we here at the Other 26 microsite can...
View ArticleO26 Power 13: WCC Teams Reign Supreme
With the start of the regular season now just a few days away, it’s time to examine the O26 programs we think will shine in 2016-17. The school atop this list should come as no surprise. 1. Gonzaga —...
View Article2016-17 RTC Preseason O26 All-America Teams
At long last, college basketball has arrived. Here are our Preseason O26 All-American and Player of the Year selections. Player of the Year Valparaiso’s Alec Peters is our pick for O26 Player of the...
View ArticleO26 Feast Week in Review: Winners, Losers and a Little Extra Stuffing
With December nearly upon us and early-season narratives finally taking shape, let’s take a moment to assess which O26 teams fared well—and which didn’t—during last week’s onslaught of holiday hoops....
View ArticleExamining the Conference Unbeatens: Which Teams Can Go the Distance?
With one month left in the regular season, it’s no longer too early to consider which of the remaining conference unbeatens have a legitimate chance to enter March without a loss. So let’s dig in....
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