By: Ben Brady Come tournament time not many analysts pay attention to the Patriot League or give it much stock for a team to do anything. The biggest moment that gave the conference national spotlight was Lehigh upsetting second seeded Duke in 2012. The Patriot League has some of the fiercest competition within their own […]
By: Matthew Terry The Oregon Ducks need a change. A powerhouse in the Pac-12 since the late 2000’s, the Oregon Ducks are faltering with a 3-6 record. Head Coach Mark Helfrich has struggled in the past few years after getting to a National Championship in 2014. With Nike founder and famed Oregon alum and donor […]
By: Olivia Gerling The 2016-17 season could turn out to be a battle between New Mexico State and Grand Canyon University. Ranked No. 1 in the Western Athletic Conference during the 2015-16 season, New Mexico State is looking to continue their reign at the top of the leaderboard. NM State was named preseason favorites to […]
By: Cole Locascio The Georgia Bulldogs softball team completed its sweep of Mizzou this past weekend at University Field in Columbia, Missouri. Following two landslide victories in the first two games of the series, the Dawgs capped their weekend sweep with a 6-3 win on Sunday against the Tigers. During Coach Ehren Earleywine’s entire tenure […]
By: Mark Stanley Saturday afternoon the 14th-ranked Missouri Tigers took the field for Game 2 of a 3-game weekend series against SEC foe 10th-ranked Georgia. The Tigers dropped the first game of the series the previous night in 12-4 routing by the Bulldogs. The Tigers hoped to come out and put forth a better showing […]
By: Benjamin Brady Columbia, Mo – Coming off an impressive 2-0 victory yesterday where Tanner Houck threw 9 innings of no run baseball, freshman LHP Michael Plassmeyer would have big shoes to fill. Plassmeyer would deliver, pitching 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball. Plassmeyer would only give up 3 hits with five strikeouts, and lead Missouri […]
By: Matthew Terry Once again, Tanner Houck was straight up dominant. Houck pitched nine innings of shutout baseball, striking out 10 while only giving up 4 hits and walking just one, as the bats got behind him in the first and the eighth to give Mizzou the 2-0 victory. Houck got off to a hot […]
By: Cameron Redler The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is in the books, and if you’re unlike me, and your champion is still alive, congratulations (Curse you Michigan St!). It was mostly a great weekend of games, personified greatly through Northern Iowa, who had the ultimate high when Paul Jesperson hit a half court […]
By: Taylor Wilson The American Athletic Conference has a lot to play for this week. Despite perennial power SMU sitting out due to NCAA penalties, the remaining ten members head to Orlando to try for an AAC crown and an automatic bid to the dance. There could be as many as 5 teams with […]
By: Matthew Terry Ahh, now here’s the write up everyone’s been waiting for! The Greatest Conference on the face of the Earth! The conference so awesome that it has “Fun” in the name! It’s the Fun Belt (not really, but go with it). Now, seriously, the Sun Belt tournament starts on March 10, and […]