
Lance Hartzler
Editor and Contributor at Mid-Major Madness
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1 month ago |
midmajormadness.com | Lance Hartzler
James Snook-Imagn Images The transfer portal has really messed with the idea of a mid-major player going in the top 10 of the NBA Draft, huh? Long-gone are the days that players that came from the mid-major level like Damian Lillard (Weber State), Obi Toppin (Dayton), Jarace Walker (pre-Big 12 Houston), Jalen Williams (Santa Clara) CJ McCollum (Lehigh) get major buzz in the lottery. Instead, our sons land themselves (generally) later or they explode at a high-major squad.
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1 month ago |
midmajormadness.com | Lance Hartzler
Followers of the Big Sky Conference know Sacramento State well. The program with just two winning seasons since the early 1990s is most known for its charming high-school-level of a gym fondly called “The Nest” — which is one of the NCAA’s oldest facilities being in operation since 1955. It sits a whopping 1,000 attendees. The Hornets have often been feisty in a number of Big Sky seasons but have never amounted to much at all. The Nest is rumbling, though, with a run of major moves in 2025.
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2 months ago |
midmajormadness.com | Lance Hartzler
Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images As we look toward the end of the Mountain West as we know it (you can read a bit about that here), we here at Mid-Major Madness decided to take a shot at doing a little way, way, way too early prediction for the 2025-26 season. In the latest SBNation Reacts poll, San Diego State was picked as the early frontrunner with 42% of the votes, followed by Utah State (23%), Boise State (19%) and New Mexico (16%).
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2 months ago |
bvmsports.com | Lance Hartzler
The Reno Aces placed catcher Adrian Del Castillo on the seven-day injured list on Saturday, according to the transactions list. Reno Aces placed C Adrian Del Castillo on the 7-day injured list, per transactions list. - Alex Weiner (@alexjweiner) March 29, 2025 Del Castillo was optioned to Triple-A Reno last week, losing the Diamondbacks ' opening day backup catcher spot to Jose Herrera. The earliest Del Castillo can return to action is April 6.
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Mar 30, 2025 |
midmajormadness.com | Lance Hartzler
Hannah Butler Last updated Sunday, March 30. All our dear mid-major teams have come and gone from the NCAA Tournament, and with their departure also comes the coaching carousel.
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