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Rushing for 2000+ yards in a season is more common than you think. 16 players have gained 2000 yards rushing in a season since 2000. Two players achieved that milestone in both 2000 and 2016. And in 2019, four topped the 2K mark on the ground. Another did it in…

1. What are the most pertinent facts of the case? (Consider who? And what?) In the case, Taylor v. Wake Forest, Gregg Taylor, the plaintiff, and student-athlete, was granted a scholarship to play football at Wake Forest University. Wake Forest’s athletic GPA requirement was designed to ensure athletics have the…

by Karen Augé | Spring/Summer 2023 The team nobody expected to go anywhere nearly went the distance The Rangers women’s basketball team, which prognosticators picked to finish seventh in their conference, posted a 25–6 overall record. They finished not in seventh, but atop the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for the…

Photo: Wilmington University The Wilmington University softball team is heading to their first-ever NCAA DII Women’s College World Series after taking two games out of three in East Super Regional versus the Adelphi University Panthers. Wilmington dropped the second game of the series 4–1 and then punched their ticket to…

As I better understand the roles required in a successful college basketball program I have understood that scouting, film, and analytics are vital, yet they are handled very differently across various divisions and conferences. There are hundreds of college basketball teams out there and recently I’ve found myself wanting a…

The Wrecking Crew defense was an elite unit of the Texas A&M Aggies in the 80s and 90s. They were some of the best defenses in college football during that time. R.C. Slocum, former defensive coordinator (1982–1988) and head coach at Texas A&M from 1989 to 2002, likened the swarming…

This is the 5th year that I’ve put together an All-Black NCAA team for Division 1. Headline — 2.24 players on average per school! That's right. For the second year, we’ve cleared the average of 2+ black players per program. So encouraging to see how much representation has grown over…

(And how we should fix it.) — I am a bracketologist. Every Selection Sunday since 2017, I’ve released my final projections for which schools will make the 68-team field for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament and where they will be seeded. In 2023, I began doing the same for the D-I Women’s Basketball Tournament. The…

The Fabulous Five (not to be confused with the Fab Five) was the nickname given to the 1947–48 University of Kentucky Wildcats team. Most notably, it referred to Ralph Beard, Wallace Jones, Alex Groza, Cliff Barker and Kenny Rollins. That season, they finished as NCAA Champions with a record of…