College Basketball: Big South Conference

Madness is coming. Selection Sunday is mere days away and Andy Katz irons out his last bracket prediction with Purdue, Houston, UConn and North Carolina as the No. 1 seeds. Take a look at Katz's predicted 68-team field below. View the entire table by scrolling/swiping to the left. First four out: St.

Tickets to March Madness have been punched. The first NCAA Tournament automatic bids were awarded via the Ohio Valley men's and women's conference tournaments. UT Martin became the first March Madness-bound program after defeating Little Rock in the women's semifinals on Friday. The Ohio Valley's automatic bid ultimately wasn't decided by the…

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Is your team in the field of 68 in the latest Bracketology projections at ClutchPoints? Welcome to the first edition of Bracketology in the month of February here at ClutchPoints, and before we dive into my most recently updated NCAA Tournament Bracket projections, I want to use this opening section to shout out two particular mid-major programs…

The Week 9 college football slate included one game with Big South teams involved. Keep reading to see results and key players from that game. Watch college football all season long on Fubo and ESPN+ ! Pregame Favorite: UT Martin (-5.5) Pregame Total: 53.

The 2023 FCS playoff bracket has 10 auto-bids and 14 at-large bids. Eight teams will be seeded with first-round byes. How the playoff field changes and takes shape every week is fascinating. So after every weekend of games moving forward, I will predict what the bracket will look like. Below are predictions for the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids,…

As we enter Week 8 of the college football season, which team sits on top of the Big South? We break it all down below in our freshly updated power rankings. Watch college football all season long on Fubo and ESPN+ ! Projected records only reflect games against FCS opponents. Current Record: 2-4 | Projected Record: 5-4 Overall Rank: 61st Strength…

The series that began in 1898 is tied 64-64-5 and on Nov. 18, the football regular season closes for the University of Richmond and William & Mary. The Spiders and Tribe just might be undefeated against FCS competition when they meet at Zable Stadium. If that lands as an audacious projection, appreciate that both teams are ranked in the Stats…

The Big South-OVC Football Association may be a marriage of realignment convenience (or necessity), but look past the merger and you'll find an FCS conference that is now ripe for an inaugural auto-bid race with more questions than answers. Here are the top returning players and our predicted order of finish in the Big South-OVC.

SEMO's football schedule this year has six Big South-OVC games, four FCS non-conference matchups, and one FBS opponent. Here are game-by-game predictions for the Redhawks, who are ranked No. 11 in HERO Sports' FCS Preseason Top 25. at Kansas State SEMO should have a respectable performance against a good P5 squad. But this will likely be a…

Gardner-Webb ranks No. 22 in HERO Sports' FCS Preseason Top 25. The Runnin' Bulldogs finished 7-6 overall last year, 6-3 vs. the FCS, and 5-0 in the Big South. They beat Eastern Kentucky 52-41 in the first round of the playoffs before losing 54-14 at William & Mary. Three of their regular-season losses were to FBS opponents: Coastal Carolina…

Samford ranks No. 8 in HERO Sports' FCS Preseason Top 25. The Bulldogs lost 27-9 at No. 3 seed North Dakota State in the 2022 FCS quarterfinals as the No. 6 seed. They finished 11-2 overall and 11-1 vs. the FCS. Here's a look at this year's Samford football squad. Place College Football Wagers at BetMGM! 1st Team QB Michael Hiers WR Chandler…

The No. 2 seed UCLA Bruins were given a favorable location in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament as they face the No. 15-seed UNC Asheville Bulldogs in Sacramento. Read on for our UNC Asheville vs. UCLA college basketball picks based on the top NCAAB odds. UNC Asheville (27-7, 16-2) won its fourth Big South Conference tournament title since…

What a monumental upset it would be if the Campbell Fighting Camels (16-17, 18-13 ATS) could complete their fairy tale week with a win over the Big South's top seed, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs (26-7, 16-14-1 ATS), when they meet in the conference title game on Sunday, March 5th at the Bojangles' Coliseum. Read on for a Campbell vs UNC Asheville…

The No. 1 seed UNC-Asheville Bulldogs take on the No. 8 Charleston Southern Buccaneers in the 2023 Big South Tournament on Friday. This is the first of four matchups on Friday at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte. UNC Asheville is 2-0 against Charleston Southern this season and enters the game with a 16-2 mark in Big South play. Charleston Southern…

Teams that split during the regular season meet when the Charleston Southern Buccaneers play the High Point Panthers in a Big South Conference Tournament first-round matchup on Wednesday. The Buccaneers (9-20, 5-13 Big South), who placed ninth in the conference standings, snapped a seven-game losing streak on Saturday with an 85-59 win…

It's the most wonderful time of the year for a college basketball fan with tournament time upon us. With the best record in the Big South, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs are slim+250 favorites to take the conference title with last year's winners, Longwood right behind them with+260 odds. It's been seven years since UNC Asheville were last crowned…

Tonight's college basketball schedule includes a nationally-televised battle for first place in the Big South, where Longwood (12-5, 4-0 Big South) visits UNC Asheville (11-6, 3-1 Big South). The matchup between the Lancers and Bulldogs is set for a 7:00 pm ET tip at Kimmel Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, and you can catch the action on…

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs (10-6, 2-1 Big South) welcome in the Campbell Fighting Camels (6-9, 1-2 Big South) after winning four home games in a row. It begins at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Bulldogs' (-205 to win on the moneyline) matchup versus the…

The Longwood Lancers (10-5, 2-0 Big South) will visit the Charleston Southern Buccaneers (5-8, 1-1 Big South) after victories in three road games in a row. It starts at 7:00 PM ET on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Lancers' (-289 to win on the moneyline) contest against…

The Presbyterian Blue Hose (5-9, 1-0 Big South) hope to extend a three-game winning stretch when visiting the Radford Highlanders (6-8, 0-1 Big South) at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Donald N. Dedmon Center. The matchup airs on ESPN. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Highlanders' (-420…

The Campbell Fighting Camels (5-8, 0-1 Big South) will look to halt a three-game losing skid when hosting the Longwood Lancers (9-5, 1-0 Big South) on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Pope Convocation Center. This matchup is at 2:00 PM ET on ESPN. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Lancers' (-132 to win…

The FCS playoffs got off to a high-scoring start last weekend, but the action figures to get more physical, defensive and heated in the second round on Saturday. Or the round of 16, if that sounds sweeter in the trenches. Eight seeded teams will come out of Thanksgiving byes, each hoping to feast on a first-round winner, but the visiting opponents…

Last season, the Lancers won the Big South tournament and earned their first trip to the NCAA tournament as a Division I program. In that 2021-2022 season, Longwood had the best record in the Big South at 15-1 and led over Winthrop wire-to-wire through the entire Big South tournament championship game. For a program that's not discussed very often…

Welcome to the 2022 FCS Jersey Countdown. Leading up to the start of weekly college football odds and Week 0 games on Aug. 27, HERO Sports will name the best returning FCS player by jersey number, 99-0. Due to rosters being updated at different times for teams across the country and to keep things consistent, jersey numbers are based on last…

The Gardner-Webb University Runnin' Bulldogs have made three postseason runs in their senior college football history. Those appearances are in the 1973 NAIA Poultry Bowl, the 1987 NAIA Playoffs, and the 1992 NAIA national championship, the Champion Bowl. Since joining NCAA Division I-AA/FCS in 2000, Gardner-Webb has earned a pair of Big South…