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Since 2005, the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award has celebrated the best of the Mid-Majors coaching staff. With the recent nominations announced and the looming end-of-season competitions, all eyes are on top teams, from the Belmont Bruins to the Loyola Chicago Ramblers.
In fact, part of what makes the Mid-Majors so exciting is watching athletes, coaches, and universities with small names (compared to larger conferences) excel and improve over time. There’s always a worthy battle in each conference, whether the AAC’s battle between Wichita and Houston or Summit’s rivalry between UM Kansas City and South Dakota.
Ohio Valley championship
For the first time since Kenneth Faried was hoovering up every rebound across the Ohio Valley, the Morehead State Eagles are headed to the NCAA Tournament.
Johni Broome compiled a Faried-ian stat line with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and two blocks to lead the Eagles to an 86-71 win over Belmont in Evansville, clinching the program’s first March Madness bid since 2011.
The freshman big was nearly unstoppable on the block, making 12 of his 19 shots to earn the OVC Tournament MVP. He was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammates DeVon Cooper and Skyelar Potter, fellow freshman Wendell Green Jr. of Eastern Kentucky, and do-it-all Belmont point guard Grayson Murphy.
INDIANAPOLIS – Utah cross country senior Poppy Tank is headed to Stillwater, Okla., to compete as an individual at the 2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on March 15 the governing body announced Sunday afternoon. The 6k race will air on ESPNU for the first time since 2009.
Oklahoma State will play host to the championship meet at the OSU Cross Country Course four months after its scheduled date due to Covid-19.
Very excited and proud of Poppy, head coach Kyle Kepler said. She returns to the NCAA Championships after a second-consecutive First-Team All-Pac-12 performance. She s running as well and consistent as she ever has in her career. Her goals for next Monday are very high and certainly well within reach reflected by the way she s run against some of the best competition in the country this year.