Anything But Mid College Basketball Podcast

Anything But Mid College Basketball Podcast

All the best podcast takes from Mid-Major Madness

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October 11, 2025 31 mins

Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne discuss the always competitive conferences of the Missouri Valley, Mountain West and NEC. They start the show by talking about the recent reports of the NCAA Tournament likely headed to expanding to 76 teams sooner rather than later. (Spoiler: they're not fans of the move.)


Read more on the NCAA Tournament expansion talks: Get ready… 76 teams is not far away (sigh)

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We have a special guest on this episode. We're sure you can guess who it is based on which conference is included... Sam Federman. Sam chatted with Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne to break down the MAAC and Ivy. The episode also includes looks into the MAC and MEAC.

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Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne continue their swing around conference season previews. They breakdown the Big West, Coastal, CUSA and Horizon. It's the return of Aidan Mahaney to the mid-major ranks, and Liberty is looking really good in CUSA.

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The conference preview shows continue as Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks look into the American, Big Sky and Big South conferences.

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Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne dive into conference previews for the Atlantic 10, America East and ASUN. They begin the episode with the breaking news of Billy Lange leaving St. Joseph's for a job with the New York Knicks and being replaced by Steve Donahue.

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June 23, 2025 53 mins

Sam Federman hosts this edition of the Anything But Mid and welcomes Maxwell Baumbach from No Ceilings NBA to the podcast. The two of them discuss some of their favorite players in advance of the 2025 NBA Draft, which begins Wednesday.

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The NBA Draft is just about a month away. Mid-Major Madness site editor Lance Hartzler joins Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne to break down the mid-major names to be on the look out for this NBA Draft season.


Read Lance's mid-major players who might be worth your time article.

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Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne are joined by Matt Throne, who created and runs the Hardwood YouTube channel. He makes videos about college basketball, including one for each game of the NCAA Tournament for each of the last two season.


Hardwood YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hardwood_yt

Matt on Twitter: https://x.com/Matt_Throne

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It's been a busy last few days. All the mid-majors in the NCAA Tournament bowed out by the end of the second round, which opened the door for a busy start to the coaching carousel. Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne dive into all these details.


Coaching Carousel Tracker: https://www.midmajormadness.com/2025/3/30/24396622/mid-major-coaching-carousel

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March 17, 2025 32 mins

Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks give their initial thoughts on the men's and women's NCAA Tournament brackets. Find out who are some sleepers they see in each region.

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March 12, 2025 47 mins

Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne discuss the conference tournaments that take center stage in the days leading up to Selection Sunday.

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Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks discuss the conferences that have begun their conference tournaments and what they're looking for this weekend as the fields in each conference gets narrowed down.

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February 28, 2025 23 mins

The Atlantic Sun men's tournament is the first one to commence as the first round tips off Sunday. Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne sit down with ASUN Commissioner Jeff Bacon to learn more about what goes into putting on a conference tournament and preview the action in the ASUN men's and women's fields.

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Norfolk State head men's basketball coach Robert Jones joins Ian Sacks on this episode of the podcast and discusses the success the Spartans are having this season leading the MEAC. They also touch on HBCUs, their importance and the rivalries that run deep.

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Jeremy Shulman is in his first season leading UT Martin and has the Seahawks in the mix in the OVC. He spent the last 14 seasons at Eastern Florida State College. He chatted with Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne about his first impressions of Division I basketball.

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Bracketeer.org's Rocco Miller joins Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne on the latest episode of the Anything but Mid podcast. He reviews why Saint Mary's is trending to a top-5 seed once again, what is happening in the Mountain West this season with New Mexico, Utah State and San Diego State at the top, plus his process for projecting the teams in the field of 68.

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February 1, 2025 27 mins

Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne discuss who would be their mid-major all-Americans as the calendar flips from January to February.

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Ian Sacks and Isaac Bourne discuss how there are numerous teams in the mix in the American, CUSA and WCC. The WAC and Big West races are also taking shape.

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Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks finish their series breaking down what they've seen from all the conferences through the first month of the season. They discuss the Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WCC and WAC.

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Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks are back to take another snapshot of multiple mid-major conferences as the first conference games are being played. The discuss the CAA, C-USA, Horizon, Ivy, MAAC, MAC, MEAC and Missouri Valley.

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