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What can everybody else learn from college hockey?

What can everybody else learn from college hockey?

A special guest argues the rest of college sports could learn a thing or two from men's hockey

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Here's why they want to play college basketball games in Croatia and Serbia

Here's why they want to play college basketball games in Croatia and Serbia

We caught up with the promoters behind the latest attempt to take college sports international.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Game Planning for a Rebuild...and Beating Cancer

Game Planning for a Rebuild...and Beating Cancer

How UNCW’s head volleyball coach is treating cancer like any other opponent

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Here's why Cinderella doesn't show up anymore

Here's why Cinderella doesn't show up anymore

I believe the answer is more complicated than just "NIL and the Portal"

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
What the debate over expanding March Madness is missing

What the debate over expanding March Madness is missing

Making the bracket bigger, without making any other changes, won't let more Mid-Majors join the party

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Look! I FOIA'd all the operating budgets for Women's Basketball in FY25

Look! I FOIA'd all the operating budgets for Women's Basketball in FY25

Here's what it costs to head into March

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Here's what it costs to compete for a national title in college baseball

Here's what it costs to compete for a national title in college baseball

The operating budgets for (nearly) everybody from FY25, and more:

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
How college basketball schedules ACTUALLY get made:

How college basketball schedules ACTUALLY get made:

It isn't exactly like you think:

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
How St. Thomas has grown from D-III to the doorstep of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

How St. Thomas has grown from D-III to the doorstep of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

On what needed to be built, taught and grown before moving to the biggest of dances

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Here is a list of everybody Miami (OH) TRIED to schedule in men's basketball this season

Here is a list of everybody Miami (OH) TRIED to schedule in men's basketball this season

Don't blame the Redhawks for not having enough big names on their schedule. They tried to add plenty of them...and I've got the proof.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
The Hidden Pressure on College Sports’ Quietest Officials

The Hidden Pressure on College Sports’ Quietest Officials

In a world where stats are more important than ever...who is ACTUALLY logging those stats?

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Charleston Southern and the future of D-I women's flag football

Charleston Southern and the future of D-I women's flag football

Why flag football? Why now? And how is anybody supposed to piece together a conference schedule with participating teams spread all over the country?

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
What I'm learning from the latest athletic department budget reports

What I'm learning from the latest athletic department budget reports

The FY25 reports are trickling in. Here's what I'm seeing, and why you should care.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Oberlin: One of the worst teams in college football ... and also, maybe, the happiest?

Oberlin: One of the worst teams in college football ... and also, maybe, the happiest?

On the joy, and growth, from the bottom of the bottom

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Holy crap I can't believe Indiana won a national championship in FOOTBALL

Holy crap I can't believe Indiana won a national championship in FOOTBALL

Some numbers to put this into context

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Let's take a look at some more college GM contracts

Let's take a look at some more college GM contracts

The gig has changed. More sports are hiring GMs. But have the contracts changed?

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
GUEST POST: Reimagining the “Dream Factory” in 2026

GUEST POST: Reimagining the “Dream Factory” in 2026

The GM of the Howard men's basketball team takes us behind the curtain on one of the more innovative programs in the sport.

Joan Niesen
Matt Brown
Joan Niesen, +1
What can we learn from 2025 Indiana football?

What can we learn from 2025 Indiana football?

According to the previous ironclad rule of college football, there's no way the Hooisers should be here. So how did they do it?

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Chicago State Football has an opening date. Can the team be ready in time?

Chicago State Football has an opening date. Can the team be ready in time?

A closer look at Chicago State's, uh, aggressive timeline for FCS competition

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Athletic Director Simulator 4000, or how I found out ESPN reads Extra Points

Athletic Director Simulator 4000, or how I found out ESPN reads Extra Points

Plus! Notes on new coach contracts, the FOIA-mobile, and more ...

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Another reason for college athletics employment reform: the coaching carousel

Another reason for college athletics employment reform: the coaching carousel

Employment status for players without the mandated educational component would help fix a broken coaching marketplace.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
We don't need to turn Notre Dame into a MORAL PANIC

We don't need to turn Notre Dame into a MORAL PANIC

Some thoughts on Bowl Season and a complicated Playoff

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Some thoughts on the Cookie Man and college football's funniest coaching search so far

Some thoughts on the Cookie Man and college football's funniest coaching search so far

Plus notes on the SCORE Act and other notebook-emptying items

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
What it means to be okay with not being okay

What it means to be okay with not being okay

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule makes a critical point about support and mental health, even in a transactional world.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Coaching buyouts are more proof that  money isn't real

Coaching buyouts are more proof that money isn't real

Coaching buyout numbers shouldn't be accelerating like this. But they are.

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
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