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Forde Minutes: Is This the Year of the Mid-Major?

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in men’s college basketball, where we should probably discuss whether Saint Louis point guard Yuri Collins threw the greatest pass of the season last week:

ATTACK OF THE MID-MAJORS

As of Tuesday, 14 teams from outside the Power 6 conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) currently are ranked in the NCAA NET rankings top 50 and the Ken Pomeroy top 50. And that’s with another cluster of teams from outside those leagues between 50 and 60 in both sets of rankings.