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When the Big East is as deep as it is this year, it can be easy to start to become like the most detestable of college sports fans, the arrogant SEC football fan. I’m here to keep you grounded and enlighten you regarding some high-quality mid-major basketball that is taking place at a handful of schools that may have slipped under your radar.
Harvard
Any college basketball fan that hasn’t been living under a rock knows that something special is brewing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. #23/#24 Harvard is the class of the Ivy League this year. After coming one defensive stop away from the conference title in last year’s tiebreaking playoff against Princeton, the Crimson is looking to exact revenge during this year’s 14-game conference slate.
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