Anything But Mid College Basketball Podcast

Ian Sacks, Isaac Bourne and Frank DeBari field hot takes from fans as we inch closer to the start of the 2026-27 season. Can High Point sour beyond last season's run to the Round of 32? Who will win the Metro? What does this season look like for GCU and the Mountain West?

Ian Sacks and Frank DeBari field hot takes from fans as we inch closer to the start of the 2026-27 season. What's the ceiling for Fairfield? Will we see multiple NCAA Tournament bids out of the Atlantic 10? How about a two-bid Summit League?

We've reached the final women's conference preview episode. Ian Sacks and Frank DeBari dive into the Sun Belt, SWAC, UAC and WCC. The SBC added Louisiana Tech, who will compete among the top tier. The SWAC had seven teams finish above .500 last season. The UAC is a brand new blend of teams. The WCC looks to come down to Santa Clara and Portland.

Our final men's basketball conference preview episode is here. Ian Sacks, Isaac Bourne and Frank DeBari discuss the Sun Belt, SWAC, UAC and WCC. Each of these conferences is so hard to predict. The SBC and SWAC are so balanced. The UAC is a new blend on teams, and the WCC doesn't have Gonzaga or Randy Bennett anymore.

This episode features special guest SoCon John as Ian Sacks and Frank DeBari discuss the Southern, Southland and Summit. Furman is the preseason favorite in the SoCon, but Tennessee Tech poses an interesting new wrinkle in its first season in the conference. McNeese and Stephen F. Austin have been two of the top teams in the Southland and shape up to be there again this year. NDSU won the Summit last year and could face stiff competition from St. Thomas and SDSU this season.

The conference preview series rolls along as Frank DeBari and Ian Sacks discuss the Southern, Southland and Summit. The SoCon shapes up to be an incredibly balanced league once again with its young talent. Stephen F. Austin, McNeese and Lamar are some of the top teams in the Southland as UTRGV could be a sleeper. NDSU and SDSU are tops once again in the Summit.

Maureen Magarity enters her first season as the head coach at Vermont and talks to Ian Sacks on this episode of "Anything But Mid." Coach Magarity is no stranger to the America East after a decade-long run at New Hampshire. She was most recently the head coach at Holy Cross before stepping away from coaching to move to Vermont to be with her husband, John Becker, the Catamounts' men's basketball head coach.

Our conference preview series turns to the two valleys and the new Pac-12. Ian Sacks and Frank DeBari discuss the women's races for the Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley and Pac-12 for the upcoming season.

It's our longest conference preview episode so far. Ian Sacks, Isaac Bourne and Frank DeBari discuss the Ohio Valley and new Pac-12 men's basketball conferences. Then, in the second half of the episode, Jonathan Lidskin joins Ian to look ahead to the Missouri Valley.

There's only one way to preview the Metro, Ivy, NEC and Patriot. Sam Federman empties his notebook on the men's landscapes for these four conferences as he joins Ian Sacks on this episode. Sam likes Merrimack to be near top of the Metro again, a three-team race in the Ivy, LIU and Central Connecticut in the NEC and potentially American in the Patriot.