Who’s In and Who’s Out?
With all the craziness surrounding college basketball these last few weeks, it has been hard to follow what has been going on with every team and every conference that has March aspirations. Every day...
Life on the Bubble
I’m not sure about you all, but I think this college basketball season is going by too fast. Part of that may be that the upsets started early and happened often and all the changes in the pol...
Why This is Cincinnati’s Year
To outside viewers, seeing the Cincinnati Bearcats in the top 10 brings up two things: 1) memories of the old Huggins teams that were consistently ranked in the late 90’s and early 2000’s ...
Let’s Give Some Love to the Little Guy
This season seems like it is being dominated by standout freshman and stars in the power conferences. The likes of Trae Young, Marvin Bagley, and DeAndre Ayton have been in the headlines with MVP perf...
Let’s Talk About The AP Poll
In case you were unaware, I have been involved in the “War on the AP Poll” for about a year now. Every week during basketball season I post an article titled Cracking the Code that talks a...
Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 2
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com Welcome back for the 2017-2018 edition of Cracking the Code! Here’s a little background on the article (or to my loyal followers, a r...
On The Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 13
Well that was crazy. I don’t know exactly what to say about this last week of college football to be honest. When I said in my last article that we should be prepared for some craziness to happe...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats Week 12
It seems crazy that it is already past week 12 of the college football season and we are heading into rivalry week so soon. It seems like just yesterday I was counting down the weeks to the opening ga...
Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 2
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com Welcome back for the 2017-2018 edition of Cracking the Code! Here’s a little background on the article (or to my loyal followers,...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 10
You remember how I said there was a big shakeup at the top of the playoff rankings last week? Well that pales in comparison to what happened this past week in college football. The playoff picture is ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 9
Just ahead of the first College Playoff rankings, we had a huge shakeup with some of the top teams in the nation. For all those people who just root for chaos leading up to the playoff, you got it thi...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 7
As you can see, this weekly series is called on the ball, which usually is a phrase to show that something is consistent and doing exactly what it needs to do. Unfortunately, my schedule got packed up...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 4
It seems like we are getting to the point of the season where the contenders and pretenders are starting to shake themselves out. But for some reason, this just felt like a weird week of football. It ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3
Another action-packed week of college football is in the books as we are starting to get into the meat of the schedule. There were a lot of notable games this week, highlighted by a convincing Clemson...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2
Well, college football is back in full swing and that means the return of the video game stat lines of the week (yes, I know it is week two, cut me some slack). Through the first two weeks we have see...
Student Union College Fantasy League
Everyone knows that fantasy football takes over the world starting in August every year. Well, maybe not that far but it’s pretty damn close. However, that obsession usually revolves around the ...
MAC Preview
To continue our series of conference previews here on Student Union Sports, we make a stop at everyone’s favorite weekday conference: the MAC. Who doesn’t love a little bit of #MACtion?! This conf...
American Conference Preview
Can you feel it in the air? It is finally August and that means one thing: less than one month until the college football season starts. It is the best time of year for fans filled with optimism, wher...
The Final Four as Guys at a Bar
After an exciting two weeks of March Madness, we are now left with just four teams vying for the title (North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Gonzaga for those of you who have lived under...
Student Union March Madness Drinking Game
Beer and basketball goes together like John Wooden and championships and Duke and hatred. There are drinking games for every sport, but with the sheer amount of games and crazy phrases said eve...
That Other Tournament: NIT Thoughts
While big brother, the NCAA March Madness Tournament, gets all of the attention, the NIT just sits in the background. But in the true spirit of March, we as college basketball fans need to cons...
It’s March Madness time… Seriously! D3 Mens Basketball
It’s time! It’s finally time! March Madness is upon us. Gone are the days of doing anything productive and in are the days of sitting and watching an unhealthy amount of college bas...
Cracking the Poll: AP Poll Week 17
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...
Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 16
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...
Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 15
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...
Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 14
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com To many people, the AP Poll is the definitive answer to who the best teams in college sports are. They also see the small little...
The Crosstown Shootout Experience
Before stepping foot on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (UC), I knew about the rivalry between Cincinnati and Xavier. I had heard of the Crosstown brawl and had seen the videos. I kn...
Best Rivalries in College Basketball
Rivalries and college basketball go together like Natty’s and frat parties. There is no denying that any rivalry game, no matter how big or small the teams are, always brings out the best...
Transfers: The New One and Done
The college sports transfer. A phrase that brings up much controversy to college sport fans everywhere due to the rules surrounding them. When players are forced to sit out a year after transfe...
Mid-Season Conference Report
Welcome. Now that football season is over, a lot of fans will be turning their full attention to the college basketball season. The problem is, they’ve already missed out on half the season or h...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 13
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) We all expected rivalry week to be a crazy week, but I think this even exceeded our expect...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 12
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Outside of the #5 Louisville and #12 Utah losses, this week had a handful of close games t...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 11
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) If only there were some noteworthy games that were worth mentioning in this opening paragr...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 10
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) This college football season keeps getting weirder and weirder which is adding more and mo...
The Coaching Carousel: Purdue
For the rest of the College Football season, each week I will be looking at the jobs that are most likely to be (or already are) open and who the best fits for those teams are. Ah, with every passing ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for week 9
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) This week was certainly not a good week to be going into your game undefeated. Four teams ...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 8
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) I don’t know about you, but I thought this was a very weird week of college football...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 7
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Week 7 brought us a very mixed bag of results. We had a close top-10 game in Wisconsin vs....
On the Ball: Video Game Stats from Week 6
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Well, here we are, another week of college football in the books. I can’t believe w...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 5
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Ladies and gentlemen, it has finally happened. While Lamar Jackson did not have an awful d...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 4
(This is a weekly article on Student Union Sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) When I decided I was going to write a weekly article on the best stat lines of the week, I knew t...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 3
(This is a weekly article on Student Union sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) Man, what a week. We had some close games, blowouts, upsets, and games that look like blowouts bu...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 2
(This is a weekly article on Student Union sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) EA Sports: It’s in the Game. It’s hard not to get fired up hearing those words rattle off the...
On the Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 1
(This is a weekly article on Student Union sports covering the most ridiculous stat lines of the week) EA Sports: It’s in the Game. It’s hard not to get fired up hearing those words rattle...
Cincinnati’s March Sadness
Sorry Texas, sorry Stephen F. Austin, sorry Purdue, and sorry Northern Iowa. I know your teams went through some heartbreaking losses in the NCAA tournament, and being a Cincinnati fan, I like to thin...
American Athletic Conference Basketball: The CliffsNotes
Three Most Valuable Players: 1. Gary Clark, Cincinnati While an initial look at his stats may not be so impressive (but still very good), a deeper look into them show the great value of Gary Clark. Th...
LinkedIn or Left Out?
Bring your resumes. Seth Berland is looking to hire a few good teams for his NCAA Tournament pool. Like any good employer, LinkedIn is one of his first stops. Let’s take a look at some of the te...
History 101: Cincinnati Basketball
While the Bearcats team currently dwells in the American Athletic Conference (hear our pleas Big 12), it has had a very rich history. From the Oscar Robertson days to the back-to-back championships ...