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One of the most iconic moments in NIT history was Robert Morris stunning Kentucky in 2013 at Moon Township Photo credit: Don Wright/AP

Wickline: The NCAA Has Ruined Mid-Major Basketball

Cam Wickline
October 28, 2023

The NCAA has ruined mid-major collegiate basketball. That may seem like a harsh statement, but it is a fact. Yesterday, the NCAA announced that regular season conference champions will no longer get an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). To the common...

Ethan Morrison breaks down the 2012-13 men's basketball team and why it could be the best roster in RMU history. Photo Credit: RMU Athletics

OPINION: Breaking down the top men’s basketball rosters of all-time, #2: 2012-13

Ethan Morrison
August 2, 2021

*Editor's Note: Opinions are of the writer and not Colonial Sports Network as a whole. This is part three of a four-part series of Ethan Morrison's top RMU basketball teams of all-time. Check out the last part here. After former Robert Morris head coach Mike Rice fled to Rutgers...

Ethan Morrison breaks down how good the 2014-15 men's basketball roster was. Photo Credit: Kyle Gorcey/RMU Sentry Media

OPINION: Breaking down the top men’s basketball rosters of all-time, #4: 2014-15

Ethan Morrison
July 25, 2021

Back in 2013, Robert Morris pulled off an improbable upset at the Charles L. Sewall Center against the University of Kentucky in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). In 2014, the Colonials once again fell a game short of the NCAA Tournament, falling to...

Men's basketball has added two new non-conference games for the upcoming season. Photo Credit: Ethan Morrison/Colonial Sports Network

Men’s basketball adds non-conference games against Kentucky and Florida Gulf Coast

Tyler Gallo
July 7, 2021

Just under a month after they announced their first non-conference game against Central Florida, men's basketball has added two more non-conference dates for the upcoming season. They will travel to Kentucky in November and have now confirmed the 2020 rescheduled non-conference...

RMU Proclamation: Robert Morris fans travel far and wide, no matter the distance

RMU Proclamation: Robert Morris fans travel far and wide, no matter the distance

Jon Fisher, Social Media Editor
November 22, 2014

The traveling sports fan is one of the most unique figures in all of athletics, whether collegiate or professional. Driving, flying or even cycling to an event (yes, that's real), in order to see their favorite team doesn't stymie the hardcore sports fan. In fact, miles or kilometers...

RMU Proclamation: Sports and the dichotomy of winning and losing

RMU Proclamation: Sports and the dichotomy of winning and losing

Jon Fisher, Assignment Editor
March 21, 2014

What are sports? I'm not looking for the simplistic and sarcastic answer to that question. That is remedial at the lowest level of thinking for the average sports fan. Sports are people playing for a living. Sports are groups of men and women joining forces to achieve the...