Collegeinsider.com is a sports

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based in

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that is noted particularly for its basketball polls, awards and sponsored tournament. The website was founded by Joe Dwyer and Angela Lento and traces it history to 1995 as regional basketball newsletter. The collegeinsider.com domain was registered on June 13, 1997. The organization achieved its first attention for its

midmajor Mid-major is a term used in American NCAA Division I college sports, particularly men's basketball, to refer to athletic conferences that are not among the "Power Five conferences" (the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC), which are alternative ...

poll which began in 1998.

Sponsored events and awards

Tournaments

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was an American men's college basketball postseason tournament founded by Collegeinsider.com. The tournament was oriented toward schools that did not get selected for the NCAA Division I men's ...

- Established 2009 as an alternative basketball venue for schools not selected for the

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or NIT tournaments, last contested in 2019 due to the

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Awards

* Jack Bennett Award *

Lefty Driesell Award The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for head coach Lefty Driesel ...

– Established 2010 to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in

Division I competition. *

Hugh Durham Award The Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award from 2005 to 2009) is an award given annually to the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball head coach in NCAA ...

– Established in 2005 to the most outstanding

mid-major Mid-major is a term used in American NCAA Division I college sports, particularly men's basketball, to refer to athletic conferences that are not among the "Power Five conferences" (the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC), which are alternativ ...

men's college basketball head coach in

Division I competition. *

Clarence Gaines Award The Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award is an award given annually by CollegeInsider.com to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division II. The award was established in 2011 and is named for the late Clarence Gaines, w ...

* Joe B. Hall Award *

Lou Henson Louis Ray Henson (January 10, 1932 – July 25, 2020) was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories. Overall, Henso ...

All-America Team – Established in 2010 alongside the Lou Henson Award (below). Initially honored the top 30 NCAA Division I mid-major men's players, with all treated equally as All-Americans. Reduced to 25 in 2012, and now excludes players who make the Lute Olson All-America Team. *

Lou Henson Award The Lou Henson Award is an award given annually by ''CollegeInsider.com'' to the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award, established in 2010, is named for legendary Illinois Fighting Ill ...

– Established in 2010 for the most outstanding

men's college basketball player in

Division I competition. Beginning in 2012, the award was restricted to mid-major players who were not recognized on the Lute Olson All-America Team (below). *

Ben Jobe Award The Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for head coach Ben Jobe, wh ...

– Established 2010 for outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I. *

Kyle Macy Kyle Paul Macy (born April 9, 1957) is an American basketball commentator. He played college basketball at Purdue University and the University of Kentucky, and spent seven years in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers; ...

Award *

John McLendon John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly white university and the first African American head coach in any professi ...

Award *

Don Meyer Donald Wayne Meyer (December 16, 1944 – May 18, 2014) was an American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University. He was once head coach at Hamline University and Lipsco ...

Award *

Lute Olson Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (September 22, 1934 – August 27, 2020) was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the head co ...

All-America Team – Established in 2012 as a supplement to the Lute Olson Award (below). Honors the top 25 NCAA Division I men's players regardless of conference affiliation or year of attendance, with all treated equally as All-Americans. *

Lute Olson Award The Lute Olson Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for former Arizona Wildcats head coach Lute Olson Robert Lut ...

– Established in 2010 for the most outstanding Division I men's college basketball player who has completed at least two years at his current school. *

Jim Phelan Award The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I ( ...

– Established 2003 for outstanding men's college basketball head coach in

Division I (non–

conference) competition. *

Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award The Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award is an award given annually to the nation's men's head basketball coach in NCAA Division I competition who also exhibits strong moral character. The award was established in 2008 and is named for head coach Sk ...

– Established in 2008 for Division I basketball coach who exhibits strong moral character. *

Glenn Robinson Glenn Alan Robinson Jr. (born January 10, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Dog" and "The Chosen One", he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1994 to 2005 for the Milwaukee Bucks, Atl ...

Award *

Riley Wallace Robert Riley Wallace (born October 25, 1941) is an American retired basketball coach. He spent most of his career coaching college basketball, and was the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men's team from 1987 through 2007. Early life a ...

All-America Team *

Kay Yow Award The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who displays great character both on and off the court. The award was established in 2010 and is n ...

– Established 2010 for outstanding women's Division I basketball coach.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.collegeinsider.com/ College basketball websites Internet properties established in 1997