The men's basketball team has become recognized nationally as one of the top mid-major programs in the country.

During the late 1990s and 2000s, Winthrop established itself as one of the premier mid-major programs in college basketball, reaching the NCAA Tournament eight times in ten seasons.

The NCAA tournament selection for the 2006 men's tournament was surrounded by controversy related to mid-major programs.

With George Mason reaching the Final Four of the N.C.A.A. tournament earlier this month, the mid-major programs appeared to have gained ground on the traditional powerhouses.

The men's basketball team is becoming recognized nationally as one of the top mid-major programs in the country; in 2010, it made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

But this was not some quirky victory by a mid-major program against a Southeastern Conference powerhouse.

Under coach Randy Bennett, the men's basketball team has become recognized nationally as one of the top mid-major programs in the United States.

Like other bright coaches at so-called mid-major programs, Fraschilla is fresh, hungry and not yet washed in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He ultimately ended up at playing for the Crusaders of Holy Cross, a mid-major program in Worcester, Massachusetts.

We are a mid-major program.