Collegeinsider.com is a sports
website based in
Boston 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.[1]
The organization achieved its first attention for its
midmajor poll which began in 1998.
On December 3, 2020, the organization founded
Eracism.
Lou Henson 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 – Established in 2010 for the most outstanding
mid-major men's college basketball player in
NCAADivision 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 – Established 2010 for outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I.
Lute Olson 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 – 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.