Media and credentials
For sports information directors and media relations staff reviewing a request from Hardwood Bricks. We are an independent outlet covering every men's basketball game in the MAC, ASUN, Horizon, Mountain West, Metro, Big West, Missouri Valley, A-10, Pac-12 and WCC, founded for the 2026-27 season and based in Northeast Ohio.
Who sends our requests
Every credential request comes from Matthew Hagan, editor and publisher, by email from press@hardwoodbricks.com. A request names the game, the person who will attend and what we will publish from it. Credentials are for Matthew Hagan by name.
Where we attend in person: Home games in Northeast Ohio (Akron, Kent State, Cleveland State and Youngstown State) and the MAC tournament in Cleveland. Other venues only when a trip is planned, and the request says so.
We follow each school's credential policy, including its rules on photography, video, social posting and postgame access.
What we publish
- Game recaps for every game, written from the official box score the night of the game. They state only what the numbers show and never invent quotes or color.
- Game previews before every game, from the schedule, our team ratings, rest and travel, and the posted line.
- Fieldhouse Notes: game dispatches written by people and signed by them. Each one says how it was reported: in the arena, from the broadcast, from print and wire reports, or by phone. (MAC, ASUN)
- Schedules and TV listings, team and player ratings built from every Division I box score, and a news roundup that links to and credits the original reporting.
Coverage by conference: Mid-American Conference, ASUN Conference, Horizon League, Mountain West Conference, Metro Conference, The Big West Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Pac-12 Conference, West Coast Conference.
Recent coverage
- Recap Utah Valley edged Nevada 73-71 (Mountain West)
- Recap Santa Clara beat New Mexico 90-85 (Mountain West)
- Recap Belmont beat Furman 72-62 (Missouri Valley)
- Preview Colorado Colorado Springs vs. Denver prediction: model has Denver by 37 (WCC)
- Preview Portland State vs. Saint Mary's prediction: model has Saint Mary's by 19 (WCC)
Standards
- Independent. Hardwood Bricks is not affiliated with any conference, member school or sportsbook.
- College athletes are students. We write about what players do on the floor. We don't publish birthdates, family details or social media pile-ons.
- Betting is kept apart. Odds screens and model tools sit in a separate section for adults 21 and over, locked behind an access code. The coverage we request credentials for is the recaps, previews and Fieldhouse Notes above.
- Corrections are made on the page with a note saying what changed.
Contact
Questions about a request, or a credential decision: press@hardwoodbricks.com.