For much of his life, Ryan Rhoomes’ potential was soaring. That is, until something he never considered an issue became such an impediment his future was nearly waylaid indefinitely. Continue reading “Fordham’s Ryan Rhoomes And His Quest For Relevance”
BRONX, N.Y. – Sometimes a battle of contrasting styles can produce the most entertainment value for your valuable hard-earned money, and Sunday’s Richmond-Fordham clash at Rose Hill was no exception.
One one side, you had the Spiders, coached by Pete Carill and Princeton educated (he does have a B.A. in English from the place) Chris Mooney, who values the basketball and movement off it above everything else. On the other, you had Fordham’s Jeff Neubauer, who played for a guy named Speedy (Morris) and was schooled as a coach under John Beilein (including five years at Richmond), where confusing and baffling opponents into turning it over and getting easy points is one of the primary objectives.
Continue reading “Richmond 93, Fordham 82: Spiders Eventually Deal With Rams Pressure”
Jeff Neubauer promised a defensive transformation at Fordham and through the season’s first 12 games he has delivered on that promise. Continue reading “Fordham’s Defense Producing Results, Working To Fix Offense”
WASHINGTON – Yes, Fordham was 9-2 and there were many positive signs under first-year coach Jeff Neubauer for a program that hasn’t won more than 10 games in a season since 2007-08, but putting the Rams’ resume under the proverbial microscope suggested they might be due for a bit of a comeuppance in their Atlantic 10 opener at George Washington Sunday night.
Consider that Fordham’s non-conference strength of schedule ranked 351st, dead last in Division I. All of its wins were at home, and none came against an opponent currently higher than No. 240 (St. John’s) in KenPom. The trip to the nation’s capital was the Rams’ first true road game since Nov. 14 and they weren’t exactly taking on a cupcake (not that there are many of those in the A-10, but even relatively).
Continue reading “George Washington 69, Fordham 63: Encouraging Loss For Rams”
Another year, another set of NIT bracketology. Conference season is upon us and that means we have enough data to start projecting the NCAA tournament and NIT fields. Continue reading “NIT Bracketology: January 1, 2016”
While everyone else is filing a list of their best stories of the last year, here are some of the questions that were answered during the past 365 days. Continue reading “How 2015 Will Be Remembered”
Boston College held Fordham to 32.1% shooting for the game to get to .500 and pull away with a 64-55 win over Fordham at Barclays Center. Continue reading “Photo Gallery: Boston College 64, Fordham 55”
Fordham reached a nine-game win streak through their defense, which had allowed 62.1 points per game entering their Tuesday meeting with Boston College in game two of the ACC-Atlantic 10 doubleheader at Barclays Center. Continue reading “Boston College 64, Fordham 55: Rams Finish Non-Conference Play 9-2”
The effort and change on the defensive level has been well documented, but Fordham has also seen a resurgence in their offense through non-conference play. Continue reading “Unselfishness Fueling Fordham’s Strong Offensive Start”
First year head coach Jeff Neubauer has emphasized defense at Fordham and through nine games it has paid off. Continue reading “Fordham Finding Their Defensive Identity Under Jeff Neubauer”
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