The offseason transfers are kicking into high-gear. Jeff Goodman has a list of more than 400 players that will have new homes for the 2013-14 college basketball season. I went through and parsed the list for all the New York City players I could find. Think Goodman is missing someone? (Or I missed someone.) Let us know in the comments. No big surprises on this list.
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Joe Mihalich said in Springfield during the MAAC tournament that it would take a unique opportunity for him to leave Niagara for another job. He had no idea that opportunity would come open just a month later at Hofstra. Continue reading “Joe Mihalich on Hofstra’s Unique Challenge”
The Hofstra Pride are set to announce that they have named Niagara University head coach Joe Mihalich as their next basketball coach, multiple outlets have reported.
The announcement is scheduled for Wednesday at noon at Hofstra. Mihalich was the longest tenured head coach in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, having coached 15 seasons at Niagara and posting a 265-203 record at the school.
Mihalich led the Purple Eagles this past season to the regular season championship before falling in the MAAC Tournament semifinals to eventual champion Iona.
Last week, Mihalich would not comment on whether or not he was contacted by Hofstra and said, “You have to remember who you work for. I’m the basketball coach at Niagara University and that’s who I’m working for right now.”
On Friday Mihalich won the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award at the CollegeInsider.com Awards banquet in Atlanta.
Iona head coach Tim Cluess appeared to be the favorite last weekend for the job until talks broke down. The coach re-committed for the next five years to the Gaels. After Mihalich joins Hofstra, St. Peter’s head coach John Dunne will be the longest tenured head coach at their position in the MAAC. Dunne will be entering his eighth season at the school.
Ryan Restivo covers Stony Brook, Hofstra and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for Big Apple Buckets. You can follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanarestivo.
I know a thing or two about the CAA, but I think lists like these really require someone who lives and breathes the conference. This is why I recused myself from the CAA hoops list and instead asked Jerry Beach of Defiantly Dutch to give me a hand. He provided his thoughts about the current (and future) members and how they stack up. I’ve added a few more data points where necessary, but not much. (They are in italics.) The loss of many of the Virginia based schools over the past two seasons has also put a general damper on the league. Before James Madison’s appearance in the NCAA tournament this past March none of next season’s members had made the Big Dance since UNCW in 2006.
Rumors swirled this past week that Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich was in contact with Hofstra about their vacant head coaching position, a rumor that went out of control quickly. Continue reading “Niagara’s Joe Mihalich on Rumor Mill”
In the past six months, Mo Cassara’s optimism for the future of the basketball program at Hofstra never wavered even while the obstacles confronting the program seemed insurmountable. Continue reading “Mo Cassara on His Time at Hofstra”
Today ended Hofstra head coach Mo Cassara’s tenure at the school after a 38-59 record and a rocky season that saw everything go wrong for the coach in his third season. Continue reading “Hofstra Lets Go of Mo Cassara After Three Seasons”
Some quick thoughts on Saturday’s action, including a road win for the Hofstra Pride. (More updates to come.) Continue reading “Hofstra Wins On The Road (Saturday Recap)”
New York City schools were all over the SportsCenter Top 10 last week. Here are three moments that were captured on video and memorialized on YouTube.
I’ve been doing a lot of work investigating how “luck” happens. Most of what I’ve found is that it’s really hard to predict. Some people would claim that it comes from experience. Well, here’s a graph that should put that argument to bed. It’s Luck vs. Experience in 2012. Continue reading “Luck vs. Experience 2012”
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