There’s a dirty little secret in the NEC. The 12-team league means that not everyone plays two games against every opponent each season. The unbalanced schedule makes it extra important to look at the path teams will take through the league when predicting the final standings.
Category: LIU Brooklyn
Hey CBS, where’s the NEC?
CBS’ Top 50 point guards for the 2012-13 season came out today and it’s the usual list of who’s who at the top. Murray State’s Isaiah Canaan leads a group of major conference stars that will be on your television all season.
Preseason Awards – All-NEC First Team
Throughout the week, Big Apple Buckets will post their NEC preseason awards prior to the NEC Media Day on Tuesday, October 23rd. Today, we list our consensus selections for the All-Northeast Conference First Team. For a summary of our All-NEC Third Team, click here, and for a summary of our All-NEC Second Team, click here.
Brickman Promo Video
Want a great way to start the week? How about this promo video with LIU Brooklyn’s Jason Brickman. The Blackbirds’ point guard shows off some of his practice skills in this cut.
Preseason Awards: All-NEC Second Team
Throughout the week, Big Apple Buckets will post their NEC preseason awards prior to the NEC Media Day on Tuesday, October 23rd. Today, we list our consensus selections for the All-Northeast Conference Second Team. For a summary of our All-NEC Third Team, click here.
NEC Standings: Part 1
Instead of just spouting off Ryan P. and I’s projected NEC standings we’re doing a little different. This is taken from an email conversation between the two of us over the course of a couple of weeks. Hopefully you’ll get some more insight into why we picked each team to finish where we did.
LIU gains players, Columbia apparently loses one
Two big pieces of information leaked today. First of all, LIU Brooklyn has reinstated the four suspended basketball players and suspended each of them two games apiece according to a report from Zach Braziller.
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Veteran NEC could be tough for gutted LIU
A report yesterday from the New York Post sure made things sound a little bleak for the four suspended student-athletes at LIU Brooklyn. If those four players are expelled or suspended indefinitely then the Blackbirds could be in big trouble.
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LIU Brooklyn’s Worst Case Scenario
Four LIU players have been indefinitely suspended. We don’t know many details at this point about what “indefinitely” means or what will come to pass, but what if the worst case scenario occurred and all four had to miss the 2012-13 season? Where would the Blackbirds end up?
Four LIU Brooklyn Players Suspended
Four LIU Brooklyn players have been arrested and charged with assault stemming from a fight last Friday night. NEC Player of the Year Julian Boyd, Jamal Olasewere, Troy Joseph and C.J. Garner are all also suspended indefinitely. All four of those players were set to play a key role in the LIU rotation this season, but their status is now in doubt. Continue reading “Four LIU Brooklyn Players Suspended”
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