While the nation was locked in to a thrilling triple-overtime game between the top two teams in the country Monday night, another marathon was taking place in Riverdale between Manhattan and Siena. Continue reading “Manhattan Outlasts Siena In 3OT Thriller”
West Long Branch – Stress. Continue reading “Monmouth Overcomes Adversity To Defeat Canisius In MAAC Rematch”
After Iona’s 65-52 win over Niagara, head coach Tim Cluess confirmed that they will be without sophomore guard Schadrac Casimir for the rest of the 2015-16 season. Continue reading “Iona’s Schadrac Casimir Ruled Out For The Season”
It took a while to get back in the groove, but A.J. English and the Iona Gaels left Connecticut with a 78-66 victory over Quinnipiac Saturday afternoon. Continue reading “Iona 78, Quinnipiac 66: The Return of A.J. English”
While the MAAC tournament will descend on Albany for the second of their three-year deal this March, the conference will already be in the middle stags of deciding the tournament’s future.
Continue reading “MAAC Tournament Future Between Two Familiar Sites And Nassau Coliseum”
RICHMOND, Ky. – While it’s normally taboo for opposing coaches to engage in lengthy conversations before games, Steve Masiello and Dan McHale were willing to make an exception Tuesday afternoon and sat together like the old friends they are in McHale’s office at McBrayer Arena while their teams went through warmups out on the playing floor.
Why not? Despite the ups and downs that come with being a college basketball head coach, the old friends had beaten the odds. A year apart (Masiello in 1996, McHale in 1997), both came straight out of high school from the New York City metropolitan area to the University of Kentucky, both doing so not necessarily for the change of scenery, but a chance to study for what they hoped to be their chosen profession: basketball coach, which doesn’t exactly rank very high on the areas to ensure gainful employment after college.
What are the chances that a walk-on who rarely saw the floor (Masiello) and a student manager (McHale) from the same program at the same time would go on to become Division I head coaches two decades later? Slim to none, but luckily slim didn’t decide to leave the Big Apple or Lexington.
Continue reading “EKU Wins, But Both Masiello And McHale Living The Dream”
MAAC teams enjoyed overtime, especially prior to their holiday break as three teams on Tuesday Dec. 22 went a combined 6 overtimes. The best part? All three pulled out victories in different ways. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Dec. 29”
LEWISBURG, Pa. – It’s never easy for first-year head coaches, but that can be doubly true when trying to step in at a program that’s used to having success.
Nathan Davis has plenty going for him at Bucknell, not the least of which is his tenure as an assistant coach on the most successful Bucknell teams of all-time: the 2004-05 team that upset Kansas (and won an ESPY for doing so), and the squad the following year that went undefeated in the Patriot League (and 28-5 overall), getting a No. 9 seed in the NCAAs and beating Arkansas in the first round.
Continue reading “Fairfield 101, Bucknell 91: Tough Start For Nathan Davis And Bison”
This is a guest post from Norman Rose. You may know him as @ECoastBias on Twitter. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Albany 65, Niagara 56”
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Sometimes, we all just need a break, don’t we? College basketball teams have been going since late September, and with Christmas fast approaching, almost everyone appeared in need of some time off Wednesday afternoon at the Yanitelli Center. Saint Peter’s and St. Francis Brooklyn had plenty of will, and eventually it will go down as a solid 56-45 win for the Peacocks, who will resume MAAC play next week at 2-0, but it was far from pretty.
To be fair, when we talk about taking a little break, we’re talking about everybody. It was not the best of days for the officials. This is the time of year where it will become difficult to continue with the freedom of movement initiative as the game was marred with interesting calls, numerous lengthy reviews, and technical fouls. Neither John Dunne nor Glenn Braica are among the more demonstrative coaches around (although Dunne does have his moments, it’s usually not directed at the officials).
Continue reading “Saint Peter’s 56, St. Francis Brooklyn 45: Time For A Break”
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