Iona, Rider and Monmouth are atop the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings at 4-1, again like we all had it in November. Here are the latest on whose stock is up, and whose is down after another week of MAAC play. Continue reading “MAAC Stock Watch: Jan. 12”
A visit from a struggling Marist team was just what the doctor ordered for a Quinnipiac team looking to fight its way back into the MAAC race. The Bobcats dispatched the Red Foxes 66-54 and improved to 2-4 in MAAC play while Marist still seeks its first conference victory. Here are three thoughts from Sunday’s game: Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 66, Marist 54”
Iona, Monmouth and Rider are atop the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings at 4-1, with Manhattan a half game back. The first full week of 2015 saw plenty of great plays, let’s look back on the week in MAAC in animated form. Continue reading “This Week In MAAC GIFs: Jan. 11”
Saint Peter’s coach John Dunne had tried yelling, stomping his feet, making nearly wholesale substitutions, calling time outs, giving people the silent treatment, and who knows what else I couldn’t see from the other end of the court in Saturday afternoon’s MAAC clash with Rider.
With seven minutes remaining, Rider’s Teddy Okereafor drove the lane, lost the ball, then it caromed off two different sets of legs and bounded toward teammate Jimmy Taylor in the left corner. Taylor decided to pick it up and drill a three-pointer. Why not? Everything else was going the Broncs’ way.
Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Rider 68, Saint Peter’s 55”
A wise man once said “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Iona 79, Canisius 76”
After burying Quinnipiac in a barrage of second half three-pointers Tuesday night at the Hynes Center, the assembled media grilled consensus MAAC favorite Iona about the pressure of being the league leader. David Laury did his best to dance around the loaded questions, and showed his veteran leadership by being tremendously diplomatic.
“We definitely have a chance to establish ourselves, but this is the MAAC,” Laury said. “This conference is a great conference. On any given night, anyone could lose. You can’t just say it’s Iona and everyone else in the conference, there’s great teams in the conference.”
Continue reading “Can Monmouth (Or Anyone) Stay With Iona In MAAC Race?”
Iona, in cementing their status as MAAC favorite, dispatched Quinnipiac with an 81-73 victory on Tuesday night. The win avenges their worst loss in MAAC play in a long time and sends the Bobcats reeling, looking for answers as they start 0-4 in league play. Here are some thoughts on the only MAAC game of the night. Continue reading “Five Thoughts: Iona 81, Quinnipiac 73”
Plenty going on in the second MAAC weekend (first in a little bit though!) as teams dive fully into conference play. Just one team is undefeated and it isn’t the undisputed conference favorite, so here’s the latest on whose stock is up and down in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Continue reading “MAAC Stock Watch: Jan. 5”
Monmouth is undefeated, we all probably did not have that – especially with their second game being against Iona – but they swept the Buffalo trip and are alone atop the MAAC standings. Here are the best GIFs from the first January weekend of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play. Continue reading “This Week in MAAC GIFs: Jan. 4”
On the front page of their media notes (and game program), Quinnipiac proclaims – with statistical evidence attached – that it leads the nation in rebounds per game and rebounding margin, while it ranks second in offensive rebounds per game.
Furthermore, if you read on, since 2010-11 the Bobcats haven’t finished lower than fourth in any of those three categories, impressively leading the nation in all three last season. In fact, of 350 or so Division I teams, little old Quinnipiac is tops two years running in rebounding and three in offensive boards per game.
Continue reading “On Quinnipiac And Rebound Margin (Which Is Still Alive Somehow)”
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