Iona head coach Tim Cluess thought his team could go anywhere from 2-4 to 4-2 in their first six games, and while he is happy that their record is the latter, this group of Gaels still feels like one not yet ready to defend their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship. Continue reading “Iona Searching For Depth To Complement Veterans”
Marist head coach Mike Maker was at a loss of words at the post game press conference. He took a deep breath and struggled through his opening statement as tears came down and he stopped to dry his eyes. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Monmouth 57, Marist 50”
For freshman Schadrac Casimir, becoming a key part of the Iona Gaels lineup has almost come too fast. Continue reading “Iona Seeking Consistency From Freshman Schadrac Casimir”
With six NEC squads in action for the first Wednesday evening of December, John and I decided to recap the games. It’s been a rough start to the season for the conference, but there were several winnable games for the league. Let’s check in to see if they took advantage. Continue reading “NEC Recap – Dec. 3”
Fordham held on, after leading by as many as 13, to beat Siena 69-67 on Monday night thanks to Eric Paschall’s block of Brett Bisping’s layup. Continue reading “Photo Gallery: Fordham 69, Siena 67”
The distance that Siena is from their College Basketball Invitational tournament victory is getting longer by the day, but the perception of the team continues to be shaped by it.
If Fairfield wasn’t coming off a 7-25 season littered with many games similar to Monday, coach Sydney Johnson probably wouldn’t have been so disturbed, and could dismiss the Stags’ collapse against Bucknell in a 72-66 overtime loss Monday as an aberration, But the normally mild-mannered Johnson (now in his fourth year at Fairfield) held his team for a good 20 minutes in the locker room after the contest to try to figure out how to finish teams off. With MAAC play opening Friday and Manhattan and Quinnipiac looming as its first two opponents, the time for experimenting is just about over and Johnson’s mixtures just haven’t produced a finished product thus far.
Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Bucknell 72, Fairfield 66 (OT)”
Siena, who trailed by as many as 13, had a chance to tie the game with just seconds left. Patrick Cole drove the ball and tossed it down low to Brett Bisping, The 6’8” junior went up with it, but it was blocked by freshman Eric Paschall to end the game and Siena’s chance at a tie. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Fordham 69, Siena 67”
Saint Peter’s racked up their first win of the season over a Big Ten team. The MAAC now has wins over teams from the Atlantic 10, ACC, Big Ten, Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference in the season’s first calendar month. Who might be next? We may have to wait another week, as conference play starts for the MAAC. Continue reading “MAAC Stock Watch Dec. 1”
Ousmane Drame entered Sunday with 967 career points and ended the day with 1,000. The senior forward poured in a career-high 33 points to reach the milestone and power Quinnipiac to a commanding 89-73 win over Vermont. Continue reading “Career Nights Power Quinnipiac Past Vermont”
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