This weekend didn’t do a great job figuring out one thing, we still don’t know what team will be joining Siena, Marist and St. Peter’s on opening night of the MAAC tournament in Springfield. Continue reading “Tempo-free MAAC: Who Else Is Playing Opening Night?”
Category: MAAC
Five Thoughts: Loyola Stifles Manhattan
Trailing by just two points at halftime, Manhattan couldn’t carry the momentum into the second half and fell 51-41 to Loyola (MD) at Draddy Gymnasium on Friday night on ESPNU. Here are five thoughts from the game. Continue reading “Five Thoughts: Loyola Stifles Manhattan”
Tempo-free MAAC: Niagara Reigns Supreme
There’s still no huge favorite in the MAAC, but Niagara is starting to look like a better and better one. The Purple Eagles blew out Siena last weekend and now have an efficiency margin of +0.12 in MAAC play. That’s not dominant by any means (14-4 projected record or so), but by far the best right now. Continue reading “Tempo-free MAAC: Niagara Reigns Supreme”
MAAC Week 4: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The MAAC race is heating up! We’ve got four legitimate title contenders battling it out. Niagara and Canisius just held serve at home. The Thursday / Friday slate is a little slow this week, contenders will play non-contenders exclusively. First here’s a look back at the good, the bad and the ugly from last week. Continue reading “MAAC Week 4: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
MAAC Weekend: Rider Streaking into Contender Status
For a team that lacked Nurideen Lindsey with a concussion all weekend, the Broncs chose to start Tommy Pereira and continued to make all the right moves as they climb the MAAC standings. Continue reading “MAAC Weekend: Rider Streaking into Contender Status”
Evaluating MAAC Home Court Advantage
Teams dread heading to Buffalo to play at Niagara and Canisius. In Rider’s Alumni Gym the students are crammed in and right on top of you for a big game. Home court advantage is big in college basketball. The toughest thing is measuring how big of an impact. Well, the luxury of the home-and-home round robin MAAC schedule is that we can start to measure it. Continue reading “Evaluating MAAC Home Court Advantage”
Columbia Wins At Cornell
There are 154 college basketball games today, which is awesome. The tricky part is that most of the New York schools played on the road this afternoon. Later I’ll have a full recap of the LIU Brooklyn – Monmouth game and cover the entire day in NEC basketball, but here are three other tough road games local teams faced today.
Five Thoughts: Iona Hangs On Against Fairfield
Iona built an 11-point lead at halftime and hung on for an 84-73 victory over Fairfield on Friday. The Gaels are now 6-1 in MAAC play, but things aren’t quite perfect. Continue reading “Five Thoughts: Iona Hangs On Against Fairfield”
Photo Gallery: Newtown Day at Fairfield
Photo Gallery from Sunday’s game, Niagara at Fairfield, which was Newtown Day. Over 300 kids attended the game and the Webster Bank Arena observed a 26 second moment of silence prior to the national anthem. Newtown cheerleaders cheered with the Stags cheerleaders and kids stood with both teams players for the anthem.
“It was good seeing the little kids, knowing what they went through. It gave them excitement to get over what happened and we want to move forward. I feel like a win would have left them off better.” – Mo Barrow, Fairfield junior
“We’re all true americans and we’ve got the spirit our hearts are aching for those people and we’re proud to be a part of it. We were proud that Fairfield asked us to be a part of it because we want the people in Newtown to know that we care about them too.” – Joe Mihalich, Niagara head coach
Siena Overcoming Injuries, Heads to Buffalo
The Siena Saints have faced an uphill battle for the first 17 games this season, battling more than just an 11 game losing streak. Continue reading “Siena Overcoming Injuries, Heads to Buffalo”
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