Once upon a time Shane Richards was overlooked by almost everyone, now though he enters his senior season at Manhattan with the chance to become an incredibly decorated collegiate player. Continue reading “Shane Richards Has New Role For Manhattan”
The Basketball Tournament is a crazy combination of Hoosiers, $1 million, ESPN and a ton of basketball dreams.
Continue reading “17 Super Players To Watch In The Tournament’s Super 17”
As the NCAA gets ready to assess what rule changes might occur for the 2015-16 season, Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello would like to see all but one of the new rules passed. Continue reading “Steve Masiello Hopes NCAA Rule Changes Lead To Advantage For Manhattan”
After repeating as MAAC tournament champions, it seemed natural that Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello’s name would show up in the weeks leading to the Final Four. Continue reading “Steve Masiello Cynical To The Coaching Carousel”
Steve Masiello found it hard to not express his disappointment on being labeled a 16 seed as soon as Selection Sunday hit, even before he learned of a trip to Dayton. Continue reading “Steve Masiello Taking A New Approach To Scheduling For Manhattan”
The All-Metropolitan Men’s Basketball ballots were due yesterday. I’m a big fan of transparency, so for that reason I’m posting my full ballot here. Continue reading “My All-Metropolitan Ballot”
DAYTON, Ohio – As Manhattan struggled out of the gate Tuesday night as a fairly heavy favorite (nine points in Vegas), it seemed like a matter of time before its pressure and experience would wear down Hampton.
At halftime, with the Jaspers down seven, things still seemed theirs for the taking, after all, their two top scorers, Emmy Andujar and Ashton Pankey, had missed a good portion of the half in foul trouble. The Pirates weren’t turning it over necessarily, but there were more than a few near-misses, balls that momentarily got loose or forced time outs.
DAYTON, Ohio – Unlike their opponent Tuesday night, Hampton had a pretty good idea it would be headed to the First Four at UD Arena after winning the MEAC tournament title as a No. 6 seed last weekend. Continue reading “One In A Billion Shot Hampton Sets Sights On Manhattan”
Dayton and the First Four it is for Manhattan, and while their body language didn’t look particularly positive when their name was announced just seconds into the NCAA Selection Show, with an hour or so to mull it over and watch the rest of the 68 teams get placed (and some expected teams left out), they were warming up to the idea. Continue reading “Manhattan Heading To Dayton As Kentucky Looms”
It is hard not to hear the phrase “22 strong” in any Manhattan Jaspers huddle. Continue reading “22 Strong Endures Manhattan To Become Repeat MAAC Champions”
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