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”

Price’s Work Pays Off With 1,000th Point For Marist

In a game tied at 14 early against Manhattan, Marist senior Devin Price’s three pointer with 8:34 left in the first half was the Red Foxes’ fifth point of an 11-0 run. That run helped Marist stretch its lead as large as 15 against the team picked second in the MAAC preseason poll. A lead that they would hold on to for a 62-58 win Friday night. Continue reading “Price’s Work Pays Off With 1,000th Point For Marist”

MAAC Weekly Recap: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

We’re into the third week into college basketball season and Ryan Peters is having so much fun with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly weekly recaps for the NEC I wanted my own gig. I’m going to be doing this weekly now for the wide-open MAAC. How wide open is the league? As of Sunday morning Pomeroy projected all 10 MAAC teams between 7 and 12 conference wins. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Recap: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”