The start of week number five in the NEC season featured several favorites playing on the road. Could they take care of business and avoid a possible upset? Big Apple Buckets recaps all of the action from the first Thursday night of February. Continue reading “NEC Roundup – February 6”
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Robert Morris 65, LIU Brooklyn 56
In a battle of undermanned teams Robert Morris captured a 65-56 victory over LIU Brooklyn before a nationally televised audience on ESPNU on Thursday night. Continue reading “Robert Morris 65, LIU Brooklyn 56”
Assist Trends of NEC Point Guards
NEC fans might not realize it, but they’re quite spoiled this season. The league features some of the best point guard play in the entire nation. Jason Brickman leads the nation in assists at 10.0 per game, but other players like Julian Norfleet, Brent Jones and Sidney Sanders, Jr. aren’t too shabby either. The four of them rank in the Top 9 in Assist Rate according to KenPom.com. Continue reading “Assist Trends of NEC Point Guards”
Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards: Feb. 3
Intra-city rivalries took center stage this week. The NEC was quite circular – St. Francis beat Wagner, Wagner beat LIU Brooklyn, while Iona grabbed the upper hand in its rivalry against Manhattan. It’s another team from the Big East though that had turned things around and wins our team of the week. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards: Feb. 3”
Tempo-Free NEC: Halfway Through
We’re halfway through the NEC regular season and if you’ve been paying attention to our weekly updates to the tempo-free NEC you know that even though Robert Morris is 7-1, we’ve not quite sold on the Colonials yet. RMU does have two victories over their nearest competitor – Bryant – but this race isn’t over yet. Continue reading “Tempo-Free NEC: Halfway Through”
Three Thoughts on Sacred Heart’s Struggles
This past August was only six months ago, but to Anthony Latina and his Sacred Heart Pioneers, last summer must feel like an eternity right about now. On August 21st, the new-look Pioneers had just completed a successful international trip to Canada where they ran, scored and executed an exciting new brand of basketball. It may have been versus inferior competition, but it was an impressive trip nonetheless. Continue reading “Three Thoughts on Sacred Heart’s Struggles”
NEC Roundup – February 1
With four games on the slate for the first Saturday of February, we’re here to once again recap all of the action. Continue reading “NEC Roundup – February 1”
Sidney Sanders Leading FDU to Unexpected Success
David Tompkins. That was the name Fairleigh Dickinson head coach Greg Herenda gave when asked if he had seen anyone improve as much as Sidney Sanders, Jr. had from last season.
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NEC Roundup – January 30th
Robert Morris is desperately trying to sneak away from the pack. The Colonials got all the breaks they needed to take a commanding two-game lead in the conference and have all the other contenders fade away. Of course as that was going on, the race for the critical third and fourth seeds in the league standings (and the seventh and eighth seeds) heated up. Continue reading “NEC Roundup – January 30th”
Wagner 75, LIU Brooklyn 68
Right now Wagner is LIU Brooklyn’s worst nightmare and the Seahawks proved it again on Thursday night at the Steinberg Wellness Center. Continue reading “Wagner 75, LIU Brooklyn 68”
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