The nation’s lone independent team in Division I, NJIT, stunned 17th-ranked Michigan with a 72-70 victory on Saturday. Continue reading “NJIT’s Jim Engles Puts Leagues On Notice With Michigan Win”
UMass Lowell, Cornell and Hofstra are just some of the surprises of the young college basketball season. Continue reading “Over And Underperforming KenPom Teams”
This is the second in what will be 10 preview capsules as we prepare for this NEC season! Click here for our preview on our #10 team: the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Continue reading “NEC Preview 2014-15: #9 LIU Brooklyn”
Staring at a second straight season as Division I’s lone independent college basketball program, head coach Jim Engles has more pressing issues to face. Continue reading “Challenges Independent for NJIT’s Jim Engles”
It’s hard to forget that just one of the 351 Division I men’s basketball schools this past season had no conference affiliation.
It doesn’t appear that school, NJIT – which went 13-16 under Jim Engles last season, will find a new home in the America East Conference. Continue reading “America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen on NJIT, State of League”
It was a mixed week in the area as teams in and around New York City battled for position in their respective league standings. Three of the MAAC teams we cover are currently tied for first place in the conference. Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn are lurking in the NEC and all of a sudden Seton Hall appears to be revived. Here are our most deserving teams and players this week. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards: Jan. 20”
St. Francis Brooklyn is now 8-5 overall after defeating NJIT at home on Monday. The Terriers once again used their suffocating defense to wring the life out an opponent and earn another victory. Continue reading “St. Francis Brooklyn 77, NJIT 65”
Well, basketball season heated up and the weekly KenPom movement rankings fell by the wayside, that changes today as we’re back with a vengeance to update you on how teams have fared over the past month. Continue reading “KenPom Movement – The Big East Spreads Out”
Six NEC teams were in action two evenings away from Thanksgiving. According to KenPom, all six were registered as underdogs, with Wagner having the most “realistic” shot of beating their opponent, St. Bonaventure. Despite the low odds, tonight served as an interesting barometer for several teams heading into the holiday break. Let’s check in to see how the conference fared. Continue reading “NEC Recap – November 26”
The rise of the multi-team event sure makes this time of year much more fun for college basketball fans. Many of our local teams were playing in far-flung outposts for titles that really only matter to the schools that are competing for them. (One power conference school was hanging here at home and barely beating Monmouth.) It was a productive week around New York City and thus we present our weekly area awards. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards – Nov. 25”
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