Here’s a little bit about the three other games that were played last night. Unfortunately all ended in losses for the New York City area schools, but there were some interesting takeaways.
Category: Stony Brook
Dribble Handoffs – Almost There Edition
The season has started for a few teams and most are just days away from kicking off the march towards Madness. And today just happens to be national signing day. Thus there’s a lot of activity all around college basketball and its a perfect time for another edition of Dribble Handoffs.
Three Questions – Stony Brook
As the season approaches every team has questions. This series is going to look at three key ones.
1. How does the return of Tommy Brenton impact the offense? – The redshirt junior forward missed all of last season with a knee injury. His offensive rebounding and ability to score in the paint should result in a big improvement on offense for the Seawolves. Last season SBU finished 9th in America East in two-point percentage, so Brenton should help there. His return will also allow Stony Brook to be one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the conference for the second season in a row.
Iona to get a lot of attention this season
ESPN released its entire slate of games for the 2011-12 college basketball season today. There are lots of games from the Big East, ACC, Big 12, etc. The typical tournaments are also there. But ESPN3.com especially has opened up a new door for mid-majors and a number of them are taking advantage. Iona is one team that will have a good deal of exposure this season, with a minimum of nine appearances on a variety of ESPN outlets. Get to know where you can find ESPN3 and ESPNU on your television, because all of the already scheduled games can be found there. The full list for the teams this site covers is after the jump.
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Stony Brook picked second in America East
Along with the selection of the Preseason All-Conference Team, America East also announced the predicted standings as voted on by the coaches. Pretty predictably Boston University, and its wealth of returning talent, was selected No. 1. The Terriers got six of eight first place votes (coaches can’t vote for themselves). Stony Brook did manage to get the other three first place votes, and the Seawolves received 56 total points.
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Bryan Dougher named to America East Preseason All-Conference Team
America East held its season opening Tip-Off Luncheon today and unveiled both the projected conference standings and the Preseason All-Conference Team. The league kept the team to just five players and Stony Brook’s Bryan Dougher was recognized amongst them.
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Five Nights – January
As conference kicks into high gear in January, the games get harder and harder to choose from. There are 10 games that are definitely worth watching, but I had to pick the five best ones. Please note that Columbia, Stony Brook, Iona and St. Francis (NY) all have multiple games this month that are worth attending. This is just a sampling.
Five Nights – December
As non-conference play comes to a close, a few schools are going to get an early jump on conference games as well. One of those games appears in our top five. The big event at MSG this month is the Jimmy V Classic – Missouri vs. Villanova, Marquette vs. Washington – but there’s another set of games on the schedule at The Garden that makes this list as well.
New York Power Rankings – Preseason Edition
There are a bunch of teams in and around the New York City area. What better way to get a handle on them by putting them into your classic power ranking? Note: In order to be included in the power rankings a team’s campus has to be within a 65 mile radius of Manhattan according to Google Maps. That means that every team that plays Division I basketball in New Jersey is also included along with a few Connecticut teams. Let me know if you think I’ve missed anyone. From now on these will get updated every Wednesday and contain a little feature at the top instead of this boring explanatory blurb. Away we go…
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Coming & Going Stony Brook – Old is new
Stony Brook didn’t need much in its recruiting class after reaching the America East championship game last season. The Seawolves learned to live without one of their two personnel losses Chris Martin, during the 13 games he was injured last season. It’s another return from injury, junior Tommy Brenton, who is going to make the biggest impact for Stony Brook this season.
NYC Buckets Archive 