Exams are over and basketball is back in full swing. With lots of MAAC action this week there was lots to pick from for this week’s good, bad and ugly categories. Apologies to Loyola (MD) and Marist. I couldn’t figure out what to write about the easy victory over Mount St. Mary’s and the Hartford loss for the Red Foxes falls under the old adage of “If you don’t have anything nice to say…”
Continue reading “Christmas Week: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly MAAC Recap”
Siena found itself in New York City again after an 11-day break following a 20-point loss at Manhattan. Back in the Bronx, the Fordham Rams exploited the defensive problems of the Saints early and even though the Siena offense showed up with an explosive run it could not complete the comeback in an 81-75 loss Sunday. Continue reading “Siena Working to Find Answers in NYC”
Fordham rode an impressive first half performance on offense to an 81-75 victory over Siena on Sunday at Rose Hill. Chris Gaston scored 25 points for the Rams and Branden Frazier had 20 points and 10 assists. The win pushed Fordham’s record to 3-9. Here are some photos from the game.
For Siena, a 2-9 start to the season has not been the way fans expected season three under head coach Mitch Buonaguro to go. However, with two losses decided by one point, the turnaround in Albany will likely come in the form of minor tweaks. Continue reading “Small Numbers Could Lead to Big Turnaround at Siena”
The MAAC has had a historic start to the season, with eight of 10 teams starting at 1-1, but the most historic start might be for the undefeated Canisius Golden Griffins. Continue reading “Undefeated Canisius Leads Historic MAAC Weekend”
These are a day later than I had hoped, for a variety of reasons, but I think they’re important, because Manhattan’s game against Siena on Sunday afternoon, a 75-55 victory, showed a lot of growth from the young Jaspers. Continue reading “5 Thoughts: Manhattan Gets First MAAC Win”
Conference play arrives a little early for the MAAC as the December weekend helps fit in the 18-game round-robin format. The good news is that these games really matter. The bad news is that two games, while a ninth of the conference slate is still a pretty small sample. What teams looked good? Here are the tempo-free rankings. Continue reading “The Early Season Tempo-Free MAAC”
It wasn’t the best week in the world for the MAAC, but a small pack of teams are starting to separate themselves as legitimate title contenders as the season continues. Iona, Loyola (MD) and Fairfield look to be the class of the league right now as Manhattan has struggled against a difficult schedule. Continue reading “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly as MAAC Opens Conference Play”
MAAC teams have been playing plenty of road and neutral site games during the past two weeks. Siena and Iona traveled long distances to play three games in four days. Siena went to San Diego and Iona went to St. Thomas for the Paradise Jam. While Canisius, off to their best start since 2000-01, went out to the road for the first time Saturday at Stony Brook. Continue reading “MAAC Teams Take to the Road in late November”
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”
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