For the first time in the Tim Cluess era, Iona has lost two conference home games in a season. Continue reading “Siena 81, Iona 78: Saints Earn Their Marquee Road Win”
Siena 81, Iona 78: Saints Earn Their Marquee Road Win
Category: Siena
Siena Freshman Nico Clareth Bringing Saints Energy
Jimmy Patsos knew that freshman Nico Clareth was going to make an impact and once junior Marquis Wright exited with a foot injury, Clareth’s time came. Continue reading “Siena Freshman Nico Clareth Bringing Saints Energy”
Siena’s Marquis Wright Having An Impact While Sidelined
Siena junior Marquis Wright has been out since the final week of December after having surgery on his right foot, but he has still had an impact on the Saints. Continue reading “Siena’s Marquis Wright Having An Impact While Sidelined”
Monmouth 85, Siena 69: Robinson Eclipses 1,000 As Hawks Handle Saints
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ. – Junior guard Justin Robinson of the Monmouth University men’s basketball team said he was frustrated when he failed to score 1,000 career points at Kingston, N.Y. High School. Continue reading “Monmouth 85, Siena 69: Robinson Eclipses 1,000 As Hawks Handle Saints”
Siena 64, Quinnipiac 52: How About That Saints’ Defense?
HAMDEN, Conn. – The credit does not belong to the critic, as Mr. Roosevelt once taught us, but the data made it pretty easy to be critical of Siena’s defense last season. Coming off a 2013-14 campaign in which the Saints were second in the MAAC (behind only champion Manhattan) and 78th nationally in defensive efficiency, Siena mysteriously couldn’t stop anyone last season with largely the same personnel that had won 20 games and the CBI in Jimmy Patsos’ first season in Loudonville (OK, Albany).
The final tally: 334th in defensive efficiency, dead last in the 11-team MAAC, and therefore an extremely disappointing 11-20 record.
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Photo Gallery: Manhattan 92, Siena 87 (3OT)
Manhattan and Siena set the tone for MAAC play on Monday, grinding out a three overtime affair, which ended with the Jaspers evening up their record at 2-2 in conference play. Continue reading “Photo Gallery: Manhattan 92, Siena 87 (3OT)”
Manhattan Outlasts Siena In 3OT Thriller
While the nation was locked in to a thrilling triple-overtime game between the top two teams in the country Monday night, another marathon was taking place in Riverdale between Manhattan and Siena. Continue reading “Manhattan Outlasts Siena In 3OT Thriller”
Siena Eager To Cut Their Turnovers While Playing Fast
Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos knows that his team needs to clean up their turnover woes, but it isn’t that simple. Continue reading “Siena Eager To Cut Their Turnovers While Playing Fast”
Siena’s Strong Start Fueled By Veteran Leadership, Youth
Siena is off to their best start since their NCAA tournament appearance in 2010, but head coach Jimmy Patsos is happy that Monmouth is clogging the spotlight. Continue reading “Siena’s Strong Start Fueled By Veteran Leadership, Youth”
Three Thoughts: Siena 76, Radford 62
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Siena was perhaps the biggest disappointment in the MAAC last season. Coming off a CBI title in Jimmy Patsos’ first season in Albany/Loudonville, the Saints couldn’t get out of their own way, almost literally, in an 11-20 campaign.
Perhaps the biggest riddle was that the personnel wasn’t all that much different. Yet Siena mysteriously went from 78th nationally in defensive efficiency to a nightmarish 334th (there are only 351 Division I teams). What the heck happened?
Patsos and his team had six months to ponder that question and if Friday’s game against Radford is any indication, they have found some answers. The Saints opened the 2015-16 at Duke and Wisconsin, who only happened to play each other for the national title last April, so it was hard to get too much of a gauge off those contests.
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