The decision was announced at approximately 3:30 Friday afternoon. Iona junior guard A.J. English would miss that evening’s game against Siena due to his role in a post-game altercation after the buzzer of the Gaels’ previous game, a 68-61 overtime win over Saint Peter’s. Continue reading “Iona’s Bench Comes Through In English’s Absence”
For all of the steps forward Siena took in year one, it appeared that the group that went 20-18 last season faced hard prospects in grabbing a top five seed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference by the month of December. Continue reading “Siena Building For Run In MAAC Play”
Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos said of the news of Brett Bisping’s injury in December that the beginning of February would be key to determining his status for the rest of the season. Continue reading “Brett Bisping’s Injury Status Still Wait And See At Siena”
The battle of the two most penalized teams in the MAAC certainly lived up to the billing. After 40 minutes full of 46 fouls, 38 turnovers, 20 steals, and 63 combined free throw attempts, it was the Manhattan Jaspers squeaked away from Siena in the final minutes to come away with an 87-79 victory. Continue reading “Manhattan Pulls Away Late to Down Siena 87-79”
From the start of Jimmy Patsos’ tenure at Siena, he knew that Marquis Wright and Lavon Long were going to have a say in how successful his turnaround in Albany would be. Continue reading “Wright, Long Keys To Siena’s Turnaround”
Jimmy Patsos can be an acquired taste and while he’s nowhere near being in jeopardy of losing his job (despite what Ronnie might tell you next time you go to Draddy Gym), there is pressure at Siena that he never felt in his nine years at Loyola (MD).
There just aren’t any other programs that are going to draw 6,244 people to watch them play, let alone on a Sunday afternoon against a team near the bottom of the MAAC standings. And Siena fans don’t need long memories to remember the three consecutive MAAC titles from 2008-2010, which also included the last two NCAA Tournament victories for the conference (over Vanderbilt and Ohio State).
Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Saint Peter’s 69, Siena 55”
Marist’s Khallid Hart and Siena’s Marquis Wright were intertwined in a debate last season on which freshman should carry the conference’s Rookie of the Year award. Continue reading “Marist-Siena Rivalry Gets New Wrinkle With Guards Khallid Hart And Marquis Wright”
One of the reasons Jimmy Patsos was able to turn around the Siena program so quickly was the players’ commitment to the defensive end. Continue reading “Siena Seeking Answers Defensively”
We’re now six games into MAAC play. Monmouth is surprisingly tied with Iona atop the regular season standings at 5-1, but the tempo-free standings actually have a different team challenging the Gaels (though no one is really even close). Continue reading “Tempo-Free MAAC: Jan. 14 Edition”
He may not be quite as animated as he was in the early days of his Loyola (MD) coaching career, but Jimmy Patsos is still Jimmy Patsos.
Continue reading “Javion Ogunyemi, Siena Grind Out Another Victory”
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