Those papers in the trash across the room are the discarded Patriot League scripts for the 2014-15 season. With some irony, I mentioned in my preview just before conference play started that the non-conference campaign had pretty much gone according to plan. Continue reading “Patriot League Tournament Preview (With Fearless Predictions)”
Will Brown easily could have claimed his first America East Coach of the Year award earlier in his tenure as head coach. In fact, he knows it. Continue reading “Will Brown Takes Unusual Route To America East Coach Of The Year”
Albany dominated the America East standings, so it was fitting that the Great Danes receive some of the league’s top regular season accolades for the first time since 2007. Continue reading “Will Brown, Jameel Warney Claim Top America East Awards”
What Happened Last Week: Harvard lost at Cornell, falling back into a tie for first place with Yale at 10-2. The Crimson beat Columbia the following night, while the Bulldogs beat Princeton and Penn despite trailing both in the second half. Dartmouth earned an impressive road sweep of the New York teams. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Mar. 1”
Note: The new bracket is out here.
March and the ensuing madness have arrived! There are only two weeks until Selection Sunday and here’s how I see the field breaking down as March 1. I’ve also broken down and included Kansas State and Florida. I think it’s highly unlikely that either team would be included if under .500, but… Their resumes aren’t awful. Continue reading “NIT Bracketology – March 2”
With the 2014-15 Northeast Conference regular season in the books, now is the time for John and I to announce our awards and all-conference teams for the end of the season. Continue reading “NEC Awards and All-Conference Teams for the 2014-15 Season”
As Hartford prepares for the America East playoff matchup at New Hampshire, head coach John Gallagher is adamant that senior Mark Nwakamma will be on the floor on Wednesday night. Continue reading “John Gallagher Preparing To Have Mark Nwakamma For Quarterfinal”
It was perhaps a fitting ending for a Patriot League season that defied much logic anyway.
Colgate had just finished off a much-improved Lehigh squad at Cotterell Court, and despite going 3-10 in non-conference play, a victory by defending champion American at home over Bucknell would have given the Raiders a share of the league title for the first time in 19 years, as well as home court throughout the league tournament.
The America East is preparing for its first of two experimental years of a new championship and the conference is hopeful the playoff system is going to stick. Continue reading “Eye Towards The Present, Future As First America East Playoffs Begin”
Mark Nwakamma came out to jump center on Senior Night Saturday just as he had for almost every game of his collegiate career for Hartford. Only when the referee tossed the ball, Nwakamma didn’t even jump, allowing Stony Brook to control the ball. The whistle then blew, Nwakamma shook hands with everyone and walked off the Chase Family Arena floor for the final time.
It was all prearranged, Hartford choosing not to risk Nwakamma’s pesky bone bruise on his knee with the America East Tournament looming Wednesday and both teams’ seeds set. However, it basically served to give junior Jameel Warney free reign he probably didn’t need, but his conference Player of the Year campaign was given a nice boost with 32 points and 18 rebounds as the Seawolves cruised to a 74-59 win in the regular season finale for both teams.
Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Stony Brook 74, Hartford 59”
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