Stony Brook managed to earn their first victory in the Long Island rivalry in eight years, picking up a 71-68 victory over Hofstra on Sunday. Continue reading “Stony Brook 71, Hofstra 68: Seawolves Earn Long Island Bragging Rights”
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”
KINGSTON, R.I. – As far as walk-ons go, Iona freshman Benjamin Nwokeabia has a pretty good resume, the Swiss native played AAU ball and at Impact Academy in Sarasota, Fla.
But he doesn’t appear among the 12 names on the front of the Iona media notes in “At a Glance”, and he had so little chance of getting meaningful minutes Saturday night at the Ryan Center against Rhode Island that his bio wasn’t included either. So the confluence of events that saw him on the floor late in overtime of a tight game Saturday night, well, that’s quite a long story.
Alas, if you’ve been following you know much of it. Kelvin Amayo is out indefinitely with a knee injury and Schadrac Casimir the same with a stubborn groin injury that is not healing as fast as anyone involved with Iona would like. MAAC Preseason Player of the Year A.J. English will hopefully be back for MAAC play from a broken bone in his hand.
Continue reading “Rhode Island 79, Iona 74 (OT): Gaels Nearly Pull Off Remarkable Win”
Coming off an unexpected and rather brutal 15-game losing streak that sunk their 2014-15 campaign, Fairleigh Dickinson was an afterthought in the NEC this offseason. Sure, a vast majority still believed Greg Herenda was steering the ship in the right direction, but perhaps this massive rebuilding project in Hackensack would take longer than expected? Continue reading “Will The Third Season Be The Charm For Greg Herenda, FDU?”
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – We have long since established that the non-conference season means next to nothing for NEC teams, this season even more so than usual with parity abound. However, that zero next to Central Connecticut in the win column was still an eyesore at this point of the season.
Add the fact that of the 351 Division I basketball teams in this great country, only five had yet to win a game, and it grew harder to look at with each passing day.
With UConn and Yale next on the schedule, 69-years-young Howie Dickenman was well aware that a home loss Friday night to UMass Lowell likely meant that his Blue Devils would enter conference play 0-11, and so – now feeling much better after a health scare earlier in the season – he was out leading the warmup himself 45 minutes prior to tip, urging his players to up the tempo.
Continue reading “Central Conn. 83, UMass Lowell 79: Dickenman And Crew No Longer Winless”
The effort and change on the defensive level has been well documented, but Fordham has also seen a resurgence in their offense through non-conference play. Continue reading “Unselfishness Fueling Fordham’s Strong Offensive Start”
Through the season’s first 10 games, opponents are beginning to realize they keep their eye on more than one New Hampshire sophomore. Continue reading “New Hampshire’s Future Strong With Sophomores Camara, Leissner”
Hofstra head coach Joe Mihalich knows his team can score and score a lot, but it’s the other side he worries about. Continue reading “Hofstra Prioritizing To Build Their Defense”
First year head coach Jeff Neubauer has emphasized defense at Fordham and through nine games it has paid off. Continue reading “Fordham Finding Their Defensive Identity Under Jeff Neubauer”
Through the first month of the season, New Hampshire has yet to put it together. Continue reading “Suspensions, Injuries Hampering New Hampshire Early”
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