On Saturday, Sacred Heart played its ONLY non-conference home game of the 2015-16 season versus the struggling Lafayette Leopards. The defending Patriot League champions had lost six of seven, with two of those defeats coming at the hands of the NEC. Continue reading “Three Thoughts on Why Sacred Heart Has Struggled”
Holy Cross 90, Hartford 68: Injuries Doom Hawks
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Bill Carmody and turnovers don’t get along much. So much so that Carmody’s Northwestern teams – even against Big 10 competition – did a remarkable job of not giving the ball away without at least getting up a shot. How good? Here are the national turnover rate ranks for Northwestern from 2006-07 to 2012-13: 17th, 20th, 34th, 30th, 5th, 7th, 37th. That’s pretty damn good, no matter what the competition.
(Some irony in the fact that turnovers were not the reason Milan Brown was canned after last season. Holy Cross finished 14-16 and 8-10 in the Patriot League, but were 50th in offensive turnover rate.)
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Saint Peter’s Looking To Surprise MAAC With Strong Start
There is one MAAC team that is just a few bounces of the ball away from being 5-2, or even 6-1—Saint Peter’s. Continue reading “Saint Peter’s Looking To Surprise MAAC With Strong Start”
Monmouth Looking To Commit To Defense, Depth
While Monmouth has been off to an impressive 5-3 start, it may have possibly made its most impressive feat on Sunday afternoon against Niagara. Continue reading “Monmouth Looking To Commit To Defense, Depth”
NEC Fast Break Episode 5
On the fifth episode of NEC Fast Break John Templon and Ryan Peters sit down to do deep dives into the Bryant Bulldogs, St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers and Wagner Seahawks, plus some other insights into the league. Continue reading “NEC Fast Break Episode 5”
Three Thoughts: NJIT 92, St. Francis Brooklyn 86 OT
St. Francis Brooklyn’s calling card used to be its defense, but when that fell apart against NJIT the Terriers tried to shoot themselves out of a jam. Unfortunately they came up just short, 92-86, in overtime on Thursday in Brooklyn. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: NJIT 92, St. Francis Brooklyn 86 OT”
Columbia 72, Manhattan 71: Trust The Process
“The process.” Recently, it’s been the term associated with the Philadelphia 76ers’ rebuilding effort. Continue reading “Columbia 72, Manhattan 71: Trust The Process”
Quinnipiac 68, Hartford 66: Growing Pains For Inexperienced Teams
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The ball moved quickly, everyone seemed to touch it, extra passes were made, and – most importantly – shots were falling as Quinnipiac was rolling Tuesday night at intrastate rival Hartford.
At one point, the Bobcats were 8-12 and then 10-16 from three-point range, and after Gio McLean drove with ease to the hoop and scored, Quinnipiac led 60-47 with 10:30 left and appeared to be cruising to its second straight victory, even without its best post player, Chaise Daniels.
But the cruise hit the proverbial iceberg at that point. Possessions that didn’t end in turnovers finished wih rushed shots at the end of the shot clock. Hartford alowly started to gain momentum and scored 14 points the rest of the way. Quinnipiac showed a lot of guts and Gio McLean hit an eventual game-winning shot with 1:16 left to give it a 68-66 road win despite scoring just eight points in the final quarter of the contest, and – coupled with a win at Canisius Saturday – may tell us plenty about the mental makeup of the Bobcats going forward (certainly about McLean, more on him later).
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Redemption For Petrasek and Columbia
Flash back to 2013. A loaded Manhattan team was at the beginning of their journey to back-to-back MAAC titles (with the jury still out on more). Steve Masiello’s team took the 1 train down to Manhattan (the borough) and handed Columbia a heartbreaking one-point loss at Levien Gymnasium. Continue reading “Redemption For Petrasek and Columbia”
Monmouth Accelerating To MAAC Spotlight, Ready For Home Opener
Almost no team in the country has seen their spotlight accelerate quicker than the Monmouth Hawks did two weeks ago. Continue reading “Monmouth Accelerating To MAAC Spotlight, Ready For Home Opener”
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