Amy Huchthausen is entering her fifth calendar year as the commissioner of the America East and she has already seen plenty. Continue reading “Amy Huchthausen Continuing To Produce Results For America East”
After the first season of the America East Playoff format, which saw 21,292 fans attend seven games at four different sites, the conference decided to continue the format indefinitely. Continue reading “America East Playoff Format To Continue Indefinitely”
The overall health of the America East conference appears to be strong. Continue reading “America East Taking Cautious Approach To Sports”
While the new autonomy five power structure of the NCAA appears to be moving towards supporting cost of attendance for student-athletes, the America East conference will be cautious in instituting any league wide structure to support it. Continue reading “America East Cautious Of New NCAA Autonomy Structure”
While NJIT has been enjoying their best season as Division I’s only independent team, and has begun the process to build a $100 million arena, it does not appear to have pressured any conference to take them in. Continue reading “Pressure To Add NJIT Not Affecting America East, As Expansion Is Tabled”
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”
In what may be the final two America East men’s basketball tournaments to be played on a neutral site, the tournament result proved to be an adventure for the top seed. Continue reading “Amy Huchthausen on the America East Tournament’s Legacy”
It’s hard to forget that just one of the 351 Division I men’s basketball schools this past season had no conference affiliation.
It doesn’t appear that school, NJIT – which went 13-16 under Jim Engles last season, will find a new home in the America East Conference. Continue reading “America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen on NJIT, State of League”
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