Before he was running around the Northeast covering games for Big Apple Buckets, Ray Curren ran around the country for The Mid-Majority (RIP). One of his stops was NJIT. Considering the Highlanders’ victory over Michigan and all the talk that has come from it. We’re re-running his post here today. Continue reading “Isn’t NJIT So Cute? — A Repost”
The nation’s lone independent team in Division I, NJIT, stunned 17th-ranked Michigan with a 72-70 victory on Saturday. Continue reading “NJIT’s Jim Engles Puts Leagues On Notice With Michigan Win”
Staring at a second straight season as Division I’s lone independent college basketball program, head coach Jim Engles has more pressing issues to face. Continue reading “Challenges Independent for NJIT’s Jim Engles”
If the N.J.I.T. Highlanders are going to finish above .500 this season they’re going to need some talent to come in and provide solid minutes. One player who might be able to help out Jim Engles’ squad is soon to be 21-year-old, 6’7 freshman Garrett Frick.
Continue reading “Coming & Going N.J.I.T. – Searching for Garrett Frick”
Over the past three seasons Jim Engles has taken NJIT from 1-30 to 10-21 to 15-15. Now with a schedule that includes 18 games against teams from the Great West, independents and outside of Division I it seems like this season is the time for the Highlanders to take the next step and finish with a winning record.
It’s April and the NCAA Tournament is over. Thus everyone is scrambling to put together some ridiculous bracket so that they can grab the attention of fans still craving simple one-and-done eliminations.
At CollegeInsider.com they’re capitalizing on it by putting out the Runway to the Fashion 4 bracket. It’s even got a blog where Virginia Tech’s Seth Greenberg can be found spouting some insider knowledge. (At least his team made this bracket!)
Continue reading “Maybe a 16 over 1 in the Fashion Brackets?”
This season the Great West Conference wasn’t the worst conference in college basketball according to Ken Pomeroy, no, that distinction fell to the SWAC. But this isn’t an opportunity to rag on small Division I conferences that don’t have many financial resources, rather, it’s an opportunity to look at the successes that the conference had this season as it tries to establish itself in college basketball circles.
The GWC was created for scheduling convenience, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Having seven members that you can schedule 12 home-and-home contests, even if it means flying from Newark, NJ to Orem, Utah, is a valuable commodity in college basketball circles. Unfortunately, as the Dakota schools move onwards, the conference is going to suffer. South Dakota will be joining the Summit League after the 2010-11 athletic schedule wraps up. The loss of the Coyotes means the loss of the program that won the original conference tournament and earned a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
Unfortunately the second team to win, North Dakota, will also be leaving in 2012 for the Big Sky Conference. The Fighting Sioux won the Great West Conference Tournament this season with a 77-76 double-overtime victory over South Dakota and went on to lose to Air Force in the first round of the CIT. The loss of these two teams in going to deal a big blow to the conference’s hopes of establishing a legitimate timeline for becoming an NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier and for developing respect around the nation.
Continue reading “2011-12 season must be considered a success for Great West”
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