Iona maintained their lead over Rider in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play and the Gaels will have three games this week to add some distance. Even without A.J. English and Desi Washington for a game, both Iona and Saint Peter’s pulled off victories. Continue reading “MAAC Stock Watch: Feb. 9”
Manhattan coach Steve Masiello never hides the fact that he’s a Rick Pitino disciple through and through. He played for Pitino at Kentucky, assisted with him at Louisville, and now much of the success he’s had in Riverdale is employing the same style of coming after opponents with pressure and traps and anything else to make it difficult to traverse the 94 feet from one hoop to the other without coughing it up. Continue reading “Manhattan’s Swagger On Full Display As Jaspers Rout Monmouth”
After burying Quinnipiac in a barrage of second half three-pointers Tuesday night at the Hynes Center, the assembled media grilled consensus MAAC favorite Iona about the pressure of being the league leader. David Laury did his best to dance around the loaded questions, and showed his veteran leadership by being tremendously diplomatic.
“We definitely have a chance to establish ourselves, but this is the MAAC,” Laury said. “This conference is a great conference. On any given night, anyone could lose. You can’t just say it’s Iona and everyone else in the conference, there’s great teams in the conference.”
Continue reading “Can Monmouth (Or Anyone) Stay With Iona In MAAC Race?”
This week’s MAAC Stock Watch was delayed slightly thanks to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference coaches conference call. Canisius and Fairfield share the top spot in the conference through the first weekend of MAAC play, just as everyone expected. Niagara’s reign over the top spot lasted fewer than two games and Quinnipiac shares the conference basement with Saint Peter’s. Here’s more on who’s up, who’s down after the conference’s first weekend.
Marist head coach Mike Maker was at a loss of words at the post game press conference. He took a deep breath and struggled through his opening statement as tears came down and he stopped to dry his eyes. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Monmouth 57, Marist 50”
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference went 4-9 in the season’s first three days, but there are plenty of bright spots, even in losses for some teams.
On the eve of his fourth season as head coach, Monmouth announced that they have extended King Rice’s contract until the 2018-19 season. Continue reading “Monmouth’s King Rice Extended until the 2018-19 Season”
In the middle of King Rice’s second season, he learned that Monmouth would be moving to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference from the Northeast Conference. Continue reading “Monmouth’s King Rice Quickly Reshaping the Roster”
Today marks the start of the MAAC tournament, and we at Big Apple Buckets thought it would be worthwhile to take a closer look at each team in their quest to represent the MAAC in the NCAA Tournament. Each team makes the trip to Springfield with a different set of pros and cons, and dealing with different sets of highs and lows that go beyond simple numbers. Continue reading “Forecasting the MAAC Tournament”
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In their first meeting as MAAC foes since making the move from the NEC together, the Quinnipiac Bobcats (2-1 MAAC) extended their winning streak over the Monmouth Hawks (1-3 MAAC) to 7 games with a 94-77 victory Saturday afternoon. Continue reading “Quinnipiac 94, Monmouth 77”
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