Metro Atlantic Notebook Port-able Rider’s Mario Porter is leading the MAAC in scoring at 21.1 points per game. Porter is also the league rebounding leader with 8.6 per game. The senior forward from Irvington, NJ, and his Bronc teammates, recently came off a 72-68 upset of Manhattan in Riverdale. Porter […]
Author: Adam Shandler
The “Other” Crimson Tide
Harvard: That “Other” Crimson Tide by Adam Shandler I am writing this article on the Brooklyn Bridge-bound 6 Train. The rider sitting to my left has generously turned the volume up on his Discman, loud enough so that the other riders might enjoy the latest Jay-Z album. Ahh, gone are […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook As A Whole: According to IvyLeagueSports.com, the Ivy men’s basketball teams are on pace to break a record for collective regular season, non-conference wins. As of Friday, December 28, the league had compiled 43 wins and, if all goes well, is on its way to 59 for […]
Metro Atlantic Notebook
Metro Atlantic Notebook Da King a’New Yawk: Manhattan Head Coach Bobby Gonzalez is certainly earning that 2-year contract extension awarded last year. The Jaspers are 9-1 and champions of the recent Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. After out-dueling Fordham in the first round game, Manhattan bumped Iona 69-58 in an […]
Colonial Notebook
Colonial Notebook Ram Tough – So Far: The Colonial has hosted a few early intra-conference games, and even though we have not reached the thick of conference play, one thing is certainly for sure. Uncertainty. Yes, as I look into my crystal ball (actually a souvenir snow globe of South […]
The Hot Commonwealth
The Commonwealth vs. the CAA Making A Case For The Red-Hot Rams by Adam Shandler So being a fan of the JRR Tolkien trilogy Lord of the Rings, I just had to get me one of those light-up promotional goblets being offered at Burger King. My quest to the nearest […]
Mid-Majors Keeping up with the Big Boys
A Perfect Example of the Changing State of D-I Hoops by Adam Shandler The Hoopville holiday party was a blast! Actually, since we’re all scattered all over the country, it had to be a virtual holiday party, but we had fun nonetheless. Managing Editor Andrew Flynn rented out only the […]
The Marty Glickman Classic
The Marty Glickman Classic: What New York-Area College Basketball Needed by Adam Shandler Time-out. First Half. Fordham Fan: Fordham! (Clap-clap) St. John’s Fan: Sucks! Fordham Fan: Fordham! (Clap-clap) St. John’s Fan: Sucks! Time-out. Second Half: St. John’s Fan: Johnnies, baby! Yeah! Fordham Fan: Safety school! Saturday, December 1st was a […]
Ivy League Preview
2001-02 Ivy League Preview by Adam Shandler Attention Ivy Leaguers: Anybody? Anybody? Anybody other than Princeton and Penn? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you want me to say Penn or Princeton is going to win the Ivy and then move on with “yada yada” reports about the also-rans. Can’t say I blame […]
Metro Atlantic Preview
2001-02 Metro Atlantic Conference Preview by Adam Shandler The NCAA selection committee might take some pity on the MAAC this year and toss them an extra bid to the tourney. But they’ve got to earn it. In the early going, it’s hard not to like Iona but Canisius, Manhattan, Niagara […]
