First Proving Ground Proves Successful by Zach Smart MANSFIELD, Mass. – New England Grassroots basketball and Reebok played host to the first-ever Northeast Proving Ground invitational camp this weekend in Mansfield, Mass. The combine featured some of the young talent from not just the northeast but also Chicago, Canada, and […]
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Mount Vernon’s Kevin Jones
Jones is Mount Vernon’s Latest Product by Zach Smart MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – At first glance, the gym seems a bit mediocre. A standard-size basketball court, intriguing team logo at the center, two benches and sets of stands sitting across from each other, glass backboards and round, cylinder rims. Nothing […]
Cruz Transfers To Quinnipiac
Cruz Headed To Quinnipiac by Zach Smart After weighing his transfer options, Jonathan Cruz has officially found a new hardwood home. Cruz, who had been considering New Hampshire and Boston University, signed with Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., this week. The 6-foot-7 Cruz averaged a meager 1.5 points and 1.0 […]
Scott Burrell Joins Quinnipiac Staff
Burrell Hired As Assistant Coach by Zach Smart The latest addition to the Quinnipiac men’s basketball coaching staff comes with much excitement – and a bit of fanfare as well. Scott Burrell, a former NBA player and the first American athlete to be selected in the first round of both […]
Northeast Conference Recap
Northeast Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Zach Smart NEC Postseason Awards Player of the Year: Javier Mojica, Sr. Central Connecticut Simply put, Mojica was the best player on the best team in the Northeast Conference this season. After playing a supporting role the past two seasons, Mojica came into his […]
NEC Quarterfinals
Northeast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Zach Smart Forget what happened during the regular season. Everything. It’s meaningless at this point. It’s been echoed time and time again, and that “anyone can beat anyone” talk is only going to persist as playoff arrives. The quarterfinals kicked off tonight and were […]
Adam Gonzalez’s Journey
Success Nothing New For QU’s Gonzalez by Zach Smart Adam Gonzalez arrived at Quinnipiac University sporting a pair of braids down to his neck and a perma-smile that’s evolved into his trademark both on and off the basketball court. Anytime a former National Junior College Player of the Year inks […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart A Devil Of A Time This year’s Central Connecticut team possesses a three-headed monster that all of two conference teams have been able to maintain. This is, however, the Northeast Conference we’re talking about now. The top dog can never be inked in as […]
UConn Over Syracuse
UConn Defeats Orange In Milestone Victory by Zach Smart STORRS, Conn. – This was the kind of marquee victory Jim Calhoun was thirsting for since the callow Huskies were plunged into Big East play. UConn needed this victory in so many different ways. The Huskies had been crumbling ever since […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Joe DeSantis never lost hope. Not amid the small crowds, the detractors, the off-court distractions, the grueling seven-game losing streak. Not even amid pink slip rumors which zipped through Hamden like the Connecticut Transit. Indeed, the man who was here when Quinnipiac was a […]
