Eagles Show Signs of Coming Alive by Phil Kasiecki KINGSTON, R.I. – Don’t look now, but Boston College is coming alive with a full squad. The Eagles have certainly looked less-than-stellar at times during non-conference play, and head coach Al Skinner has remarked after a few games that the team […]

Huskies Fend Off Pesky Bobcats, Roll To 11-0 by Zach Smart HARTFORD, Conn. – For the first 17 minutes of play, the two teams were virtually lost in identity. The Connecticut Huskies looked nothing like the No. 2 ranked program in the country, the team which shined at the Maui […]

Ford Guides UMass Into New Year, New Era by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – Some opposing coaches will watch film of Keydren Clark and feel like they are viewing a horror movie. The nightmare being how to stop or try to curtail the explosive scoring of the St. Peter’s senior. […]

Bitter Big Five Rivals Square Off by John Celestand If you’re not from Philly, then you can’t understand. Don’t even try. Philadelphia is about Big Five basketball; and when the two biggest teams in the Big Five square off, you can expect nothing less than a back alley brawl. Villanova […]

Holidays at St. Peter’s by Ray Floriani JERSEY CITY, N.J. – There was excitement among St. Peter’s tonight. It wasn’t simply a festive holiday mood on this evening three days before Christmas: a good turnout was on hand to see the annual FDU – St. Peter’s contest. The two always […]

New and Improved Saints by Phil Kasiecki Things are a little different at Siena than they were last year – and that’s for the better, which seemed hard to imagine around September. The Saints are fresh off a season where they lost a school-record 24 games. They looked to be […]

New England Round-up by Phil Kasiecki As Christmas has just come, here’s a look at what’s going on with many of the New England schools. Most will get right back on the hardwood within a couple of days of the holiday. Huskies can’t finish what they start Northeastern can be […]

Friars’ Young Talent Starts to Emerge by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The young Friars are starting to grow up after their first final exams. In a season sure to have its growing pains, Providence has a roster full of youth. Fourth-year starter Donnie McGrath is the only scholarship senior, […]

Hoosiers Avenge Loss To 49ers, White Returns by Zach Smart The Indiana Hoosiers kept seeing flashes of it. It was right there, still fresh in their minds, months and months after Brendan Plavich’s half-court prayer at the buzzer found the bottom of the net and robbed Indiana of the victory. […]

What’s Happened Since the Start? by Matthew Moll Three weeks after the tournament formerly known as the Preseason NIT the four teams that qualified to play at Madison Square Garden are a third of a way through their respective seasons and looking ahead to conference play. Two teams are poised […]