For America East Seniors, there was no tomorrow by Sam Perkins BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – When the America East conference tournament tipped off this past Friday night, it was much like that of any other one-bid conference in the country: under-hyped, under-publicized, and under attended. Mid-majors (and perhaps more accurately “low-majors”) […]
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Darryl Proctor A Warrior
This is the Story of a Warrior by Sam Perkins On February 20th the visiting University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers were clinging to a one point lead with a half a minute left over the University of Albany Great Danes. The Great Danes were surging, having just completed a four-point […]
No More Doubters For UMBC
UMBC Is For Real by Sam Perkins ALBANY, N.Y. – All season long the sentiment has leaked out from around the America East – from Prognosticators, fans, athletic departments. At times it has come in whispers, at times a dull roar, at times in droves. The notion: the UMBC Retrievers, […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Sam Perkins Heading down the last leg of what has been one heck of a conference season (with the conference standings seeming to shuffle significantly on a weekly basis), I thought now would be a good time to give my take on the All-Conference awards. One […]
Albany Gets Much-Needed Win
Great Danes Get Big Win When They Need it Most, Show Growth by Sam Perkins BURLINGTON, Vt. – Marqus Blakely had another monster game on the stat sheet, scoring 18 points while pulling down 16 rebounds, but the Albany great Danes learned how to take him out of the equation, […]
Hartford Holds Off Maine
High-Flying Hawks Continue Their Roll by Sam Perkins HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford men’s basketball team certainly lived up to their name Wednesday night, as the Hawks soared above the rim for almost a half-dozen crowd-pleasing dunks. However, the long range heroics of Morgan Sabia were involved in the game […]
Vermont Rides Blakely To Road Win
Just call them the Comeback Catamounts by Sam Perkins HARTFORD, Conn. – With three and a half minutes remaining in, Hartford was once again surging against Vermont. The feisty Hawks, playing the role of undaunted underdogs to perfection, had wrestled the lead away from the heavily-favored and high-powered Catamounts for […]
Hartford Needs McLendon
Hawks Hang on Against Seawolves by Sam Perkins HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford Hawks need Warren McLendon. If that wasn’t obvious before the Hawks’ game Thursday night, it certainly was afterwards. In what was truly a tale of two halves (or, perhaps more accurately, the tale of one and a […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Sam Perkins With almost half of the conference season in the books, one thing has become evident: the conference is still wide open, and none of the prognosticators (or even the coaches, judging by the preseason coaches poll) seem to have been too accurate. The non-conference […]
UMBC Wins Ugly
Retrievers Show They Can Win Ugly by Sam Perkins BOSTON – How much could one really take away from a game when the league’s best team takes on one of the league’s worst? When the best team plays well below its potential, and their opponent is playing without its best […]
