This time, it’s the size of the Dog in the Fight by Sam Perkins BOSTON – Before the start of the season, most America East followers circled Wednesday night’s match up between the Albany Great Danes and the Boston University Terriers as an early battle for conference supremacy, and a […]

Under-hyped Hawks have the look of a contender by Sam Perkins The University of Hartford Hawks have suffered from an absolute dearth of publicity during the 2007-2008 season, as despite putting together a solid showing during their non-conference season, and playing some of the best ball in the conference as […]

Terriers Show Some Fight, End Losing Skid by Sam Perkins BOSTON – No one would say it, but for Dennis Wolff and the Boston University Terriers, this was a must win game. Boston University entered their match-up against conference rival UNH riding a four-game losing streak. Corey Lowe put the […]

UMBC Has Good Holdovers, Too by Phil Kasiecki DURHAM, N.H. – To many who don’t follow UMBC or the America East Conference, there’s a limited amount of knowledge out there about the Retrievers. Chances are, most know that they have three transfers that have given them a major infusion of […]

Christensen, Gibbs, lead gutsy Wildcats to dramatic Victory by Sam Perkins DURHAM, N.H. – Albany head coach Will Brown summed it up perfectly following his team’s Thursday night contest against the University of New Hampshire. “Superior effort and superior toughness won this game,” remarked the Great Danes’ leader. When games […]

Growing Pains: Young Wildcats learning the hard way by Sam Perkins Growing Pains Young Wildcats learning the hard way By Sam Perkins DURHAM, N.H. – There’s one big problem for New Hampshire right now. “The real issue that we have with our basketball team is that we are a very, […]

UMBC the class of the conference by Sam Perkins With almost a third of the season in the books, things are not going the way the America East had hoped as a whole, as the conference record sits at a dismal 28-48 through Sunday. Furthermore, if you take out games […]

Extreme week for growing Bears by Sam Perkins “We know this is going to be a growing process for a long time,” Maine head Coach Ted Woodward reflected following his team’s matchup against Providence College. The Black Bears learned quite a lot about themselves in a week versus two very […]

Wildcats Hang Tough, Hold Off Quinnipiac by Sam Perkins DURHAM, N.H. – Dane DiLiegro opened and closed the game with authority, but it took a team effort during his absence to overcome a tenacious Quinnipiac team and earn a 77-70 victory. With the win UNH improved to 3-1 on the […]

Reserves Glowiak, Sabia shine in star role by Sam Perkins HARTFORD, Conn. – Warren McClendon dominated every second that he was on the floor. Unfortunately for Hartford, the Hawks’ center only played seventeen minutes due to foul trouble. The loss of McClendon looked like it would prove disastrous, but the […]