Midnight Madness at Northeastern by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – It’s the night before a victory parade that Bostonians have long awaited. In fact, preparations at nearby Fenway Park are already noticeable if you go by there. Needless to say, attendance expectations for a special version of Midnight Madness at Northeastern […]

Sorrentine Still Joining Elite Company by Phil Kasiecki The elite company that T.J. Sorrentine is in hasn’t quite dawned on him yet. When Sorrentine won the America East Player of the Year award in 2002, he joined elite company in two respects. He became just the third player, following the […]

Munir Completes The Comeback by Phil Kasiecki Last fall, D.J. Munir was at an all-time low. He was academically ineligible to play basketball for the first semester, due to school policy and not NCAA regulations. A fierce competitor, he couldn’t play the game he loves. “That was probably the toughest […]

The Ultimate Warrior Leads Northeastern’s Resurgence by Phil Kasiecki Ask a few people who have played with or coached Sylbrin Robinson to describe what it’s been like, and a lot of the same things are said. At Northeastern, there are plenty of people who can speak to it. “With Syl, […]

Bullock Moves New Hampshire Forward by Phil Kasiecki New Hampshire basketball has gone as Marcus Bullock has the last four years – a little up and down, but at the end, in a better position than at the beginning. The native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey was one of the […]

Making the Most Out of Opportunity by Phil Kasiecki Looking at the UMBC team statistics, one thing might jump out at you about their leading scorer, Kareem Washington: he doesn’t start for them. Take a look at last year’s statistics, when Washington also led them in scoring, and you see […]

The Coach Knew it All Along by Phil Kasiecki John Giannini knew all along what America East observers are just finding out this season: center Mark Flavin is pretty good. The 2002-03 Maine media guide quotes Giannini on Flavin as saying, “He is a big man we are developing to […]

Stys is Hartford’s Kind of Player by Phil Kasiecki Larry Harrison remembers the days when people told him that Ryan Stys would never play for him at Hartford, where he had just taken the head coaching position. Four years later, it seems hard to believe. Stys is finishing up a […]

BU’s Carr Rides The Comeback Trail by Phil Kasiecki If America East had a Comeback Player of the Year award, Boston University junior guard Chaz Carr would be an easy pick for the winner. It wasn’t something one who followed the team might have expected two years ago. Carr had […]

Carter A Quiet Ambassador For The Bearcats by Phil Kasiecki When the subject is Binghamton basketball, a casual fan’s first thought likely isn’t Brandon Carter. But talking with Bearcat head coach Al Walker, one gets the impression that he feels Carter’s name should come to mind right away. “Brandon Carter […]