Boston University dropped a tough one in their opener on Friday night. While the Terriers are young, they held their own for a good stretch of the game and are a confident group, and will use that to try to regroup.
Tag: America East
How much will BU’s departure hurt America East?
Boston University’s departure from America East to the Patriot League is at the very least a glancing blow to the future of America East. It remains to be seen if it will be more than that, but one thing is clear: it’s gut check time for the conference.
Seton Hall defeates Stony Brook in NIT opener
Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard had to be a psychologist with his team, and it paid off in their NIT opener against a tough Stony Brook team. It resulted in the school’s first win in the NIT in quite some time.
Quick Hitters – March 2, 2012
We check in with some quick hitters on a couple of America East teams, a contrast of freshmen from an earlier game, Georgia Tech’s defense against Boston College and the Missouri Valley.
Boston University enters conference tournament with good defense
Boston University is not an easy team to project as far as whether or not they are built to pull off an upset or two in the conference tournament. One thing that will be good for the Terriers is that they will enter the tournament with their defense in a good place.
Tommy Brenton’s value to Stony Brook is clear
Tommy Brenton means a lot to Stony Brook. Saturday’s 76-69 win at Northeastern was the latest evidence of that, in case there wasn’t enough last season or most of the past couple of months.
Stony Brook takes two on the road to stay on top
Stony Brook’s 57-48 win at New Hampshire on Monday night was the latest evidence that this team is playing like a veteran group, and one that might be able to deliver a conference title two years after a regular season title didn’t lead to the NCAA Tournament.
UMBC is simply not in a good place right now
UMBC looked like they might have been ready to improve on their non-conference showing at first. But the games ever since then, capped by Tuesday night’s thumping in Boston, give the appearance that they still have a long way to go.
Quick Hitters – January 21, 2012
We have a few quick hitters on a streaking America East team, another whose star had his first rough night, two inconsistent Patriot League teams and a couple of teams who have lost a player for the season but for different reasons.
Several teams get much-needed resume wins on Saturday
Saturday featured several teams picking up a quality win as far as their NCAA Tournament hopes go. They all have more work to do, but this helps.
