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Monday, December 23, 2024
It was a surprising scene to end the game. That’s the case not only because it happens so rarely, but also because of who was involved.
As the final seconds of Siena’s 83-71 win at Holy Cross ticked off the clock, Siena head coach Fran McCaffery motioned to all five of his players on the floor toward the exit. The Saints walked right out of the gym without shaking hands with the Holy Cross players and coaches.
A day after handily defeating Marist in the semifinal, St.John’s met their match. Virginia Tech defeated the Red Storm 81-67 before slightly over 2000 at Madison Square Garden . The win gave Virginia Tech a second straight Aeropostale Holiday Festival title. Tech defeated St.John’s is last year’s championship.
Ed Cooley’s team is growing up, and it hasn’t come at a bad time.
Fairfield enters their next two games, both early MAAC contests, having won three straight games. They look like a team that is getting better each time out, and they certainly did that against a Holy Cross team that had knocked them off the last two years in similar kinds of games.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2008-09 Preview by Matthew Moll Davidson Who? The rest of the nation’s small schools have spent the off season recalling the run of a 10th-seeded team from North Carolina that was a basket away from the Final Four. MAAC teams lie awake and long to be […]
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2007-08 Season Recap by Matthew Moll How the MAAC interrupted your Office Pool Everyone likes cheering for the little guy and the MAAC is a conference filled with little guy-esque schools. This season the Siena Saints embodied the role of David slaying two of the NCAA’s […]
MAAC Tournament Notes by Ray Floriani ALBANY, N.Y. – Saturday’s session at the MAAC tournament is always special. There are six games, perfect for the bona fide basketball fanatic. Whether you prefer the men’s or women’s game, the MAAC Saturday should be attended at least once, if not more. Women’s […]
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll Here is a look at the MAAC conference so far this season. Rider Broncos (14-6 Overall, 7-2 MAAC) Tied for first: Six straight W’s propelled the Broncos into first place with Marist. Rider, who began the MAAC schedule with at 1-2 record, […]
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2007-08 Preview by Matthew Moll The cyclical nature of amateur sports is painstakingly pronounced in college basketball. This is particularly true in a conference like the MAAC, where small schools, their fans and coaches begrudgingly assume some peak or valley every two to four years. No […]
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Matthew Moll Unpredictability – the sine quan non of college basketball – took a year hiatus from the sport as a whole and from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season. Marist, prognosticators’ pick for the regular season crown, dispensed all those […]
MAAC Semifinal Notes by Ray Floriani BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Defense wins championships. More than a coaching cliché, it was the order of the evening as it played an instrumental part in Siena and Niagara advancing to the MAAC finals. Siena upset top seed Marist 86-78 in the opener, then Niagara […]
