Home-Bound Senior Leads Big Win For Robert Morris by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Mike Rice isn’t planning to downplay Monday night’s win, at least not right away. If anything, he and senior Tony Lee wanted to play it up. “It’s enormous. It’s Boston College. These guys are a […]
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Moore To Face Mentor
Moore Returns To UConn, Mentor Jimmy by Zach Smart Tom Moore was angry. He was angry at his team for a sub-par practice. He was angry that the practice squads didn’t bear any resemblance to what he was expecting to see on the floor this season. He was angry at […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Mt. St. Mary’s Sitting At The Top of the Mountain A message to anyone intrigued by a Northeast Conference that just might flee from obscurity this season: the college basketball conference that’s about as topsy-turvy as this year’s college football season is back in […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Blackbirds A Pleasant Surprise, Pioneers Freefalling In a conference that’s about as predictable as a Mike Tyson interview, the clear favorite has abruptly sunk to the bottom-echelon while the team that the skeptics figured would be flattened due to the loss of their go-to, […]
Robert Morris Focused on NEC Championship
Robert Morris is Focused on a Conference Title in November by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA – Mike Rice is a realist. He knows that the Northeast Conference simply doesn’t produce at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament. So when talking about what his team is trying to do in their non-conference schedule, […]
Northeast Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Zach Smart Working Overtime, Bobcats Get First W It was around the mid-way mark of the second half when it hit Quinnipiac: capturing the first victory of the 2007-2008 campaign would entail a little less of DeMario Anderson, and a little more of their backcourt and […]
Northeast Preview
Northeast Conference 2007-08 Preview by Zach Smart Pre-Season All-Conference G-Tristan Blackwood, Central Connecticut G-Chris Vann, Mount St. Mary’s G/F-DeMario Anderson, Quinnipiac F-Jeremy Chappelle, Robert Morris F-Robert Hines, St. Francis N.Y. Central Connecticut (22-12, 16-2 Northeast) Two-thirds of the NEC’s best three-headed monster are gone from last season. Player of the […]
Scott Burrell Joins Quinnipiac Staff
Burrell Hired As Assistant Coach by Zach Smart The latest addition to the Quinnipiac men’s basketball coaching staff comes with much excitement – and a bit of fanfare as well. Scott Burrell, a former NBA player and the first American athlete to be selected in the first round of both […]
Northeast Conference Recap
Northeast Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Zach Smart NEC Postseason Awards Player of the Year: Javier Mojica, Sr. Central Connecticut Simply put, Mojica was the best player on the best team in the Northeast Conference this season. After playing a supporting role the past two seasons, Mojica came into his […]
NEC Quarterfinals
Northeast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Recap by Zach Smart Forget what happened during the regular season. Everything. It’s meaningless at this point. It’s been echoed time and time again, and that “anyone can beat anyone” talk is only going to persist as playoff arrives. The quarterfinals kicked off tonight and were […]
