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Dave Bike Out at Sacred Heart

By on May 21, 2013 in NEC, Sacred Heart

The day finally came. Dave Bike is going to be replaced this offseason by Anthony Latina. I’m sure Ryan will have more about Bike’s legacy at Sacred Heart in the near future. For now, here is some coverage about the event from around the internet.

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Basketball Camps Around the Corner

By on May 7, 2013 in Columbia, Stony Brook, Wagner

We’re already into May and summer time is fast approaching. Coaching basketball is now a full-time job and camps are an excellent opportunity from coaches of all levels to scout new talent and also build new relationships.

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Four Factors Analysis

By on May 1, 2013 in Uncategorized

Now that college basketball season is over it’s a great time to look at some of the data it generated this past season. One of the places I started was looking at the four factors. What does the data tell us about how college basketball is played?

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Parsing Jeff Goodman’s Transfer List for NYC Players

By on April 30, 2013 in Columbia, Fordham, Hofstra, Iona, Manhattan, N.J.I.T., Wagner

The offseason transfers are kicking into high-gear. Jeff Goodman has a list of more than 400 players that will have new homes for the 2013-14 college basketball season. I went through and parsed the list for all the New York City players I could find. Think Goodman is missing someone? (Or I missed someone.) Let [...]

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Season In Review: LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds

By on April 29, 2013 in Long Island, NEC

LIU came full circle during the 2012-13 season. The Blackbirds started as the NEC’s favorite, struggled due to some off the court issues and injuries and then once again emerged as the class of the conference with a third straight appearance in the NCAA tournament.

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Season In Review: Wagner Seahawks

By on April 26, 2013 in NEC, Wagner

There were reasons for optimism after Wagner fell to Robert Morris at home in the semifinals of the NEC tournament in March of 2012. The Seahawks had been rebuilt and Dan Hurley had a talented collection of players on Grymes Hill. Soon thereafter Hurley took off for another rebuilding project at Rhode Island and Bashir [...]

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Variance and Luck

By on April 18, 2013 in Uncategorized

Continue my ongoing series on luck in college basketball. Does variance in play cause a team to be “lucky” or “unlucky” nope. Want to see proof? Look at the graph after the jump.

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Official All-MET Awards Announced

By on April 15, 2013 in Iona, St. Francis (NY), Stony Brook, Wagner

The official announcement of the All-MET awards has come out and it disagrees quite a bit with our selections that we published back on April 1.

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Thanks For A Great Season

By on April 9, 2013 in Uncategorized

Coverage at Big Apple Buckets isn’t going to stop now that “One Shining Moment” has been played and Louisville has been named the national champion, but I do want to thank everyone that came to read the site this season. It’s been an exciting journey. We’ve set all sorts of site records and gotten to [...]

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Ranking the Best Jobs in the MAAC

By on April 4, 2013 in MAAC

The MAAC is losing a school (Loyola (MD)) and adding two new ones in Monmouth and Quinnipiac this offseason and it has the potential to greatly alter the conference landscape. While some of these schools have advantages over their conference peers, it hasn’t stopped teams at the bottom of the list from competing for conference [...]

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