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Stony Brook’s Steve Pikiell Wins Second All-Met Coach of the Year

Three days before his team’s season opener at Marist, Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said his main concern before the ball tipped up was building confidence in non-conference play.

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Stony Brook’s Steve Pikiell on Historic Run

Stony Brook posted their best season in school history, going 25-8 and winning their first postseason game in school history over UMass in the NIT; however, head coach Steve Pikiell and company still have some unfinished business.

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Stony Brook’s Steve Pikiell on Jay Young, Marist Rumors

Over the past few weeks, Stony Brook associate head coach Jay Young’s name has surfaced as a candidate for the head coaching opening at Marist. Head coach Steve Pikiell confirmed Young’s interest and said having assistants being considered for jobs says a lot about the turnaround over the last eight seasons that has taken place [...]

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Ranking Coaching Positions in America East

Coaching near the bottom of the Division I is tough and the rankings for America East prove exactly that fact. There are probably three or four jobs in the conference where a head coach can make a name and move up towards a brighter future.

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Stony Brook Takes Out UMass to Open NIT

Thanks to Ray Curren for this guest post from Massachusetts. If there was any team that deserved a break this postseason, it was probably Stony Brook.

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Will Brown Has Albany Heading the NCAA Tournament Again

When Stony Brook fell to Albany on their own home court last weekend in the America East semifinals, much of the noise afterwards came from the injustice cast on the Seawolves. Twitter was overrun with angry questions. Why did Stony Brook, after winning the America East regular season by three games, have to play a [...]

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The Mid-Major Podcast: Championship Week Preview

In the tenth episode of The Mid-Major Podcast we dive into talking about conference tournaments. The NEC and America East are covered in detail, including an interview with Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell.

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Stony Brook Squeezes Win Over Albany, Closes America East 14-2

The Albany Great Danes came in to Stony Brook looking to do something none of their other conference members had done this year: win a game at Pritchard Gym.

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America East to Add UMass-Lowell As Full Time D-I Member

Take a deep breath, NEC fans. The America East conference will not be raiding your conference any time soon. Soon to be official, multiple sources have confirmed that the America East will add Division II member UMass-Lowell. UMass-Lowell, who’s been playing Division II sports in the Northeast-10 conference since 2000, will replace the departing Boston [...]

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Conference Check-ins: America East and Patriot League

With only three to four weeks left in the regular season, I felt it was an excellent time to look at some of the mid-major regular season races across the east coast. Time is running out for teams attempting to jockey into favorable position before making a run at qualification into the NCAA tournament. Today, [...]

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