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NEC Top 10: Premature Ratings for the 2013-14 Season

By on April 10, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA), Wagner

With the college basketball season officially behind us, everyone is beginning to speculate on the nation’s top 25 for the 2013-14 season. I figured to join in on the fun, by giving you my NEC top 10 as of today! Keep in mind I haven’t fully delved into each team’s incoming recruits and there may be [...]

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Best Coaching Jobs in the NEC

By on April 9, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA), Wagner

Big Apple Buckets continues their Best Coaching Jobs series with the Northeast Conference. With the departures of Quinnipiac and Monmouth this coming fall, ranking the ten remaining jobs was incredibly difficult to do. Two of the best arenas are heading to the MAAC; therefore attempting to decipher the NEC’s best gigs is wonderfully subjective. I [...]

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Season In Review: Bryant Bulldogs

By on April 5, 2013 in Bryant, NEC

Losing 99 basketball games in 119 tries will take a lot out of you, even if you have the legitimate excuse of overseeing your program transition from Division II to Division I athletics. Such was the case for Bryant head coach Tim O’Shea, who after succumbing to four seasons of recruiting purgatory, was fighting to [...]

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KenPom Season Movers: Utah and Cleveland St.

By on March 17, 2013 in Bryant, Canisius, Stony Brook

Each week I’ve been tracking movement in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings. Well, with Selection Sunday upon us I wanted to congratulate all those teams that have seen their ranking rise more than 100 spots. Also, I’ve included a list of all the teams that have fallen more than 100 spots.

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NEC Tournament First Round: Recaps and Highlights

By on March 6, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), Wagner

Given all of the so-called parity in the NEC this season, several teams expected to finish in the upper third of the league did just that. No one was all that surprised to find Robert Morris, Wagner and LIU Brooklyn hosting home playoff games, with Bryant serving as the Cinderella story of the group. All four clubs won [...]

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Our NEC Individual Awards for the 2012-13 Season

By on March 4, 2013 in Bryant, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, St. Francis (PA), Wagner

Rather than have John and I release our consensus NEC individual awards, we decided to give each of us a say in who we would choose. As you’ll see, there was some disagreement for a couple of the categories, and we here at Big Apple Buckets support the First Amendment! Onto the five major awards…

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Our All-NEC Conference Teams: A Difficult Exercise Indeed

By on March 4, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, NEC, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), Wagner

It was the year of parity and unpredictably in the NEC, and that notion certainly extends out to our all-conference awards. There are several worthy candidates, so it was a challenging exercise for John and I to sort out our All-NEC first, second, and third teams. For our individual awards, including Player of the Year, [...]

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NEC Saturday Recap: Playoffs Matches Are Set

By on March 3, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA), Wagner

It’s hard to believe, but the NEC regular season came to an end today. Playoff spots were solidified and first round playoff match-ups have been determined, so let’s sort through the final Saturday of the NEC season. St. Francis Brooklyn 92, Sacred Heart 80 The widely hyped play-in playoff game lacked the drama throughout, as [...]

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The NEC Playoff Picture: A Q&A With Myself

By on February 26, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), Wagner

Rather than tire you all with an exhaustive summary of the NEC playoff picture, I decided to ask myself several questions about the last week of NEC regular season play! There are so many things that can still change the complexion of the conference’s playoff race, so if you feel something isn’t factual here, please [...]

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NEC Makeup Monday: CCSU Clinches NEC Playoff Berth

By on February 25, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, NEC, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart

The snowstorm that nearly destroyed the state of Connecticut a few weeks ago forced two postponements, therefore fans were treated to a rare doubleheader on Monday night. All four teams were seriously jockeying for playoff position, so let’s recap the action and summarize the NEC Standings. Bryant 84, Sacred Heart 66 Given the recent play [...]

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