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Breaking Down the NEC Transfer List

By on May 2, 2013 in Central Connecticut, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (PA), Wagner

With the “free agent” period of college basketball in full swing, I felt it was a good time to identify who has prematurely left the NEC and what kind of impact it has on their former team. Here are the top nine transfers that decided to leave the conference. For Jeff Goodman’s complete list of [...]

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Kyle Vinales To Transfer From Central Connecticut

By on April 17, 2013 in Central Connecticut, NEC

After reading reports this morning confirming that Naofall Folahan was released from his scholarship at Wagner, I quickly tweeted out that this was simply another role player leaving a NEC program. It was no big deal, in my opinion, that the biggest transfers of the conference consisted of the following: Folahan, Eric Fanning, Kelvin Parker, Josh Castellanos [...]

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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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The Greatest Non-Conference Victories in the History of the NEC

By on March 27, 2013 in Central Connecticut, Lehigh, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Patriot League, Robert Morris, Wagner

One of the first posts I ever wrote on Pioneer Pride centered around Wagner’s upset victory over Pittsburgh three days before Christmas last season. Immediately after watching Dan Hurley’s masterpiece, I took to the keyboard to pen one of my first posts on the Northeast Conference.

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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 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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The All-NEC Surprise Team: Highlighting the Unexpected Performances

By on March 3, 2013 in Central Connecticut, NEC, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (PA), Wagner

Before John and I go over our actual individual awards tonight and on Monday, I wanted to present our fictitious All-NEC Surprise team. Since some of these players may not crack the all-conference team – although some may very well – allow me to call attention to some players who have unexpectedly provided significant value [...]

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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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