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NEC All-Conference Teams: The Way Too Early Edition

By on May 23, 2013 in Bryant, Central Connecticut, Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA), Wagner

In keeping with the spirit of those “way too early ratings” for the upcoming 2013-14 season, I decided to unveil my all-conference teams for the NEC. Mainly because I had nothing better to do. Plus it’s fun to speculate with over five months left before the season begins! Here we go, and of course feel [...]

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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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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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Robert Morris Stuns Kentucky, Wins First Round of NIT

By on March 19, 2013 in NEC, NIT, Robert Morris

Less than one year ago, John Calipari and his Kentucky Wildcats were hoisting up the NCAA championship trophy as the best team in all of the land. On Tuesday night, the Wildcats’ season mercifully came to a close in Moon Township, of all places, with the Robert Morris Colonials stunning the defending NCAA champs, 59-57. [...]

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A Lack of Respect

By on March 19, 2013 in Long Island, NEC, Robert Morris

Look, we’re really excited that Robert Morris is hosting Kentucky in the NIT tonight. (If you saw my tweet…) But I think Nelson Castillo raises a good point in his post here about Joe Lunardi’s preview video for LIU Brooklyn. It doesn’t bother me that much that RMU’s game is mentioned – ESPN has a game [...]

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Kentucky at Robert Morris Preview: A Q&A With A Sea Of Blue

By on March 19, 2013 in NEC, Robert Morris

I sat down with Glenn Logan of A Sea With Blue to ask a few questions about John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats, who found themselves on the outside looking in for the NCAA tournament. Ken Pomeroy has them as the fifth best team to miss out on the Big Dance. As a result, Robert Morris will [...]

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NEC Tournament Recap: Back to Brooklyn

By on March 9, 2013 in Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Wagner

The past two NEC championship games were played at LIU Brooklyn, so what was to stop the NEC from playing a third there? Saturday’s results bring the championship back to the Wellness and Recreation Center on Tuesday night. It’s going to be one heck of a show.

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NEC Semifinals Preview: E-Mail Discussion Style

By on March 8, 2013 in Long Island, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Robert Morris, Wagner

Rather then give the fans your typical NEC Semifinal preview, John and I had a little discussion via e-mail to talk about the upcoming matchups this Saturday. In case you’re living under a rock, here are the semifinal games: Saturday, March 9th, Noon: #3 LIU Brooklyn at #2 Wagner Saturday, March 9th, 2:30 PM: #5 [...]

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