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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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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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Big Apple Buckets Metro Area Awards

By on April 1, 2013 in Columbia, Fairfield, Iona, Long Island, Manhattan, N.J.I.T., Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), Stony Brook, Wagner

College basketball in the New York City area is quite competitive. LIU Brooklyn and Iona both won their respective league tournaments and went to the NCAA tournament and St. John’s and Stony Brook both headed off the NIT. There are talented players playing in all five boroughs – I know because I saw them. The [...]

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Season In Review: St. Francis Brooklyn

By on March 25, 2013 in NEC, St. Francis (NY)

Coming into the season much was expected of the Terriers after a surprising run to the fourth seed in the conference that earned head coach Glenn Braica conference coach of the year honors in 2011-12. The offense improved, but the defense regressed heavily and the St. Francis Brooklyn was lucky to hang onto the eighth [...]

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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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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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St. Francis Brooklyn Advances to NEC Tournament

By on March 2, 2013 in NEC, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY)

The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers needed to play their best in order to make the NEC Tournament. The four seniors led the way in their final home game as St. Francis defeated Sacred Heart 92-80 to earn a date with Robert Morris in the quarterfinals.

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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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