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Ranking Coaching Positions in America East

By on April 2, 2013 in America East, Hartford, Stony Brook, UMBC

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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Albany Dominates UMBC on the Road, Moves to 7-4 in America East

By on February 7, 2013 in Albany, America East, UMBC

As winners of four of their last seven games heading into last night’s conference matchup, the UMBC Retrievers had a chance to make a little history. With a victory over Albany, UMBC would have won five of their first ten America East games for the first time since the 2007-08 season, a season in which [...]

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Surprise individual performances of the young season

By on December 14, 2012 in America East, American, Bryant, Canisius, Central Connecticut, Lehigh, MAAC, Mount St. Mary's, NEC, Patriot League, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA), UMBC

With most teams having played at least one quarter of their schedule (crazy, huh?), I felt this was a perfect time to give you ten players that have really surprised and/or impressed me this season. In the first part, John and I list our top five surprises of the NEC thus far, who we feel [...]

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Canisius dominates UMBC with their size, guard play

By on November 30, 2012 in America East, Canisius, MAAC, UMBC

Prior to last night’s game, nearly four full seasons had passed since UMBC won their last November home game against a Division I opponent. Since defeating Toledo on November 29, 2008, UMBC has played nine such games, all resulting in losses. So, after a hard-fought battle with Central Connecticut over a week ago that unfortunately [...]

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Central Connecticut guts out a win against UMBC

By on November 21, 2012 in Central Connecticut, NEC, UMBC

Coming off one of their best non-conference wins in recent memory at La Salle, it may have been acceptable if the Central Connecticut (CCSU) Blue Devils packed it in after a hard-fought effort. Down five with under two minutes remaining in overtime, it just didn’t seem to be the Blue Devils night. They were shooting [...]

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A bittersweet moment for UMBC’s Aki Thomas

By on October 23, 2012 in America East, UMBC

Only two weeks ago, long time assistant coach Aki Thomas was preparing for the start of official practice for his UMBC Retrievers. UMBC was coming off a woeful season, which saw the Retrievers win four games – three in the America East – en route to one of the worst campaigns in school history. To [...]

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