Season Snapshot: Columbia

By on November 27, 2011 in Columbia

The first five games of Columbia’s season were quite dramatic. The Lions lost their leading scorer from a year ago, Noruwa Agho, at the end of the second game of the season against Furman. That has forced Kyle Smith to change up some of the things he intended to do, but on Saturday against Manhattan [...]

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Saturday Round Up: Hofstra gets big win

By on November 27, 2011 in Fordham, Hofstra, N.J.I.T., St. Francis (NY), St. Peter's, Wagner

Saturday was a busy day in college basketball. Besides Columbia’s win over Manhattan, full coverage of which you can find below, there were five other games on the schedule. Hofstra got the biggest win of the day, a 63-53 victory over Cleveland State, but there were some other good wins as well.

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Photos from Columbia at Manhattan

By on November 26, 2011 in Columbia, Manhattan

You can check out my story about Columbia’s first victory of the season below, but the light in Draddy Gymnasium is absolutely amazing, so I took some more photos as well. After the jump are 12 new images from the game.

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Columbia’s composure leads Lions to first win

By on November 26, 2011 in Columbia, Manhattan

A strong start, some heady play and an unexpected injury all helped Columbia capture its first win of the season over Manhattan, 59-41 on Saturday at Draddy Gymnasium.

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Season Snapshot: Stony Brook

By on November 26, 2011 in Stony Brook

While Stony Brook’s 2-3 record might be concerning this early in the season, fans should just give the Seawolves time. Things appear to be moving in the right direction, and while the loss to Sacred Heart is problematic, over the past three games SBU has established a healthy baseline of performance.

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Quick Previews for Black Friday

By on November 25, 2011 in Hofstra, Stony Brook

Everything is moving quick because it’s Black Friday. I’m going to be at Madison Square Garden to check out Syracuse, but Stony Brook and Hofstra are getting the long holiday weekend started off right.

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Season Snapshot: Wagner

By on November 23, 2011 in Wagner

It’d be hard to categorize Wagner’s early season start as anything but a success. The Seahawks are 4-1, with the lone loss being to Connecticut. In the process they’ve defeated Princeton, Penn, Lafayette and North Carolina Central. Only one of those games was at home too, making the challenge all that more difficult. How has [...]

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New York City Power Poll – Pre-Thanksgiving Edition

By on November 23, 2011 in Polls

With the season kicking into high-gear and games actually having been played the polls got a big shakeup this round. The holidays have thinned the voting pool a bit, but we’ve still got a good representative sample and some of the results are pretty intriguing. Coming off a solid performance in Puerto Rico the Iona [...]

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Quick thoughts from St. John’s vs. St. Francis (NY)

By on November 22, 2011 in St. Francis (NY)

The battle of the boroughs was a pretty one-sided affair for the boys from Queens. St. John’s ran out to an early lead and had a comfortable working margin for the entire game against St. Francis (NY) before capturing the 63-48 victory. Below is the shot chart from the second half and some thoughts about [...]

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Season Snapshot: Long Island

By on November 22, 2011 in Long Island

At the highest level you can argue that the start to the season has been a disappointment for Long Island, but the only way of doing so is to first acknowledge that the expectations were pretty darn high to begin with. The Blackbirds are 2-3 in their first five games, including close losses at Penn State and [...]

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