NEC Power Poll

By on November 15, 2011 in NEC

When is a loss as good as a win? When you’re trying to judge teams for an early season conference power ranking. Sorting the 12 teams in the NEC is going to be a tricky task for most of the season, but with each one only having played one or two games it’s especially difficult [...]

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Monday Round Up, Tuesday Look Ahead

By on November 15, 2011 in Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Manhattan, N.J.I.T., St. Peter's, Stony Brook, Wagner

The ESPN 24-hours of College Hoops marathon is currently going on. That’s great if you want to catch a game at any point today, because there will always be a game on. If you just want to know what happened last night see below, including underneath this post for a recap of Columbia’s loss to [...]

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Agho’s injury leaves questions for Columbia after 62-58 loss to Furman

By on November 14, 2011 in Columbia, Ivy League

Columbia was in a tough, one-point game against Furman with 6:19 remaining when the team’s season flashed before the Lions’ eyes as preseason All-Ivy League selection Noruwa Agho went down to the ground clutching his left knee.

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Kates and Nichols win awards

By on November 14, 2011 in Hofstra, Manhattan, St. Francis (NY)

The season has started and awards have started to be handed out. Congratulations to Manhattan’s Donovan Kates, who was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week for his 10-point performance against NJIT, and Hofstra’s Nathaniel Lester, who was named the CAA Player of the Week after scoring 33 points against Long Island. Also, Travis Nichols, [...]

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Sunday Round Up, Monday Look Ahead

By on November 14, 2011 in Columbia, Long Island, Manhattan, N.J.I.T., Stony Brook, Wagner

Stony Brook was the only area team to play on Sunday, but the action cranks up on Monday with five local teams in action. Everything you need to know is after the jump.

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Saturday Round Up

By on November 13, 2011 in Fairleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Manhattan, N.J.I.T., St. Francis (NY)

Be sure to check out my recap of the Princeton-Wagner game below, but there were four other games involving area teams yesterday, including three against Big East teams. St. Francis (NY) came oh so close to scoring the first major upset of the season, but fell 75-71 in overtime to Seton Hall last night. Read [...]

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Wanting it more – Wagner takes down Princeton

By on November 13, 2011 in NEC, Wagner

From the start of the game Wagner was hungry. Dan Hurley squad looked eager to show that this is a different Seahawks team and a different year. At the end of a convincing 73-57 over the defending Ivy League champions Princeton, it’s obvious that things certainly have changed.

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Friday night round up

By on November 12, 2011 in Columbia, St. Peter's, Stony Brook

Here’s a little bit about the three other games that were played last night. Unfortunately all ended in losses for the New York City area schools, but there were some interesting takeaways.

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Lester carries Hofstra past Long Island

By on November 11, 2011 in Hofstra, Long Island

Nathaniel Lester is glad to be back. The 6’7″ forward missed all of last season with injuries, but he returned with a vengeance on Friday night, scoring a career-high 33 points to lead Hofstra past Long Island, 89-71 at Mack Sports Complex.

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SGOTW: Wagner at Princeton

By on November 11, 2011 in Ivy League, NEC, Wagner

Every Saturday there’s a bunch of games to pick one, but only one is going to be named the Saturday Game of the Week! (SGOTW) This week’s is Wagner at Princeton. This game has a lot of intrigue thanks to the debut of Mitch Henderson on the bench for the Tigers, the hype around the [...]

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