Kenny Hasbrouck ripped it up in Vegas this summer, earning himself another year with the Heat, and a pretty good shot at a ring. Read More »
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SienaSaints.com put up a great new QA with incoming freshmen Rakeem Brookins and Trenity Burdine. Read »
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If you haven’t heard the buzz about Kenny, just check out all the articles, well, see for yourself.
Kenny talks about being, as Sir Charles would say “a knucklehead”, and how his recent DUI almost cost him his career.
Take a lesson from your alum, college kids.
He’s come on strong in Vegas this summer, you can see his numbers here.
In a remarkably well documented case, (and might I add, a great job by Marist College), Marist officially won their case against JMU and Matt Brady. Brady breached his contract by entering negotiations and as Marist was able to convey, damaged the University in doing so. Read More »
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This weekend, Siena Hall of Famer Heidi Harkins gives inside peak at home building during her interview on Siena Alumni Connection. Sat 10 am and Sun 6 pm on 88.3 The Saint.
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From SienaSaints.com…
Rakeem “Rahk” Brookins Commits to Siena
Buonaguro Lands Star Guard with First Scholarship
Rakeem “Rahk” Brookins, a combo guard who attends Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, is the first student-athlete to commit to Siena during the Mitch Buonaguro reign. Brookins has signed an athletics financial aid agreement to receive a basketball scholarship for the Saints after receiving a complete release from a NLI he had signed to attend Tulane University.
Siena had been in hot pursuit of a point guard for the last several months and Brookins was at the top of Buonaguro’s list.
“When we heard he was available, we made him a prime target because we felt the need to bring in a point guard,” Buonaguro said. “So he fills that need. But the unique thing about him is he can also score, so I’d characterize him as a scoring point guard. He has the ability to make threes, so he adds that dimension.”
Brookins was one of just six players named to the Class 4-A Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) All-State Basketball Team this past season after averaging 18.9 points and six assists per game. He was additionally selected the Catholic League MVP and was a First Team All-City selection in Philadelphia. Fellow Siena recruit Trenity Burdine (Reading, Pa./Reading – listed at 6-5, 170) was named to the seven-member PIAA Second Team.
“I liked Siena for three reasons,” Brookins told FOX23 by phone recently. “One, they have an excellent business program. Two I’m really comfortable with the team, and three, I really liked the coaching staff and Coach Mitch.”
Sophomore guard Kyle Griffin hosted Brookins on his April 23-25 visit to Siena. The two had played against each other scholastically in Philadelphia.
Listed at 5-11 by several sources, Buonaguro noted that Brookins is “a great all-around player.” “I think he can do a lot of things well. I think he passes well, he’s athletic, he scores.”
Buonaguro added that Brookins has played both the point and off guard in the past and he could see time at both spots at Siena.
Commenting on the final remaining scholarship for next season, Buonaguro indicated that he would use it if he and the staff were able to find the right person.
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This comes from our friend Jason Rich at Siena…
The Siena men’s basketball program honored the most successful senior class in its 70-year history and dished out annual awards at the First Niagara Year-End Celebration Monday night at the Hilton garden Inn in Troy.
With YNN Sports Director Joe Calderone serving as master of ceremonies, Former head Coach Fran McCaffery and current Head Coach Mitch Buonaguro both spoke to an excited audience, and all enjoyed highlight videos and heard from each of the program’s five senior student-athletes.
Coaches and administrators, including Siena vice presidents Linda Richardson and Ned Jones as well as Albany county executive Michael Breslin were in attendance to pay tribute to the senior class and celebrate the Saints’ tremendous season.
Athletic Director John D’Argenio presented former Head Coach Fran McCaffery with the Howard T. Tucker Award for his contributions to Siena Basketball.
Director of Basketball Operations David Matturro began the player awards by presenting the Dan Cunha Defensive Player Award to Edwin Ubiles. He then presented the Billy Harrell Top Rebounder Award to Ryan Rossiter.
Ubiles was a NABC First Team All-District, Second Team All-MAAC and MAAC All-Tournament team selection. He was also one of 21 seniors invited to participate in the Reese’s All-Star Game and one of the top-64 players invited to the Portsmouth Invitation Tournament. Ubiles told the Times Union prior to Tuesday’s event that he expects to be selected in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Rossiter was named to the All-MAAC First Team. He ranked seventh nationally and set a Siena Division I Record with 379 rebounds. Rossiter also led the MAAC in field goal percentage and set a Siena program-record with 22 double-doubles which ranked third nationally
Assistant Coach Adam Chaskin presented the Jim Sullivan Most Improved Player Award to Kyle Downey and the Siena Newcomer Award to OD Anosike.
Downey appeared in 24 games, averaging five points and 1.2 rebounds per game. He played a key role despite missing the entire off-season with a fracture in his back, and battled back from a broken ankle suffered in mid-January to emerge as the team’s sixth man down the stretch. Downey started Siena’s NCAA Tournament game against Purdue when Clarence Jackson could not play because of an ankle injury.
Anosike played in all 34 games, providing great depth and production in the post. He averaged 2.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Anosike shot 51% from the field and played just over 12 minutes per game.
Buonaguro presented the Hustle Award to junior guard Clarence Jackson and the Fr. Benjamin Kuhn Student-Athlete Award to sophomore transfer Kyle Griffin.
Jackson was a Third Team All-MAAC selection and finished second in the conference with 71 3-pointers. He averaged 13.6 points and shot 43% from the field, starting Siena’s first 33 games of the season.
Griffin, a sophomore marketing and management major holds a 3.5 GPA. After sitting out the first semester due to NCAA transfer rules, Griffin emerged as a key contributor, appearing in 18 games and averaging 2.2 points per game while shooting 37% from 3-point range.
McCaffery closed the awards portion of the evening by honoring Ronald Moore, Alex Franklin and Ubiles with the Doc Marcelle Most Valuable Player Awards.
Franklin was named MAAC Player of the Year, MAAC Tournament MVP and was a NABC All-District Selection. He led the Saints with 16.1 points and was the only player in the conference to rank in the top-5 in scoring, rebounding (8.1) and field goal percentage (55.5%).
Following the awards presentation the five senior student-athletes spoke at length about their time at Siena and expressed their gratitude to those who helped make their Siena experience a positive one.
The Siena men’s basketball class of 2010 will go down as the greatest in the 70-year history of the program. Their 97 victories are the most in Siena history, and they won three MAAC Championships and two NCAA games. Moreover, the seniors posted 20 wins while reaching the MAAC Championship game in each of their four years.
The nearly four-hour celebration concluded with McCaffery introducing Buonaguro who closed the program by commenting on the state of the program.
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Ronald Moore was arrested early Sunday morning under the charge of driving while intoxicated. Christen Gowan has more details over at the Times Union blog
This is a reminder that absolutely nothing good can come out of driving a car while under any influence whatsoever. Kids– just pay the $3 for a cab.
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A reader e-mailed in the other day and asked that we remove Fran from the top header up there, since he has moved on. Yes, we’re planning on doing this soon, but it brought up another question I wanted to get your opinion on…
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