Tennesse played their best basketball and Siena besides their 11-0 run in the beginning of the second half didn’t look ready to play.

Hi all, my name is Matt DeFazio. I’m a senior at Siena and am one of the managers for the Siena Saints Men’s Basketball team. I’ll be keeping Siena Saints Blog up to date with our happenings from Florida, so be sure to check back often. I’ll try to get some photos up too. We departed Albany [...]

Effective Field-Goal Percentage (eFG%) accounts for the fact that 3-pointers are worth an extra point, something ignored by traditional field-goal percentage. Why is this important? Imagine a situation where one player shoots 6 layups, and makes 3 of them, while another player shoots 6 three point shots and makes 2 of them. Both players have [...]

The Saints are not going to sneak up on Bruce Pearl’s Volunteers this year, having watched us defeat fellow conference rival Vanderbilt last March. Much like Siena, Tennessee is the favorite to win their conference (SEC East) in 2008-09. However unlike Siena, Tennessee really has yet to mesh as a team. The two teams will [...]

To little suprise, Siena’s very own Kenny Hasbrouck has been named MAAC Player of the Week for the second week of the season. This is the first time he has taken home this honor. [Kenny] averaged 21 points and shot 56 percent from the field and 63 percent from 3-point range in a 2-0 week [...]

The Siena Women’s Volleyball team is MAAC Champions for the fourth straight year! The Saints will learn who their opponent is in the NCAA tournament on Sunday November 30th on ESPNU. Congrats!

The Saints again dominated on defense Saturday night, defeating Cornell 74-56. The Saints notched their second victory of the year behind Kenny Hasbrouck’s 22 points (4-6 from three), despite missing most of the first half due to foul trouble. Franklyn added 15, Ubiles 12, and Rossiter 10 to combine for a very balanced scoring attack, [...]

[Siena’s starters are] all coming back, so we expect [the game] to be similar to last year.” – Ryan Wittman Siena is a completely different team from what Ryan saw last year in Ithaca. A year ago, Siena lost 83-77 to the future Ivy league champions, in a game Siena absolutely could have had. PG [...]