On whether or not Siena is an NCAA Tournament team: Siena absolutely is an At Large team– this is a team that should be in the NCAA tournament.” – Ben Jacobson (UNI Head Coach) I think we made a strong statement.” – Fran McCaffery
UNI, welcome to the Dog House. Siena defeated Northern Iowa 81-75 in front of 8,049 at the Times Union Center Saturday afternoon. Siena has now won 18 games in a row at the TUC. Northern Iowa has now lost three in a row and will head back to close out the season at Illinois State [...]
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009.Matt
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this pic, originally uploaded by sienasaintsblog. Brendan, a UMass alumni, won a contest earlier this year to shoot his shot. At the second media timeout, he drained a shot from half court and won himself $25,000. I caught up with him about five minutes after he hit the big shot– hands shaking. At the time [...]
John Gasaway at Basketball Prospectus previews the Bracket Busters (also on ESPN.com): Northern Iowa (18-9) vs. Siena (21-6) ESPN2, 3:00 PM ET, Saturday For five weeks Northern Iowa was a huge surprise in the Missouri Valley-maybe even “the Drake of 2009.” Since then, however, the Panthers have lost three of their last four, as coach [...]
Northern Iowa heads to Siena wondering if it can get back on track. Since this matchup was announced at around 5pm on Februrary 2nd, Northern Iowa has gone 2-4 which includes a 21 turnover, 47-46, loss to Drake. The fact that Jordan Eglseder, UNI’s leading scorer, missed two free throws which would have given them [...]
Siena’s Bracketbuster opponent, Northern Iowa, lost at home tonight to Drake 47-46. This is their second loss in a row. Both teams shot under 39% from the floor and committed a total of 37 turnovers between the two teams. The loss tonight for UNI puts them in a tie for 1st the Missouri Valley Conference, [...]
Saints fans can thank Rider’s Harris Mansell, who hit the winning 3 point shot with :06 on the clock to top Niagara 90-87 at home. Siena now has a three game lead over second place Niagara, giving Siena the MAAC Regular Season Title for 2008-09. Siena is now officially the number 1 seed in the [...]
Yesterday, Bill Trocchi on his SI.com blog ranked Siena #1 in his Mid Major Power Rankings. On Siena… This spot has been reserved for Butler for a while, but the Saints slip past the Bulldogs after Butler’s hiccup. Siena has a healthy No. 28 RPI after six Top 100 wins. Siena gets a shot at [...]
Let’s take another look at the bracket. We will hypothetically apply tiebreakers as well. Niagara and Rider hook up on Wednesday night, a lot seems to be at stake for both but also the entire MAAC. There will be a few more updates where we can play out scenarios leading into the last regular season [...]