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Archive: January, 2010

Opinion: It’s Got To Be Butler

The BracketBuster will be announced Monday night on the ESPNU Selection show at 6PM. Siena looks to be the front runner to draw one of the top two home teams, either Butler or VCU.
Both teams have been at the top of their conference in the past year, Butler (10-0) being the best of the [...]

BracketBuster Pre Preview Part 1

Before we get the announcement and before everyone acknowledges a Butler-Siena collision course, let’s look at a few potential BracketBuster matchups. Butler, Utah State and (sleeper) George Mason this time with more BracketBuster potentials and analysis to come! Ratings courtesy of Kenpom.com.

(68) Siena Saints @ (27) Butler Bulldogs
Why this would be a good matchup? Well [...]

Recap: Siena 79, Marist 60

Led by the frontcourt, Siena dominated Marist in the second half in a 79-60 victory Saturday afternoon at the McCann Center.
Alex Franklin scored 20 points to reach 20+ points for the ninth time this season. Ryan Rossiter scored 16 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Siena’s 12-0 start in conference ties the best start in [...]

Preview: Siena at Marist

The Saints will take their nation-leading 12 game winning streak to the McCann Center on Saturday to take on the reeling Marist Red Foxes (4pm, MAAC TV/MSG/ESPN360).
Marist has not been selling out the McCann Center, drawing only 1872 of a 3,200 capacity in last Saturday’s 80-64 loss to Loyola. Marist lost promising freshman Sam Prescott [...]

Recap: Siena 66, St. Peter’s 58

Siena got down early, trailing by as much as seven early in the first half and the Saints found themselves in a tough fight in Jersey City.
Without Edwin Ubiles due to a back issue and the reigning MAAC Player of the Week Alex Franklin struggling for most of the game, the Saints got a dominant [...]

Preview: Siena @ St. Peter’s

Watch Tonight’s Siena-St. Peter’s game here for free!!
The Siena Saints will put the longest winning streak in the nation on the line tonight in Jersey City against the streaking St. Peter’s Peacocks.
The Saints will likely see a different team than the one they beat at the Times Union Center on New Year’s Eve. Since then, [...]

Siena’s AP Ranking: One Take

Sometimes, when Siena receives votes, we go out there and find the writers’ who gave the Saints their credit in the polls to get more.
We reached out to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Vahe Gregoran and got his take on the Saints thus far, as the AP pollster who voted the Saints the highest this [...]

MAAC POW: Franklin, Polls and Brackets

Alex Franklin wins MAAC Player of the Week for the second time this year. Franklin scored 49 points and snagged 18 rebounds in Siena’s two victories this week. At a point on Thursday, Franklin scored 14 straight points in Siena’s comeback victory over Loyola. Franklin is currently third in scoring and field-goal percentage and has [...]

Recap: Siena 66, Manhattan 58

The Saints (17-4, 10-0) escape with a 66-58 victory over the Manhattan Jaspers (7-13, 2-8). Despite being down by nine points in the second half, the Jaspers fought back within one possession with less than one minute left in the game before Siena pulled away with clutch free throw shooting.
Manhattan was held without a point [...]

Preview: Siena @ Manhattan

The Saints (16-4, 9-0) enter into a three game stretch away from the Times Union Center by traveling to Manhattan (7-12, 2-7) to take on the Jaspers for the second time within a week.
Siena comes off their most contested MAAC win with a six point victory over Loyola. Both teams were forced to play [...]

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