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 [...]

As we say goodbye to the “Big Three” senior class, and now Coach McCaffery, here is a look back at all the big games Alex Franklin, Edwin Ubiles, and Ronald Moore were involved in during their four year career at Siena.
2006-2007 Season
Siena beats UAlbany in double overtime 76-75. Ubiles scores 20 points after hitting [...]

Siena fell 72-64 at the hands of Purdue Friday afternoon in Spokane, Washington.
The story of this game was Purdue’s defense. Big Ten Defensive player of the year Chris Kramer showed up to play. Siena came out a bit out of sync, but led going into halftime. But then, Purdue came out of [...]

The #13 seed Siena Saints (27-6, 17-1) will go for their third straight NCAA tournament first-round victory when they take on the #4 seed Purdue Boilermakers (27-5, 14-4) Friday afternoon in Spokane, WA in the South Region.
This will be the first meeting between the two schools, and this will be the first time the Saints [...]

South: #4 Purdue vs. #13 Siena

Who is Siena? Haven’t I seen this name the past two years in my bracket? This name is so familiar I should just pick them right? Yes, and yes.
It’s a great day in sports; it’s the day that you spend penciling in teams in your bracket, until [...]

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Ronald Moore

vs. #4 Vandy
35
3-8

4-4
1
6
6

0
11

vs. #12 Nova
26
1-7

0-0
0
1
5

2
3

vs. #8 Ohio St.
46
4-13
2-6
1-2
1
7
6
3
0
1
3
11

vs. #1 L’ville
40
1-10
1-5
0-0
0
3
10
4
0
2
1
3

Clarence Jackson

vs. #4 Vandy
1
0-0

0-0
0
0
0

0
0

vs. #12 Nova
1
1-1

0-0
0
0
0

0
3

vs. #8 Ohio St.
10
2-6
1-4
0-0
2
3
0
0
0
2
1
5

vs. #1 L’ville
13
4-9
1-6
0-0
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
9

Edwin Ubiles

vs. #4 Vandy
30
4-8

3-4
0
2
2

0
11

vs. #12 Nova
37
3-11

6-10
4
12
0

1
12

vs. #8 Ohio St.
46
6-17
2-4
6-8
3
4
3
3
0
5
3
20

vs. #1 L’ville
37
10-15
2-3
2-4
4
8
1
3
1
2
0
24

Alex Franklin

vs. #4 Vandy
22
3-4

4-5
1
4
1

4
10

vs. #12 Nova
40
5-9

8-14
1
6
0

1
18

vs. #8 Ohio St.
50
3-10
0-0
4-6
5
13
1
0
0
2
3
10

vs. #1 L’ville
33
7-12
0-0
5-6
2
7
1
0
0
4
4
19

Ryan Rossiter

vs. #4 Vandy
14
1-1

0-0
0
4
0

4
2

vs. #12 Nova
7
0-0

0-0
0
0
0

3
0

vs. #8 Ohio St.
47
5-9
0-0
6-6
8
15
2
1
3
3
4
16

vs. #1 L’ville
38
2-4
0-0
0-0
1
4
2
0
0
0
3
4

I’ve got one thing to say, put Siena in Providence or Buffalo. Last year, you gave this team an extremely tough task in traveling to Dayton to face Ohio State, heck even the president picked against us. The least you could do, after three consecutive years of exciting tournament appearances, is put Siena [...]

Fran McCaffery:
How much will you work this week?
To be honest with you, not very much. We’ll lift and shoot. The guys have some nicks and bruises, so we’re going to try to get them healthy. That’s the beauty of winning on Monday and not having to play for almost two weeks…Rossiter tweaked his ankle [...]

“I looked down and I couldn’t believe they had uniformed cops at all the entry points. I just thought, ‘wow…they really don’t want us to storm the court.’ I mean cops? Is that really necessary?” Siena senior Kevin Risolo on the increased security for the MAAC championship game.
That was the general reaction from students [...]

Fran McCaffery and the big three answer questions from the media about their third straight championship in Monday night’s overtime win over the Fairfield Stags (Monday March 8th).
Winning the MAAC Championship, traditionally played early on in championship week, gives teams, fans, and pundits a welcome luxury – a six day respite before selection Sunday and [...]