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 [...]
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 you [...]
OPP MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 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 [...]
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 three or [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
Edwin Ubiles takes the ball away on a fastbreak and throws up a crowd-inspiring dunk in the second half of Siena’s victory in the MAAC Championship game over Fairfield.
Siena defeated Fairfield in Overtime Monday night at the Times Union Center for their third consecutive MAAC Title. They improve their MAAC Tournament record to 31-16, and head to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history. Siena now has a 38 game home court winning streak. With this team, it’s almost scripted. [...]
The MAAC Tournament MVP is Alex Franklin. Who closed out the tournament with 63 points and 31 rebounds. Here’s how the 2010 All MAAC Tournament Team shakes out… Anthony Johnson Derek Needham Edwin Ubiles Ryan Rossiter Ronald Moore