Butler, much like Gonzaga, has built its basketball program up to the level where even casual Saints fans recognize this as a huge game for Siena with NCCA tournament implications. The students get that too. Naturally, for a game of this magnitude, the Albany and Troy bars will open their doors for the early tip [...]
Part one of our preview for this weekends game, we bring back David Woods who covers the Butler Bulldogs for the Indianapolis Star and delivers the Bulldogs Insider. His book The Butler Way: The Best of Butler Basketball published in November and is available on amazon.com. The last time we asked him about his favorite [...]
In an effort for a full Siena-Butler BracketBuster preview, in what might be one of the most crucial games for the Saints this season, we’ll take a look at the matchups, preview what Siena has to do and take a look at how tough it is to play at the top ranked Horizon League leader [...]
Siena (22-5, 15-1) bounces back from their loss Friday night winning Canisius (12-15, 7-9) today by a final of 74-57. Alex Franklin again solidified his case for MAAC Player Of The Year, closing out with 26 points and 7 rebounds. Ryan Rossiter had 17 rebounds, a seasaon high but one shy of a career high. [...]
The Siena Saints (19-4, 12-0) welcome the second hottest team in the MAAC Conference to the Times Union Center Friday night as they host the Iona Gaels (17-6, 9-3.) The Saints hold the country’s longest winning streak at 13 in a row, and have won 32 consecutive at home. They have also won 36 of [...]
Now that BracketBusters has been revealed and the lull of the slow Siena news week is almost at an end. Let’s take a look back at BracketBuster coverage. Matt takes a look, earlier today, at Fran McCaffery’s “coachspeak.” Ken Pomeroy added the games and the predictor says Butler is a favorite. As of Tuesday’s games, [...]
Things are busy in Indianapolis: they have some football team playing in a game in Miami on Sunday. However, they’re not the Butler Bulldogs. We were able to snag the Indianapolis Star’s David Woods who covers the Butler Bulldogs and delivers the Bulldogs Insider. His book The Butler Way: The Best of Butler Basketball was [...]
Yahoo’s The Dagger got to know Ryan Rossiter: JE: Siena suffered some tough losses early in the season, but now you guys are rolling. Is the level of competition more manageable in the MAAC or are you guys a better team now? RR: I think we’re a better team than we were early in the [...]
ESPN’s Andy Katz’s BracketBuster reactions: This is by far the best game of the event. Siena, owner of the nation’s longest winning streak (13), may not have the numbers now to get an at-large bid, but a road win over Butler would certainly help the cause. Butler used a road win at Davidson last season [...]
The matchup that has been lauded for the past week has come to fruition. The 31st ranked Siena Saints in the AP Poll will take on the #23 Butler Bulldogs in one of the toughest places to play in college basketball as part of ESPNU’s BracketBusters event in February. The game will be on Saturday [...]