How much does the MAAC preseason poll matter? So Siena has been the top team the previous three years in the preseason MAAC polls, until now. Farifield gets to claim the top spot for 2010-11 and will seek to be the fourth straight pre-season number one team to win a trip to the NCAA Tournament. [...]

Despite losing the head coach and three senior starters, the Siena Saints were picked to finish 2nd in the MAAC this season. The preseason poll was released today at the MAAC’s Media Event in New York City. “The challenge is just to keep the program where it is,” Siena first-year coach Mitch Buonaguro said. “We’ve [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s gone extremely fast, but in one month we’re 1/3 of the way through the regular season. So we’ve got to ask you… Or comment and tell us exactly how you feel…