Tuesday’s with Cory: Chapter V
Former Siena men’s basketball player Cory Magee, who was forced to end his career because of a head injury, is serving as a student assistant coach this season. Throughout, he’ll offer a weekly blog entry for the Times Union. We call it, “Tuesdays with Cory.”
Also, be sure to check out his [...]

Siena (5-3, 0-0) will get its first conference test tonight when the Siena Saints square off against the Iona Gaels (4-3, 0-1) in New Rochelle, NY. Iona couldn’t quite catch up to St. Peter’s this past weekend, falling to the Peacocks 56-54 in their first league play contest. It was a close game the [...]

Lopsided win over Great Danes let Siena rest Moore for Iona
Siena finally dips its toe in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference waters tonight, the last of the 10 MAAC teams to play a conference game. – Read More »
Moore always willing to share
Siena point guard averages 8.6 assists to lead country – Read More »
Locals [...]

Edwin spoke before practice today, stating that he’s not 100% and that it will be Coach McCaffery’s decision on whether or not he’ll play tomorrow.
Update by Matt 3:50pm:
It didn’t seem like he’d be 100% for a while, so if I had to guess– I doubt he plays tomorrow.  At this point in the season, in [...]

The Siena Saints and Albany Great Danes renew their rivalry Saturday night December 5th, 7:00pm at the Times Union Center.  What has become one of the most anticipated and exciting sporting events in the Capital Region is again on pace to draw a huge crowd, with ticket sales exceeding 11,000 as of yesterday.
The Saints have [...]

Looks like Ublies is still probable-questionable-day to day-whatever you want to call it, it’s looking like it will be a game time decision. Ticket sales have been through the roof, already surpassed 11,700…

Ubiles’ status remains up in the air
Don’t expect any answers about whether Siena forward Edwin Ubiles will play Saturday until around tipoff [...]

Who needs Duke/UNC when we have the capital region’s best sports rivalry game coming up this Saturday at the Times Union Center! In recent years this local ‘backyard brawl’ has been such a huge community event, and has brought some great memories to fans and students.
I love the UAlbany game. I remember going crazy [...]

Ubiles’ status uncertain for Saturday’s game against UAlbany
ATLANTA — Edwin Ubiles, who missed Wednesday’s 74-61 loss at Georgia Tech with a knee injury, may not play Saturday against the University at Albany or Monday in the MAAC opener at Iona, Siena coach Fran McCaffery said.
McCaffery said the senior wing is simply, “Day-to-day.”
“We’ll see how he [...]

Siena announced today that there will be a new ticket plan called “The Big 3″. The name honors Moore, Franklin and Ubiles, possibly the best class to ever enter Siena College.  The package includes three non-conference games;
Sat. 12/5 vs. UAlbany
Then choose two of the following games…
Tue. 11/17 vs. Northeastern
Tue. 11/24 vs. Delaware (NCAA banner unveiling)
Tue. 12/29 [...]

Although the 2010 season doesn’t officially start until November 13th, students around Siena campus are already feeling the college hoops itch. Without any real national contenders like Pittsburgh or Kansas on the schedule, many students are looking forward to Siena’s classic backyard brawl with UAlbany.
“That game is like a whole weekend event around here. The [...]