John Templon of NYC Buckets covers the 11 New York City teams that populate the seven different conferences around the city. One of the conferences with a heavy footprint in New York City is the MAAC as we get Templon to break down the key stories in the MAAC this season. Follow Templon on twitter [...]
As part of our continuing preseason coverage we got a chance to chat with Raphielle Johnson of CollegeHoops.Net to preview Siena, the additions to Iona and his MAAC predictions. Follow Raphielle Johnson on twitter (we do!) @raphiellej. SienaSaintsBlog: What Siena player are you looking forward to seeing play this year? Raphielle Johnson/CollegeHoops.Net: Kyle Downey’s return will be [...]
Doug Roberson, who covers Georgia Tech for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, took some time out of his busy schedule to take questions with us in advance of Siena’s Wednesday game against Georgia Tech. Roberson frequently writes posts on Yellow Jacket basketball and football on the AJC’s blog and is on twitter @AJCGaTech. Siena Saints Blog: [...]
Asher Fusco, who wrote the MAAC chapter in College Basketball Prospectus 2010-11, has taken his talents to New York City after covering Kansas and Big 12 athletics for several years. He will be covering all sorts of hoops (from the Big East to the MAAC to the NEC) around the Tri-State area for Basketball Prospectus this year. Asher [...]
As we reach the 10th ever Albany Cup at the Times Union Center on Saturday, let’s take a look back at some of the best games in recent history between the local schools. Both rivals have multiple NCAA Tournament appearances and have given the Capital region an intense rivalry. However, Siena has dominated the Division [...]
Ben Doody, normally busy as Assistant Sports Editor for The Trentonian, to talk MAAC hoops with us and preview Friday night’s match up between the Saints and Broncs. Follow him on twitter @bendoody and his hoops coverage at The Full Court Press blog on The Trentonian site. We break down the Saints and Broncs who [...]
David Woods of the Indianapolis Star, hard at work on the Butler beat and joined us last year to talk Saints-Bulldogs, has generously taken out some time to talk about this year’s match up in Albany on Tuesday night. After writing one book The Butler Way: The Best of Butler Basketball, neither us nor Woods [...]
Dan Duggan took some time out of his day to talk Northeastern Hoops with us in anticipation of Saturday’s game between the Saints and the Huskies. Duggan covers the Celtics, Patriots, college sports and UFC for the Boston Herald. Follow him on twitter at @dduggan21. Siena Saints Blog: Given the controversial ending (Southern Illinois ‘called’ [...]
The Saints have a quick turnaround Monday night as they face the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 9pm on ESPNU. The Saints take the floor 48 hours after falling at home to Vermont by four Saturday night. However, the turnaround will be even quicker after the Saints flight from Chicago to Minneapolis was canceled and the [...]
Steve Bailey from FromTheBarn.org, which covers Minnesota basketball, stops by with us to check in on the Gophers performance on Friday night and preview Monday’s game against Siena (9 PM ET on ESPNU). Siena Saints Blog: Minnesota opened up Friday night with a win over Wofford, how did you feel about game one of the [...]