The America East Basketball season has only been done for a week, and already there is plenty of news to go around. District awards have been handed out as well as another coaching change. Let’s take a look at the early postseason news in America East Conference basketball. At UMass Lowell, it was a […]
After winning their second straight America East Basketball title, their fourth in five years, and their 10th overall championship on Saturday versus UMass Lowell, the Vermont Catamounts (23-10) headed to selection Sunday to find out the who and where of their first-round matchup. The who is Big-East Champions, the Marquette Golden Eagles (28-6). The where […]
The Vermont Catamounts (23-10) are the kings of America East. For those that still doubt their ability, they put on a second-half clinic of defense and unselfish play to defeat the UMass Lowell River Hawks (26-8), 72-59. Down two at the half, the Catamounts outscored the River Hawks 47-30 in the second half. They were […]
A season that started back in October with preseason workouts and with non-conference games in November comes down to one game. The UMass Lowell River Hawks (26-7) go on the road to Patrick Gym to meet the Vermont Catamounts (22-10) for the right to call themselves the America East Basketball Tournament Champions and take the […]
For the second time in the Division 1 era of the UMass Lowell River Hawks (26-7), they will play for the America East Championship on Saturday morning. That’s because on Tuesday night before a sold-out crowd at Costello Athletic Center, the River Hawks defeated the New Hampshire Wildcats by a 75-64 score. The victory set […]
After a good weekend of play in the quarterfinals of the America East Conference basketball tournament, four teams have moved on to the semi-finals that will be played tonight. Three of the four winners from last Saturday were the home team which continues to make the point about how hard it is to win on […]
UMass Lowell’s head coach Pat Duquette said it best after his team’s win over Maine, 82-54. “We are playing really good basketball.” It is hard to argue with his thinking. The River Hawks have now won eight of their last nine games. Saturday afternoon, they had the lead for 37 minutes and 21 seconds of […]
BOSTON – Three higher seeds prevailed in Saturday’s Jersey Mike’s America East men’s basketball quarterfinals while one road team spurred an upset. Vermont, UMass Lowell, and New Hampshire were all winners at home to move onto the semifinals and Binghamton was victorious on the road. #1 Vermont 84, #8 NJIT 57 The Catamounts shot 51 percent […]
BOSTON – For the seventh-straight year, a Vermont Catamount is the America East men’s basketball Kevin Roberson Player of the Year. Finn Sullivan earned the league’s top honor after leading UVM to its seventh-straight #AEHoops regular-season title, highlighting the 2022-23 award winners announced on Friday morning. Sullivan paced the six major award winners and was joined […]
BOSTON – After a wild final day of the 2022-23 America East men’s basketball regular season, the bracket for the Jersey Mike’s #AEPlayoffs is set! Just three days from the start of the #AEPlayoffs, six of the eight seeds and all four matchups were determined. Once again, the excitement of postseason basketball will take place on […]
