Forty-four years ago unsolicited letters started arriving at our house written by my sister’s friend who at the time attended Indiana State University. Her letters gushed about a guy she witnessed play basketball like nothing she had ever seen. The letters kept coming. I remember being skeptical and disinterested at first. How good could a […]
The Boston College Eagles men’s basketball program seems to be moving in the right direction. So much so that the school and head coach Earl Grant have agreed to a two-year contract extension that will run through the 2028-29 season. In the two years that Grant has been the head man on the heights, the […]
There has been a lot of attention given to the Northeast Conference of late, most of that has to do with the play of Fairleigh Dickinson University in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. But what should not be forgotten is the fact that the Knights were not the conference tournament winners. That distinction belongs to […]
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 […]
I remember two years ago being a strange time, a bad stretch of life for the entire world. I remember the ventilators and hospitals being overcrowded. I remember the daily death reports. I remember being inside my house for longer daily and weekly stretches than I ever had been. I remember wondering how and why […]
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 […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – PJ Henry’s 11 points in the final 6:08 of the game propelled the Texas Southern University men’s basketball team to its third consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship and 11th overall in a 61-58 thriller over Grambling State University. TSU (14-20) raced out to a 22-5 lead midway through the first half thanks to […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Texas Southern is back in the spot it’s known as its second home for nearly a decade – the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Game. The No. 8 seed Tigers clinched their eighth consecutive berth in the title match after knocking off No. 5 seed Alabama A&M 74-61 in the semifinals at Bartow Arena […]
