When Head Coach Kelly Greenberg brought the Terriers into West Hartford for the America East Women’s Championship last March, her team was favored to win the tournament. They had run through the conference to a perfect 16-0 in the regular season with a roster filled with upperclassmen. How different things
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At the America East Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon last October, the Boston University men were the unanimous pick among the conference’s coaches to win the league. However, at the end of the regular season, the Terriers find themselves as the No. 4 seed entering the America East conference tournament. However, in
The University of Maine women’s basketball team won six America East titles in the ‘90s and won four straight beginning in 1995. The ‘90s were very nice to the Maine Black Bears. This decade hasn’t been so friendly, although they clinched the America East title in 2004. Since then, it
The Maine Black Bears might be better known on the hockey rink, winning two national championships in the ‘90s, but men’s basketball is set to make a run in the America East as a dark horse contender. Winning the America East conference championship would be historic for this team, the
In previous years, if an America East team is nationally ranked in the top 25 they are almost certainly the top-ranked conference squad. Not this year. Although the Vermont women’s basketball team only lost three conference games this season, and was nationally ranked in January, they enter the America East
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team may be the No. 4 seed in the women’s bracket this weekend, but considering the strength of the top three seeds, expecting the Seawolves to advance past the semifinals would be a mistake. Stony Brook (9-19, 7-9) will faceoff against No. 5 seed Binghamton
It’s been an incredible season for the Stony Brook men’s basketball team, however, its final goal is still a long way away. Earning the school’s first-ever regular season conference championship, the No. 1-seeded Seawolves arrive in Hartford with high expectations as they look to take on the No. 8 seed
The Hawks hope to make an impact in the 2010 AE Tournament. (Adam Manison)
Beginning the season with two talented transfers, a healthy Joe Zeglinski and a lineup that still resembles that of the 2008 America East runner-up squad, expectations were flying high for the Hartford men’s basketball team after a 2-2 start, including a buzzer-beater loss to Big 12 opponent Baylor. Following an
When the Hartford women’s basketball team suffered a 68-47 loss at Marist back in December, head coach Jen Rizzotti had some thinking to do. It was the third loss in eight games and the struggling Hawks made just 3 of 26 three-point attempts and shot just 28 percent from the
Marqus Blakely and the Catamounts hope to make an impact in the America East Tournament. (Courtesy of ESPN.com)
Despite a three-game losing streak in January, the University of Vermont men’s basketball team storms into the America East tournament as the No. 2 seed after winning eight of its final nine games, including a 19-point rout of first-round opponent UMBC.
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