Siena Saints

I know it’s not why he did it, but when the Jimmy Patsos’ "air shake" went viral it gave Siena some national exposure. And in a good way. While the altercation between Siena and Rider at the conclusion of Tuesday nights game could have turned ugly, that’s not what everyone is talking about...

Each Wednesday at 4pm, Levack and I discuss the most confusing sports stories in a segment simply called "WHY?!". It could be a coaching decision, a team, a player movement or something else. Each week we are presented with a story that has happened in the past week in sports and we have to figure out why the event has occurred...

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference has issued a statement in regards to the melee that occurred between Siena and Rider in the closing minutes of Tuesday nights game at the Times Union Center: "After a thorough review of the video and the game officials' reports, the following course of action has been determined by MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor: Rider's Anthony Durham and Siena's Marquis

Siena men's basketball team picked up their fourth win in a row on Tuesday night with a 78-68 win over Rider at the Times Union Center. But the win for the Saints and a career night from senior Lavon Long (29pts/12reb) wasn't the story. Rather, a late game scuffle between the two teams stole the headlines...

The Siena Saints have started the season much slower than head coach Jimmy Patsos had anticipated. Siena is coming off a 21-win season and returned the bulk of its roster, but has only won four of the first 14 games of the season. Patsos stopped by Big Board Sports in his usual time slot on Wednesday mornings (10:15AM) to talk about the teams recent struggles, and how the Saints can get back on tr

The Siena Saints came into the season with expectations as high as they've been since the Saints last won the MAAC and played in the NCAA tournament in 2009-10. And why wouldn't they be? After returning nearly an entire roster of a team that won 21 games a season ago, it was no wonder they were picked second in the preseason poll and started the season ranked #23 on the mid-major top-25 list... Re

Head men's basketball coach at Siena College, Jimmy Patsos, joined Big Board Sports as he does every Wednesday morning. Patsos called in from the recruiting trail and talked about the current state of the Saints. Siena has dropped four of their last five games as they head into this weekend's game vs Bucknell from the Civic Center in Glens Falls...

The Siena college men's basketball team is experiencing some early season bumps in the road. The highly touted Saints have dropped three of their last four games with the most recent defeat coming on the road to MAAC opponent Rider, 71-69. The head coach Jimmy Patsos dropped by Big Board Sports as he does on every Wednesday to talk about his teams recent struggles, dealing with off the court matte

Ali Jacques is in her fifth year as the head coach of the Siena Saints women's basketball program, and looks to have a strong roster for the 2016-17 campaign. Her Saints were picked 3rd in the MAAC preseason poll and she returns a preseason all conference player in Kollyns Scarbrough, and a host of returning support such as Jackie Benitez, and Meghan Donohue...

Pete Iorizzo is the sports editor of the Albany Times Union and has been following the crosstown rivalry between UAlbany and Siena for years. In fact, Iorizzo covered the Saints for a seven year period between 2005 and 2012. It's safe to say that Pete has his fingers on the pulse of both programs nearly as good as anyone in the Capital Region...

The University at Albany men's basketball team is fresh off capturing another Albany Cup following a 81-72 win Sunday night over their crosstown rival, the Siena Saints. This is the fourth Albany Cup victory in the last five seasons for the Great Danes...

The buzz around the Capital Region this week is the annual Albany Cup basketball game between Albany and Siena, but this year more than any other. For the first time the game will be held at SEFCU arena, the home of the Great Danes. For 15 years in a row the game has been held at the Times Union Center, the home of the Saints...