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Siena Hires 2 New Assistant Coaches To Join Patsos Staff

Bruce Jacobs — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:42:12 +0000

New Siena head basketball coach Jimmy Patsos is out on the recruiting trail trying to find some players to add to his Saints ballclub. The job of hiring some assistants is also ongoing.

On Thursday the Saints announced the hiring of 2 new members of that staff

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2 Wins Help Make Florida Gulf Coast Head Coach A Wealthy Man

Bruce Jacobs — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:18:51 +0000

Not that Andy Enfield wasn't a wealthy man before 2 tournament wins, at least the story goes that way. As a private citizen in the business world Enfield had it going on as they say. Folks at Florida Gulf Coast will also say he had it going on-now he is going away

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Injury To Louisville's Kevin Ware Might be The Most Gruesome I have Ever Seen- Bruce's Thought Of The day

Bruce Jacobs — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:44:24 +0000

I am not prone to melodrama. Nor am I some wilting Willie. But what I saw 1st hand happen to Louisville's young sophomore guard Kevin Ware might have been the saddest thing I have ever witnessed in a sporting event

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UCLA Finds Their New Coach And It's A Surprise Choice

Bruce Jacobs — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:44:58 +0000

The popular names came 1st. The chosen name right after. Shaka Smart said no thanks and he stayed at Virginia Commonwealth. Then Brad Stevens decided Butler was the place he wants to be right now. However Steve Alford shocked the college basketball world when he said yes

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Miami Hurricanes Center Reggie Johnson To Miss Sweet 16 Game With Knee Injury

Bruce Jacobs — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:51:39 +0000

The 1st big injury to hit a team while playing in the NCAA tournament has been incurred by the ACC regular season and conference tourney champion Miami Hurricanes.

The Canes say that their big man in the middle, center Reggie Johnson has a knee issue and had a "minor" surgical procedure to clean it up

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Florida Gulf Coast Celebrates Trip To Sweet 16 [VIDEO]

Brian Noe — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:08:38 +0000

FGCU is the most interesting story of the 2013 NCAA Tournament thus far. Watch the Eagles celebrate the first trip to the Sweet 16 ever by a No. 15 seed.

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Aaron Craft Hits Game Winner Against Iowa State [VIDEO]

Brian Noe — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:25:21 +0000

Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft hit the game-winning shot against Iowa State on Sunday. Find out who committed a cardinal sin on the play.

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Florida Gulf Coast's Spectacular Alley-Oop [VIDEO]

Brian Noe — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:34:29 +0000

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles may have produced the biggest upset and the best highlight of the 2013 NCAA Tournament against Georgetown.

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Louisville's Rick Pitino Insults Digger Phelps [VIDEO]

Brian Noe — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:04:06 +0000

Rick Pitino had some fun at the expense of ESPN analyst Digger Phelps. Check out the funny moment right here.

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Syracuse Athletics Under Investigation Again By The NCAA

Bruce Jacobs — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:14:14 +0000

NCAA snoops are getting real familiar with Syracuse University. What seems like an annual event, and timing be what it is, reports surfacing out of CBSSports.com on Wednesday claim the NCAA is investigating Syracuse football and basketball for several violations, some called "major" in the story

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UAlbany Gets 15 Seed, Will Play Duke In Second Round Of NCAA Tournament

Jay Sanin — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:45:39 +0000

Coming into Selection Sunday, the Albany Great Danes were unsure as to where they were going to be playing and as what seed. Now they know, as the selection committee has chosen them as a 15 seed and the opponent of the 2 seed Duke Blue Devils in Philadelphia in the midwest region.

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2013 NCAA Tournament — Louisville, Kansas and 11 Other Teams Win Titles, Reach NCAA Tourney

Joe Student — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:09:21 +0000

Fourth-ranked Louisville won the Big East tournament title with a second-half comeback on No. 19 Syracuse, 78-61, while No. 7 Kansas defeated in-state rival No. 11 Kansas State, 70-54. Both teams were among 13 schools to claim automatic bids to the 2013 NCAA tournament

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Adam Chaskin: Mitch Buonaguro Was Great Mentor [AUDIO]

Brian Cady — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:29:06 +0000

Back when current Iowa men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffrey was the main man in charge for the Siena Saints and now former head coach Mitch Buonaguro was experiencing his first year at the helm, Adam Chaskin was there for all the trials and tribulations. From the MAAC Championships to the upsets of Ohio State and Vanderbilt, through the highs and the lows, Chaskin was a staple on the sideline for the Saints during those years.

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UAlbany Upsets Vermont, Advances To NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Brian Cady — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:59:35 +0000

If you had sat down with me before the America East Basketball Tournament kicked off last weekend and told me that UAlbany would have to go through Stony Brook and Vermont to get to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, I would have said their chances were slim. The odds were stacked against them and history not on their side, but the Great Danes have closed the final chapter of their 2012-13 America East season with a championship trophy and silenced doubters.

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I Am All In On UAlbany And The America East Final- Bruce's Thought Of The Day

Bruce Jacobs — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:05:16 +0000

Make room on that bandwagon Great Danes fans. I want a seat! Listen, I am all about the Big East Tournament. I love St. John's even though we stink and have no shot. I am all about the Big East. I grew up watching it, loved it and I won't get all pollyannish, but I am going to miss the real Big East, make no mistake

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Siena's Season Ends With Loss To Niagara

Bruce Jacobs — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:04:43 +0000

Whatever Siena had left in the tank Saturday in quarter final play of the MAAC tournament they exhausted. The Saints refused to fold despite top seed Niagara twice ready to put the hammer down on them

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Surprising Survey Reveals March Madness is Actually Good for Your Office

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:21:33 +0000

Afraid your boss is going to catch you checking out NCAA Tournament scores while you’re supposed to be working? Well, like a bubble team who gets an invite to the Big Dance, you can breathe a huge sigh of relief.

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UAlbany Women's Lacrosse Takes On Florida In NCAAs

Andrew Santillo — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:36:52 +0000

The University at Albany women's lacrosse team is back in the NCAA tournament.

The Great Danes (12-5) take on the University of Florida, Saturday afternoon, at 1 p.m.

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Union Dutchmen Ready For "Frozen Four" Debut

Brian Cady — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:33:05 +0000

For No. 3/3 Union (26-7-7, 14-4-4), a historic season continues in Tampa, as the Dutchmen will take on No. 9/4 Ferris State (25-11-1, 16-7-5 CCHA) with a berth in the national championship game at stake. Both Union and Ferris State are making their first appearances in the Frozen Four. Union, the No. 3 overall seed, earned its first two NCAA Tournament wins in the Division I era over Michigan State and UMass-Lowell, winning the East Regional in Bridgeport, CT. Ferris State's road to Tampa included wins over Denver and Cornell as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional in Green Bay, WI. Union appeared in the national semifinals twice at the Division III level in 1984 and 1985. The opening face-off will be Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on 104.5 "The Team".

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Notre Dame & Baylor To Meet In Women's NCAA Title Game

BJ Ragone — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:12:17 +0000

The women of Notre Dame proved that they could beat UConn when it mattered, and Baylor easily moved past Stanford to set up a big championship game Tuesday night.

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