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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 Albany Cup basketball game between UAlbany and Siena is within our sights. To say that it has garnered some media attention would be a vast understatement. It seems like every time you flip on the local news or open the newspaper one of the programs coaches is firing a shot at the other...

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...

We're still just about one week away from the annual Albany Cup basketball game between crosstown rivals Siena and UAlbany, but you would think the game was tonight considering the anticipation and tension involved. Will Brown, head coach at UAlbany, stopped by Big Board Sports in his weekly Monday slot to discuss his early impressions of his 3-2 basketball team, but also address the elephant in t

Siena men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos stopped into the 1045 'The team' studios as he does every Wednesday on Big Board Sports. The Saints are coming off a thrilling 77-75 loss on the road to reigning NIT champion George Washington in a game that featured 14 lead changes...

Jimmy Patsos, head men's basketball coach at Siena college, stopped by Big Board Sports for the first edition of the Siena men's basketball coaches show of the season. Expectations are high for Siena this season as they return the lions share of a lineup that won 21 games in 2015-16...

The Siena Saints men's basketball team was picked second in the annual Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference preseason poll as voted by the leagues coaches. The high expectations shouldn't come as a surprise as the Saints return their top five scorers from a team that went 21-13 and 13-7 inside MAAC play just a season ago...

Expectations are as high in Loudonville as they have been in recent years as Siena men's basketball team returns four of five starters from a 21-win team a year ago.

After a stellar freshman season that saw him land on the MAAC all-rookie team, Siena guard Nico Clareth has hit a bit of rough patch this summer. Obviously, three months would be a Sept. 1 recovery date and would not cause Clareth to miss any of the season or the preparation for the season, but he won't travel to Croatia this offseason with some of the team...

If you follow me on Twitter (@1045RadioBrady) you've noticed that I tweet most of my stories and blogs out at the following accounts: @518varsity @Real518Sports @518SportsDRoss and @challsidelines. Those accounts are all run by student-journalists at the high school level...