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The Siena men's basketball team fell to 6-9 overall (3-3 in MAAC play) by virtue of a 12-point loss to Fairfield on Sunday at the Times Union Center. The Stags came out and shot 53 percent for the game compared to the Saints 39 percent. Marcus Gilbert led all scorers with 23 for Fairfield...

The Siena men's basketball team built a 19-0 lead en route to a 79-69 win over Niagara on Thursday night at the Times Union Center. The win moved the Saints to 6-8 overall, but 3-2 inside MAAC play. Evan Hymes led a foursome of Saints in double-figures with 21 points on 9-10 shooting...

Saturday afternoon provided a miracle for former Siena basketball head coach Paul Hewitt and his George Mason squad. Trailing by two with under three seconds to play, the Patriots used a missed Manhattan free throw to stay within two. With no timeouts, the Patriots heaved a 75-footer, for the win...

The MAAC Conference announced its schedule this morning and that means the nearly complete schedule for Siena is now out. The Saints will open up the regular season on Nov. 14 at UMass before opening the home schedule on Nov. 17 against the University of Vermont...

After dropping its first game as the No. 2 seed in the MAAC tournament, the Siena Saints won four consecutive games to capture the MAAC title and advance to the NCAA tournament for the second time in the program's history. The Saints beat Canisius by scores of 6-5 and 5-1 on Sunday...

Siena College swept a three-game set with MAAC rival Iona this past weekend in Loudonville. The three Saints victories move Siena to 10-2 in league play -- good enough for first place. In addition to Siena’s success, another cool piece of information emerged from that series...

Siena got 20 points and 13 rebounds from Brett Bisping in a 61-49 win over Illinois State in the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). The win propels the Saints to 18-16 overall and sets up the championship between Siena and Fresno State...

It’s a jam packed weekend of local sports in the Capital Region. I’ve spent a lot of time chronicling the high school basketball playoffs over the past three weeks, and today it’s time to tackle the local college scene. The America East and MAAC Conference tournaments are taking place, and both UAlbany and Siena hope this weekend can lead them dancing into the NCAA tournament...

Siena's men's basketball head coach Jimmy Patsos joined Joe&Brix today to break down the saint's season and Jimmer Fredette possibly going to the Chicago Bulls. Siena will host their Senior Night and final regular season game this Sunday at 2:00 at the T.U C...

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Brett Bisping scored 16 points and hauled in 10 rebounds to help Siena outlast Quinnipiac 72-70 on Thursday night. Bisping split a pair of free throws to tie it at 66 late in the second half after an Evan Conti jumper...

When the 2013-14 men's college basketball begins for the new-look Siena Saints, head coach Jimmy Patsos will be looking at a difficult slate of non-conference games for November and December, an 11-game schedule that Patsos openly believes is one of the most difficult in program history...

Today was a great day for Albany area sports fans, as the announcement was made that the MAAC men's and women's basketball championships will be held at Albany's Times Union Center from 2015-2017.