Former Canisius men’s basketball player Jermaine Crumpton, the 2018 MAAC Co-Player of the Year, has signed to play professionally for T71 Dudelange in Luxembourg’s Total League, team officials announced Monday. Crumpton is the 21st former Golden Griffin to sign a professional contract to play overseas since 2006…
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced Thursday that Canisius basketball legends Mike Smrek and Mike Rappl will be inducted in the 2018 MAAC Honor Roll. Honorees will be enshrined in “The MAAC Experience” exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 15…
Canisius officially opens the 115th season in school history on Nov. 14, when the Griffs travel to play at Bucknell. The Griffs are scheduled to play six teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament last March, including defending national champion Villanova (Nov. 22) and MAAC champion Iona (Jan. 13 and Feb. 24)…
Canisius will play either Memphis or Oklahoma State on the second day of the AdvoCare Invitational and will then close out the tournament Nov. 25 against either College of Charleston, Florida State, LSU, or UAB…
Shaetzle, who served as a graduate assistant manager with the Golden Griffins during the 2016-17 campaign and spent the 2017-18 basketball season as a varsity assistant coach with the boy’s basketball team at Highlands High School in Natrona Heights, Pa., replaces Larry Blunt, who left for an assistant coaching position at Drake in the spring…
Canisius’ game against Villanova, which is set for Nov. 22 at 1:30 p.m., on either ESPN or ESPN2, will mark the first time since the 2003-04 season where the Golden Griffins played the defending national champion…
Witherspoon also announced Friday that Mervin James, who signed his National Letter of Intent to join the Canisius program during last November’s early signing period, has chosen to reclassify to the Class of 2019…
In April, the Miami, Fla., native placed his name into consideration for the 2018 NBA Draft, but he did not hire an agent. The NCAA allows student-athletes to declare for the draft in order to participate in pre-draft workouts and receive feedback from NBA teams. Reese worked out for three NBA teams over the last five weeks – the Boston Celtics, the Denver Nuggets and the Houston Rockets…
Canisius forward Jermaine Crumpton received honorable mention honors to the Associated Press All-America team, the AP announced on Tuesday. Crumpton is the fifth player in school history to earn All-America honors, and he is the first Golden Griffin to receive the national distinction since Billy Baron was recognized after the 2013-14 season…
Quinnipiac freshman guard Rich Kelly’s driving lay-up with 10 seconds gave the Bobcats a three-point lead and two late misses by Canisius at the final buzzer proved to be the difference as seventh-seeded Quinnipiac knocked off the second-seeded Golden Griffins 72-69 Friday night in the MAAC Basketball Championship quarterfinal round in Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y…