Compiled by Paul Gotham Counting down to tipoff and previewing the incoming freshmen of the MAAC with a look at the first-year players of the Fairfield Stags. The Stags went 7-25 (4-16 MAAC) and fell to St. Peter's in the first round of the 2014 MAAC Tournament. Sydney Johnson and his staff welcome four freshmen to campus: Kevin Degnan, Jared Harper, Tyler Nelson and … [Read more...] about Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Fairfield Stags 2014-15
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Langel, Colgate and the fragile game
By Paul Gotham BETHLEHEM, PA. -- You’ll have to forgive Colgate Raiders head coach Matt Langel if he accentuates the precious nature of a basketball game. After all 2013-14 is fresh on the mind of the fourth-year coach - a season when his Raiders dropped 11 of 12 Patriot League games by single digits. Three of those setbacks were of single-possession nature and another came … [Read more...] about Langel, Colgate and the fragile game
A Year in the Life of Marc Gasol
(This piece originally ran on The High Screen on Oct. 15, 2014) By: Joe Mags Somewhere between upsetting the San Antonio Spurs as a no. 8 seed in 2011 and nearly taking down league MVP Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder this past spring, the Grit and Grind-era of Memphis Grizzlies basketball sealed its fate as a critically-acclaimed team. (Let Mr. Simmons … [Read more...] about A Year in the Life of Marc Gasol
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Manhattan Jaspers 2014-15
Compiled by Paul Gotham Counting down to tipoff and previewing the incoming freshmen of the MAAC with a look at the first-year players of the Manhattan Jaspers. The Jaspers finished 25-8 (15-5/ MAAC) including taking the 2014 MAAC championship. Manhattan eventually fell to Louisville, 71-64 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Steve Masiello and his staff welcome … [Read more...] about Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Manhattan Jaspers 2014-15
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Loyola (MD) Greyhounds 2014-15
By Paul Gotham Counting down to tipoff and previewing the incoming freshmen of the Patriot League with a look at the first-year players of the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds. The Greyhounds finished 11-19 (6-12 PL) in 2013-14, G.G. Smith's first season at the helm, and fell in the first round of the conference tournament. Smith and his staff welcome five freshmen to campus: … [Read more...] about Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Loyola (MD) Greyhounds 2014-15