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Summer School in the MAAC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:33:19 +0000

Ray Floriani is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and the NEC.

Around The MAAC:

Changes at the Helm: Fran McCaffery, off his outstanding run at Siena, is in Big Ten country at Iowa. The Siena administration did the right thing in promoting assistant Mitch Buonaguro to take his spot. Buonaguro recently added Craig Carter, who was on Fred Hill’s Rutgers staff, as an assistant. Iona replaced Seton Hall-bound Kevin Willard with Tim Cluess. At Division-II CW Post, Cluess made himself quite a name in just four seasons. He is revered as an outstanding tactician. Realizing other facets of the game have [...]

Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:58:31 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences.

LYNDHURST, NJ – Just before the New Year teams rounded out the non-conference schedule before MAAC play heats up not long after the ball drops in Times Square. The significant contest of note was two days before Christmas as Siena ‘held serve’ defeating conference contender Rider in a game at Albany.

The other big news came in the boardroom not on the court. The MAAC weighed bids and decided to award their championships to the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The [...]

Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:21:18 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences,

NEW YORK CITY – The consensus is Siena is the favorite. Judging by early returns, hold off on engraving the championship trophy and sending it to Albany.

MAAC STANDINGS

Iona 2-0 Siena 2-0 Rider 2-1 Fairfield 2-1 Loyola 2-1 Manhattan 1-1 Niagara 1-1 St. Peter’s 1-1 Canisius 0-1 Marist 0-2

PLAYER of THE WEEK: Mike Ringgold 6’7 JR F, Rider. Ringgold scored 21 points and added 6 rebounds in the big victory over # 18 Mississippi State.

ROOKIE of the WEEK: Derek Needham 5’11 FR G, Fairfield. [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #15 – MAAC

rtmsf — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:49 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the NEC and MAAC conferences. Click here for all of our 2009-10 Season Preview materials.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Siena 15-3 Niagara 14-4 Rider 13-5 Fairfield 12-6 St.Peter’s 10-8 Manhattan 9-9 Iona 8-10 Loyola 7-11 Canisius 6-12 Marist 4-14

All-Conference:

Ryan Thompson (G/F), 6’6 Sr., Rider Ronald Moore (G), 6’0 Sr., Siena Tyrone Lewis (G), 5’11 Sr., Niagara Edwin Ubiles (G/F), 6’6 Sr. , Siena Ryan Rossiter (C), 6’9 Jr., Siena

6th Man: Owen Wignot (F), 6’6 So., Siena

Impact Newcomer: Rico Pickett (G), 6’4 Jr., Manhattan

What you need to [...]

2008-09 Season Primers: #17 – MAAC

rtmsf — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:14:48 +0000

Ray Floriani from College Chalk Talk is the RTC correspondent for the Northeast (NEC) and Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC) conferences.

Predited Order of Finish:

Siena (15-3, 20-8) Niagara (14-4, 21-10) Fairfield (13-5, 19-10) Rider (12-6, 19-10) Loyola (MD) (11-7, 16-13) Manhattan (9-9, 16-13) Iona (7-11, 11-17) Canisius (6-12, 10-19) St. Peter’s (5-13, 11-18) Marist (4-14, 10-20)

WYN2K. The MAAC was formed in the 80s and tipped off the 1981-82 season. Yours truly covered the first MAAC contest ever, an Iona romp over Army at the Gaels’ Mulcahy Center. The MAAC began with six charter members – Army, Fairfield, Fordham, Iona, Manhattan and St.Peter’s. Four schools – Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan and St.Peter’s – remain from that original group as change has altered the [...]