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Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:09:32 +0000

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

LYNDHURST, NJ – The regular schedule winds up this weekend with the postseason tournament beginning on Friday in Albany. Siena is in the driver’s seat as regular season champion, top tournament seed and host of the get together in New York’s capitol city. The Saints’ BracketBuster setback at Butler all but insures Siena will have to cut down the nets at the Times Union Center to get to the Big Dance. Something they are in very favorable position to do.

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Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:59:22 +0000

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

JERSEY CITY, NJ – During a timeout at the Canisius-St.Peter’s game, the PA announcer was putting an advertising pitch in for the upcoming MAAC postseason tournament in Albany. “See who will emerge as the MAAC men’s and women’s champions in 2010,” the announcer said. At which yours truly remarked to a press row neighbor, ‘Siena and Marist.’ The neighbor chuckled but didn’t disagree.

The Marist women are a clear cut favorite but that’s another story. On the men’s side Siena is ahead of [...]

Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:05:05 +0000

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

JERSEY CITY , NJ – Siena took their unblemished MAAC record into Yanitelli Center on Thursday evening and edged St. Peter’s 66-58 . The Peacocks had been riding a five-game win streak and Siena was without the services of injured senior forward and offensive threat, Edwin Ubiles. In addition, a crowd of 1,609, one of St. Peter’s biggest this season, was animated and provided an intense and exciting atmosphere. Junior forward Ryan Rossiter was huge with a 21 point, 9 rebound night for the [...]

Checking in on… the MAAC

rtmsf — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:35:40 +0000

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

LYNDHURST, NJ – Hard to believe the race is near the midway point. Siena is ahead and the favorite. Following closely are a group of teams in second through eighth that are fairly even and jockeying to move up. Among that group Fairfield, Iona and Niagara are considered at this point the best to make it interesting for the long run . Can’t write off Rider while St. Peter’s, Canisius and Manhattan are also in the mix.

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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

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Bama Steele-ing for the NIT Again

rtmsf — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:12:30 +0000

Quick, during which of the last two seasons did Alabama have a better record?

Before answering, fans would be wise to remember the following two facts:

1) In 05-06, the Crimson Tide overcame a midseason knee injury to big man Chuck Davis, and led by point guard Ronald Steele regrouped to a 10-6 SEC record and NCAA berth (defeating Marquette 90-85 and pushing eventual national runner-up UCLA before losing 62-59).

2) The 06-07 Tide was a chic preseason pick for the F4 and even reached a national ranking of #4 during early December. But after starting 13-1, injuries to [...]