The Colonials will almost surely be a contender again, but the class of the NEC this time around appears to be the Terriers of St. Francis Brooklyn. Picked by the league’s coaches to win the conference crown at the preseason media event held last month, the Terriers return six of their top nine scorers as […]

(SportsNetwork.com) – The 33rd annual Northeast Conference Tournament is set to begin with Wednesday’s quarterfinal round action and will wind through the championship game on Tuesday, March 11. All games are played at the home of the higher seed. Following the quarterfinals, the teams will be re-seeded so that the highest remaining seed plays the […]

Villanova, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – In the last game before a visit to former Big East foe Syracuse, the eight-rankled Villanova Wildcats will play host to the Rider Broncs in a non-conference bout at the Pavilion. The Broncs have a bit of momentum on their side, with wins in their last three contests. The most recent […]

The bigger story however, is can anyone clip the wings of the three-time defending NEC champion LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds? The Wagner Seahawks certainly hope so, as they return seven of their top 10 players from a season ago, as do the Colonials of Robert Morris, who claimed the 2012-13 NEC regular-season title. RMU will likely use […]

Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) – The University of Buffalo named Bobby Hurley its new men’s basketball coach on Monday. Hurley spent the 2012-2013 season as an associate head coach at Rhode Island alongside his brother, Dan. Prior to joining the Rams, he was an assistant coach at Wagner for two seasons and helped the Seahawks […]

Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) – The fifth-seeded Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers are one more upset away from the NCAA Tournament as they are set to square off with the third-seeded Long Island Blackbirds in the Northeast Conference Tournament Championship at the Wellness Center. After an unimpressive start to the 2012-13 season, Mount St. Mary’s has […]