Finally, the 2019-20 college hoops season is just about here, in what should be a really good year for the Northeast Conference. Sure, some great players have graduated, but unlike in previous seasons, NEC programs were not ravaged by up-transfers, which means there are more returning stars. In fact, the league returns the NEC Player of the Year (Keith Braxton), and seven players who appeared on one of the three All-Conference teams (Braxton, Raiquan Clark, E.J. Anosike, Ty F

On Monday Night, Central Connecticut opened its 2019-20 campaign with a 104-64 exhibition win over the Coast Guard Academy. Does the score mean anything? Not really; the Blue Devils overwhelmed Coast Guard with their size and athleticism, and it was clear from the jump that the Bears didn’t have the level of athletes to compete with a Division 1 team. Coast Guard couldn’t do much close to the basket (CCSU outscored them 52-24 in the paint), and the Blue Devils hammered them o

It’s hard to believe its finall here, but on Monday night we finally get to see the first glimpses of the 2019-20 CCSU Blue Devils, as they host Coast Guard at Detrick Gym. The game will not be streamed on NEC FrontRow, which means you have to make the trek to New Britain. Our NEC preview will be out later this week, but for those of your reading this, there will be some changes here. I will no longer be covering CCSU as in depth as I did last season, mostly because it’s diff