This week's review comes to you a day late as I spent my weekend at Mohegan Sun watching Virginia win the Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament, as well as watching CCSU lose two games by 30-points each. It was a busy weekend in the NEC world, so let's get to it! Team of the Week: Sacred Heart (3-1) The Pios hosted Brown early in the week, then participated in the Bobcat Invitational at Quinnipiac over the weekend, which featured three games. According to Kenpom,

One team left the Pitt Center with their first win as a team and the other left with their first loss on the early season. Sacred Heart was able to get back to their offensive ways Tuesday night in their home opener. Shooting 50% from the field, they controlled the game from the tip. Thanks to some crucial stops early in the 2nd half, the Pioneers were able to take a double-digit lead and hold off any type of comeback. Anthony Latina turned to a 2-3 zone, and it looks like it

The first two weeks were, quite possibly, the worst case scenario for the Central Connecticut State men’s basketball team, right? I mean, outside of a catastrophic injury, the first four games couldn’t have gone much worse; they lost 74-59 on opening night to a Hartford team without its best player, and then proceeded to lose three consecutive games by at least 30 points. Not great. Starting out 0-4 isn’t exactly a surprise; prior to November 5, Kenpom had CCSU as underdogs i

After the Northeast Conference went a cumulative 3-19 in the first week, the second week of non-conference play was much better from a record standpoint; 6-19 overall, which actually met expectations (5.7 wins) according to Kenpom. Team of the Week: Saint Francis After opening up with two close losses in "buy games", including a two-point overtime loss at Richmond, the Red Flash continued to play well in two wins over mid-majors. On Wednesday, SFU took care of a Morgan State

No scoring records were at risk Wednesday night at Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx in the matchup between the Rams & the Knights. Both teams struggled to put that little round ball in the hoop, which set up for a physical battle down the stretch. A late three point attempt by Jahlil Jenkins rattled out and FDU fell to 1-2 on the season, 0-2 against Division-1 opponents. While there is no need to panic this early in the season, the fighting Herendas are going to need to drastically

Last night the NEC's pre-season favorites dropped to 0-3 on the young 2019-20 season, losing a two-possession game to a George Mason team that currently sits at 3-0 with wins over Navy, Longwood, and Long Island. Not exactly an NCAA Tournament resume, but still a solid team; the Patriots were 9th in the Atlantic-10's pre-season poll (our of 14 teams), and were rated #154 at Kenpom coming into this one. George Mason's Jordan Miller scored 25 points on 18 field goal attempts, L

How great was it to finally be able to finally watch some college basketball, after these last few weeks of just talking about the teams and players in our favorite league? The NEC's new streaming app "On The Run" is great, and we had some really intriguing story-lines over the season's first week. I'm sure the Northeast Conference's cumulative 3-18 record against D-1 competition is going to get some publicity, and I guess that's somewhat fair. However, based on Kenpom's Win

On Wednesday night, Merrimack played its first game as a Division 1 program and it didn’t exactly go well. Maine’s Andrew Fleming went for 37 and 10 as the Black Bears cruised past the Warriors 84-64. While we won’t normally break down four games in two days (or in a week, for that matter), I thought people would want to get a feel for the NEC’s newest program. I’m thankful for ESPN+, as I was able to watch this one on replay because let’s face it, we were all tuned to the Mo

The Dunkin Donuts Center was rocking midway through the second half of this one, and unfortunately for Pioneers fans, it wasn’t because the game between Sacred Heart and Providence was a close one. No, sadly the highlight of the second half was the fact that everyone in attendance won a free Original Chicken Sandwich from Chick-Fil-A due to two missed SHU free throws. While that was far from the low point for SHU, there were not many positives to come from this game. 1. Provi

The 2019-2020 college basketball season opened up in Smithfield, Rhode Island Tuesday night, and Jared Grasso and his Bryant bulldogs suffered a heart wrenching loss to in state rival Brown 73-71 at the Chace Athletic Center. Bryant entered the game winless in their last 5 tries against the Bears from the ocean state. While the result wasn't what Bryant was looking for to open their campaign, there are a lot of takeaways from Tuesday night's contest that the bulldogs can buil