Thursday's Games (1/30): Bryant at Robert Morris (-2) Fairleigh Dickinson at Wagner (-3) Mount St. Mary's at Sacred Heart (-7) St. Francis-Brooklyn at Merrimack (-7) Central Connecticut at Saint Francis (-21) Saturday's Games (2/1): Mount St. Mary's at Fairleigh Dickinson (-1) Sacred Heart (-3) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Bryant at Saint Francis (-3) Long Island at Merrimack (-4) Central Connecticut at Robert Morris (-18) Thursday's Game to Watch: MSMU at SHU 1. Sacred Heart's PG

For the first time since February 9th, 2019, Central Connecticut beat a Division-1 team, ending a 26-game losing streak. It's been awhile since I wrote a CCSU post, but halfway through the league slate feels like the write time to put something together. 1. There's a lot to unpack, but I wanted to first focus on Saturday's 86-76 win over Wagner. First off; congrats to the CCSU players and staff. There's no way this season could be easy on anyone affiliated with this program,

I know we all say that we love parity, but do we? Maybe it's because my team is currently sitting at 1-8 in league play, but I had been hoping that there would be two or three (or even four) teams that would rise above the rest and battle it out with inflated records (15-3 or 14-4). But no, that's not what's happening; instead, all the teams we expected to contend back on January 1st (Saint Francis, Sacred Heart, Bryant, Long Island) all have at least three losses, while Merr

Thursday's Games (Point Spreads per Kenpom): Saint Francis at Long Island (-1) Robert Morris (-3) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Fairleigh Dickinson at Merrimack (-8) Wagner at Bryant (-9) Sacred Heart (-14) at Central Connecticut Saturday's Games Bryant at Mount St. Mary's (-1) Robert Morris at Long Island (-2) Saint Francis (-4) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Wagner (-7) at Central Connecticut Fairleigh Dickinson at Sacred Heart (-10) Thursday's Game to Watch: SFU at LIU 1. Homecoming- T

There was a lot happening this past week, but the thing that caught the headlines was some pushing and shoving (and apparently some punching) that marred a really competitive game between two of the top teams in the league on Saturday evening. I watched that game live, and it was difficult to piece together what happened. However, ultimately Saint Francis' Isaiah Blackmon and Tyler Stewart were suspended for their actions, as was Sacred Heart's Koreem Ozier. Their poor decisi

This week is the first of two 3-gameday weeks, as there are NEC games on Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday. So adjust your schedule accordingly, we have a lot of hoops to watch. Wednesday's Games (All point spreads are courtesy of Kenpom): Bryant at Merrimack (-1) Long Island (-1) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Saint Francis (-4) at Fairleigh Dickinson Central Connecticut at Sacred Heart (-21) Saturday's Games: Sacred Heart at Saint Francis (-4) St. Francis-Brooklyn at Wagner (-4) Mer

Week 2 of the NEC season is complete, and while we're still dealing with a relatively small sample size, things are starting to come into focus. Robert Morris is the lone undefeated team at 4-0, and while three of those games have come at home (plus a road win at CCSU), they've looked very impressive. Standings: Below are the standings sorted by Efficiency Margin. When you have the league's top-rated offense and defense, you are naturally going to be head and shoulders the re

Well, week 1 was umm...interesting, huh? I covered a lot of it in my Mid-Ranger Jumper on Monday, but it's worth nailing the point home; a number of teams of teams played great in one game, and laid a total egg in their other. Case in point: Wagner- Blew out Mount St. Mary's on the road 66-47, then lost to Sacred Heart 81-74 at home; Mount St. Mary's- Bounced back from the Wagner game by beating LIU in double-overtime; Merrimack- Knocked off Sacred Heart in Fairfield, then fe

The Northeast Conference: same as it ever was. It seems that every season, no matter what happens during November and December, one thing is for certain; nothing goes according to plan in the NEC. Well, last week was just the latest example. Case in point: Merrimack pulls off a huge upset at home against the #2 rated team in the NEC according to Kenpom (Sacred Heart), then lays an egg two days later against Robert Morris. Meanwhile, Mount St. Mary's gets drilled by 19 at home

It's finally here, folks. The Northeast Conference's regular season kicks off on Thursday night, so make sure you have the NEC On The Run app loaded and ready to rock and roll. My plan is to give a quick preview of all the week's games, while highlighting one game each day. Did I get something wrong? I always appreciate it when someone drops me a line on Twitter. Let's get into it! (All point spreads are courtesy of Kenpom) Thursday's Games: Saint Francis (-2) at Bryant Fairl