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Auburn Outplays Saint Joe’s in Overtime
Saint Joe’s showed a ton of promise in their Thanksgiving 96-91 overtime loss to Auburn. The Hawks kept up with the Auburn Tigers for over 60 minutes of play. But in the end, Auburn proved to be too much for the Hawks and took the win in overtime. Auburn was Bigger Saint Joe’s had a …
The Pandemic’s Impact on Non-Conference Games
College basketball is officially one day away from the first tip off. Fans of college basketball should be excited . Unfortunately, as the start date approaches news breaks that a different team has to quarantine due to Covid-19. The good and bad news seems to come in twos. One day we get the much anticipated …
A Quarantine Read: Looking at What’s Ahead for St. Bonaventure
Quarantining At this point last year, St. Bonaventure just wrapped up its fifth game of the season: a 61-57 setback to its fellow Western New York rival, Canisius. This year is obviously quite different. To date, 2020-21 non-conference schedules have been as reliable as the one-seed in recent Atlantic 10 tournaments. (Yes, only two one-seeds …
What We Learned from VCU’s Black and Gold Event
The scene was set like any other event at VCU’s Stuart C. Siegel Center. The VCU Peppas, the school pep band, opened up with their usual set list of songs. Chants of “You don’t want to go to war with the Rams” were met with silence and echoes off the rafters. The normally sold-out Siegel …
Dayton Flyers 2020-21 Season Preview: Full Roster Breakdown and Starting Lineup Predictions
Coming off the most successful regular season in program history, the Dayton Flyers are looking to recreate some of last year’s magic. I think everyone who pays attention to college basketball in the slightest is well aware of what Dayton accomplished last season, but in case you’ve literally been living under a rock since November …
VCU Rams 2020-21 Season Preview: Rebuild in the Cards for Rhoades’ Rams?
On the morning of March 12, I walked in the cold down a Brooklyn sidewalk from my hotel to the Barclays Center. The mood in the city was strange, like the beginning of an apocalypse movie, as the full scope of the COVID-19 pandemic was being unveiled. The night before, the NBA announced that their …
Predicting Saint Joseph’s A10 Record for 2020-21
After much anticipation the Atlantic 10 has finally released the conference schedules for men’s basketball. I have compiled a non-scientific and biased prediction for how Saint Joseph’s University will perform this season in the Atlantic 10. To some it will read like a Christmas wish list, to others a window into the future… The Predictions …
Ranking the Top 5 A-10 Non-Conference Games of the 2020-21 Season (Thus Far)
It’s hard to believe, but the 2020-21 college basketball season is less than 2 weeks away, and we still don’t know the full extent of team schedules, especially on the non-conference front. If you’ve been struggling to keep up with who’s playing who, you’re not alone… the D1 Docket has a nice spreadsheet they’ve been …
For Billy Lange, Saint Joseph’s is a dream job
On the surface you would say a 6-26 record constitutes a tough year. Putting it kindly. It’s the type campaign you soon would prefer to forget and see in the rear view mirror. Given it was your first year in a new position, one could surmise the coach would be anxiously looking to rebuild for …
Richmond Releases 2020-2021 Schedule
Spiders Settle Schedule Richmond, VA — The Richmond Spiders released their full 2020-2021 schedule today. There were some games that we were well aware of, and others that were up in the air due to COVID-19 concerns. With a very impressive 9 game non-conference slate, there will be a lot of national attention on the …