Jeff Neubauer

The Neubauer Era – Great, Oftentimes Phenomenal Defense Didn’t Lead To Wins

Jeff Neubauer knows what he’s good at. It was not a fluke that he recorded 188 wins while at Eastern Kentucky, second most in program history. And it was not a fluke when he won 101 games in his last five seasons at the school, a number that still stands for a program record during …

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3 Questions for Fordham heading into the 2017-18 season

When you exceed expectations to finish 10th in the league, and you then lose 3 of your top 4 scorers as graduates or transfers, your program’s going to have a lot of questions. That is Fordham. The Rams were the “shocker” team last season, especially when they gutted out a 53-43 win over Rhode Island. …

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Ranking the Atlantic 10 Teams for the 2017-2018 Season by Shoe Brands

As a “sneakerhead”, I have to have the best sneakers at all times. Thus, my sneaker collection has to be composed of only the best-looking, most limited, and rarest sneakers. In relation to the world of college basketball, almost every player wears the best sneakers and many can be considered “sneakerheads”. Consequently, it is only …

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Fordham, yes Fordham, is getting hot at the right time

Last season the Rams of Fordham University hobbled into a Wednesday night A-10 tourney game on a three-game losing streak, limping into March as they had done the seven seasons prior. What a difference a year makes. After a 3-9 start to conference play and signs of more of the same, Fordham went on to …

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Neubauer makes Fordham a winner in year-one

The next two weeks the Atlantic 10 will hand out awards and a tournament championship trophy. We’ll debate who was snubbed and perhaps a team or two will express disappointment in their post-season fate. But here’s something that won’t be awarded and is not debatable: Jeff Neubauer will snap a streak of losing seasons for the Fordham …

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Fordham needs a breakthrough win

There are three games tonight and three double-digit favorites: SLU is a 17-point dog at Dayton, UMass is getting 13.5 at Saint Joseph’s and Fordham heads to Kingston a 10-point underdog to Dan Hurley’s squad. Needless to say, I like none of the road teams tonight. However, if I’m Lloyd Christmas, I’m saying there’s a chance with Neubauer’s Rams …

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A look back and a look ahead

Winter storm Jonas did its best to slow down A-10 play this week including a red-hot VCU team. While the storm may have delayed a number of games, thousands of brave fans forged through snow-covered roads along the East Coast to take in some great Atlantic 10 action this weekend while others will get their chance …

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Spiders look to avoid falling behind, Chartouny shines and predicting the A-10’s last conference unbeaten

We’re two games in, I know, but imagine you are one of the four winless teams in the conference and are heading to Rose Hill for a tricky game against Fordham (10-3) before returning home for back-to-back contests against VCU and Davidson, then have to hit the road again for a quick two-game roadie at …

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Wild first week opens Atlantic 10 play

“You’re never as good as you look in your best win or as bad as you look in your worst loss” That is without a doubt one of my favorite sports sayings and one that rings especially true for George Washington this morning. After a 10-1 start to their season including a home upset of then-No.6 UVA …

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A-10 stock watch: The Neubauer effect, Richmond rising, plus conference risers and fallers

The year was 2015. It was a Tuesday like any other Tuesday in October, except…things were about to get weird. As I sat down for this year’s “Best of the Worst” rankings I dug through the schedules, reviewed the rosters and felt a weird tingling feeling in the bottom of my Atlantic 10. That feeling …